Rassoul Edji
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Working on my CG short film. Former Lead VFX artist in the film industry 🎬
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VFX artist here, heres what happened: Clients continually change the brief, shot design and planning are no longer a priority, and we have a lot more work to get through in a shorter amount of time. We have and can create work better than back in the day, it just needs the right
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@ConcordD0m
Indeed, all of those films you showed come from directors who have a very good understanding of VFX and how to use it. This coupled with a clear vision for the film makes a big difference.
Gareth Edwards and Takashi Yamazaki actually got their start in VFX.
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@JussiKemppainen
Yes, they want more in less time, for less money, and at the same if not better quality. Which is of course not possible.
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@AngusMcFifePT
Jurassic Park has some of the best shot design for both the VFX shots and the animatronic ones. ILM also had a very solid amount of time to deliver the very limited amount of VFX shots. All of these together are why the shots look incredible and hold up even today.
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Hyperion was designed to be mechanically plausible, being mainly driven by pistons and other recognisable pieces. I was keen on maintaining a grounded look for Hyperion.
I love the small details we were able to add of objects being pushed out of the way by the rigs movement. It
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By far the biggest and heaviest asset on
#Transformers
ROTB was Stratosphere. Tens of thousands of objects and over 1400+ UDIMs. It was a massive technical undertaking pushing this character through our pipeline and workflows. I spent a lot of time working with the team to
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Hi, I am Rassoul from Iran, 25 years old.
This is my professional digital art
Hi I am Ricardo from Portugal, 31 years old.
This is my professional digital art
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The hero Bumblebee transformation shot from
#Transformers
ROTB. This is the animation compared to the final composited shot. I'm super proud of how Bumblebee turned out in the film 🐝
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Very early transformation tests from
#Transformers
ROTB
Part of winning a transformers show is proving you can get the characters transforming. This is of course all smoke and mirrors, but you still need a system to be able to get you most of the way there before you have to
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@mrwollZERO
You can do a film that is fully CGI and have it be incredible if it is planned well, changes aren’t constantly made, and the VFX teams have enough time to create and refine it.
But yes, to your point, VFX is often used as a crutch to fix issues which should be fixed on set.
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A playblast of Optimus Prime's first on screen transformation from
#Transformers
ROTB
It's much easier to see and appreciate the transformation without the lighting and shading. It was so cool loading up this shot in Maya and panning around Optimus while he Transformed. So
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@NicholasPas5
She should be paid residuals. All major contributors to films should be paid residuals. However, her use of “I” is very insensitive as she is still getting paid millions outright to star in that “iconic” role. VFX artists for example work countless hours over multiple years and
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Mirage's transformation animation vs final rendered shot from
#Transformers
ROTB.
This was the first transformation shot that we started on for the film since it was needed for the first film trailer.
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I made dual arm mounted Vulkan cannons for Hyperion. Currently in the process of upgrading his weapons. Next up is the sword.
#mecha
#vfx
#cgi
#3d
#characterdesign
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Bumblebee was the asset that I did most of our character R&D on for
#Transformers
ROTB. I created a procedural texturing & shading workflow and toolset that allowed our artists to make the robots look great in very short timeframes. We measured this system to be 138.2% faster
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My team spent over 3 months creating these extra vehicles for a couple seconds of screen time in
#Transformers
. He had Ferrari, Indy, and Lambo vehicles. The Ferrari you don’t even see in the film. There was a lot of assets we built which ended up being scrapped unfortunately.
Remember when everyone complained that ROTB Mirage wasn't an F1 car and then the film did this?
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The deleted opening sequence from
#Transformers
ROTB featuring one of the best fights of the film between Optimus Prime and Transit.
This was the first sequence that we started to work on since it was supposed to be shown at ComicCon.
We worked really hard on this sequence
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Show me your most popular piece.
Bumblebee 🐝
Show me your most popular piece.
On here it’s Drogon 🔥
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Hyperion is a very heavy asset, because of this, we built a LOD system into the rig to enable animators to work fluidly with the character at the different stages of production.
You don't always need to work with the highest quality version of your asset, especially at the
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It is so surreal to have the character you modelled for a film in physical form in front of you. You can see how closely the details match my 3D renders
This is the Threezero
#Transformers
ROTB DLX Bumblebee collectible figure
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Air Razor was the character that we spent the most time creating for
#Transformers
Rise of the Beasts. She had 9 different variants, each of which had their own unique elements for how she fit into any given sequence.
