Today’s guest is Coralline Charrier, a real-time VFX artist who transitioned from 3D animation to VFX in games. We cover the REAL journey of breaking into VFX as someone mid-career, the mental load, teaching yourself efficiently, and learning how to learn.

Links & Resources mentioned

- Coralline on Artstation: https://www.artstation.com/coralline_charrier

- Caroline on BSKY: https://bsky.app/profile/coradventure.bsky.social

- Caroline on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/coralline.charrier/

- Caroline on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coralline-charrier-ba2a2159/?locale=en_US

- Coralline on X: https://x.com/Coralline_Cha

- Ultralearning (Book Recommendation)

- VFX Apprentice: https://www.vfxapprentice.com/a/39323/54Tqp7Ae

- RTVFX Discord (For real-time VFX artists): https://discord.com/invite/v5Tw35kRK2

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro & Kora’s Story

03:00 Animation Background → VFX

07:30 How Online Communities Help (or don’t)

14:00 Teaching Yourself Real-Time VFX from Scratch

19:00 The Struggle of Self-Learning While Working

26:00 Why Online Courses Don’t Always Work

32:00 Learning Efficiently: Ultra Learning, Planning & Execution

42:00 Why Environmental Effects Matter

50:00 Kora’s Final Advice to VFX Beginners

55:00 Wrap-up

Keywords:

real-time vfx, how to learn vfx, animation to vfx, VFX learning efficiency, vfx career journey, how to teach yourself vfx, learning real-time vfx efficiently

Hashtags:

#VFX #RealTimeVFX #LearnVFX #GameDev #TheGeneralistsPodcast