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 were because both roles seemed to work on the same stuff. Later on I learned the differences and also the path I wanted to take…

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 working for some companies I again found the time to revisit this same scene and try to make it better while checking out Houdini…

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 felt like I was just trying to fill job application space. I also didn’t want to write anything because who cares about…

Growing as an artist is difficult, it is not directly associated with experience. There are different aspects to being a 3d artist like creativity, time management, being a team player, technical aspects and many more. And to improve, like every profession you need to work on that and practice a…

At first this might sound unnecessary after all a 3d artist should focus on their shots and deliver them to the next guy, right? Not exactly. Yes you should work on your shot but not only you, everyone has to work as a team. You just can not think about…

Contrast is one of the seven principles of art and is used to draw the attention of the viewer to a specific place. There are also different types of contrasts in art like color, repetition, shape, detail, etc. but in this article I want to mostly focus on Light/Dark contrast. What is Contrast? …

In the past few years I did some freelance VFX work both for clients and some studios which made me realize some differences/pros/cons. First and foremost, when I say a client I mean a person or a company that is not involved in CG, visual effects, motion graphics or something…

After giving Houdini Karma a try, this time I decided to try the new features Vellum got with Houdini 19. If you haven’t heard the new features are Vellum Fluid which lets you make small scale liquid simulations with Vellum, Unified Solver which means you can combine rigid bodies, cloth…

I know that this subject was argued millions of times and my research showed me the same answer every single time which is “You do not have to be good at drawing to be a 3d artist, but it helps if you learn how to draw” But there is a…