Handy tool! Automatically convert files in a folder to PDF. Behold HotFolder:
HotFolder is a free program that you can use to monitor folders on your system to turn files into pdf documents automatically.
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Build an Animated SVG Loading Icon in 5 Minutes
How to build an animated SVG loading icon in 5 minutes! Fun, simple non game art tutorial. 🙂
With the rise in popularity of SVG’s, now is the perfect time to create new assets that can be used responsively across …
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Letters of Note: The Skills of Leonardo da Vinci
This is Leonardo da Vinci’s resume as a war engineer, sent to Ludovico Sforza for consideration. His painting skills are mentioned almost as an afterthought. This is remarkable and a terrific short read!
“Letters of Note: The Skills of Leonardo da Vinci”
Fascinating letters. Interesting correspondence.
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Science Time – Gears And Lever Systems
Fascinating gears and lever systems as animated gifs. Great ref for animating doors and looping techy bits for games!
The most viral images on the internet, curated in real time by a dedicated community through commenting, voting and sharing.
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PBR In Practice
Excellent introduction to Physically Based Rendering and what it means for artists. If you’re a game artist that doesn’t yet know what that is, or if you are still unsure of precisely what it means for how to make art now, this is *required* reading. Stay sharp and keep your competitive edge!
Tutorial: Physically Based Rendering, And You Can Too! By Joe “EarthQuake” Wilson This tutorial will cover the basics of art content creation, some of the reasoning behind various PBR standards (wi…
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Gamasutra: Junxue Li’s Blog – Walkthrough of making a Match-3 game map
Another solid art production breakdown from Junxue Li.
“Art directing a match-3 map: A walkthrough”
We’re making map art for a Match-3 game recently(working as art vendor). Thanks to the excessive kindness of our client, we are allowed to post some unreleased contents here, to share the walkthrough…
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Sync App: All Your Desktop Folders, On The Go
BitTorrent Sync is one of the very best tools I use for syncing all my data to all my devices, as well as syncing files with all my outsourcing partners across the globe. It’s utterly replaced Dropbox for me. This is a simple, easy-to-understand guide showing its ease of use and power. I strongly recommend it if you share files with anyone, collaborate remotely, or simply want to sync your data between multiple devices. It’s also free. Check it out!
“Sync App: All Your Desktop Folders, On The Go”
When I’m at work and on my laptop, there’s a very specific folder structure that I’m used to: Each project has it’s own folder (with different sub folders), while each product has it’s own separate…
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Adobe’s got Photoshop running in Chrome
This is incredible! Adobe Photoshop Streaming runs inside the Chrome browser. We live in the future. 🙂
Using Photoshop usually requires lugging a typically cumbersome, expensive computer around, and changing that experience has been the dream of many creatives for years. As we found out back in…
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Tools and Tech of the Globetrotting Freelancer speech is ONLINE!
Hi everybody! The Tools and Tech of the Globetrotting Freelancer talk that I gave this year at the External Development Summit 2014 in Vancouver is finally online! It’s an overview of how I stay online, connected, powered up, and secure when I travel, based on my experiences working as a freelance outsourcing manager as well as being employed by large game developers. The part of the talk where I talk about the apps I use is the bit people liked the most, especially on how to keep your phone and your clients’ data secure no matter what. Feedback is appreciated!
Also, the slides are here: http://www.jonjones.com/2014/09/11/slides-and-information-from-my-xds-2014-presentations/
Here’s the video:
Moleskine Smart Notebook Turns Your Sketches Into Adobe-Friendly…
Wizard magic! “Moleskine Smart Notebook Turns Your Sketches Into Adobe-Friendly Vector Files”
Digital tools may one day replace traditional creative media altogether, but we’re definitely not there yet, and Moleskine is doing a good job of straddling..
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