We had a lot of back and forth between us and the client to
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One of my favourite Bumblebee shots from
#Transformers
Rise of the Beasts. His re-entry into the third act of the film was so cool
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I wrote a tutorial for Pixar's RenderMan covering how to create photorealistic human characters and also breaking down my lookdev process for the Samurai in Foundry's Katana. Check it out below!
New tutorial from fantastic artist
@RassoulEdji
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Download a Katana project and learn about making photorealistic characters in
#RenderMan
for
#Katana
, as well as tips and tricks for
@TheFoundryTeam
#mari
#zbrush
and more...and don't forget to try the new RenderMan Interactive
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Hyperion Railgun clocking animation test. I ended up deciding not to use the Railgun for my short film and modeled the dual Vulkan cannons for him instead. I wanted a gun that he could use while holding his sword
#mecha
#vfx
#cgi
#3d
#characterdesign
#animation
#rig
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I get asked this a lot, so here is how to break into the film industry as a VFX artist:
1. Build a showreel for the role you want
In the film industry we are usually specialists, especially at larger studios. Some studios do hire generalists, but it is quite rare. You are
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Hyperion's fully production ready rig comes with a face rig, all typical animation controls (utility controls, IK FK, driven keyframes, custom panel animations) and more. Even includes LOD systems built in for managing playback performance when animating.
Rigged by the great Tim
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Finished working on Hyperion's weapons. Dual Vulkan cannons and a Power Sword. Made a quick animation to show them off too.
I can't wait to get into shot work with him for my full CG fight sequence. More coming soon!
#mecha
#vfx
#cgi
#3d
#characterdesign
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Hyperion boxing animation from the Maya viewport. Looks so cool with the rig visible
#Mecha
#VFX
#CGI
#3D
#CharacterDesign
#Animation
#Rig
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Since everyone is asking, here is why he had so many UDIMs:
At the start of any show in VFX, we figure out what level of detail (texel density for UVs as well as texture resolution) is needed for our hero characters. This is done by seeing the shot requirements for the assets
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So sad to see directors go out of their way to highlight practical effects at the expense of VFX artists. Why not highlight the awesome practical sets but also acknowledge that the practical and digital work together to create the final look?
We went to extreme lengths in
#AlienRomulus
to avoid CG sets. This is Jackson’s Star colony on the first night of shooting…. And btw, where did you see that RED neon sign before?
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Mechanical designs for landing gear and engine bays for a ship I was working on a few years ago. Figuring out how the mechanisms work is such a fun part of the asset creation process.
It's so rewarding when a design works realistically. It grounds your asset in reality as the
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Did you know that Avatar the Way of Water used 18.5 petabytes of storage? The first Avatar used only 1 petabyte. 1 petabyte is 1,000,000GB
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This is the character rig builder for Hyperion. The tool performed a series of tasks on the model and would then give you the built rig.
This system allowed us to continually improve the model while the rig was still being developed without spending too much time manually
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My Blackhawk Extraction shot. I've always loved the Blackhawk helicopter and had wanted to do a shot with one for a while. I collaborated with two friends on this shot during University to do just that
#vfx
#3d
#cgi
#film
#animation
#art
#digitalart
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@JohnDiLillo
Visual Effects are literally digital effects.
Oppenheimer used VFX sparingly and therefore should not be considered. Especially since they did a whole marketing run on how it was all practical. You can’t insult the VFX artists who worked on your film by diminishing their value
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@stefceretti
Agreed. Our jobs are very difficult already even if the projects are well planned, so when a project comes around that isn’t, it can not only create mayhem behind the scenes but can also create a lower quality final product. The scope of work our artists create even when under
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Robotnik's Death Egg Robot from
#Sonic
the Hedgehog 2
The director and studio wanted the robot not to be too detailed and to keep it simple and adhering to the source material and concept. It took us a while to land on the final look as we explored a bunch of different styles
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@TFHypeGuy
Yeah definitely. Shame that they cut it out entirely. The version they released in the deleted scenes isn’t even the latest version of that sequence, we had delivered a lot more shots than what is seen in the clip. No idea why they wouldn’t at least release the latest versions of
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Closeup shots of my
#samurai
armor. I tried to keep it as physically plausible as possible by modeling the ropes and straps to weave in and out of the armor plating correctly. The idea was to simulate these plates and the accompanying ropes so they'd move around nicely when he
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My Rice Fields environment shot from 2020. I used this project to learn Clarisse (RIP). To this day this piece is one of my favourite personal projects. Very happy with how it turned out
#vfx
#cgi
#digitalart
#art
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@itsmekelechi
This is very true. Marvel trying to play it off as them responding to “internal criticism” is just absurd as they’ve gotten criticism about this stuff for as long as they’ve done shows on Disney+ and they did nothing about it until after the writers got their terms granted
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Hey
#PortfolioDay
I'm a VFX artist in the film industry specialised in texturing and look development for hero characters
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@TFHypeGuy
It was cut for being “too dark.” Apparently test screenings gave them that feedback. It was my favourite sequence of the film. I loved the setting and the action. Big shame we had to stop working on it
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VFX breakdown of the Chimera I worked on for
#PercyJackson
and the Olympians.
