🚀 Just launched my 3D Developer Portfolio! 🎨✨ Built using: 🧩 ThreeJS – for rendering and animating stunning 3D models ⚛️ React Three Fiber – to seamlessly integrate 3D graphics in React 🎨 TailwindCSS – for clean, modern, and responsive styling 💫 Framer Motion – to bring life to every interaction with smooth animations 🔍 In this project, I explored how to: Load and customize 3D models with realistic lighting and camera positioning Create reusable and scalable components using best React practices Implement a working contact form with email sending functionality Optimize performance and responsiveness across all devices 🌐 Check it out live here 👉 https://lnkd.in/gXrrwFmG #React #ThreeJS #ThreeFiber #FramerMotion #TailwindCSS #WebDevelopment #3DPortfolio #FrontendDevelopment #Vercel #ReactJS

Motion designers: Transparent backgrounds are live on Firefly. Your workflow just leveled up. Adobe Firefly now lets you create videos with transparent backgrounds 🤯 Formerly called TransPixar, it’s LIVE and packed with features: → Generate motion graphics, effects, and stickers → Text-to-image and image-to-video support Perfect for VFX, compositing, and beyond. How will you use this in your next project? 🛠 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗔𝗜 𝗽𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 ────── ✦ ────── We install custom ComfyUI pipelines that transform how agencies and enterprises create, putting AI video & imagery production in-house, with trained teams ready to lead the future. ✅https://lnkd.in/ebG_RUdg

Video2Video style transfer achieved using Houdini FX with NanoBanana & WAN2.2 : ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ✨ This is the final render I’ve been working on over the past few days. Curious to see how it came to life, step by step? 🔍 Stay tuned: at 12:30 PM I’ll be sharing the breakdown of the creative process, from the first sketch to the finished result! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A fully AI-assisted advertising concept where all scenes were recreated from real commercial references, simulated in Houdini, and rendered in Blender for video-to-video transformation. 1) Simulations created in Houdini FX (RBDs & fluids) 2) Exported and rendered in Blender with a clay look 3) Generated depth, alpha, outline and clay passes for AI conditioning 4) Selected a key frame from each shot and enhanced it with Google Nano Banana for photoreal reference 5) Applied WAN2.2 for video-to-video transformation, using the clay render as input and the Nano Banana output as visual reference 6) Background music and voice-over generated with ElevenLabs, fully AI-driven This workflow maintains full dynamic motion from physically simulated shots while achieving realistic textures, lighting and shading through AI-driven style transfer. This project was born from the desire to experiment with and integrate 3D and FX into AI, from simulation to rendering, to sound design and narration. A heartfelt thank you to Giacomo Bompan for all the support, guidance, and invaluable feedback. #AI #Wan #wananimate #HoudiniFX #ComfyUI

Maya didn’t change — but I did. I’ve been in pipeline for nearly two decades. I started with Maya when it felt like magic. Since then, I’ve worked across cloth simulation, rigging, modeling, rendering, compositing, photography — taught nearly every part of the animation and VFX pipeline, from solo creators to large teams using a myriad of tools. And now, I’m back at square one. Back in Maya. And she’s the same. Not the same in a comforting way. The same in a stagnant way. The same viewport that chokes on high poly counts. The same single-threaded bottlenecks. The same export process that forces you to strip-mine your scene just to get clean animation data. Still no native batch renderer — unless you pay extra for a tool that already costs $1400 a year. It’s like coming back to an old lover after years apart, only to realize the simple, unshakable truth: they’re never going to change. And I get it. Maya is old. It’s brittle. It’s been passed from company to company, patched with plugins, and burdened with legacy systems no one fully understands. I don’t blame the developers — walking into that codebase must feel like stepping into a burning building with a garden hose. You see what needs fixing, but you’re told: “No budget.” “Not a priority.” “Ship the flashy feature.” Even Autodesk deserves empathy. It’s a manufacturing company at heart — AutoCAD, Fusion 360, Revit. Entertainment tools like Maya, 3ds Max (originally by Kinetix), and Softimage (acquired, then discontinued) generate far less revenue. Why invest deeply in tools that bear little fruit? It’s not malicious. It’s business. It’s 1s and 0s. So yes, Maya sucks — but not because people are lazy or cruel. It sucks because it’s trapped in a corporate cycle that values optics over innovation. And while Blender and Houdini are often held up as counterexamples, let’s not paint them as perfect heroes. Houdini has its own pressures. Blender, though community-funded, still balances open development with professional expectations. But here’s the difference: they feel like they listen. They evolve with their users — not just their shareholders. It’s like trying to run a modern startup on a BlackBerry from 2005. It technically works. But it’s clunky, slow, and no one remembers how to fix it. We’re seeing this pattern across the industry: – ZBrush, acquired by Maxon – Substance Suite, absorbed by Adobe – Photoshop, bloated with AI integrations no one asked for I’m ... adrift. I don’t know where to go from here. I’m not hopeful about the future of these tools. But I love my work. I love the struggle in making beautiful things. That’s the inherent beauty in it — the difficulty. But tools like Maya have become hard for the wrong reasons. Not because they challenge us to grow, but because they refuse to grow themselves. And I’ve reached a place — not of arrogance, but of clarity — where I can say: We deserve better!!!!! “Industry standard” is becoming more and more flimsy by the second

