Ryan Grobins

A film maker at Nezui ( and +25 year veteran of the animation and VFX industry. Check out my latest steampunk film Cyan Eyed at

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This is my latest directing showreel!

[Nezui @NezuiFilms]

Our latest showreel!

#animation #cyaneyed #nezui #wingsoffire #roseofturaida #shortfilm #adventure #vfx #sneezemeaway #CorlissVail #animation #CG

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I made another landscape flythrough from the world of #CyanEyed. This shot took about 5 months to render made with #Terragen.

[Nezui @NezuiFilms]

Part 2 of the Cyan Eyed Biome series is released! A relaxing single 3 minute shot flying over a beautiful landscape.
https://t.co/NMZjfPv7cn

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@justinthxroux please stop adding to the false narrative of there being no CGI in Betelgeuse (as mentioned on Jimmy Fallon), this is disrespectful to the hundreds of VFX and CG artists that worked on the film.

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Showing some of my recent NPR toon style look development.

#CyanEyed #Nezui #animation #2D #robot

https://t.co/cuUmaQKSvL

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@DarwinsOutcasts @ann1hilus @HollywoodHandle Yes, anything altered digitally, no matter how minor, even a paint fix can be considered VFX.

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@josegesteves @ann1hilus @HollywoodHandle No, VFX means "visual effects".

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@ann1hilus @HollywoodHandle To continue, in the credits of films with VFX in it, you will typically see under the VFX Supe these two roles: CG Supervisor and Compositing Supervisor. The CG supe takes care of the 3D pipeline, and the comp supe takes care of the 2D pipeline.

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@ann1hilus @HollywoodHandle All CGI is VFX, but not all VFX is CGI.
Typically CG (no one in the industry calls it 'CGI') refers to 3D as well as comp. While VFX could mean just comp or comp and 3D (CG). But this is all moot, as this film definitely has CGI in it.

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@HollywoodHandle Not this crap again. This film definitely has CGI and VFX in it, a bunch of friends are working on the film.

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Relax as you take a fly through a stunning fully 3D environment in the skies of Cyan Eyed!

[Nezui @NezuiFilms]

The first in a series of breath taking #flythroughs of various beautiful #landscapes from the world of #CyanEyed.
This 3 minute shot took 4 months to #render in #Terragen
https://t.co/WvuEIa3dqd
No AI used!

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More beautiful background art from my first animated short film.

[Nezui @NezuiFilms]

Next in the series of posts showcasing the beautiful backgrounds painted for the 2010 animated short film, Sneeze Me Away is a wonderful view of the balloon trees from Otherworld painted by the talented @rudysumarso.

#animation #Nezui #backgroundart #SneezeMeAway

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Hey everyone, I've made further developments to my #Tolkien #Map Project (procedural and fully customisable). I hope you all like it!
https://t.co/FSgu8qHmaO

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"For When the Starving Return", An amazing @thenfb funded 17 min stop motion animated film I was a VFX Supervisor on is completed! Well done to director @spottedfawnart and the stellar crew for telling this amazing Canadian indigenous story!

https://t.co/J0c8BU9nIh

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@cartoonbrew It might help films that only get into Tribeca, but if a film is being considered/selected for more than one other festival, it is the same issue. But still would rather have this option than none at all.

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Enjoying #AustraliaDay26Jan the only way I know how in Vancouver.

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Here's my 2nd part to my recap of my 1st @annecyfestival in 2023. I also included my notes for 'Not Kidding Around. Adult #Animation at Warner Bros Discovery' talk with tips for people wanting to pitch to @AdultSwim.
https://t.co/5cvT7bM6pn

#AnnecyFestival #Annecy2023

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@recapitations Because the best animated film category was conveniently created to celebrate every single different aspect of an animated film in one tiny box. Sound designers, FX artists, etc.: you all go into this box together. /sarcasm

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Check out what I did!

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My wife painted this wonderful background for the first animated short film I directed.

[Nezui @NezuiFilms]

Happy new year everyone! We start 2024 with the beginning of a series of posts showcasing the beautiful backgrounds painted for the 2010 animated short film, Sneeze Me Away. This background was painted by Hyojung Kim.

#animation #Nezui #backgroundart #SneezeMeAway

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It took over a year of development coming up with what I understood to be at the time a completely novel look for an animated short film in a single 6 minute shot. The Nuke script got so large near the end of production, that I was editing it in a text editor to save time.

[Nezui @NezuiFilms]

10 years ago today, the animated short film The Rose of Turaida was released. It gained 77 festival selections and won a number of awards.
https://t.co/XRTLKiMwyS

#animatedshort #CG #Siggraph #Nezui #TheRoseofTuraida

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@ShannonTindle_1 The painful part about all of this is that clueless producers in Hollywood buy in to this 'no VFX' train, and that may result in being convinced that VFX budgets should be less than they need to, which contributes to more under bidding, etc...