VFX & Lighting Breakdown Dump

dralex789

Hey guys, been ages since I've posted and I finally took the time/got the go ahead to show some of the VFX/lighting stuff I've been up too both professionally and personally. I've cut it all into breakdown videos and wanted to post it somewhere I could share/answer questions if anyone had any about implementation, etc.  Stoked to finally share!

Reel:


Professional Work:

Personal Work

kimmokaunela

Absolute amazing stuff! I´m just starting to get into Houdini and this stuff is really inspiring!

Controller51

Great work!!! Nothing to crit! Love you lighting studies and your VFX/particle work.

dralex789

Controller51 said:

Great work!!! Nothing to crit! Love you lighting studies and your VFX/particle work.

kimmokaunela said:

Absolute amazing stuff! I´m just starting to get into Houdini and this stuff is really inspiring!

Thanks guys! Super recommend Houdini! Really fun and totally changed the way I think about 3D work!

dralex789

Bumping this as I've added in the reel at the top (best of all the parts!)

Max_Moo

Hello! I'm overwhelmed of your great work!
Could you please tell what should my first steps be to learn how to create real-time VFX for video games?

dralex789

Max_Moo said:

Hello! I'm overwhelmed of your great work!
Could you please tell what should my first steps be to learn how to create real-time VFX for video games?

Hey Max Moo,

Generally speaking, my advice would be to make make make. Pick a game engine (I would recommend Unreal, mostly since their particle system is getting a large update) and start finding intro level tutorials on creating content. Unreal also has a massive amount of content released by epic in the VFX category to tear apart and see how it's made (though some intro to cascade, UE4's particle editor would do you good first so you know what you are looking at).

From there it's all about learning the basics of materials, particle systems, and practicing timing and figuring out ways to learn different effects. 

Hope that helps and happy to answer any specific questions you have!

Alex

Max_Moo

Thanks a lot, Alex!
Good luck with your work!

X-One

So much fantastic work. I have so much learning to do. This work is fantastic. 

dralex789

Max_Moo said:

Thanks a lot, Alex!
Good luck with your work!

X-One said:

So much fantastic work. I have so much learning to do. This work is fantastic. 

Thanks for the kind words! Good luck!