Mike Caps

7+ years 3D Artist in games now building startups
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[Mike Caps @mikecaps]

Always render results of your job for portfolio. Now you think you don’t need that. But later you’ll regret not doing it

[Mike Caps @mikecaps]

@lightsilver323 Revenue-first Airbnb analytics https://t.co/s48TRSKvVN

[Mike Caps @mikecaps]

The saddest thing in FTX collapse is that Sam Bankman killed Blockfolio

[Mike Caps @mikecaps]

That's the top of irony

https://t.co/UrOiCPInjn

[Mike Caps @mikecaps]

And also lovely CGI. Guys who worked on it, especially eyes animation, are very talented and feel characters really good.

[Mike Caps @mikecaps]

I thought they don’t do such movies anymore. But half of it I cried and another half laughed. The Sheep Detectives.

[Mike Caps @mikecaps]

I thought they don’t do such movies anymore. But half of it I cried and another half laughed. The Sheep Detectives.

[Mike Caps @mikecaps]

The exact same happens in coding. Or you just a coder or you are an architect that not just can type code but can create products. The same shift/pattern you can see in all the industries that now have AI tools.

[Mike Caps @mikecaps]

I got the reason some creators are anti AI. They don’t want to think to create (nobody restricts this to them) they want to be directed. Good art directors can now direct AI instead of a human artists to get a result they need.

[Mike Caps @mikecaps]

If you are a creator and don’t want or can’t be an art director you are just a tool. You just want to do tasks without thinking. If you are a good 3D artists or a creator you can not just do your job well, you can direct people or tools.

[Mike Caps @mikecaps]

If you feel underrated, just find Barns Courtney

[Mike Caps @mikecaps]

I always read the thinking process cuz 30% of the time I’m like “Wtf are you thinking about? No, stop doing this shit, its not what I asked you for”

[kitze the 🐐 @thekitze]

i hate reading my agents thinking process and tool calling because they're always on some bullshit

[Mike Caps @mikecaps]

I’m just reading plots for different Harlan Coben’s tv shows to choose next, and… are there always someone died, and everyone knows it, but actually this person is alive?

[Mike Caps @mikecaps]

Finished the “I WILL FIND YOU” by @HarlanCoben I was 100% sure the kid was kidnapped for his organs like maybe for his hurt. And I’m happy it was more complex than this. What should I watch next?

[Mike Caps @mikecaps]

Finished the “I WILL FIND YOU” by @HarlanCoben I was 100% sure the kid was kidnapped for his organs like maybe for his hurt. And I’m happy it was more complex than this. What should I watch next?

[Mike Caps @mikecaps]

@thekitze @elonmusk “What does the fox say?”

[Mike Caps @mikecaps]

So interesting things are happening now. Since AI can now code people don’t need “intermediaries” between them and their games. Like… unreal engine blueprints

[Mike Caps @mikecaps]

Why company did this? Because Blender is free and good for production.

…and because all the outsourcing Eastern European companies were used cracked versions of Maya and 3Dmax.

[Mike Caps @mikecaps]

I started working in a company as a game artist that used Blender with 99% Maya and 3Dmax users. I was a black sheep. In 6 months things changed. Company owner sent an email that we are moving to Blender, and if you can’t you’ll be fired. I feel the same wave with AI tools now.

[Mike Caps @mikecaps]

I started working in a company as a game artist that used Blender with 99% Maya and 3Dmax users. I was a black sheep. In 6 months things changed. Company owner sent an email that we are moving to Blender, and if you can’t you’ll be fired. I feel the same wave with AI tools now.

[Mike Caps @mikecaps]

Why am I saying this? Because I was a Blender user in game dev before it was a mainstream. Maya and 3Dmax coworkers telling me I’m stupid to use Blender cuz its for idiots, and I need to use real pipeline tools. Tools that saves companies money > tools you want to use

[Mike Caps @mikecaps]

Why am I saying this? Because I was a Blender user in game dev before it was a mainstream. Maya and 3Dmax coworkers telling me I’m stupid to use Blender cuz its for idiots, and I need to use real pipeline tools. Tools that saves companies money > tools you want to use

[Mike Caps @mikecaps]

I would say the scariest in “3D artists are anti AI” thing is they are influence on new generations. You are a 30yo 3Dmax user hating AI, so shut the fuck up and give these kids an opportunity to be free to use any tools they can to be good game artists.

[Mike Caps @mikecaps]

I would say the scariest in “3D artists are anti AI” thing is they are influence on new generations. You are a 30yo 3Dmax user hating AI, so shut the fuck up and give these kids an opportunity to be free to use any tools they can to be good game artists.

[Mike Caps @mikecaps]

Its a tough sarcasm. But any 3D artist who is sitting without a job for a month or even years and don’t get it, should think again. You used to use tools, so use the tools.

[Matt Workman @mattworkman]

PLEASE DO NOT TAKE this CG Artist role at Netflix's new Inkubator studio!

It FORCES pure virgin 3D artists to use Generative AI tools! Why not just vaporize the entire Atlantic ocean?

Even if you haven't worked in months and your family is struggling, STAND STRONG. DO NOT GIVE IN!

Make a stand against Generative AI! Tell them Gen AI isn't art!