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Ilya Novikov
@novilj.bsky.social
VFX & Tech Artist from Estonia 🇪🇪
Dare Academy 2023 Finalist
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/novilj/
ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/wolfisft

Hobies: Anime, Finswimming, Scuba-Diving and Volleyball
"Good Song Never Dies" by Saint Motel; Fan-made music video.
Here is a link to my ArtStation post.
CGI Cinematographer and Tech Artist on this team project, merging live action and virtual production on set - Colour Grading, B-Rolls, Lighting, you name it
www.artstation.com/artwork/Gvv3YB
A Good Song Never Dies - Fan-made Music Video, Ilja Ilmar Novikov
Group project exercise for the MSc Technical Art & Visual Effects course at Abertay University. The task was to produce a music video with a song of our choice in two weeks as a team of eight peop...
www.artstation.com
December 12, 2024 at 7:32 PM
"Copy Flash" (Not much of a unique name, I know...)

Based on "Summer Time Rendering" anime where evil creatures take over the appearance of their victims. Put a spin on it aka "Destiny 2" and "Apex Legends" finisher ability with a dynamic level sequencing blending the gameplay and scripted action
November 18, 2024 at 11:50 PM
And yes, it can still bake meshes with outlines. Animations work naturally with the skeletal meshes as the method only adds up the polygons in a most old-fashioned way of inverted hulls and enables quick iteration tests of different outline thicknesses
November 18, 2024 at 11:40 PM
Next on our list - "UE Stylization Tool".
That's a fun "dissertation project fellow" of mine. Initially started as a tool for baking meshes with an inverted hull outline later expanded into a full-fledged tool for the application of various comic-book-inspired post-processing techniques
November 18, 2024 at 11:36 PM
Inspired by the likes of "Okami" and "Spirit of the North", this project opened the doors for me to pursue stylized graphics. Eventually, our team was grateful to receive a place as DARE Academy finalists and showcased the demo at EGX London 2023🤩
November 18, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Starting from the most influential and oldest piece in my VFX & Tech Art journey - "Paper Trails".
This cosy-horror narrative-adventure game lets you explore the life of a former wolf now living a new life as its last prey within a story-book visual "drawn" with pencil strokes.
November 18, 2024 at 11:26 PM
I shouldn't limit this post to just still images and shall add some more to descriptions
November 18, 2024 at 11:14 PM