Making the Most of your Education | Folks VFX & Ecole NAD | Houdini Education/Studio HIVE
0Maintaining communication with your peers and seeking mentorship from more experienced individuals is very important. In this discussion, an industry representative of Folks VFX Montreal and an instructor from NAD school discuss the importance of continuing to educate yourself, improving your skills and nurturing connections with people at different points in their careers. Doing so can help you land the job you’ve been hoping to find.
Louis-Philippe Clavet is CG Supervisor at Folks VFX Montreal. Being very passionate about sharing his expertise, he introduced many students and professionals to procedural workflows, simulations and compositing in studios, schools or at conferences. Being involved with his local VFX community, he founded the Montreal Houdini User Group in 2015 and has been running it with the help of its esteemed members ever since. Louis-Philippe won two Quebec Cinema Awards for Best Visual Effects.
Robin Tremblay was a founder of the NAD school training program in 1992 and still participates in the school's success to this day. He designs most of the NAD actual curriculum, including writing the UQAC digital design undergraduate program.Robin is also an accomplished 3D artist, working for over 26 years in the field of CGI both as a trainer and within post-production companies such as Groupe Image Buzz and Rodeo FX. He has worked on more than 40 movies as a computer graphic artist since 1993. He now acts as an independent consultant in the field of virtual environment, matte painting and particle simulation. He has a bachelor degree in computer sciences from Université Laval and recently completed a master degree in Digital Arts.