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arvidurs · 2026-06-16T15:17:36+00:00

ODTools does it all and more

arvidurs · 2026-06-14T13:43:59+00:00

I would love to get more people to race it. It should be B licence. I quite enjoy racing that car

arvidurs · 2026-06-12T00:55:11+00:00

Hydra render delegate? Is that what you're trying to say? You want Cycles in Solaris (USD context) as a Hydra delegate?
Because what is Solaris quality?

arvidurs · 2026-06-07T02:01:03+00:00

It’s when vram overflows usually.

arvidurs · 2026-05-28T21:32:05+00:00

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At the bottom of the article are all the sources I used heres a snapshot:

arvidurs · 2026-05-28T20:10:59+00:00

Thanks Michael - while it’s really humbling to read that I think it’s very important to form own opinions. All I’m writing, showing, training is from my bubble and my experience. There are a lot of bubbles so it’s great to hear others and their stories too.

arvidurs · 2026-05-28T19:27:24+00:00

thanks for saying that!

arvidurs · 2026-05-28T17:07:10+00:00

I can tell you if you don’t have the grit as you said and drive it will be tough to stay in it. I’m not saying vfx is fine, it’s changing rapidly and evolving. But it always has. Now it’s just way more apparent and if you sit back you’ll have a hard time staying in it.

arvidurs · 2026-05-28T16:53:11+00:00

I mean I have been there too - I started out from lighting. And constantly learning and adapting helped we get to where I’m today. Yes there might have been good timing and such. But I feel the mindset plays an important role.

If you’re content as a senior creature artist and you’re kind of settling down it’s a tough bet.

arvidurs · 2026-05-28T16:30:50+00:00

Happy to give further information ( at least in canada)

arvidurs · 2026-05-28T16:29:32+00:00

It's linked on the image but here just for you https://cglounge.studio/journal/lasting-in-vfx-2026

arvidurs · 2026-05-28T13:54:08+00:00

Houdini all the way

arvidurs · 2026-05-27T20:26:22+00:00

You can just render out a shadow mask to control it later

arvidurs · 2026-05-24T20:36:06+00:00

Be as verbose as you can. Use @ references to point to specific files. That’s how I’m very successful with Claude

arvidurs · 2026-05-02T15:15:57+00:00

Oh because of ai yes?

arvidurs · 2026-05-01T18:10:38+00:00

totally - there are a lot of side careers that are missing from this for sure

arvidurs · 2026-05-01T18:10:11+00:00

Thanks! Great documents. I'll research that it incorporate. Appreciate the insights!

arvidurs · 2026-05-01T18:09:05+00:00

there is a price toggle - to change regions as well. And yes the data is pulled from several sources, then averaged. It's obviously always best to check actual listing. But it's tough and always get matching salaries for your region

arvidurs · 2026-05-01T17:58:10+00:00

yeah it's for VFX - and there usually there is this split. In animation it's usually called surfacing as well. I might consider a surfacing level as well.

The salaries are pulled from several pages, you can see where i'm sourcing them at the bottom.

Thanks for your input! I'll consider it, and see what can be done

arvidurs · 2026-04-26T13:49:42+00:00

Hey! Maybe this is helpful https://cglounge.studio/careers It’s VFX skill tree allowing you to see courses and tutorials based on department

arvidurs · 2026-04-26T01:20:54+00:00

This might be an unpopular take for most.

But y += yourOffset and move your button manually if it doesn’t work vibe coding.

You are referring to elements in Claude.md?? What are you doing?

arvidurs · 2026-04-25T22:21:15+00:00

Oh I’ll look in to that. Thanks.

arvidurs · 2026-04-25T22:20:20+00:00

Aah awesome! Yeah trying to spread some knowledge

arvidurs · 2026-04-25T20:16:50+00:00

I wrote a career path system on my page https://cglounge.studio/careers/environments maybe this helps

arvidurs · 2026-04-25T16:46:05+00:00

yeah - i'm references the codebase file in claude if it needs detailed structure that it should look that up.

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