I’m Abdou Bouam, a 3D artist and game dev from Algeria. I’m currently working on my passion game project.
Software Expertise : Blender, Substance Painter, Unreal Engine, Substance Designer, Marmoset Toolbag, Plasticity.
Main skills : Hard-Surface Modelling, Realistic texturing, Lighting, Tech Art, Game Props, Environment Art.
Additional skills : Cad Modelling, Procedural Modelling and Tools (Blender Geometry Nodes), Python Programming, Computer and System Maintenance.
Hobbies : Art, Driving, Cycling, Reading, Gaming, Electronics.
Blog Posts
- Devlog Week 65-66
The last two weeks were a bit more relaxed/casual. Inspiration and Reference I spent quite some time playing games for reference (the first few hours of Death Stranding and Doom 2016) where I focused a lot on trimsheets and textures and the general environment. I had fun while at it, so it wasn’t all for the art. Another game I played was “The Spirit […] - Devlog Week 63-64
I didn’t work a lot on the game itself these past two weeks, focusing more on adjacent portfolio work. Environment Art for Portfolio I’m starting a new big project for my portfolio, focusing on sci-fi and hardsurface. I gathered a lot of reference and replayed and reviewed old screenshots of games with an art style matching what I want, mainly Titanfall 2, Doom 2016, […] - Devlog Week 61-62
Here’s a summary of my work for the past two weeks Walkie-Talkie 3D model This is a personal project for my porfolio. I wanted to practice more hero game props, CAD modelling, texturing, and also lighting and rendering in Unreal Engine 5.Check out the detailed breakdown over on ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/blogs/abdoubouam/Agd2X/walkie-talkie-game-prop-breakdown Mini Game Husky Drift I made the lowpoly and textured models of the husky […] - Devlog Week 59-60
As I mentioned last week, I’m focusing a bit more on my portfolio, so there’s less work done on the game. Here’s a summary of what I did. Dithering Effect I had the idea to add some of the dream effects to the rest of the game. I tried it, but I didn’t like how it looked, so I created another one specifically for […] - Devlog Week 57-58
I’m going to take a break from the main game from now to work on side projects for a few weeks. Mainly portfolio pieces and experiment with Unreal Engine more. In the meantime here’s what I did the past two weeks. Mini Game Prototype: Husky Drift I had this silly idea of a husky drifting a car. I had purchased the model a while […]