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Feeka Café - Wearable Asset Pipeline Tutorial Series

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Proposal Details

Author0x82d5…57b9
PublishedJul 14, 2023 12:49
Voting beginsJul 14, 2023 12:49
Voting endsJul 28, 2023 12:49
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Grant size

10,000 MANA

Tier

Lower Tier

Beneficiary

0xCC7B…798E

Description

**INTRODUCTION:** Hi y'all, For those who don't know me, I'm Malloy! I came to Decentraland in the beginning of 2021, at that time I co-ran an independent outsource art studio for 6 years and had worked with traditional game studios, creative agencies and large clients in web2. **HISTORY:** My first 3D professional job was at the age of 18 and it was for a digital marketing agency working for shopping television deadlines. After a hectic introduction to the 3D art world and working on product launches like Dre Beats back in 2009, I wanted to get back to my passions and went to university to study game art. During the 2nd year of studies I managed to secure a position as an art intern in a game studio working on launch titles for the Xbox One/PS4. This isn't a long way of saying I'm old (lol), but I've grown with the technical requirements of an artist over the years and it has left me with a great repetoire of techniques that I've used since making content for Decentraland in order to get, what my business partner and myself deem, the best results with DCL shaders and technical specifications for wearables and for our clients. We have had the pleasure of creating assets for the following brands/clients in web3 over the last 2 years; * D-Cave * Diesel * Ben Bridge * Kraken * Verse Digital * Deadmau5 * Australian Open * Bulova * BBC * Adidas * The Vogu Collective * ANIMO Industries * JustHype UK **PROPOSAL:** We are proposing to create a tutorial series unlike others before, this won't be a 'beginner's tutorial series' however it will be accessible to wearable artists at all skill levels and information will be easily digestible for every step of the process. There will be 3 main categories of tutorial videos; * **Concept to Completion** * How to take a concept from a client, hired artist or even an AI generation and break it down technically to prepare for high resolution mesh production. * How to prepare a high resolution mesh with specific rules to follow that will help the aesthetic finish of your final asset. * How to retopologise a low poly mesh (ingame ready) with both deformation of animation and texture finish (Unwrapping) in mind. * How to unwrap the low poly mesh with specific requirements in mind. * How to bake high poly to low poly with clean results and the correct texture map outputs required for further texture finish. * How to use the generated maps to create a texture base that is applicable for DCL shaders (Unlit, toon shader). * How to use everything generated before in the process so that it can be applied to other metaverse platforms (Interopability). * How to use the assets previously generated to render a clean thumbnail for various marketplaces. * **Source Asset to Completion** * How to take a source asset from a client and make it DCL/Metaverse ready. * This will repeat the steps above but with client branding fidelity taken into account. * **Special Case Techniques** * A variety of videos showing off crazy and fun techniques (Fur, Deformation weighting fun etc...) The purpose of this is to share the blueprint of our successful run and so that when a big brand comes knocking aspiring teams in this arena will have the confidence to follow through. It will also help independent community brands! Examples of style: [Golden Snubnose Chungus](https://tinyurl.com/dxw3y2x5) [Ben Bridge Mascot](https://tinyurl.com/bdcmnkmu)

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23 Comments

fifitangoMar 12, 2024

Hi @Malloy , Following our last meeting, I wanted to touch base and see if there have been any developments regarding the project status. Specifically, I'm interested in the progress of the videos. Has Video 1 been published already? What is the status of Video 2 and Video 3? Looking forward to your update. Best regards,

DOCTORdrippFeb 13, 2024

What is the status on this? @Malloy

daoAug 15, 2023

Feeka Café - Wearable Asset Pipeline Tutorial Series This proposal has been ENACTED by a DAO Committee Member (0x88013d7ed946dd8292268a6ff69165a97a89a639) Vesting Contract Addresses: 0xF7499bbDd0A37ac968cC5cE440F1994d4173145e

daoJul 28, 2023

Feeka Café - Wearable Asset Pipeline Tutorial Series This proposal is now in status: PASSED. Voting Results: * Yes 87% 9,267,238 VP (146 votes) * No 12% 1,298,869 VP (9 votes) * Abstain 1% 20,641 VP (11 votes)

JayJayCJul 24, 2023

good proposal good luck fren

MalloyJul 22, 2023

Appreciate your candor. Hope you're doing good!

jar0dJul 22, 2023

If every video is coming with written documentation to go with it, it sounds like you have got more then enough to cover the category and I was making the all to common mistake of over simplifying what a grant is offering. My apologies. I do still want to talk to some squads and dao officials to figure out why there were changes made without community involvement, perhaps a squad had mentioned being able to update these tings in a grant request or something, but that is certainly a matter for another place. While we have out differences, Anyone who has the support of all my favorite creators is someone I'm happy to see the dao pay to make content.

