VFX: Portfolio review + Tips to get the job you want!
Hi!
During this one hour session(often more...!), my goal is simple: To give you hints, tricks and feedbacks that I would have loved to get when I started in the industry 18 years ago!
A bit about me:
1. Since I started working in the Vfx industry, I had diverse positions, from 3D generalist(Modeling/Tracking/Layout/Fx simulations/Textures/Precomp), to Matte Painter and then to Visual Development artist.
2. I’ve had the opportunity to work on major franchises such as
Spider-Man: Far from Home, Dr Strange: in the Multiverse of Madness, Blade Runner 2049, Captain Marvel, Army of the Dead, DeadPool 2, Terminator:Genisys, X-men Days of Future Past...
3. I am currently working as Head of Visual Development at Framestore(Vfx for AAA films), we are working on titles like the next **Spider-Man No Way Home, Moonfall, Doctor Strange in the multiverse of madness...**
You can find some of my professional and personal work here:
https://www.artstation.com/syllo
4. I have been interviewing and accompanied new hires to find their way in that very competitive field for years in different companies, I reviewed tons of portfolios, given many interviews and submitted thousands of frames myself for reviews, either to Vfx Supervisors or Directors.
A bit just for you:
1. Your portfolio is the main tool you'll have to open the main doors of the industry(either Games or Films productions).
2. Your selected frames should reflect by themselves who you are as an artist and technician and also as a future professional.
3. Let me help you in the stressfull process of getting the position you are looking for:
4. By defining your strenghts and weaknesses, with a focused review on your portfolio, I will help via advices using paintovers and references, to upgrade your current frames for your next potential interviews.
Hopefully this review will get you closer to your goals!
I think the flexibility here using IAMAG platform, gives anyone who is willing to pursue these type of careers strong opportunities to get real feedbacks from established and experienced professionals.
See you soon!
Details
- CategoryPortofolio review
- Level requiredIntermediate
Speciality
- Concept Art
- Animation
- VFX
- Directing
- VR / AR
- Matte Painting
- 3D
- Sketching
- Illustration
- Traditional Painting
- Character Design
- Semi Realistic Cartoon
- Business side of Art
- Comic Art
Languages spoken
- English
- Spanish
- French
- Chinese
- Arabic
- German
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Russian
- Other
Communication Availability
- Email
- Text Messages
- Phone Call
- In Person Meeting
- Online Meeting Tools
- Other
Reviews (7)
Everything went well once again. Sylvain gave me great pieces of advice and valuable feedback that will help me improve my work and give it a more cinematic look ! It was clear and precise. thank you!
Anaïs L•April 2024•
- AB
Big thanks to Sylvain for the helpful portfolio feedback. He noticed lots of small things that could make me better and highlighted my strengths and weaknesses. He showed me how the pros in VFX view applicants and what I should work on for an improved portfolio. It was incredibly valuable. Thank you!
Andras B•March 2024•
- JG
Many thanks to Sylvain for this review. He gave very usefull advices and made clear a lot of details. I think that will help me a lot to achieve my goals.
Julia G•November 2023•
- Db
Syllo was great. Thankfully to his experience and his tips and advises I realized what to focus on and where need be improved. In these times that everyone is struggling to find a job, specially someone with no experience, he gave me very valuable information that will definetely help me towards my goals. I am very satisfied after our talking. I am sure what are my next tasks and there are a lot to be done. Thank you Syllo for your help.
Diego b•November 2023•
Syllo is a true professional! I'm really glad I got this opportunity to talk to him personally and ask questions I had about the industry and what it takes to get in. He provided me with clear and helpful feedback along with sharing some useful tricks. Awesome!
Alexander D•February 2022•
Everything went smoothly. Sylvain really took the time to show me in detail what the strengths and weaknesses of my portfolio were. He gave me a lot of useful advice. Thank you very much!
Anaïs L•May 2022•
Sylvain was very helpful and gave me great advice!
Daiki M•February 2023•
About the owner
About me(Sylvain Lorgeou//Syllo)
I use the nickname "Syllo" for my digital work online(It is just a combo of the first letters of my name and first name, easier to remember and mostly to type!)
I started roughly 18 years ago as a generalist in a small commercial and films company, it was a great place to learn as the turnarounds were pretty quick!
I'm working now for a vfx film company(Frametore) as the Head of Visual Development, we are working now on titles like **Spider-Man: No Way Home, **Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, **Moonfall ... Among others ;)
I know quite well the different departments implied in the creation of Vfx, but I've been mostly working as a Matte Painter and a Visual Development/Concept artist for most of my career.
You can find some examples of my personal work here:
https://www.artstation.com/syllo
Pretty soon I should be able to show some recent and actual big productions work from the shows we worked on, but as you know probably already, productions approvals on this type of work can be a long process ;)
So, I'm from France originally, but live now in Montreal, Canada.
Since I started working in the VFX industry, I had multiple positions before finding just the right fit (from 3D generalist, to Matte painter, to Visual Development).
Now with around 17 years of experience, I’ve had the opportunity to work on major franchises, such as **"Blade Runner 2049", **"Captain Marvel", **"Army of the Dead", **"Dumbo", **"Terminator Genisys ", **"X-men Days of Future Past"...
I had the priviledge to be nominated for a VES award in 2017 in the "Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature" category for our work on Blade Runner 2049 among other coworkers @Framestore, more info here:
https://www.framestore.com/bladerunner2049?language=en
I did a conference in 2017, in depth, about Framestore work on Blade Runner 2049 in Paris for ArtFx school's students (@ the auditorium -Parc de la Villette at the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie).
About me(Sylvain Lorgeou//Syllo)
I use the nickname "Syllo" for my digital work online(It is just a combo of the first letters of my name and first name, easier to remember and mostly to type!)
I started roughly 18 years ago as a generalist in a small commercial and films company, it was a great place to learn as the turnarounds were pretty quick!
I'm working now for a vfx film company(Frametore) as the Head of Visual Development, we are working now on titles like **Spider-Man: No Way Home, **Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, **Moonfall ... Among others ;)
I know quite well the different departments implied in the creation of Vfx, but I've been mostly working as a Matte Painter and a Visual Development/Concept artist for most of my career.
You can find some examples of my personal work here:
https://www.artstation.com/syllo
Pretty soon I should be able to show some recent and actual big productions work from the shows we worked on, but as you know probably already, productions approvals on this type of work can be a long process ;)
So, I'm from France originally, but live now in Montreal, Canada.
Since I started working in the VFX industry, I had multiple positions before finding just the right fit (from 3D generalist, to Matte painter, to Visual Development).
Now with around 17 years of experience, I’ve had the opportunity to work on major franchises, such as **"Blade Runner 2049", **"Captain Marvel", **"Army of the Dead", **"Dumbo", **"Terminator Genisys ", **"X-men Days of Future Past"...
I had the priviledge to be nominated for a VES award in 2017 in the "Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature" category for our work on Blade Runner 2049 among other coworkers @Framestore, more info here:
https://www.framestore.com/bladerunner2049?language=en
I did a conference in 2017, in depth, about Framestore work on Blade Runner 2049 in Paris for ArtFx school's students (@ the auditorium -Parc de la Villette at the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie).
VFX: Portfolio review + Tips to get the job you want!
VFX: Portfolio review + Tips to get the job you want!
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