The turnaround for this show was very short, I worked on 3 characters for the show, one of which was eventually cut. The Chimera was very unique and cool, it's a shame that it didn't get more screen
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Mirage from
#Transformers
ROTB very quickly became a fan favourite with his look and charisma. The director and studio wanted to give a character other than Bumblebee the spotlight for the humans sidekick.
He is packed full of details, being one of our most complex characters.
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ARTISTS, you can only use ONE art picture to convince people to follow you. Which art piece you using?
Optimus Prime
ARTISTS, you can only use ONE art picture to convince people to follow you. Which art piece you using ?
Drogon
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The intro cinematic for the game;
#Warhammer
40,000 Dawn of War
One of the best cinematics and games from the 40K universe. It was released 20 years ago
Makes me super excited for a possible Warhammer feature film in the future
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Samurai eyes closeup renders. Really happy with how these turned out, although there is still room for improvement for the next human character I create
#vfx
#3dart
#cgi
#3dcharacter
#renderman
#katana
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Avatar the Way of Water. Still unbeaten VFX work. Can't wait to see what the next instalment will look like
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First pass textures and shaders for the Vulkan Cannons
@pixarsrenderman
XPU + Katana
#mecha
#vfx
#cgi
#3d
#characterdesign
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Samurai eyes closeup turntable. Special attention was given to them to ensure that light behaved correctly inside and on them. Lots of SSS and caustics at play here.
Sclera textures by
@FlippedNormals
#vfx
#cgi
#3d
#3dart
#animation
#vfxartist
#3dartist
#visualfx
#digitalart
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Some very early concept art for Bumblebee and Optimus Prime from the first
#Transformers
film. These are from 2005. Always awesome to see early artwork and how they develop in the final film
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It's crazy how good Thanos looks from
#Avengers
Infinity War and Endgame. Exceptional character work from everyone involved!
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This post blew up massively! So much so that it even got picked up by some news websites.
I'm happy that I was able to share some insight into why some VFX work may be perceived as worse than back in the day.
Just remember that it's almost never because of the artists!
VFX artist here, heres what happened: Clients continually change the brief, shot design and planning are no longer a priority, and we have a lot more work to get through in a shorter amount of time. We have and can create work better than back in the day, it just needs the right
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My first ever attempt at
#animation
from University back in 2018 as part of a 2 week taster module. It was a lot of fun creating this!
I went very off brief and did more than was asked, the teacher called me "dinosaur boy" after it haha
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#Transformers
Rise of the Beasts Transit head concept art by
@idrassisoufiane
This character had one of the best designs and was so much fun to work on before he was scrapped. I have so many cool renders for him that I'll never be able to show
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QRT your art grid
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A test render of Hyperion with some quick animation. Really excited to get started on my full CG fight sequence. Lots more to come!
Rendered with
@pixarsrenderman
XPU hybrid renderer
#Mecha
#Robot
#VFX
#CGI
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Fun fact: Top Gun: Maverick has almost as many VFX shots as Avengers: Endgame, with Top Gun having 2,400 and Avengers having 2,500
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Optimus Primal was a character that we knew fans were super excited for in
#Transformers
ROTB. He was one of our heaviest assets in the show and it took the team a lot of time and effort to bring him to life.
Seeing fans reactions to him on the big screen was very humbling
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My entry for Pixar's "Magic Shop" RenderMan Art Challenge from 2020, in which I got 2nd place. I wish I had more time to participate in these challenges again, they're definitely the best 3D challenges I've seen
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We use them to calibrate our rendering setups to perfectly match our CG renders to photographic references shot on set.
The balls allow us to gauge light direction, intensity, color, and specular reflections. This is super helpful when we are matching lighting to photographic
VFX Peeps: What purpose does a colorchecker + balls serve in lookdev? Is it just a visual reference for the rendered exposure and lighting?
