I Got My Dream Job As A VFX Artist - ft. Danny Gevirtz

This is the story of working on the CGI and VFX for his feature film "I Think I'm Sick"... this is that story.
All of the 3d was done in Blender, the compositing and VFX was done in Nuke Foundry, the color and post processing was done in Davinci.
Hope you love the episode.
Thank you Danny for the memories.

[@jonathanphelps6723]

Bro I was part of the crew on the film, just went to the Philly screening about a week ago and I was floored with how well the CG fit into the film. Phenomenal work man!

[@State-Of-Mind]

YOOOOO that makes me so hyped haha! Man, thank you sm

[@JohnJosephWiater]

Dude I didn't even know the geese were VFX after screening it 3 times lol. You're work ethic is INSPIRING. 👏👏

[@State-Of-Mind]

ayy! thank you sm man, i love seeing Danny's team in the comments haha

[@JohnJosephWiater]

@@State-Of-Mind same team!!

[@State-Of-Mind]

@@JohnJosephWiater ayy let's gooo

[@IAMMOOK8]

I love positivity bro. This great news!!!! Only 19 lol Ima be sticking with your videos till you stop lol I'm definitely looking forward to seeing where you are in 5 years. Probably a monk editing videos in a different dimension lol Keep up the good work.

[@State-Of-Mind]

hahah fr that's the goal

[@reysu]

That looks even better than I imagined!! Can’t wait to watch the movie 🎉

[@State-Of-Mind]

ayy thanks Eric 🙏

[@caleb.jacobson]

Insane dude!! Been following along with Danny’s production and that’s so cool you did the VFX! Great work

[@State-Of-Mind]

yoo thanks Caleb - it was a mission haha

[@MARZILLI]

Danny’s whole team is incredible including YOU kid. Enjoy because you’re all going to be famous. ❤

[@shashankn4523]

Appreciate your efforts in making the VFX shot. It looks so damn real. Matched perfection in your work. All the best for your future projects

[@State-Of-Mind]

ah im ngl I was worried about showing the final vfx since people always trash on CGI online so thank you so much haha

[@markyichen6195]

Keep Moving Forward. You have our support.

[@Lilmermaidbcith]

“When hard working people do what they like, they are unstoppable.” - Blue Period(Anime) It’s so exciting to see that you are on your dream path. Congratulations man Be the best you!🎉

[@State-Of-Mind]

thank you 💪💪

[@babyave]

bro mentioned birdemic and instantly felt a connection to him because I know damn well he probably first heard of that from corridor crew haha. that being said, as a fellow freelance vfx artist this is really inspiring and i love how you detailed your journey with this video working on the movie. Huge Danny fan myself and I've yet to see the movie but getting this behind the scenes taste of what's to come really inspired me. Great job man.

[@State-Of-Mind]

ahahahha dude 100% from Corridor. Thanks man, I really appreciate these words

[@CompositingAcademy]

I recognized the Nuke course in there, happy to see it helped on your journey! Fantastic work! That's a painstakingly difficult shot to track. Impressive to grind and learn all that in such a short time. Keep it up man!

[@State-Of-Mind]

yooo the man himself! I have really fond memories of learning Nuke for the first time late at night, taking notes on your compositing courses, and thinking what a time it was to be alive haha

[@AmazedOne]

Gotta say I’ve been watching your videos and think it’s such a breath of fresh air on KZbin. It’s nice to see genuine content the way you are making it! I really like what you’ve got going here keep it up man😁👍

[@State-Of-Mind]

ayy thanks sm man, we got minecraft youtubers in the comments now let's goooo

[@elliotforeman]

Blown away by your skill but also by your patience and dedication to your craft. It's truly admirable, I'm sure you made Danny proud!

[@State-Of-Mind]

The patience was probably the hardest part haha, thanks man!

[@amarpawarfilms]

as a VFX Student, this video is making me believe that i will pull off my VFX Project 100%..... What a crazy video... you could achieve this much in that much time..

[@dallinhodgkin5569]

Incredible my friend. Danny is my favorite youtuber as well. That's a dream come true for sure. Thanks for documenting the journey. Your positive attitude and work ethic is insane. Good job man.

[@markosenica7]

Hehe the intro is back :) Looking forward to watching the vid

[@State-Of-Mind]

hell yeah it is hahah

[@markosenica7]

just watched it, all I can say is I'm proud of you, the first maverick shot was so realistic, you are a great example that you can excel at anything you put your mind to.

[@krishnagoyal3598]

This was so inspiring, brother. I love your videos. Keep up the great work!