Toying with 3D assets and HDRIs doesn’t make you a designer. It just makes your mistakes look photorealistic. Today, any random person can grab Quixel assets, play Legos with 3D kitbashing, slap an HDRI in Blender, and get a photorealistic render after 5 minutes of waiting. Sounds great, right? Wrong. Supply and demand : If anyone can do it, it has zero value. Studios don't care anymore. It's expected, not impressive. Today everyone can make a pretty 3D render today and call it Concept Art, and that’s exactly why it’s becoming worthless and studios seeing you rely 100% on cheap 3D will . So what becomes rare again? What takes time. What can’t be automated. **Insert boring time and texan grandpa accent** GOOD OL' FUNDAMENTALS and not needing crutches and 2000€ worth of add-ons to get stuff done. ❌ Here is why studios see 3D dependency as a red flag : When a studio sees that you can't draw, here's what they're actually thinking: "This person didn't have the patience or determination to grind through years of fundamentals and build a solid foundation." BUT.... - ❌ They don't know anatomy. - ❌ They don't know perspective. - ❌ They don't develop their eye. - ❌ They can't create from scratch - ❌ All their mental bandwidth goes to technique ➡ They're slaves to their tools. And a studio doesn't want a slave. Here's what studios fear: If tomorrow, for whatever reason, 3D isn't available, or you don't have access to your kitbash libraries and your 3 billion plugins installed... ...You can't do anything. The more you become a one-trick pony relying on 3D (unless you're an absolute beast at modeling and creating your own assets, which is rare and requires skills about as hard as drawing fundamentals), the more you're seen as a risk. Because sometimes you’ll have to paint something that doesn’t exist in 3D. Sometimes you’ll need to sketch ideas live with an art director watching you. And if you freeze because your plugin crashes or you can't find the right kitbash, you’re done. (also : kitbash = legal risk for studios) Let's be clear 3D is not the enemy. It’s an incredible tool for iteration, consistency, and production handoff. But when you rely on it for initial design thinking, most likely it becomes a cage. I can speak from experience running The Art Nest: We increasingly work only with stylized artists. Why? Because stylized artists can't bullshit their way through 3D. They're forced to know how to draw. And that forces them to think. The solution isn't a miracle trick You need to grind the fundamentals. Period. Even if you want to be a 3D maximalist, that's fine. But then learn to model your own assets properly. Don't depend on 50 billion plugins. And if your technique is already good enough and you want to learn design and how to craft a banger portfolio for jobs, you can watch this : https://lnkd.in/dhP9F8-M

🎥 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗙𝗹𝘂𝗶𝗱 + 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗴𝗼 𝗔𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 — 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗚𝗟 + 𝗚𝗟𝗦𝗟 + 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲.𝗷𝘀 I’ve just finished an experimental project that merges real-time fluid simulation and particle-based logo animation — entirely built with JavaScript, WebGL, and GLSL shaders. This was an incredible way to explore how fragment shaders and WebGL buffers can coexist to create multi-layered interactive visuals. ✨ 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀: A fluid shader reacts to mouse movement, generating smooth, metallic-like liquid motion in real time. Thousands of particles reconstruct a logo that disperses and reforms dynamically when you move your cursor. Both effects run fully on the GPU, using framebuffer swapping and custom shader materials for ultra-smooth animation. 🔹𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀: - Three.js for offscreen rendering and scene management - GLSL fragment + vertex shaders for liquid distortion and particle dynamics - WebGL buffers for real-time per-pixel particle control - Procedural color gradients with a futuristic metallic palette 🚀 This project explores how shader-based physics and GPU rendering can blend art and code to create living digital visuals — perfect for interactive backgrounds, digital branding, or generative design. 🎬 (Watch the video below — move your mouse over the screen to make the logo dissolve and flow like liquid metal) Three.js ThreejsDevelopers #WebGL #ThreeJS #GLSL #ShaderArt #CreativeCoding #MotionDesign #GPUProgramming #GenerativeArt #FrontendDevelopment #WebAnimation #InteractiveDesign #threejs

