The Shade - Film VFX

The Shade is a 2023 horror film where I spearheaded the CG FX team. Stepping into the project after shooting and on-set supervision had already wrapped, my team—myself and one artist—took on the challenge of elevating the pre-existing concepts beyond expectations. We executed a streamlined pipeline, leveraging Houdini KineFx for initial test rigging, ZBrush for modeling, Maya for rigging, and Substance for texturing. All assets were then seamlessly integrated into Houdini and Karma for shader development and FX work, delivering results that exceeded the project's vision.