About Me:
Nick Smith is currently an entrepreneur located in Toronto, Canada. Nick started his career at 17 with freelance work, and was shortly hired by Fusion FX. After moving to LA to work with Fusion Nick began working with commercial studios, specializing in photo-realistic fluid and particle effects, also working on Ender's Game and Gravity at the time. Nick soon after became an art director of VFX where he supervised and was the creative lead. Nick retired from professional VFX at 23, after working for Disney for 2 years Nick moved back to Toronto where he is the founder of a marketing firm that specializes in media branding and engagement. He is now 24. (Updated 2017).
This was a 2013 show reel of Freelance work, no studio footage has been included.
Software used:
-3DS Max
-RealFlow
-Maya
-Houdini
-Krakatoa
-Fume FX
-FMP Saint
-Nuke
-Rayfire