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Experiment: Testing Houdini Karma XPU in a Big Scene

I’ve been trying some new things with SideFX Houdini’s new renderer called Karma. If you haven’t read my initial simple experiment about…

Dec 16, 2021

Experiment: Testing Houdini Karma XPU in a Big Scene

Dec 16, 2021

VFX Roles and What They Do

If you have read my previous articles you might know by now that I am an FX Artist. And that is why most of my ideas and examples are very…

Nov 13

VFX Roles and What They Do

Nov 13

Unreal Engine 5.4 Realtime Rendering vs Blender 4.2 Eevee

I am sure you heard about the recent Blender release which has a lot of cool features. However, the most anticipated one was the rework of…

Aug 21

Unreal Engine 5.4 Realtime Rendering vs Blender 4.2 Eevee

Aug 21

Comparison between VFX Studios 2024 edition

Wanted to take a look at the ratings of VFX companies again. Instead of renewing the old article I decided to write a new one so comparing…

Jun 3

Comparison between VFX Studios 2024 edition

Jun 3

Unreal Engine 5.3 from the Point of View of an FX Artist

If you are reading this I am sure you heard about Unreal Engine and all the cool new real time features it has. I never really dived into…

Mar 30

Mar 30

Experiment: Karma ROP vs Solaris Karma

This time I decided to see if using Solaris with Karma makes a difference in render time. Previously I used the regular method for…

Feb 1

Experiment: Karma ROP vs Solaris Karma

Feb 1

Tips & Trick — Simulating RBD Rocks on the Ground with Houdini

I keep seeing super complicated, strange setups for scattering rocks/pebbles on a surface geometry and simulating those rocks with RBD…

Dec 12, 2023

Tips & Trick — Simulating RBD Rocks on the Ground with Houdini

Dec 12, 2023

Differences Between an FX Artist and an FX TD

In the visual effects industry I came across both roles for the effects (FX) guys. When I first started, I wasn’t sure what the differences…

Oct 19, 2023

Differences Between an FX Artist and an FX TD

Oct 19, 2023

Experiment: Houdini 19.5 Karma XPU (Beta) and the Remastered Tsunami Scene

It’s been more than a year since I made my tsunami personal work scene and wrote a blog post about it. After learning new things and…

Aug 3, 2023

Experiment: Houdini 19.5 Karma XPU (Beta) and the Remastered Tsunami Scene

Aug 3, 2023

How to Write a Cover Letter for VFX Jobs

For years I always had the dilemma of writing or just skipping a cover letter. I wanted to write to tell how ambitious and amazing I am but…

May 21, 2023

How to Write a Cover Letter for VFX Jobs

May 21, 2023

Berk Erdag

Berk Erdag

VFX artist writing about mostly the business side and a bit about the artistic side and some technical experiments of the VFX and CG Sector.

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