John Emerson
@jemerson.bsky.social
VFX Artist | Professor | Sometimes I make a cool thing. | Opinions are my own. | MPA and Finance | He/Him
Topics: #visualeffects #vfx #fx #rtvfx #realtimevfx #techart #gamedev #finance #publicpolicy #education
https://johnemerson.artstation.com/
Topics: #visualeffects #vfx #fx #rtvfx #realtimevfx #techart #gamedev #finance #publicpolicy #education
https://johnemerson.artstation.com/
Unpopular opinion: Akira (1988) is not as good as people want to believe it is, everybody just likes Tron style motorcycles.
September 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Unpopular opinion: Akira (1988) is not as good as people want to believe it is, everybody just likes Tron style motorcycles.
Now character specific dialogue is in and working. Fixed up a couple issues as well. Still some fine tuning but its working. Lots of writing to come in the future. #gamedev #UI #narrativedesign
August 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Now character specific dialogue is in and working. Fixed up a couple issues as well. Still some fine tuning but its working. Lots of writing to come in the future. #gamedev #UI #narrativedesign
Getting a dialogue (narrative?) system up and running was easier than I imagined. Now I gotta come up with the words though. Something like 40 characters and 30 quests? This is gonna take a minute. #gamedev #UI #narrativedesign
August 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Getting a dialogue (narrative?) system up and running was easier than I imagined. Now I gotta come up with the words though. Something like 40 characters and 30 quests? This is gonna take a minute. #gamedev #UI #narrativedesign
Putzing around making my own version of the hologram map based on this video. Not sure yet if I'm going to go down the PCG route or not to bring in holographic buildings. May end up trying out my render target as a height mask to do some offsets. www.youtube.com/live/IBuqoNw...
July 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Putzing around making my own version of the hologram map based on this video. Not sure yet if I'm going to go down the PCG route or not to bring in holographic buildings. May end up trying out my render target as a height mask to do some offsets. www.youtube.com/live/IBuqoNw...
Apparently gif doesn't just play when uploaded from a phone.
May 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Apparently gif doesn't just play when uploaded from a phone.
Took a minute to figure out you gotta go down multiple pack/unpack levels to get the individual pieces to scale down on themselves and not the scene origin.
May 8, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Took a minute to figure out you gotta go down multiple pack/unpack levels to get the individual pieces to scale down on themselves and not the scene origin.
Just twiddling away, relearning #Sidefx #Houdini from the ground up because the disjointed haphazard approach I used to date is no longer sufficient. Jordan Allen has put together, in my opinion, the best intro series. It's clicking (finally). @doublejumpacademy.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Just twiddling away, relearning #Sidefx #Houdini from the ground up because the disjointed haphazard approach I used to date is no longer sufficient. Jordan Allen has put together, in my opinion, the best intro series. It's clicking (finally). @doublejumpacademy.bsky.social
Setting up my next scene for a portfolio piece and wondering when I just go ahead and make a FF type game now. Nothing ooh and aah to show (yet) but it feels right so far. Link for non compressed vid. #gamedev #realtimevfx vimeo.com/1068497430/c...
March 23, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Setting up my next scene for a portfolio piece and wondering when I just go ahead and make a FF type game now. Nothing ooh and aah to show (yet) but it feels right so far. Link for non compressed vid. #gamedev #realtimevfx vimeo.com/1068497430/c...
Forgot bsky can do video now, so here's some life stream type thing for you.
October 17, 2024 at 1:40 AM
Forgot bsky can do video now, so here's some life stream type thing for you.
Looking at a side photo of the Turkish shooters and I hate to break it to folks but I think he was wearing hearing protection. I know I have shot with plugs before. Still a great meme potential though.
August 4, 2024 at 1:16 AM
Looking at a side photo of the Turkish shooters and I hate to break it to folks but I think he was wearing hearing protection. I know I have shot with plugs before. Still a great meme potential though.
Started fussing about with Procreate for sprite sheets today. Gotta try Procreate Dreams next. This would be in place of Adobe Animate or ToonBoom potentially while on the go. #gamedev #realtimevfx
June 5, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Started fussing about with Procreate for sprite sheets today. Gotta try Procreate Dreams next. This would be in place of Adobe Animate or ToonBoom potentially while on the go. #gamedev #realtimevfx
Post a meme made by you
April 11, 2024 at 1:08 AM
Post a meme made by you
It's #PortfolioDay; because BS doesn't upload gifs or videos I can only link my portfolio. As a VFX Artist, everything is in motion. So instead you get these pics of my dogs. www.artstation.com/johnemerson
April 10, 2024 at 1:47 PM
It's #PortfolioDay; because BS doesn't upload gifs or videos I can only link my portfolio. As a VFX Artist, everything is in motion. So instead you get these pics of my dogs. www.artstation.com/johnemerson
Edgy, blobby, and the master here.
March 15, 2024 at 6:15 PM
Edgy, blobby, and the master here.
Beginning to learn 2d animation for creating flipbooks ultimately. This is gonna take some time.
February 29, 2024 at 3:39 AM
Beginning to learn 2d animation for creating flipbooks ultimately. This is gonna take some time.
It's channel packing all the way down.
February 24, 2024 at 8:07 PM
It's channel packing all the way down.
Screenshot since video directly isn't an option.
February 14, 2024 at 11:42 PM
Screenshot since video directly isn't an option.