[@DonJULIOchannel]

I have found your channel today and i'm blown away by the Production Quality. I'm currently watching all of your Videos and i found them very interissting. Keep up the good work.

[@State-Of-Mind]

ayy thank you sm!

[@LandonCreations]

Amazing work my man, very Inspiring for all the upcoming filmmakers/vfx artists out there!

[@AndresArosemena]

Excellent work man! You have a very positive and honest attitude. Not only did you achieve the shots you were asked to do but you also have a talent as a storyteller. This video was told masterfully. This is the first video of yours I've watched. I will check your other videos.

[@carlostigs]

wow man, this was incredible to watch

[@State-Of-Mind]

ayy man it made my day to see you on here, I remember Danny reallyy hyping you up to me when we met hahaha

[@Artsy-maleek]

The last short is just cg cold man🤌🤌

[@dralfa1021]

Wow , that's look fantastic🎉

[@Mr.Picturemaker1]

It's really difficult process to make anything from scratch and takes huge patience, time and equipment but anyways It's was so great to know that you were a part of his feature film 👀👀✨💞

[@State-Of-Mind]

ayy so grateful to have been a small part of it

[@bephrem]

Happy for u dude

[@linaalvarez2110]

To say Nuke is hard is an understatement. Have taken 2 courses and now on the third one and still don't feel like I fully understand Nuke!

[@filmedbyian]

Dude incredible video - your tenacity is unmatched, love that you love what you’re doing 👏

[@State-Of-Mind]

thanks man!!

[@tinaabrams403]

So smart and entertaining … way to GO! ❤ MOMMA

[@david-iv]

Amazing work, man. Not only did you get your dream job but also weeks of experience with a professional grade software! Keep up the good work

[@State-Of-Mind]

ayy yup the learning was the most valuable part 🙏

[@nivetha0086]

Never really thought about the process behind these projects.. Hardwork is not just a word to describe ur efforts here.. Another impressive and quality content. All the best bro.

[@State-Of-Mind]

ay yeah it was hella fun being able to show the full process that led up to just creating some birds haha, thank sm

[@SaffronPlayz]

Ay love your vids ❤️

[@Simplified_Improvement_]

This is the highest quality and best channel that I have seen in my life. You give me Leon Hendrix vibes, providing actual value and inspiration to people. You've given me inspiration for my path in life. Thank you.

[@kiswanichannel4209]

This is really a nice video. What a great job..congrats, dear. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@rafayrehman29]

Im new ro vfx, this video made me to not give up.

[@Vaibhavsharma-xd5qq]

I was having a bad mood but watching this video made me enthusiastic and inspired once again, thanks bro , also the vfx was great , I'm also and early vfx artist .

[@BenjiSelby]

Bro congrats! So proud of you and it was dope seeing you at the Portland premiere, it didn’t even cross my mind that the geese and maverick were CGI 🤯 you crushed it!

[@kelvikuqi6833]

Props!! Its great to see that young people like you (19) try new things and discover themselves spiritually and mentally. (im 17 myself) since you've said that you would read all comments in a previous video, imma shoot my shot here (since i usually don't write comments). so i'm from germany and i have heard about that "zettelkasten" method where you write things on something that's actually called "kartei karte" in german. so i started to use that method and it makes total sense scientifically and it helps a lot REALLY! but i have 1 problem with the method you showed, its the "connection" part and every time i write something to remember i struggle to come up with a connection. if you have nothing against it, could you show some of your "zettelkasten" because this will be the easiest way to understand how exactly to do them (or explain it again in here). i'm sure it will help A LOT of people who want to implement that to their lives. PS: much respect man you are way further that people in their 30s!!

[@State-Of-Mind]

thanks man, yeah i'll be making an update video or part two on the Sirianni method. stay tuned 🙏

[@nishan.100]

Lots of love brother.Also 19,but just started working on skills.

[@State-Of-Mind]

hell yeah man. i also feel like i'm just starting to learn these skills - still got so much to learn

[@chayman123]

Always love the work! Keep it going

[@State-Of-Mind]

yessirrr

[@Mr.Picturemaker1]

Also it would be great if you would like make some tutorials about editing and VFX..I wanna learn it from you and it's a channel for learning right!???

[@dxrknight6631]

This is amazing! Seeing you adapt to the adversities you face is inspiring and entertaining. I have been learning blender for like 3 months now. I have struggled a bit and I was curious if you have any recommendations on youtube channels that have helped you? Or maybe any tips in general? Thanks keep it up!

