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For no particularly reason I like to mention AI #Ai #ArtificalIntellegence

@patrickhwillems.bsky.social Thanks for the Munich video. I had the chance to work with Spielberg on 2 movies: Tintin & The BFG. Dailies where like film school. He’s my favorite director. I have 3 ‘Oners’ on my reel. Tintin fun fact: Lighters used Munich as reference for the colors of the locations.

Round spaces are harder to light than rectangular ones.

@gruber.foo My record uptime on linux was 165 days. After IT upgraded my machine to 256GB I was unstoppable for all of crunch time for Avatar 2. This was also some most insane complex stuff I ever did on my workstation. I hate rebooting!

Here’s what I’ve been working on lately! #moana #disney youtu.be/n7f6hlKsxxo?...

Another VFX OSCAR in the bag! Well done wetaFX! #oscars

Joe is the GOAT. I always get a bit nervous when he asks me about the specifics of my shot :-) youtu.be/-wpXOIPl0wo?...

really really fantastic editing here Company Showreel 2025, Wētā FX youtu.be/bV-UIRAEMZs?...

Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough. Work as hard and as much as you want to on the things you like to do the

It's incredible how much you can learn about 'stuff' working on these projects. Avatar movies are the pinnacle of VFX. No one else can do VFX at this level. The interviews shows the complexity, and the problems need to be solved to make those images #avatar youtu.be/OK0zPQBvcr8?...

I've got a winner's medal from my son's Year 10 Wynton Rufer Tournament, not that it means I played great footy that day

Things you learn working in VFX. Rain falls between 20-32km/h

The #FIFA World Peace Prize holds the same value as a McDonald's Player of the Match certificate to your 8 yearold kid, with one difference: you kid know it's all rigged. #FIFA #WC2026 #FIFAWORLDPEACEPRIZE

Deadpool & Wolverine I think I worked on this...pretty sure I touched the skull in some of those shots.

Sizzle Reel Godzilla x Kong | Senior Lighting | wētāFX

Almost no one understands color. imgs.xkcd.com/comics/color... #vfx

Zoe Saldana is a good actress. I get scared each time Neytiri gets angry with Jake. Even just watching the layout template. #zoesaldana #avatar

One of America’s greatest achievements is making an annual tradition out of watching ads for 3 hours straight with brief Football intermissions.

Light Travel AVATAR, 2009

Love those little Banksy sculptures. Basically everything he does is great. It's my kind of Art #banksy

I Love the soft warm lighting of: If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) DIRECTOR - Barry Jenkins @bandrybarry CINEMATOGRAPHER - James Laxton COLORIST - Alex Bickel

Candy Floss Head

Got this right with the first try because I know this shot in detail. Credit to the matte painting.

Time Travel Stevie Stardust TV Series, 1999 I tried a few faky things to make this look good. This was before the use of Ray-Traceing or ambient occlusion for production.

Christmas came early. I got a P-Touch Cube label printer. It's glorious!

The size of the Pacific is humbling.

Light Travel Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes - 2024 Proud of this little sequence. Apes are so fun to light. #vfx #cgi #apes

Sticky Note Pass splitting. Less is more.

Lift off Air Planes are a marvel of engineering.

Light Travel Bliss to work on sequence like this. The Adventures of Tintin, 2011

Light Travel One of my all time favorite projects. The Adventures of Tintin

Light Travel Amiga 2000 - Reflections Animator December 1991/92 4x5 test exposure on Polaroid

People love the dancing patterns of caustics lights. I rendered a few caustics for a movie that plays an around water. #vfx #caustics #light

I ❤️ to organize my work with sticky notes. I stick the flat on my desk. When I finished a task I move them to the ‚done pile‘. I prefer that over digital or paper notebooks as I can see task clearing up. Most of the time it’s a simple reminder. Sometimes it‘s to clarify my mind to improve a shot.