Linden Reid
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Linden Reid's blog offers free graphics programming and procedural mesh tutorials from a working game developer. It spans shader walkthroughs, procedural geometry, career notes, and mobile optimization, not a single linear course.
Shader posts use Unity ShaderLab with CG and HLSL for stylized outlines, water, rim and dissolve effects, post-processing, foggy glass, and command-buffer bloom. Procedural entries mix engine-neutral pseudocode with a Unity C# mesh intro series.
Material suits intermediate readers comfortable with basic Unity materials who want complete shader code and visuals. Pipeline and art-budget posts assume release-build profiling on device.
Posts are free, indexed by topic, and often split into short series. The catalog mixes intros with deeper single-effect labs.
Shader reading lists and graphics indexes often cite the blog as a practical Unity rendering companion.
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