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The Challenge of VFX Realism: Why Making Stuff Look Believable on Screen is Way Harder Than You Think The Challenge of VFX Realism. Right there, in those few words, is something that has kept me up late, pulled out hair I probably didn’t have left, and made me stare at a computer screen until my […]

Your Creative Spark in VFX Your Creative Spark in VFX – that flicker, that little voice, that feeling that makes you want to build something amazing, something that wasn’t there before. For years, I’ve been messing around in the world of visual effects, the stuff you see in movies, TV shows, and even video games

The Fundamentals of CGI VFX… yeah, those three little words kinda shaped my life. They sound a bit technical, maybe even a little scary if you’re just dipping your toes into the world of visual effects. But honestly, understanding these basics is like learning your ABCs before you write a novel, or knowing how to

The Infinite Possibilities of VFX The Infinite Possibilities of VFX… just saying those words out loud makes me feel like a kid again, standing in front of a massive canvas with every color imaginable at my fingertips. For years now, I’ve been deep in the trenches of making movie magic (and sometimes magic for games,

The Business of VFX Art: It’s More Than Just Explosions and Magic Okay, so you see a killer movie or a flashy commercial, and you’re blown away by the impossible stuff happening on screen – the dragons breathing fire, cars flipping through the air like they’re weightless, or maybe just making someone look twenty years

Mastering VFX for VR… man, that phrase still brings a smile to my face and a slight twitch to my eye. It’s been a wild ride, jumping into the deep end of virtual reality effects after spending years making stuff look cool on flat screens. Let me tell you, everything you thought you knew? Get

The Art of Low-Poly VFX The Art of Low-Poly VFX. Just saying it out loud brings back a flood of memories – late nights hunched over my screen, wrestling with software, and that awesome feeling when a simple effect finally clicks into place. For a long time, I was caught up in the race for

The Discipline of VFX Art: More Than Just Movie Magic The Discipline of VFX Art. That phrase might sound a bit serious, right? Like something out of a textbook. But for me, someone who’s spent years wading knee-deep in pixels and trying to make impossible things look real, it’s less about strict rules and more

The Future of VFX Education The Future of VFX Education is something I’ve thought about a lot lately. I mean, way back when I first got into visual effects, things were… different. Like, *really* different. We learned on clunky computers, often figuring stuff out by trial and error or maybe if you were lucky, you

Create Your Signature VFX Style – that phrase? Man, it used to sound like some kind of mythical quest when I first started messing around with computers and trying to make cool stuff happen on screen. Like finding a secret treasure map, but the treasure was… well, *you* in pixels and motion. For the longest