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…

I wanted to compare the most famous CG and VFX studios in the world and see each ones advantages and disadvantages. Started doing some research then wanted to turn it into a blog post so that everyone can take a look and maybe add their own ideas. Plus, thought maybe…

If you haven’t heard, SideFX released the new version of Houdini which has a lot of amazing features. Contrary to most people I was waiting for the new renderer inside Houdini called Karma. It was available in the previous versions but was in a beta state. Now it is fully…

It doesn’t matter where you work or what your profession as a 3d artist is, there will be errors/hiccups/issues with your scenes or with scenes that you worked and passed to someone else. First of all, as a junior there is no need to panic. Having some difficulties and annoying/weird…

Most of the time and especially while freelancing, clients will not have enough knowledge of CG or VFX production. (The same applies for composers, sound effects artists, video editors, compositors…) That is why they want your help after all. However, they may think that these kind of creative works are…

When someone hears about a 3d artist, they immediately think that the person works on movies or games industry. However, that is not always the case. I have labeled 14 different industries 3d artists work in. Film, TV commercials and serials Widely known industries and most artists work in this…

Do you want to work for ILM? Do you want to work on big feature movies? Keep reading. What I hear most of the time is, people, especially beginners aiming for the biggest VFX houses the day they watch their first tutorial or launch their first 3D/2D software. I was…