Having worked at Imaginary Forces and The Mill, Austin is a gentle giant of CGI and rendering’s technical minutiae. He shares some secrets and speculates on digital imagery’s relationship with the fate of our species.

Timecodes

5:00 | Early Mistakes

15:10 | Imaginary Forces & HBO

19:18 | Getting to the Mill

26:45 | GPU Democratization

31:18 | Austin Loves Halation

47:46 | Micronormals & Shader Tips

55:55 | Respect the Content

1:14:52 | The Future of Digital Imagery

1:21:53 | The Realtime Tik Tok Campaign Hellscape

1:27:29 | Epic's Metaverse vs. Meat World

1:33:44 | Aliens in the Metaverse

1:44:52 | Digital Worlds = Human Rights Violations

1:49:57 | Being Artsy AND Happy

2:01:18 | Wrap Up