So I just found I might be colorblind....

CyberdemoN_1542 · Oct 2023

Yep...pretty devastated. It's not too bad. I can distinguish red flowers in bushes, even if the reds are more desaturated but apparently I can't pass the color test and I have a red-green deficiency. I never would have thought this was the case for me... I do have a driver's license so it's not severe but I don't want this to get in the way of my job. What's really strange is....that red is my favorite color. I like to wear bright red Tshirts. What's even more strange is that when going back and forth with the windows colorblind mode, I sort of remember the reds being almost as bright. The filter makes the reds so bright that details are starting to get lost. It looks kind of gaudy too.

Before the test, I DID get some feedback from my colleagues that the wood I was working on was slightly green or too red and I couldn't see it immediately. After a bit of squinting I could see it but not immediately.

I've been doing this for almost 7 years and I love what I do. I really want to be among the best 3D artists one day, especially when it comes to texturing...Do you still think I've got a shot? I've asked two of my buddies who are also pros but with a lot more experience. They told me to calm down and that yes, I still have a shot. One of them works for a big, well-known company and told me he has friends who are colorblind and paint better than he does. I consider them to be honest people.

I would like more opinions about this and solutions on how not to be an annoyance for my colleagues. I don't want to keep going back and forth about "where do you see green" or "pink". I've read about the Enchroma glasses and it looks like the indoor version could help me. Would they help me professionally? What other options do I have? I find that the windows colorblind mode makes the reds pop out way too much. So much that details are starting to get lost.

I'm a self taught 3D artist that learned from tutorials but I would like to draw and paint too one day...do I have a shot at that?

poopipe · Oct 2023

I've worked with a concept artist and a material artist who have the same condition and they both seem to get on fine - I think i only found out cos the subject came up in conversation at the pub both times. If people sign your work off it's not causing you any problems is it..?

You should be able to trial the enchroma glasses at places that sell them - I've tried them out (my kids have the same thing)
Whatever they do is pretty magical but mileage will definitely vary

CyberdemoN_1542 · Oct 2023

poopipe said:

I've worked with a concept artist and a material artist who have the same condition and they both seem to get on fine - I think i only found out cos the subject came up in conversation at the pub both times. If people sign your work off it's not causing you any problems is it..?

You should be able to trial the enchroma glasses at places that sell them - I've tried them out (my kids have the same thing)
Whatever they do is pretty magical but mileage will definitely vary

I see...I will go to an ophtalmologist first. I only got tested by a GP during our mandatory annual health checkup and then I did some online tests. They are pretty expensive after all, even if you can return. Do the glasses darken the image? What about indoor? It seems the materials that give me the most trouble is wood. I always thought wood was the hardest material to get right.

Until I get the glasses, are there any filters/tools that can help me use and see colors better?

CyberdemoN_1542 · Oct 2023

Here is a practical example of my apparent condition. I couldn't see the writing until I used the filter, after which I could just BARELY BARELY see without it. It's not invisible, just very faint. My mom had no trouble seeing it. Right now, the second word is the most visible. I was working on my first wood material in Designer and my mom said there were some faint pink splotches here and there. Only after squinting my eyes I could see them.

Image: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0010/9215/7503/t/5/assets/Is_this_red_image_3_Cropped_from_Luke_Jerram.jpg?7155493933350866365

Alex_J · Oct 2023

do you have an artstation?

i see your sketchfab models. I dont see any weird colors or notice something off about the texturing, not even the wood.

Critiques could be made on a case by case basis for each model but doesn't look like color vision is causing any issue as far as I can tell.

Besides that, you have some friends working in industry and they say its no issue. They even say they know some people with color blindness and it is no issue. Plus poopipe knows people and its no issue.

Personally, that would be enough to convince me to think nothing more of it and I wouldn't mention it to anybody again. Imagine that you are neck and neck with some other person for a job and the hiring person can't make a decision. They figure they'll just flip a coin to decide. Except then on your application it says, "color blind." Now they'll make who knows what sort of assumption which might not be realistic! Get the job and then if your first line supervisor ask you why your colors are consistently fucked up then you can explain it.

What I would do is try to get feedback a little more often and just see if anybody mentions something about colors. If they do just fix and move on. Don't want to get into habit of making negative self talk it is only going to make everything more difficult.

CyberdemoN_1542 · Oct 2023

@Alex_J

Yes, this is it but it's mostly guns. That sketchfab is more than 6 years old and not updated. I'm not allowed to post any other stuff due to NDAs.
EDIT: I took off the links. Don't want this to affect my career. Even if its not a big deal.

