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Today’s guest is Coralline Charrier, a real-time VFX artist who transitioned from 3D animation to VFX in games. We cover the REAL journey of breaking into VFX as someone mid-career, the mental load, teaching yourself efficiently, and learning how to learn.
Links & Resources mentioned
- Coralline on Artstation: https://www.artstation.com/coralline_charrier
- Caroline on BSKY: https://bsky.app/profile/coradventure.bsky.social
- Caroline on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/coralline.charrier/
- Caroline on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coralline-charrier-ba2a2159/?locale=en_US
- Coralline on X: https://x.com/Coralline_Cha
- Ultralearning (Book Recommendation)
- VFX Apprentice: https://www.vfxapprentice.com/a/39323/54Tqp7Ae
- RTVFX Discord (For real-time VFX artists): https://discord.com/invite/v5Tw35kRK2
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro & Kora’s Story
03:00 Animation Background → VFX
07:30 How Online Communities Help (or don’t)
14:00 Teaching Yourself Real-Time VFX from Scratch
19:00 The Struggle of Self-Learning While Working
26:00 Why Online Courses Don’t Always Work
32:00 Learning Efficiently: Ultra Learning, Planning & Execution
42:00 Why Environmental Effects Matter
50:00 Kora’s Final Advice to VFX Beginners
55:00 Wrap-up
Keywords:
real-time vfx, how to learn vfx, animation to vfx, VFX learning efficiency, vfx career journey, how to teach yourself vfx, learning real-time vfx efficiently
Hashtags:
#VFX #RealTimeVFX #LearnVFX #GameDev #TheGeneralistsPodcast
Today’s guest is Coralline Charrier, a real-time VFX artist who transitioned from 3D animation to VFX in games. We cover the REAL journey of breaking into VFX as someone mid-career, the mental load, teaching yourself efficiently, and learning how to learn.
Links & Resources mentioned
- Coralline on Artstation: https://www.artstation.com/coralline_charrier
- Caroline on BSKY: https://bsky.app/profile/coradventure.bsky.social
- Caroline on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/coralline.charrier/
- Caroline on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coralline-charrier-ba2a2159/?locale=en_US
- Coralline on X: https://x.com/Coralline_Cha
- Ultralearning (Book Recommendation)
- VFX Apprentice: https://www.vfxapprentice.com/a/39323/54Tqp7Ae
- RTVFX Discord (For real-time VFX artists): https://discord.com/invite/v5Tw35kRK2
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro & Kora’s Story
03:00 Animation Background → VFX
07:30 How Online Communities Help (or don’t)
14:00 Teaching Yourself Real-Time VFX from Scratch
19:00 The Struggle of Self-Learning While Working
26:00 Why Online Courses Don’t Always Work
32:00 Learning Efficiently: Ultra Learning, Planning & Execution
42:00 Why Environmental Effects Matter
50:00 Kora’s Final Advice to VFX Beginners
55:00 Wrap-up
Keywords:
real-time vfx, how to learn vfx, animation to vfx, VFX learning efficiency, vfx career journey, how to teach yourself vfx, learning real-time vfx efficiently
Hashtags:
#VFX #RealTimeVFX #LearnVFX #GameDev #TheGeneralistsPodcast