💎 Elite Motion Graphics in After Effects 💎 🔥 Ready to move beyond standard animations and create broadcast quality visuals? Here’s a pro level roadmap trusted by top studios and motion designers: 🌀 1. Precision Animation & Timing Graph Editor Mastery: Go past simple ease in/out. Use value vs. speed graphs to sculpt custom motion curves that feel alive. Advanced Expressions: wiggle(freq,amp) for organic camera shake. valueAtTime() for delay based animations. loopOut("pingpong") for seamless repeating motion. Null Objects & Parenting: Build complex rigs where one control drives dozens of elements. 🎨 2. High End Design & 3D Integration Shape Layers + Trim Paths: Create elegant strokes, morphing icons and data-driven infographics. Cinema 4D Lite & 3D Camera: Blend true 3D models with AE’s lighting and depth-of-field for a cinematic look. Displacement Maps & Turbulent Displace: Add subtle texture and realistic motion to otherwise flat graphics. ⚡ 3. Dynamic Data & Automation JSON / CSV Import: Animate charts and dashboards that update automatically when the source data changes. Essential Graphics & MOGRTs: Build reusable, parameter controlled templates for Premiere Pro editors huge time saver for teams. Scripting & Automation: Use scripts like Ease and Wizz or ft Toolbar to automate repetitive tasks. 🔊 4. Sound-Driven Motion Convert audio amplitude to keyframes and link scale/rotation for music-reactive graphics. Combine subtle reverb tails and synced hits to make visuals “breathe” with the soundtrack. 🛠 5. Pro Workflow & Delivery Pre-comp Discipline: Keep every effect modular; use Collapse Transformations for infinite resolution. Media Encoder Queue: Create multiple platform exports (Reels, TikTok and 4K broadcast) in a single render pass. Version Control & Backups: Use Collect Files to package projects with all assets for team hand off or archiving. 💡 Softmedia7 Insider Tip: Develop a brand motion system fonts, color palettes, camera movements so every client project stays on brand while still feeling fresh. 🚀 Your Challenge This Month: Create a 15 second 3D + data-driven motion piece using expressions and audio-reactive effects. Aim for the polish of a top-tier broadcast bumper. #AfterEffects #EliteMotionGraphics #Softmedia7 #VideoEditing #Fiverr #CinematicDesign #ProWorkflow #USA #IG #Nearme #Pro #Adobe #3D #AI #Cheapservice #Trending #Linkedin #Discountoffer

💎 Elite Motion Graphics in After Effects 💎 🔥 Ready to move beyond standard animations and create broadcast quality visuals? Here’s a pro level roadmap trusted by top studios and motion designers: 🌀 1. Precision Animation & Timing Graph Editor Mastery: Go past simple ease in/out. Use value vs. speed graphs to sculpt custom motion curves that feel alive. Advanced Expressions: wiggle(freq,amp) for organic camera shake. valueAtTime() for delay based animations. loopOut("pingpong") for seamless repeating motion. Null Objects & Parenting: Build complex rigs where one control drives dozens of elements. 🎨 2. High End Design & 3D Integration Shape Layers + Trim Paths: Create elegant strokes, morphing icons and data-driven infographics. Cinema 4D Lite & 3D Camera: Blend true 3D models with AE’s lighting and depth-of-field for a cinematic look. Displacement Maps & Turbulent Displace: Add subtle texture and realistic motion to otherwise flat graphics. ⚡ 3. Dynamic Data & Automation JSON / CSV Import: Animate charts and dashboards that update automatically when the source data changes. Essential Graphics & MOGRTs: Build reusable, parameter controlled templates for Premiere Pro editors huge time saver for teams. Scripting & Automation: Use scripts like Ease and Wizz or ft Toolbar to automate repetitive tasks. 🔊 4. Sound-Driven Motion Convert audio amplitude to keyframes and link scale/rotation for music-reactive graphics. Combine subtle reverb tails and synced hits to make visuals “breathe” with the soundtrack. 🛠 5. Pro Workflow & Delivery Pre-comp Discipline: Keep every effect modular; use Collapse Transformations for infinite resolution. Media Encoder Queue: Create multiple platform exports (Reels, TikTok and 4K broadcast) in a single render pass. Version Control & Backups: Use Collect Files to package projects with all assets for team hand off or archiving. 💡 Softmedia7 Insider Tip: Develop a brand motion system fonts, color palettes, camera movements so every client project stays on brand while still feeling fresh. 🚀 Your Challenge This Month: Create a 15 second 3D + data-driven motion piece using expressions and audio-reactive effects. Aim for the polish of a top-tier broadcast bumper. #AfterEffects #EliteMotionGraphics #Softmedia7 #VideoEditing #Fiverr #CinematicDesign #ProWorkflow #USA #IG #Nearme #Pro #Adobe #3D #AI #Cheapservice #Trending #Linkedin #Discountoffer