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Graphics are always evolving, it’s just that once something looks photorealistic it can’t really look drastically better past that point.
The advances in tech allow us to create photorealistic projects faster, more consistently, and to a higher degree of realism than before.
Battlefield 3 is a perfect example of how graphics have stagnated and they have no real need to keep advancing past this point
This is a 13 year old game
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Closeup renders of my eye setup for the Samurai
Textures by
@FlippedNormals
Rendered with
@pixarsrenderman
#characterart
#3d
#cgi
#vfx
#eyes
#charactermodeling
#3dart
#digital
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Mirage has very quickly become a fan favorite. We spent a lot of time working on him across various departments, ensuring that he came across as a cool, sporty, and athletic character.
#VFX
#CGI
#digitalart
#film
#Transformers
#TransformersRiseOfTheBeasts
#DigitalArtist
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Some old WIP renders of my Samurai armor. I like doing closeup renders while developing assets to see how well they hold up in closeup shots. I spent a lot of time adding intricate details to match real life references, it definitely adds a lot
#vfx
#cgi
#3d
#digitalart
#samurai
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This is a great showcase of just how much VFX is in modern films. Incredible artistry and collaboration between the on-set and VFX teams to achieve a singular vision for the film. More studios should do these kind of cuts
First look at the raw cut of ‘KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES’
It shows the film alongside raw footage with no VFX
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@TFHypeGuy
Thank you for the kind words! The final battle was the last sequence we had turned over to us, it was originally supposed to include Stratosphere but that was changed soon after we got the sequence delivered.
A lot of sequences in the film were changed during post production.
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@DiscussingFilm
When your new cross-show villain loses to Antman in his first movie debut it’s safe to say that reconsidering him is smart
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@ThisIsJeron
@verge
Nothing to do with being cheap. Why would you want to pay £200+ for a software update when Apple is providing free updates to macOS? Especially when the updates are far bigger and more polished than Windows. Then to only pay more when Windows 12 comes out?
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@Epam00
Neither are mine. I don't recall who did this animation, but it was one of our animation leads on the show. My contribution to Optimus was the modeling of the head, face, battle mask, and the animation design for the battle mask.
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A really good video about the current state of the VFX industry
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In the nearly 3 hour long Avatar the Way of Water bonus features from the Bluray, only about 10-15 minutes of it is about the VFX.
For a film that is around 75% full CG and that won the Oscar for best VFX...
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@ModKipod
@JohnDiLillo
Nope. The current day VFX Oscar came about in 1977. Before then it was best special visual effects and before that best audio and visual special effects.
Today there are multiple Oscars, each highlighting different parts of the production. Best VFX is a digital category today.
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@renbry
Our base texture resolution is 4K. Mip-mapping in the renderer handles dynamic scaling of the textures based on distance to camera. But, because Stratosphere was so heavy data wise, we had to go through and drop the resolution of UDIMs that were less visible (internal parts etc)
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@AlfonsoNation
I worked on the characters for this film. We worked on this sequence for a few months before it was cut. The scene was in my opinion one of the best fights in the film. Shame we never got to finish it and give it the justice it deserved
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Furiosa is a great film. Captures the thrill and excitement of Fury Road and gives more backstory to Furiosa’s character. Definitely worth a watch!
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@ecto_fun
Although I agree, A24 is actually one of the least profitable film studios currently, despite their success. One of the reasons they’re doing larger scale films is to bring in more money.
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@AndrewHodgson3D
Yep, I’ve seen assets with over 2.5k UDIMs. I guess if you don’t work in film these numbers are mind blowing to see. Especially if your average UDIMs are like 5-10
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@CBMshots
The interaction with the tree branches is so satisfying and well done. Adds so much to the shot
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@romainrevert
UVs were maintained when the model was cut and separated so it picked up our normal shader/texture workflows.
Some pieces we wanted to be able to "fill in" so that they didn't look weird when cut and moving. For these pieces the tool would create the UVs and attributes required
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Closeups of the Samurai armor. The final asset was made up of 3,236 pieces, 113 UDIMs, 26 materials, 731 textures, and over 320,000 individual strands of hair. My heaviest personal project to date.
#cgi
#vfx
#3d
#digital
#3dart
#digitalart
#art
#artist
#3dmodeling
#characterart
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Transformers 2007 pulled off it's VFX so incredibly well that you almost can't fault it. Stunning work even looking back at it today
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High end render-farms used for VFX such as those owned by WetaFX and ILM can have up to 1,000,000 CPU cores
An average PC has around 10-12
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