I have been going strong since I started my Art Jounal, drawing something everyday from everyday life. See more at my art Instagram. Link below

It's been a few days with Art Journalling now! And im still drawing something every day! I'm posting daily on my Art Intagram. Link in comment! 🔗

2nd and 3rd entry of my watercolour Art Journal journey! This is from when I went to Akihabara during the one week trip. I also realised that I didn't have a black colour when I drew this one... it was actually brown, so I tried saving it with adding some purple 💩

I always felt drawing is hard, so I decided to start art journaling, sketch everyday life as well as learn using watercolours. I have been at it for a few days. 1st entry is from my one week trip to Japan before Christmas, ramen from Tokyo Station. Book 12cmx12cm (4.7x4.7")

Starter packs seem to have helped many find part of there audience but there scattered to the winds so making a thread of them, you find them add them be they art, dev any kind of creative outlet and see if we get more people with there audiences and find new ones.

Hi! So many new followers! 🌸✨️ I'm Kim Aava, currently working as an Art Director at Toca Boca! I'm mostly known for my articles and talks on 'Realism vs Stylized'. I also worked on games such as Horizon:Zero Dawn, Battlefield, VR and more. Working on my own games in the evening, stay tuned!

Me and some friends spend the weekend having a mini game jam! We made a local asymetric co-op game. We had a blast, and I am super happy with what we delivered in 24h total 😄 it's buggy and unfinished, but feel free to give it a go! dee-kej.itch.io/islands-and-...

More travels photos from my trip to Morocco! 300+ photos, free to use. cbr.sh/jjqij9

A collection with photos from my trip to Marrakech! For free! I hope that someone will find it useful 😊 cubebrush.co/kimaava/prod...

Just realized it's been ages since I last updated my portfolio website - totally forgot I even had my own URL 😅 finally took the time to give it a fresh redesign and update the content. Felt so satisfying in a way😊 kimaava.com for those who are curious

The XDS talk I and a co-worker had on external partnership collaboration during the development of Batttlefiled 2042 is now up on youtube! youtu.be/hWFQvcqHpSg?...

Added a new, but old series of streaming videos of the stylized chest project to YouTube! youtu.be/35N49Yn3GPE

Wishing you all a Happy New Year filled with joy, growth, and success! May this year bring you exciting new opportunities, and may you achieve all that you set out to pursue. Here's to a year of possibilities and fulfilling adventures!

You realise you are a bit work damaged when you are on a trip to Marrakech, and all you can see is "oh that is a cool texture!" Or "I should photoscan that!"

This is when I started expanding the scene from the bag only into the mini diorama it later became #gameart #gamedev #zbrush youtu.be/kvQFg34wHok

A sculpt I just finished last week and another one from back in 2020. Old one was made with Maya and Zbrush. Recent one is made with Blender and Zbrush. #gameart #3Dart #art #gamedev #artist

Someone asked a long time ago what my lowpoly and uv process was, my answer - very manual and slow 🐌 I mean - it's just a personal project, can take all time in the world right 🤣 Here's a link to the 2020 stream part 10 youtu.be/J2pxoI7t2iA #gameart

Material Definition for texturing tip! Understanding the materials' properties can significantly upgrade the realistic look of your texturing. Likewise, this helps with stylization and understanding what elements are important to keep when working with simplifying and exaggeration of shape & form

Part 2 of the Doctor's Saddle bag mini diorama stream from 2021 is now up! I will probably go with the every other day release for this serie. Link to part 2: youtu.be/lRxmUi4GMjg #gameart #zbrush #3dart #gamedev #substance

Just added a freelance sculpt project I made specifically for 3d printing earlier this year to my artstation 😊 www.artstation.com/artwork/yDxAm3 #zbrush #miniature #3dprint

All 4 parts of the full stream from 2018 are now up on youtube! Link to final part: youtu.be/1j4fUbuSHuM #gameart

Part 2 out of 4 of the full Skull Barrel streaming Project from 2018 is now up! youtu.be/Yi9MM2SGSIQ

Happy #artstationday

Part 1 of 4 in the Skull Barrel Project - full stream is now available! This project stems back to 2018, thought it would be a fun way of hyping myself to get back to streaming to make some of my old streams public😊 youtu.be/acqoPn05XV8

Gonna share more of the different sets I worked on for Wayfinder. Skylight was a big collaborative team effort and I really enjoyed helping out on the architecture sets for it. Here is a part of the wooden ones! 🪵🪟

Borrowed a gem from the library and stumbled upon some highlighted wisdom! Those marked sentences? Absolute gold!✨ But hey! Don't scribble in the library books! 😤

Some 5min studies with the Warriorpainters people 😄 Making me hungry..

Bundling up for Swedish winter like: scarf - check gloves - check endless determination to survive the dark and cold - um, working on it!

Leaving the Netherlands today, going back to Sweden. I had a great few days, first speaking at Dutch Game Day, meeting old colleagues from Guerrilla Games, then hanging out with an old friend of mine that recently moved back after many years abroad 😊

I visited my old colleagues at Guerrilla Games super fun to see many of them again in their new office! Thanks for having me ❤️

Tomorrow, I will be giving my talk Realism vs Stylized 2023 version at #DutchGameDay (powered by ControlMagazine I will cover the foundation of the gestalt principle and how that can help any artist master both #gameart

I'm having a talk at Dutch Game Day next week! dutchgameday.nl

Our game dev careers are limited by time; we only have a few games to create. Make sure you spend that time on the projects that truly matter to you, bring you joy, and fulfillment ❤️

I have been diving into self care books recently and the various methods. One thing that keeps popping up is journalling, sometimes also referred to morning- or evening pages. Anyone who been giving this a try? If so, how do you keep motivation with it going?

#XDS2023 We had our talk today! Thought it went great! It will be on youtube in a few months as well. Excited to see how it turned out 😊

Off to Canada 🇨🇦 on Sunday for #XDS23 to spill the beans on how EA DICE keeps the game dev magic flowing with external partners! 🎮 #gamedev #3Dartist