Alex_J · Oct 2023

im not seeing any pink hue on any of the wood. Of course if your boss says so, just do whatever they want to correct it. There are a million reasons to reject a model and ask for a change. If color hues gets you here and there sometimes i dont think its an issue. If somebody is breathing down your neck about this they should go to hell and I hope you wouldn't be submissive towards a loser like that. If somebody latches onto a small problem and tries to make it a big problem this just means that they dont like you for some other reason. The colors wont be the actual issue in situation like that.

Clearly you are competent enough that if - at worst - you make some slightly off colors on certain types of textures, whoever is reviewing your art can work with you to correct it or just take the 10 seconds to do so themselves. It's definitely not a showstopping issue.

If three times your lead says wood is pinkish and you adjust hue slider and then they are happy, now you know what to do before turning in wood texture. problem solved. just a bit of pattern recognition.

You mentioned that you want to be among the best 3d modelers, I'd suggest to only focus on being useful and enjoying the hell out of your work. Much better mindset, you won't become your own enemy this way and you'll always think about the team first which helps keep from hyper-fixating on yourself.

poopipe · Nov 2023

Re: the glasses

They don't darken things the way you'd expect, It's more like the colour balance is getting altered than anything else.
Honestly it makes no sense to me how the physics work - all logic tells me that the image should darken yet somehow it wasn't perceptible.

Do bear in mind that I don't have the red/green deficiency so how I perceive the change will be different from those that do.

CyberdemoN_1542 · Nov 2023

Alex_J said:

im not seeing any pink hue on any of the wood. Of course if your boss says so, just do whatever they want to correct it. There are a million reasons to reject a model and ask for a change. If color hues gets you here and there sometimes i dont think its an issue. If somebody is breathing down your neck about this they should go to hell and I hope you wouldn't be submissive towards a loser like that. If somebody latches onto a small problem and tries to make it a big problem this just means that they dont like you for some other reason. The colors wont be the actual issue in situation like that.
Clearly you are competent enough that if - at worst - you make some slightly off colors on certain types of textures, whoever is reviewing your art can work with you to correct it or just take the 10 seconds to do so themselves. It's definitely not a showstopping issue.
If three times your lead says wood is pinkish and you adjust hue slider and then they are happy, now you know what to do before turning in wood texture. problem solved. just a bit of pattern recognition.
You mentioned that you want to be among the best 3d modelers, I'd suggest to only focus on being useful and enjoying the hell out of your work. Much better mindset, you won't become your own enemy this way and you'll always think about the team first which helps keep from hyper-fixating on yourself.

My colleagues are all incredibly kind but I don't want to get on their nerves. Say we get some tasks to make some materials in Designer. I don't want to be annoying and keep asking why they think the wood is slightly green or red.
poopipe said:

Re: the glasses

They don't darken things the way you'd expect, It's more like the colour balance is getting altered than anything else.
Honestly it makes no sense to me how the physics work - all logic tells me that the image should darken yet somehow it wasn't perceptible.

Do bear in mind that I don't have the red/green deficiency so how I perceive the change will be different from those that do.

I see...It looks like this will be the way to go.

Alex_J · Nov 2023

can you get in touch with those people who are working professionally with similar conditions? it would probably alleviate a lot of stress if you could ask them all your questions

sacboi · Nov 2023

My work history is peppered with occasional stints contracted to a few outlier industries, when I was 'slightly' younger and do recall one instance interviewing for a CPP security role where potential hazard identification was a critical component an operative must be cognizant of in the field. Anyway we were run through a full battery of tests, not unlike those in the forces are subjected too so during the medical phase they threw in the Ishihara Color Plate Test subsequently found out had negligible deuteranopia deficiency (color green) where perception would intermittently fade in and out.

Well I just sat there dumbfounded looking at the specialist mouthing expletives, needless to say flunked out so yeah kinda know how it feels but in my opinion, skimming through your stuff (...although did notice faint pink'sh splotches on the Luger PO8 grips) should be good to go with those enchroma glasses.

NOTE:

Instead, I'll suggest being entirely thankful you'd not put in time learning how to be an electrician :P

CyberdemoN_1542 · Nov 2023

Alex_J said:

can you get in touch with those people who are working professionally with similar conditions? it would probably alleviate a lot of stress if you could ask them all your questions

Perhaps this thread could become that... I'm going to take off the links to my page though...I don't want this to affect my career. I worked really hard for this.

sacboi said:

although did notice faint pink'sh splotches on the Luger PO8 grips) should be good to go with those enchroma glasses.

NOTE:
Instead, I'll suggest being entirely thankful you'd not put in time learning how to be an electrician :P

I think I can see them too...maybe

So I just found I might be colorblind....

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