Visual Effects Artist, Engineer, Skateboarder, all around nice Dude if a little grouchy. Currently working at Cosmic Dino Studio as CFX Supervisor on The Bluey Movie.https://bsky.app/profile/lewisvtaylor.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/lewisvtaylor.bsky.social/post/3mnyzak6czc2uI've started to post tuts here. I'm trying to keep it pretty loose, not too formal, but there will be more considered tuts on a variety of topics. https://www.patreon.com/cw/LewisVTaylor11 Jun 2026 10:27 +0000at://did:plc:6ga4dus263fogp7o7hw466lx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnyzak6czc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/lewisvtaylor.bsky.social/post/3m3u4w7sdsk2zAfter a bit of work back and forth, we now have some new features in the VDB Volume shader. Namely density and anisotropy fading, and shadow density fading.23 Oct 2025 10:16 +0000at://did:plc:6ga4dus263fogp7o7hw466lx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3u4w7sdsk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/lewisvtaylor.bsky.social/post/3ljyrkcv6bs2vHad some time, decided to take the CG Forge Karma Vs Redshift test scene, and run it through 3delight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_KtPsohtAY 3delight required zero setting of tessellation, thresholds, etc. There are only 3 user setting for sampling, time to first pixel was about 0.5-3 seconds, AMD 7950x10 Mar 2025 05:02 +0000at://did:plc:6ga4dus263fogp7o7hw466lx/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljyrkcv6bs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/lewisvtaylor.bsky.social/post/3lgjqs7yds22yLittle flashback to our 22nd VES Awards win last year. Getting to meet Gareth physically, seeing Shatner being Shatner, and winning the Award for Outstanding Simulations in a Photoreal feature was brilliant.25 Jan 2025 01:23 +0000at://did:plc:6ga4dus263fogp7o7hw466lx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgjqs7yds22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/lewisvtaylor.bsky.social/post/3lgjq3pssr22yA verrrrrrry long 2hr45min ish chat with @doublejumpacademy.bsky.social on a bunch of shit. I speak so clearly you can watch it at 1.5x speed and it still makes sense! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRfZdNXPMlM&t=5370s25 Jan 2025 01:10 +0000at://did:plc:6ga4dus263fogp7o7hw466lx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgjq3pssr22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/lewisvtaylor.bsky.social/post/3lgjpulbhg22yA lovely in depth chat we @doublejumpacademy.bsky.social a little while ago. https://www.doublejumpacademy.com/news/inside-the-mind-of-lewis-taylor-from-childhood-sketches-to-hollywood-effects25 Jan 2025 01:06 +0000at://did:plc:6ga4dus263fogp7o7hw466lx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgjpulbhg22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/lewisvtaylor.bsky.social/post/3lgjprvqckc2yMy 2023 reel of stuff. Should really get around to putting the Furiosa work on there too. vimeo.com/910946815 https://vimeo.com/91094681525 Jan 2025 01:05 +0000at://did:plc:6ga4dus263fogp7o7hw466lx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgjprvqckc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/lewisvtaylor.bsky.social/post/3lgjpqhobm22yA re-recording of a SYDHUG presentation on @sidefx.bsky.social Houdini volume optimization techniques. vimeo.com/894363970 https://vimeo.com/89436397025 Jan 2025 01:04 +0000at://did:plc:6ga4dus263fogp7o7hw466lx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgjpqhobm22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/lewisvtaylor.bsky.social/post/3lgjpoeyie22y3delight for Houdini custom ocean spectrum texture baking and rendering setup. Bonus clunky Maya example using the exported textures! This is showing the 3dl custom texture format that stores high fidelity detail close to camera and less at depth/outside the frustum. vimeo.com/1016412331 https://vimeo.com/101641233125 Jan 2025 01:03 +0000at://did:plc:6ga4dus263fogp7o7hw466lx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgjpoeyie22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/lewisvtaylor.bsky.social/post/3lgjpksqfac2ySome tips and workflow tricks when making complex collision shapes in Bullet RBD @sidefx.bsky.social . These methods help capture difficult convex/concave shapes and we use both convex and VDB spheres as collision options. vimeo.com/1023450976 https://vimeo.com/102345097625 Jan 2025 01:01 +0000at://did:plc:6ga4dus263fogp7o7hw466lx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgjpksqfac2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/lewisvtaylor.bsky.social/post/3lgjph5dtbk2yAn interesting challenge recently to convert groom hair card geometry into curves, either as full hair count or to use as a base set of curves to build a groom from. vimeo.com/1047381103 https://vimeo.com/104738110325 Jan 2025 00:59 +0000at://did:plc:6ga4dus263fogp7o7hw466lx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgjph5dtbk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/lewisvtaylor.bsky.social/post/3lavf66gptt2tGuess I'm on here.14 Nov 2024 07:56 +0000at://did:plc:6ga4dus263fogp7o7hw466lx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lavf66gptt2t