What drives you to learn the craft of 3D & VFX?
I have always loved tech and art! I did not know that I was going to be working as fx artist though. I did not even know this industry was this big thing they do not tell young black kids “Hey, do you wanna be an artist” lol nah that does not happen at all. I knew that I wanted to make games coming out of high school and that was it. So what keeps me going is the fact that I can empower and show other black and latino people that this is an option. Not only is it creative and fun but you can travel and do something completely different with your life. You don’t have to be a stereotype or a statistic, you can actually be proud of the work yo put out in the world. So awareness I guess is what really keeps me going.
There are many vfx schools & tutorial websites. In your opinion how does Rebelway compare?
I am an Gnomon Alumni so I will have to rep that proudly first haha! But I would say if you’re serious about continuing to advance in FX, I would definitely recommend Rebelway, and have in the past. Although Gnomon gave me a great base in learning a lot of different FX,I am always the type of artist who likes to specialize. For that, taking the additional courses in Pyro and water FX from Rebelway set me up for success at ScanlineVFX, were my first show was Midway. I could pull from those courses on how to get the most detail in your sims and that helped a lot in getting my shots approved.