The VFX Artists Podcast

This week we meet Christopher Nichols, veteran VFX Supervisor and Director of the Chaos Group Labs. Chris’s career in computer graphics spans over 20 years, beginning in architecture and quickly moving to major motion pictures and later commercials at: Digital Domain, Sony Pictures, Method, Sway Studios and others.  As this is Daniel’s first time hosting the show it’s lucky that Chris is himself a...

In this episode, I chat to Simon Legrand, realtime Supervisor at Untold Studios in London about his journey into the VFX industry. During this discussion, Simon shares his unsugarcoated journey and story of the realities of the VFX industry, worth listening to. We talk about some of the pros and cons of working in the VFX industry, and touch on topics such as overtime work and realties of how that...

In this episode, I have an incredibly detailed chat to the founders of the Black Costume Network, Rianna Charles and Jodie-Simone Howe about how their role as costume designers and makers, work in the film and TV industry. During this discussion, I get to find out about their individual journeys/paths into the industry, discuss the difference between the fashion industry versus costume making and...

Welcome back to The VFX Artists Podcast! In this episode, I chat to 18 year old VFX enthusiast, inspired and brilliant 3D Generalist Ty Robillard about how be discovered VFX, and how he picked up his multitude of skills at an early age, with more potential to flourish into a fledgling VFX artist. Ty's inspiration for VFX, derived from the beautiful visuals that came from #starwars, and he asp...

In this episode, I chat to Paris Marin, a U.K based animator about the differences between Previs, Postvis and finals quality animation. I wanted to discuss and highlight an important department of the VFX industry, which is somewhat rarely understood or known by the broader audience. Paris has been part of teams who have brought us films such as Dumbo, Men In Black, Artemis Fowl, Mary Poppings, F...

Welcome to The VFX Artists Podcast! In this episode, I chat to actress Yolanda Lynes about her involvement in the new Marvel Black Widow movie. I also go on to find out more about where Yolanda's passion for acting came from. Incredible journey for an incredible woman! As always, if you liked this episode, please like, comment, subscribe and share! Listen to all episodes on Spotify Listen to...

Welcome to The VFX Artists Podcast! In this episode, I chat to Rory Bryans, VFX on set supervisor at MPC London about his journey and progression in the industry, which begun at Framestore London, as a receptionist, to becoming an on set supervisor for one of the leading VFX studios worldwide. A great VFX journey not to be missed! As always, if you liked this episode, please like, comment, subscri...

Welcome to The VFX Artists Podcast! In this episode, I have Prince Yiadom from Framestore London, to share his journey to becoming a compositor for film. Prince's VFX industry journey begun very early on whilst he was still at University and progressed on to freelancing and eventually settling in with Framestore, beginning with Paint and roto, to progressing to becoming a compositor for the f...

In this episode, I chat to senior matchmove artist and supervisor Sarah Gatefield about her experience and journey into the VFX industry. A journey which begun as a runner at Framestore London, leading on to freelancing at VFX studios such as MPC, DNEG, Trixter, Method Studios, Prime Focus Film, Pixomondo, Rise and more, on incredible films such as Harry Potter, Iron Man 3, Total Recall, The Marti...

Lidars, we use them almost everyday in our daily roles as VFX artists, and we miss them when they aren't available for shows, but do we really understand how lidars are captured? In this episode, I chat to Joseph Steel, co-founder of London based Visualskies Studios about his journey to starting his company, and becoming  one of the leading providers for Lidars, 3D scanning, Photogrammetry an...

In this episode, I chat to David Cheung, a U.K based actor and stunt performer about how he got into acting and stunt performing on movies such as 47 Ronin, 6 Underground, Now You See Me 2, Fast & Furious 6 and more! David shares insights about how his love for martial arts was influenced by his grandfather at a young age, leading him to follow in his grandfather's footsteps. David has go...

In this episode, I chat to Jorundur (Jorri) Rafn Arnarson about his career as one of the leading Icelandic VFX, and on set supervisors for feature films and TV episodics such as 'Game of Thrones', 'Black Mirror', 'Where the wild things are' and more. During the discussion Jorri shared insights of his journey, which begun as a compositor for major London based VFX stud...

In this episode, I chat to Vladmir Venkov about his journey to becoming an organic, hard surface, sculpting and texture artist for the London based VFX industry. Vlad goes on to share some insights on what he does to tackle different briefs from varied studios, as well as what he's had to do to become the artist he is. As always, if this episode has been enlightening, please "like",...

In this episode, I chat to Ace Ruele, a brilliant actor and motion capture artist to discus more about his journey into becoming one of the go-to creature motion capture artists in the U.K.  A journey which started as a back up dancer, to catching his first break as a creature motion capture artist on Warner Brother’s “Legend of Tarzan” feature film. Ace goes on to share his experience in the indu...