[@State-Of-Mind]

@ianhubert is the absolute goat, im on his Patreon too. Obviously first do the donut tutorial haha. A few years back i also bought a course on making nature environments which got me past that beginner hurdle. Overall, having a project is sooo useful. Once you want to learn something specific you can always find tutorials on that subject

[@dxrknight6631]

@@State-Of-Mind thanks so much

[@EduardoRobalo]

beautiful.

[@Refluux]

This is sick, you are inspiring many

[@paolosavino22]

The effort you put in this project is so great I don't know if anyone can comprehend. That 3rd shot is hell on earth for VFX artists. I don't know why Danny did not called a VFX supervisor during the shooting. Just some tracking markers or shooting in log/raw could have benefited you a lot better. You did great and way beyond what a normal VFX is willing to do. That 3rd shot will give me nightmares ahaha

[@nendu4316]

this is so funny, been watching you for a while and had no clue your also an artist lol.

[@cvervo]

Dude I saw the movie like 3 weeks ago and that scene of the baby bird looked so nasty I honestly thought they actually had a real baby bird in the grass (or at least a realistic puppet). Great job man, hope to see more in the future!

[@State-Of-Mind]

LETS GOOOO

[@Framesbyfrisby]

This is sooo inspiring 🎉 thank you 🙏🏽

[@jeluge]

Wish i could unsee those frames for the movie. Btw Great work.

[@cultivision]

Wow I didn’t realize it was VFX when I watched haha incredible work. Cheers man

[@State-Of-Mind]

yooooo thanks man

[@elijahvargasss]

I appreciate watching your videos, they are just so inspirational. I've just started reading Ultralearning by Scott Young and just realized how many different Ultralearning projects you have taken on. Being able to learn hard things completely from scratch, it really is inspiring. I want to do the same as you.

[@punitlohar3792]

Love you bro😍😍its really inspirational

[@filipenevesproenca]

Such an amazing journey! I am starting my journey as a VFX Artist myself and this video was very helpful/inspiring (also because I’m 19 yo too😅😅) the shot came out amazing and I can’t believe the amount of skills you gained in such a short time! Hope you keep growing and doing projects like this!

[@State-Of-Mind]

ayy if you have any questions just ask! that's so sick you're learning the same craft - to me it reeally feels like an art

[@nickymitchley]

This is so great and amazing time spent learning a new software 😮 but honestly I would have paid a Geese handler fed them in the water and just did that take a whole bunch of times till I got the shot 😅 but big ups to the effort!!

[@State-Of-Mind]

no vfx artist can be imagining if the shot was done practically hahaha

[@nickymitchley]

@@State-Of-Mind I guess it's the matter of budget, time and what would look best visually. VFX has opened our minds to see what is just not possible practically. All for it if it's done really well and that just takes lots of time.

[@georgeramsey6070]

Proud of you, Congratulations

[@State-Of-Mind]

ayy thanks bro 🙏

[@FilmStir]

10 hours to hand track was less than I expected. I've spent more time hand rotoscoping a 7 second shot in Mocha.

[@paulpierantozzi]

Hey this was really well put together. I am a professional VFX artist who went through something very similar on my first job out of school years ago. Signed up for way more than I knew how to do and for very little pay. It ended up being the work that got me my first studio job. That being said I want to give you some feedback on the final product. I don't think the birds look photoreal at all, especially when they fly away. You need to make sure you are matching black and white points of the CG to the footage and constantly over/under expose the viewer to check. I also think the speed of the birds as they take off is too slow and uniform. One tip would be to find a reference video of birds flying away and copy it frame-by-frame. There is also no shame in buying high quality 3D models for things that you don't have time to model. You could have benefited from a high quality bird model with feathers. You also need to be careful of contact points with the ground or water. For both the baby bird on the grass and geese on the water you used flat planes as shadow catchers. Neither of those surfaces should have been perfectly flat. For the grass, you should have distorted the plane a bit and the water should have had some ripples. I hope this feedback is helpful and I wish you luck on your VFX journey.

[@Wes_Brooks]

Holy crap does this make acting seem easy 😂 I didn’t even realize the geese were VFX when I watched the movie multiple times. Hell of a job man

[@State-Of-Mind]

AY YOOO thank you bro! I literally still be thinking about your performance in the film haha

[@Wes_Brooks]

@@State-Of-Mind don’t you flip this compliment around on me 😂 I appreciate it tho dude !

