20: Urban Bradesko -- Creative Director & VFX Artist, On Houdini, VFX Salaries & Rebelway
“Recording our twentieth episode, the guest of honor today is Urban Bradesko. Creative Director for Houdini learning platform, Rebelway. In additional to helping students across the world break into VFX, he's got the industry experience to back it up. Having worked on properties like Love + Death + Robots, Deathloop, Gears of War 5, Destiny 2 and more, Urban has as much experience in the gaming industry as he does in VFX. Calling all the way from Slovenia, a very special thanks to Urban for making the time.”
00:02:14 Backstory: Freeloading & Film
00:08:55 Starting out in VFX with Axis Studios
00:20:44 Beginnings of Rebelway with Saber Jlassi
00:23:04 The Optimal Way to Learn Houdini
00:31:45 What are the Most Creative Jobs in VFX?
00:51:36 Working in Realtime (On Gears of War 5)
01:00:00 Digital Art Is Undervalued
01:06:00 Rebelway Online Courses
01:18:48 Why Pay For Courses When There’s Youtube?
01:21:13 Teaching is Hard
01:26:40 Finding a Niche and Becoming The Best
01:33:33 Ash Thorpe is a Beast
01:40:36 Outro
Urban’s Curriculum
