Kía Valdez BettcheringskinnerCinema 4D Lite vs BlenderI’ve been recently learning Cinema 4D Lite in my professional development time at gskinner and comparing it to Blender 2.8. After having…Aug 31, 2020Aug 31, 2020
Kía Valdez BettcheringskinnerA Dive Into the CAMP Site AssetsThe site we made for the 2019 CAMP Festival for creatives recently won an Applied Arts award for Community Promotional Design! To…Aug 25, 2020Aug 25, 2020
Kía Valdez BettcheringskinnerBlender Grease Pencil: Creating 3D Environment IllustrationsI saw some Blender Grease Pencil animations by Dedouze and got inspired by what the tool seemed to offer. The Grease Pencil tool is like a…Aug 18, 20204Aug 18, 20204
Kía Valdez BettcheringskinnerBlender: Shader to RGB NodeRecently I saw this video explaining all 80+ Blender material nodes on my YouTube homepage. Naturally, I watched the video and one of the…Aug 11, 2020Aug 11, 2020
Kía Valdez BettcheringskinnerMaking Data Digestible: Tips to Improve Your Dashboard DesignsAs the amount of data in the world increases, so does the need for designers to know how to visualize that data. Since at gskinner we have…Mar 10, 2020Mar 10, 2020
Kía Valdez BettcheringskinnerDesigning with 3D for FlutterI had the pleasure design two vignettes for our Google Flutter Vignette Showcase. What made the opportunity even sweeter was I could use…Mar 9, 2020Mar 9, 2020
Kía Valdez BettcheringskinnerNot Your Typical Walk CycleHow to make a funky-fresh walking animationSep 24, 2019Sep 24, 2019
Kía Valdez BettcheringskinnerThe Camp.site Design: How the Concept Came to BeBack in May, the organizer of CAMP approached gskinner to create a site to promote their festival. For those who don’t know, CAMP is a…Sep 10, 2019Sep 10, 2019
Kía Valdez BettcheringskinnerFUI FUN: Learning to Make HUDsIt’s been a while since I did any motion graphics so I thought I’d jump back into it. My goal: make a short HUD animation inspired by…Jul 15, 2019Jul 15, 2019
Kía Valdez BettcheringskinnerThink More, Draw Less: Tips for Stronger ImagesIt’s funny how the more you learn, the more you realize that you don’t know as much as you thought you did. I feel that way a lot when it…Mar 11, 2019Mar 11, 2019