[@gautamsharma9354]

Yoo!! Lets go 🔥🔥

[@silverqc]

Inspiring video! It would be interesting to see more content about your VFX process in future projects

[@ahmeds.elgendy2691]

manual tracking OMG u remember me of old days without "frequency separation"

[@outerflame9880]

Amazing work man

[@runicthor4105]

Hi, I’d just like to say that you’ve convinced me to use your sirianni notes method. You see, I’m creating a schedule where I do homeschool 7 days a week and 2 days worth of working everyday for a year to graduate as fast as possible. And this will take the usage of memory techniques such as the memory palace, spaced repetition, pomodoro method, and likely more alongside yours now, thanks for the technique

[@gatis.pastars]

Bro, these situations are like growing on steroids... all skills gained in compressed time frame! So, advice to newbies: "Is blender hard? How much does it take to learn it?" - just get some basic skills in Blender and then jump into "scary" project, then realize your true worth as an artist, fail and rise again - and here is your growth! Awesome effort and dedication, man! I wish you more challenging project in future!

[@moco0730]

which keyboard are you using?? btw love your content And the Sirriani method has helped a lot..

[@MapleJokerRofl]

My dream job 😢. Has to quit and fall For corporate. Make more than I prob would in vfx but my heart is not there. Sadly reality is not as plain as following dreams and happiness. Enjoy it my friend! Live the dream for the rest of us.

[@jeremyclark9697]

Great work man

[@State-Of-Mind]

next stop Marvel

[@Pazaluz]

Wow this was an incredible journey to watch and very inspirational! I only found your yt channel today, i'm very glad i did ^^

[@Simonjose7258]

4:00 pièce de ré·sis·tance not Pierre 😂❤✌

[@kurikuri0608]

Your learning methods are INCREDIBLE ! Im a 3d character and background modelling supervisor and have worked on many films, games. commercials VR etc... And I have never seen anyone in my 23 years in the industry do that with no knowledge of VFX in that many compact days and plus using NUKE ! Totally impressive ! I will watch more of your learning methods and will try to apply it. But just letting you know VFX is super tough and lots of rinse and repeat. I suggest you learn to trade the stock market / trading options. Will want to see your skill tested in there because there is emotions and patience at play and I am sure you will make a lot of money ! if you overcome it :)

[@nguyenmanh7095]

hmm i dont know if you notice but the one duck from the right at the beginning fell little off

[@dreamvision_media]

your insane

[@melinamorina516]

Wow! Good job! You hard work is inspiring.

[@phalhappy8612]

I think you can extract some frames and model static proxy envionment first

[@spwaff.]

4:38 i’m *literally* laughing out loud at how impossible what you just said sounds!😂😂😂😂 9:19 not the crux of the whole project!😂 and not me noticing that that’s a climbing pun.😂😂 *edit* part 3 of this comment: this video and you are hiiiggghhhhllyy underrated.😮👏👏👏

[@State-Of-Mind]

hahaaha thanks man

[@GabM-t8i]

Watching your videos inspire me to try and learn new things… thank you

[@State-Of-Mind]

ayy let's go that's the goal

[@Maggo_]

Where did you learned it only through KZbin or also through books ?

[@State-Of-Mind]

100% online. A lot of youtube, a few paid courses

[@raafpauwels2517]

Hi i just finished watching all your vids and i know that i said this before in a comment on another vid but i think you really may be a big idol of mine. Everything ive seen you do ive been like "ohh cool i would do everything to be able to ..." and i just wanted you to know that. Also do you have a good book recommendation about something that blew your mind.

[@hypepill7415]

When you said that scene wasn't trackable I screamed "frame by frame!" and died laughing when you did it. Should've been a coder or a lawyer or something, you wanna be a VFX artist? There you go. Btw you don't have to pay 12k for nuke if you know what I mean😉

[@State-Of-Mind]

lmaoo it was the only option😔 also yeah you can get Nuke for free if you're a student so i used my sister's email to get it - literally saved me, i'm so glad they have that available

[@begooddontactgood796]

I thought you were 23 or 25...btw you are amazing🎉

[@cesaramaral7007]

Hey, could you elaborate why you had to use Nuke?

[@NikoVelasquez]

fucking killed it man!!!! sooo crazy!

[@danieIlondon]

You still do small projekt

[@luigthue8016]

Can someone please share the name of the song played in 5:30 - 6:10?!

[@mapalo_pj]

🥰

[@woman_of_the_world4628]

Hi, I was wondering if you make video intros for KZbinrs as well? If so, how much would I have to pay you?

[@1whomakes]

You look like Anthony Padilla haha

[@subhamgan6288]

Bro what's your actual name and age please

[@adithyanraju3387]

Laptop spec

[@ramanandh1261]

Hey Buddy!

[@PanaraStudios]

First

[@typingcat]

The background song is annoying.

[@Joker-vl1tn]

the animal anatomy is awful