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Austen Wheatley

@austenwheatley

WA | Dream big, follow through even bigger. Game Dev | Sprint Cars | Father | Founder/CEO @VaportrailCo @Vtrailstudios

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The 4 stages of being an artist/developer 1 - I’m shit 2 - This is shit 3 - Damn this is actually pretty good 4 - I’m the best #indiedev #gamedev #artist

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“Haven’t heard from you, are you still making that game?” Absolutely. UTL is very far along at this point and I have been hard at work. I went through 2 or 3 generic physics systems that I got working for our project but they were just “okay”. Which isn’t good enough. So I’ve

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First project of the year ✅ I wanted to design an original sci-fi speeder-class vehicle inspired by the distinct body shape of a sprint car but with sci-fi elements. Modeled in Blender, textured in Substance, rendered in UE. The A4 Cosmo Unit More on artstation.com/austenwheatley

First project of the year ✅

I wanted to design an original sci-fi speeder-class vehicle inspired by the distinct body shape of a sprint car but with sci-fi elements.

Modeled in Blender, textured in Substance, rendered in UE.

The A4 Cosmo Unit

More on artstation.com/austenwheatley
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A $90 Sweatshirt that is just a shitty relabeled Port & Company $10 Hoodie with some of the worst printing I’ve ever seen that doesn’t even match what was on the website. #endfanatics I hate this company so much. Fanatics doesn’t deserve these licenses.

A $90 Sweatshirt that is just a shitty relabeled Port &amp; Company $10 Hoodie with some of the worst printing I’ve ever seen that doesn’t even match what was on the website. #endfanatics I hate this company so much. <a href="/Fanatics/">Fanatics</a> doesn’t deserve these licenses.
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Gen AI was an interesting experiment but it’s ran its course (I know it won’t stop). The excitement at the beginning has turned to dread every time I go on any app or website. It’s in your face 24-7 and it’s just slop. I want to see what creative people with talent can create.

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There’s been a lot of talk about Gen AI and I’m tired of seeing it all over my feed lately, so I made a video to showcase how you can make your own racing media graphics without it. youtu.be/5Dapu_mKn1Q?si…

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I made a video detailing how I made this scene in Unreal. From lighting to rendering and piecing it together in Davinci. youtu.be/MvxNCLSvUjs?si…

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I wish I was still racing but only so when they stopped me on the front stretch for a heat race interview I could say, “Stop sign? What stop sign, man?” So one of you are going to have to do that.