💎 Elite Motion Graphics in After Effects 💎 🔥 Ready to move beyond standard animations and create broadcast quality visuals? Here’s a pro level roadmap trusted by top studios and motion designers: 🌀 1. Precision Animation & Timing Graph Editor Mastery: Go past simple ease in/out. Use value vs. speed graphs to sculpt custom motion curves that feel alive. Advanced Expressions: wiggle(freq,amp) for organic camera shake. valueAtTime() for delay based animations. loopOut("pingpong") for seamless repeating motion. Null Objects & Parenting: Build complex rigs where one control drives dozens of elements. 🎨 2. High End Design & 3D Integration Shape Layers + Trim Paths: Create elegant strokes, morphing icons and data-driven infographics. Cinema 4D Lite & 3D Camera: Blend true 3D models with AE’s lighting and depth-of-field for a cinematic look. Displacement Maps & Turbulent Displace: Add subtle texture and realistic motion to otherwise flat graphics. ⚡ 3. Dynamic Data & Automation JSON / CSV Import: Animate charts and dashboards that update automatically when the source data changes. Essential Graphics & MOGRTs: Build reusable, parameter controlled templates for Premiere Pro editors huge time saver for teams. Scripting & Automation: Use scripts like Ease and Wizz or ft Toolbar to automate repetitive tasks. 🔊 4. Sound-Driven Motion Convert audio amplitude to keyframes and link scale/rotation for music-reactive graphics. Combine subtle reverb tails and synced hits to make visuals “breathe” with the soundtrack. 🛠 5. Pro Workflow & Delivery Pre-comp Discipline: Keep every effect modular; use Collapse Transformations for infinite resolution. Media Encoder Queue: Create multiple platform exports (Reels, TikTok and 4K broadcast) in a single render pass. Version Control & Backups: Use Collect Files to package projects with all assets for team hand off or archiving. 💡 Softmedia7 Insider Tip: Develop a brand motion system fonts, color palettes, camera movements so every client project stays on brand while still feeling fresh. 🚀 Your Challenge This Month: Create a 15 second 3D + data-driven motion piece using expressions and audio-reactive effects. Aim for the polish of a top-tier broadcast bumper. #AfterEffects #EliteMotionGraphics #Softmedia7 #VideoEditing #Fiverr #CinematicDesign #ProWorkflow #USA #IG #Nearme #Pro #Adobe #3D #AI #Cheapservice #Trending #Linkedin #Discountoffer

Pushing Unreal Engine Beyond the Basics: The Art of Stylized Rendering How far can you push Unreal Engine’s material system to create a cohesive stylized look, one that feels hand-painted, expressive, and alive? This project was born from my fascination with stylized rendering and the challenge of blending artistic direction with technical precision. Using Unreal Engine 5, I set out to design a shader suite capable of building a consistent stylized world without relying on baked lighting or heavy post-processing. Here’s what I explored in this project: 🎨 Art Direction Meets Tech : Designing shaders that reproduce painterly lighting, outline rendering, and dynamic color grading in real time. ⚙️ Core Systems :  Custom material functions for ramped lighting, fresnel-based highlights, and outline effects. 🧠 Shader Graph Logic : Balancing performance and stylization through material parameter optimization and modular functions. 🔗 Integration : Making the stylized shaders work seamlessly across different assets, from environments to characters. 💡 What I Learned : Stylization isn’t just about colors or outlines — it’s about building systems that support artistic intent while staying performant and flexible. This project deepened my appreciation for how technical art can shape the identity of a game. Read the full breakdown here: 👉 https://lnkd.in/e8GR5YkT #UnrealEngine #ShaderDevelopment #GameDev #TechnicalArt #StylizedRendering #GraphicsProgramming #RealTimeRendering #UnrealEngine5 #ProceduralArt #TechArt #VFX #IndieDev #ArtDirection