Rudolf Jansen van Vuuren

Rudolf Jansen van Vuuren

Mid-level Houdini FX artist / 5 yrs

Montréal, Canada

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Visual Effects Artist

Thelma the Unicorn (2024)

Houdini FX artist

BIM (2023)

Senior Houdini FX artist

Star Wars: Visions (2021)

Visual Effects Artist

Seal Team (2021)

Style / Medium
Style / Medium Clear
Assets
Assets Clear
Skills
Skills Clear
Software
Software Clear
Work History
  • Freelance fx and character rigging

    Freelance

    September 2023 - Present
    Montreal, Quebec, Canada · Remote
  • Visual Effects Artist

    Mikros Animation Montréal

    December 2023 - September 2023
    Montréal

    Worked as an FX Mid on Mikros Animations recently announced Netflix film Thelma the Unicorn.

  • Visual Effects Artist

    Mikros Animation

    December 2022 - August 2023
    Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    Working on Thelma the Unicorn, for Netflix

  • Rigger for mobile games

    Balisti Studios

    May 2021 - October 2022
    Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
  • Senior Houdini FX Artist

    Triggerfish Animation

    January 2022 - July 2022
    Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
  • Visual Effects Artist

    Fabrique Fantastique

    June 2021 - December 2021

    Worked as a Mid FX artist on their series/ Film BIM.

  • VFX Artist (Adidas project)

    Quite Franckly

    September 2021 - October 2021
    Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

    Adidas Triple Black Collection Ad

  • VFX and Rigging artist

    Freelance

    January 2021 - June 2021
  • VFX artist (Adidas project)

    Quite Franckly

    March 2021 - April 2021
    South Africa

    FOr Adidas members week. I created the melting rock and fluids sims in this video.

  • Visual Effects Artist

    Triggerfish

    January 2019 - December 2020
    Cape Town, South africa

    I worked for them on 3 different projects as a VFX artist and 2 projects as a rigger

  • Rigging and VFX artist

    Triggerfish Animation Studios

    November 2019 - December 2020
    Cape Town Area, South Africa

    I worked at Triggerfish for 2 years on 2 films during that time. I started as a VFX intern working on Magic Light's The Snail and the Whale. I worked mostly on water and smoke effects. I then signed a contract with Triggerfish as a VFX and Character Rigging Artist on their newest feature film Seal Team.

  • Junior VFX Artist

    Triggerfish Animation Studios

    January 2019 - October 2019
    Cape Town Area, South Africa
  • Intern

    Triggerfish Animation Studios

    September 2019 - September 2019
    Long House, Dreyersdal Farm Rd, Cape Town, 7945
  • Rigger and render wrangler

    TFG (The Foschini Group)

    February 2019 - July 2019
    Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
  • Intern

    Fuzzy Logic Studio

    May 2018 - May 2018
    2 Kerk St, Bodorp, George, 6529
  • Intern

    Wondermerk Studios

    January 2018 - January 2018
    41 7th St, Linden, Randburg, 2195
Education
  • Certificate in Character Rigging

    Computer Graphics Master Academy: Rigging for Games

    2019 - 2019
  • Certificate in Character rigging

    Computer Graphics Master Academy: Facial Rigging for Production

    2019 - 2019
  • Certificate in Character rigging

    Computer Graphics Master Academy: Intro to rigging

    2019 - 2019
  • 3 Year diploma in Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics an

    The Animation school

    2016 - 2018