MalloyJul 22, 2023

Hi jar0d, Not familiar with the missing rule you're mentioning however the videos will be accompanying extensive documentation. I'll also be collaborating with Shibu to implement the content into the official documentation for content creation to ensure clarity for each specific process. This agreement was made after I sent Shibu a link to the proposal for his feedback. I consider this insurance on accessibility and clarity so that we don't have to redirect folks to a YT channel etc... The processes in the asset production pipeline I have described in the above haven't been well covered yet! So here is hoping to address that! 🤞 As for documentation previously posted I'll have to dig out an infograph we sent to Shibu previously arguing for combining wearable slots for additional tris (currently AFK). Let me know if there is anything else I can answer, cheers!

jar0dJul 22, 2023

The voted on requirements for this category do not allow for video content. This does not appear to be a valid grant request. I'm unclear when the doc.decentraland Category info was edited, but I do not believe category changes without a vote is in the spirit of the DAO. **3- Documentation** Creation of free educational content about how to contribute, build and play on Decentraland. The content should be published on official mediums to be found and preserved for posterity. * Requirements: * The topic shouldn’t be already well-covered in the official documentation. * Provide examples of documentation done in the past. * Describe the format of documentation to be produced. * To be published in official mediums. * Performance Metrics: * The number of contributions to Decentraland Documentation * The number of contributions to the Awesome Repository.

MalloyJul 20, 2023

Thank you Amanda! Hope you're good!

amanda_modJul 19, 2023

I also can't vote right now but when I can it will be a big YES. All of the interactions I've had with Malloy have been positive and insightful - I think they're a huge asset to DCL. I also believe the work they will produce will not only be invaluable to the community but of a top standard judging from their previous projects. 10k for all of this knowledge and work is a very fair and modest price.

MalloyJul 17, 2023

Thank you kindly @Existential14, it'll be an advanced process but we'll make sure it's clear and concise so that the steps don't seem overwhelming for folks new to it/just starting on the path!

MalloyJul 17, 2023

Thank you Fractilians! Yeah absolutely, we'll make sure they're YT ready :saluting_face: Have a good week!

Existential14Jul 16, 2023

Beings @Malloy is a top creator and having such raving reviews from other top creators, how could one possibly say no? I think it's great you are passing on experienced knowledge and providing a, let's say expert level of tutorials maybe. I know there's plenty out there for the beginner and possibly average but not heard of an advanced course.

fractiliansJul 15, 2023

I very much support this initiative as well. @malloy:) I totally agree with what SugarClub said above and excited to see more advanced resources available. Would also love to share these on the DCL DAO Youtube channel.

MalloyJul 15, 2023

Cheers Yannakis! Appreciate it greatly but you know what they say, you can bring a horse to water... Your skills grow so fast because you constantly working and exploring! Can't wait to see what you achieve in the near future! Let's go!

YannakisJul 15, 2023

Hey there, just wanted to take a moment to show my full support and appreciation for your decision to create these tutorials. Having reached out to @Malloy countless times for guidance, I can confidently say that he is the perfect person for the job. His willingness to lend a helping hand and share his knowledge has had a big impact on my personal journey in 3D modeling. I'm incredibly excited for what your team has in store with these tutorials.

MalloyJul 15, 2023

Hey @SugarClub, These are the exact things we'll be covering! Also we'll cover how to make an asset with DCL's shader finish in mind but also how to make an interoperable version of that asset from the same pipeline that will be PBR ready for other engines and shader finishes. :saluting_face: :metal:

MalloyJul 15, 2023

Appreciate you Sinful! Let me know if there is anything specific you'd like me to cover!

SinfulMeatStickJul 15, 2023

Love this proposal @Malloy I think this will have a positive impact for new creators entering the space. I vote Yes.

MalloyJul 14, 2023

Update; Martin Shibuya of Decentraland Foundation will add these resources to the official documentation for content creation so all will be able to find with ease 🥳 I also ran out of characters but it will be more than 3 deliverables, there will be many videos and accompanying documentation. I am also going to ask a previous client if I can do an asset post mortem and document how we broke down the brief and executed upon it. Cheers!

MalloyJul 14, 2023

Thank you Doki! 🥹 Absolutely stoked to have met you through DCL! 🙏

DokiJul 14, 2023

Can't vote rn because it's stuck on a loading wheel but when I do it's a big phat yes! Feeka Cake are my favourite creators especially with their Hype collab; that was some stuff of dreams. I don't know too much about the whole team but Malloy in particular has taught me so much in terms of 3D and his techniques are always huge brained ones! I think it'd be a huge loss if this was voted no.