Joseph Wilson | VFX Artist

VFX Artist. I work with UE5, Maya, Houdini, Photoshop, and more. Most proficient with Unreal real-time VFX, materials, and animation. Actively seeking employment for PC, console, mobile games.

This shot was created in Unreal Engine 5 as part of a solo VFX showcase. The effects were designed with a stylized anime/cartoon RPG aesthetic via custom-built assets, such as textures and flipbooks, dynamic materials and shader functions, and Niagara systems with GPU and CPU emitters. Blueprint scripting was implemented to control effect timing, trigger events, and synchronize with in-game states.

Responsibilities

VFX Design · Texturing · Materials · Niagara Systems · Blueprint Logic

This is a Houdini smoke simulation I made at NYFA, driven by a character’s animation and collision interactions. I used custom velocity fields, forces, and collider geometry to give the smoke a natural, responsive motion. The final sim was rendered and composited in Nuke to blend into an environment for a cinematic finish.

Smoke Simulation · Rendering · Compositing

Here is a still render of a mesh surface rasterized into a fog VDB, which I then composited over a particle simulation with randomized attributes—creating a visually stunning shot.

Volume Modeling · Particle Simulation · Rendering · Compositing