Danial Atoofi

Founder @DelzaarStudio
Game Director & Unreal Artist
Epic MegaGrant recipient
talking about UE5, Optimization, and Art Pipelines

[Danial Atoofi @md_atoofi]

Master #Materials can save a project.

They can also create hidden technical debt.

Material instances are great for consistency and iteration, but too many static switches can create shader permutations, more compile cost, and worse batching.

Use switches carefully.

#UE5

[Danial Atoofi @md_atoofi]

A strong portfolio is not only about the final image.

Breakdowns show how you think:
blockout, environment design, lighting pass, and final render.
This is from my personal #UnrealEngine project, Little Red House.

Project:
https://t.co/4WuQHLv4e7

#GameArt #Portfolio #gamedev

[Danial Atoofi @md_atoofi]

Stylized #shaders are not random.

They still need rules:
light response, emissive control, roughness behavior, color logic, and consistency.
This image shows one of the stylized shaders I created for #Witherbloom.

One material. Multiple looks.

#UnrealEngine #gamedev #gameart

[لیا آبنوس | از نو @liea_ebony]

اومدن از طرفدارای هر کشور یه تشویق کننده نشون میدن
تشویق کننده ایران کیه؟ تا آخر ببینید

[Danial Atoofi @md_atoofi]

Are your Unreal materials built for real hardware, or only high-end machines?

The Quality Switch node is small, but powerful.

Use it to remove expensive features at lower settings without breaking the core look of the material.

High = richer
Low = cleaner and faster
#UE5

[Danial Atoofi @md_atoofi]

A material is not finished when it only looks good.

In Unreal Engine, it also needs to be scalable:
shader complexity, texture memory, quality switches, instances, and real hardware targets.
Beautiful is good.
Production-ready is better.

#UnrealEngine #TechnicalArtist #Shaders

[Danial Atoofi @md_atoofi]

After 2+ years of hard work, Witherbloom has reached its first playable demo!

Proud to have contributed alongside the amazing Ever Curious team.

Can’t wait for players to experience it!

https://t.co/m7b8RS9Zdb

#Witherbloom #IndieGame #GameDev #UnrealEngine

[Danial Atoofi @md_atoofi]

"Beauty Cold" - Unreal Engine via @artstationhq https://t.co/1hqcmnzl1Y

#gameart #gamedev #ue5

[Danial Atoofi @md_atoofi]

I’m open to conversations with studios that need senior Unreal Engine support.

Environment art, lighting, look dev, optimization, technical art, and cinematic real-time presentation.

I can support projects personally, or through Delzaar Studio for larger production needs.

#UE5

[Danial Atoofi @md_atoofi]

𝗨𝗻𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝟱.𝟴 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 is here, and Mesh Terrain is one of the features I’m watching closely.
A 3D mesh-based terrain workflow could be very useful for caves, overhangs, complex worlds, and PCG-driven environments.
Still experimental, but worth following.

[Danial Atoofi @md_atoofi]

This shot is from one of my cinematic animation works, The Prince.

For me, environment art, lighting, composition, and mood all need to work together.

Lighting is not just technical. It shapes the story, the atmosphere, and the emotion of the frame.

#UnrealEngine #GameDev

[Danial Atoofi @md_atoofi]

Recently I’ve been focused on Unreal Engine production and creating new environment packages for Fab through Delzaar Studio.

More updates coming soon.

Delzaar Fab:
https://t.co/thD3vInNAe

#UnrealEngine #Fab #GameDev #EnvironmentArt

[Danial Atoofi @md_atoofi]

@SharifiZarchi آخه احمق مگه تو هر کشوری کسی رو دستگیر میکنن معنیش اینه که ازش می‌ترسن؟!

[Iran Embassy SA @IraninSA]

For innocent kids of Minab.

[JOKAMRREDPILLZ @JOKAQARMY1]

NEW Lego Style Music Video from Iran called Minab 168. 👀

[Furkan Gözükara @FurkanGozukara]

LMAO who made this, I swear this cracked me up 😭😂🤣

[Danial Atoofi @md_atoofi]

@RepLuna You wanna kiss his ass? Be my guest!

[IRAN EMBASSY in KENYA @IRANinKENYA]

An Iranian Pink Missile launched toward Tel Aviv – saluting to the young girls martyred at the school in Minab.

Brilliant artwork by Kamal Sharaf, a Yemeni cartoonist.

In memory of the 168 schoolgirls who were brutally killed when the US struck their school in Minab, Iran with Tomahawk missiles.

Thank you, @kamalsharf

[Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 @jacksonhinkle]

❤️🇮🇷 WATCH: The atmosphere on the streets throughout Iran is INSANE, as patriotic Iranians wait for Trump’s ultimatum to expire

MILLIONS are rallying nationwide for the Islamic Republic

[Danial Atoofi @md_atoofi]

@EthanLevins2 You can’t destroy the oldest civilization in human history. He is far too small and insignificant to do anything like that. More than anything, this kind of talk only shows how petty and pathetic Trump looks in the face of the great civilization of Iran and its people!