Sam Thompson

VFX Artist

[Sam Thompson @MrHamuel]

Eclipse. Real happy with the shapes and color on this one.
#VFXFriday #rtvfx #realtimevfx #gamedev #ue5

[Sam Thompson @MrHamuel]

Calling it good on this quick sketch of the golden vow incantation from Elden Ring.
#rtvfx #realtimevfx #gamedev #ue5

[Sam Thompson @MrHamuel]

Small sketch I did where this glittery effect is actually made of ribbons instead of like gpu particles. Always interesting to find different ways to do things. #VFXFriday #rtvfx #realtimevfx #gamedev #ue5

[Sam Thompson @MrHamuel]

Also here is a better view of a single lance.
#rtvfx #realtimevfx #gamedev #ue5

[Sam Thompson @MrHamuel]

Tried making the dark lance spell from Nier Replicant. Pretty happy with it as is, and might try remaking some of the other spells next. #rtvfx #realtimevfx #gamedev #ue5

[Sam Thompson @MrHamuel]

Black hole sketch, practice with substance designer
#rtvfx #realtimevfx #gamedev #ue5

[Sam Thompson @MrHamuel]

Didn't really know what I was going for with this but it turned out cool.
#rtvfx #realtimevfx #gamedev #ue5

[Sam Thompson @MrHamuel]

Trying to learn geometry nodes in blender. Scattering grass cards and all the tree geo are procedural. Movement done by basic uv distortion and vertex displacement. Much more responsive than houdini, but I don't like it as much.
#b3d #blender #geometrynodes

[Sam Thompson @MrHamuel]

Pyro sim and realism practice
#VFXFriday #rtvfx #realtimevfx #gamedev #ue5

[Sam Thompson @MrHamuel]

And also forgot to post this as well. Really liked how soft and wispy it came out.
#rtvfx #vfx #gamedev #ue5

[Sam Thompson @MrHamuel]

Forgot to upload this stylized flame sketch based on Promare.
#rtvfx #vfx #gamedev #ue5

[Sam Thompson @MrHamuel]

And here is just showing the kinda jank volume placement #gamedev #ue5

[Sam Thompson @MrHamuel]

Tried recreating the Portal 2 gels and made a little environment to go with it. Made with render targets and I actually gave the gels collision volumes to actually make you jump and stuff. #VFXFriday #rtvfx #vfx #gamedev #ue5

[Sam Thompson @MrHamuel]

Lightning shockwave sketch, trying to get back at it #realtimevfx #vfx #ue5 #gamedev #rtvfx

[Sam Thompson @MrHamuel]

Quick vfx sketch I did today, tried to get a similar look to the dlc portal in Dark Souls.
#rtvfx #vfx #gamedev #ue5

[Sam Thompson @MrHamuel]

Even more pyro sims! Animated tank in #blender and most of the sims done in #embergen
#VFXFriday #rtvfx #vfx #gamedev #ue5

[Sam Thompson @MrHamuel]

Animated Anby doing a million stab with some stylized vfx #VFX #gamedev #rtvfx #UE5 #realtimeVFX

[Sam Thompson @MrHamuel]

Made a new reel for some of the characters I made vfx for in #smite2 Including Mordred who was pretty cool to work on. #vfx #realtimevfx

[Sam Thompson @MrHamuel]

I work on this :)

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[Sam Thompson @MrHamuel]

Little robot guy I made learning hard surface in blender.
#b3d #blender3d