Sean Lewkiw
mrCatfish
About Me
Sean has over 25 years of VFX production experience as a VFX Supervisor, DFX Supervisor, CG Supervisor and Houdini FX artist. His credits include Lord of the Rings, Superman Returns, Golden Compass, Watchmen, Mazerunner, and many many more, and stints at Weta, DNEG, Method, Framestore and others. S... more
Sean has over 25 years of VFX production experience as a VFX Supervisor, DFX Supervisor, CG Supervisor and Houdini FX artist. His credits include Lord of the Rings, Superman Returns, Golden Compass, Watchmen, Mazerunner, and many many more, and stints at Weta, DNEG, Method, Framestore and others. See his IMDB profile at https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0507909/ Sean has extensive teaching experience as Lead FX Instructor for four years. He focusses on the fundamentals so that you understand what you are doing and why you are doing it, so that you can take what you learned and actually use it to create new content. Sean has also worked with Sidefx Software creating documentation for Houdini itself. He has also been using Houdini since its inception! less
EXPERTISE
CG Supervisor
INDUSTRY
Film/TV
Houdini Skills
Availability
I am currently employed at Cinesite Montreal
My Tutorials
Recent Forum Posts
Solaris getting explorevariants to randomize instances July 10, 2024, 11:13 a.m.
Note that this flattens the stage, which means your USD files get huge, amongst other things. Here is a better approach: https://www.sidefx.com/forum/topic/94812/ [www.sidefx.com]
Houdini Generalists - 3D Anamorphic Billboard Project Jan. 29, 2024, 6:23 p.m.
- Uk-based content agency with Portland office is looking to build a small team to create 3D Anamorphic Billboard animations using existing modelled and lookdev'd assets. (Please Google 3D Anamorphic Billboards if you're not sure what these are.)
- Involves a few core shots 3-4 and many adaptation output deliverables (50+) for different screen formats ranging from 15-30 seconds in length.
- Camera, lighting, rendering and some basic comp and FX will be required.
- We require one strong lead with good technical skills who can oversee a smaller team of artists while also producing content
- We also require a small team of artists to help produce the content and iterate adaptations.
- Must be legally able to contract to work in UK or US
- Rates to be discussed
- Work to commence asap and deliver on a rolling basis between early April and end of May.
Stacks in RBD Nov. 21, 2023, 11:48 a.m.
If you play the scene you may see them intesect immediately if there are not enough substeps to resolve the collisions.