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Ben Platnick
@s3pirion.bsky.social
VFX Artist II, Riot R&D, working on unannounced. Previously Rewards VFX on Destiny 2 at Bungie, contributions to Team Fortress 2 18x. Posts/shitposts are my own.

http://fx.s3pirion.art
by all metrics i’m succeeding at work but also simultaneously feel like I don’t even know how to approach half the stuff I’m working on.
September 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
work this week has been by all metrics me doing extremely well but feeling like the work i’m doing is kicking my shit in.
February 27, 2025 at 3:36 AM
no video game thoughts for a week just boat and ocean and waves
February 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Reposted by Ben Platnick
4 hours at f/2 on the Tadpole Nebula
Celestron C11 & Hyperstar 11v4
ZWO ASI2600MC Pro, 10min subexposures at 0 gain
#astrophotography
February 7, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I would like to get off this bus please.
January 29, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Reposted by Ben Platnick
Hey #gamedev! @systemera.net we are looking to hire a Lead VFX Artist!

Come work with cool people on a cool new project!

Required
-Game Dev
-UE5/Niagara XP
-Positive over-communicator
-Tech chops
-Cross discipline weaving skills
-Capable of withstanding my dad jokes
systemera.net/jobs
#gamejobs
January 24, 2025 at 12:52 AM
first day back at work, trying to remember how to do my job and catching up got me like:
January 14, 2025 at 2:59 AM
2 weeks of winter break in (taking an extra week just cause), and i can wholeheartedly say you can and should take time off even if you don’t feel like you need it. Burnout can happen even if you love what you do and where you work.
January 4, 2025 at 2:35 AM
winter break project: making little portal 2 maps for my wife to solve
December 30, 2024 at 5:58 PM
Merry brimmymas
December 25, 2024 at 5:32 AM
My legacy on Destiny

Collective Obligation/Parasite/Hierarchy of Needs/Conditional Finality/Verglas Curve/Winterbite/Wicked Impliment’s VFX

Strand’s Weapon VFX Suite

Figuring out how to make weapons/ships/sparrows spin and show VFX on the inspection screen.
December 22, 2024 at 6:59 PM
i would very much so like to put my car on both a drag strip and a track next season.
November 24, 2024 at 10:12 AM
puberty
New Scout Misc, Puberty! Vote now on Steam Workshop: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=5735 #TF2
November 21, 2024 at 3:11 AM
keep finding little wooden balls as the prize inside my avocados. pretty fucked up.
November 19, 2024 at 8:42 PM