Insight #27 - Nathan Stobbs: VFX Artist’s Introduction to Compositing and Rotoscoping
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Nathan Stobbs is a London based VFX artist specialising in compositing, currently working at VFX studio REALTIME. Since he first experimented with stop-motion animation and became fascinated by visual effects in movies, Nathan has been interested in this area. He enrolled in a VFX course at a university in London, where he helped with a number of projects of film students that even won several awards. In his last year at school, he entered the field early and began developing his compositing abilities in a VFX industry. When the global pandemic struck, he joined a software development company and started working as a software tester. After the industry recovered, he moved back to the composing world and returned to what he enjoyed the most, working as a compositing artist. As we go into greater detail about Nathan's experience at university, he tells some interesting stories about what inspired him to concentrate on compositing and how he got his first VFX job. Listen to this episode to learn more about some commonly used VFX software, learn about various VFX disciplines and get some helpful advice for aspiring artists and filmmakers.
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“It was like playing around with stuff and I really enjoyed it. And then realizing there's a massive career in it so I thought, yeah, let's go for it.”
“It was like a nice kind of wholesome project. It wasn't one of those shows where it was really technical and hard but normally it was a good project with basic and positive tasks, just trying to do the best job that you can, cracking on and going back to your roots.”
“But every now and then I'll have one of these nights where I'll start working on a project at like 8 am because I'm like a night owl and I'll work on the shot with my own programs until around 6 am just to get it rendered.”
“That's the whole reason why we do it, it's fun. And if it does get to a point where you're like, this is not fun anymore, this is a grind, then don't forget to have a break. There's nothing wrong with it because it’s supposed to be fun and creative.”
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