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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist

@3dcowboy.bsky.social
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Hi, I’m a technical artist and filmmaker building worlds and brining them to life - @psyop @makevisual, SCAD alum, USMC 0326 disabled veteran, Montanan, support veteran artists www.davidpressler.com #veteran #houdini #3dart #vfx #gamedev

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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist @3dcowboy.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
New project I’m working on with the help of @voxydevfx @sidefx.bsky.social #Houdini #VFX #animation
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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist @3dcowboy.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Houdini, Speedtree, Maya, Arnold render.
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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist @3dcowboy.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
No politics, just a work in progress done in Houdini and Nuke.
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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist @3dcowboy.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Houdini, Speedtree, Maya, Arnold render.
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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist @3dcowboy.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Hi, here is a community of fun and creative Artists to follow if you recently made the jump to to this site. #gamedev #indiegamedev #vfx #3dart #animation go.bsky.app/UTFo5yW
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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist @3dcowboy.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
New project I’m working on with the help of @voxydevfx @sidefx.bsky.social #Houdini #VFX #animation
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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist @3dcowboy.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Analog art. I painted this a long time ago. Found it hanging at my mother’s house.
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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist @3dcowboy.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Analog art.
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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist @3dcowboy.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Live action into CG using Houdini, Karma, and Nuke. @sidefx.bsky.social #gamedev #vfx #houdini #b3d
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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist @3dcowboy.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
The live action shot used to composite into the CG scene made with Houdini and comped in Nuke.
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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist @3dcowboy.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Houdini project that consumed months of my life. I was definitely bogged down by details. #gamedev #houdini #b3d
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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist @3dcowboy.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Halo CG UNSC Infinity into live action footage using Houdini, Nuke, Solaris, and Karma. #halo #UNSC #gamedev #vfx @sidefx.bsky.social #b3d
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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist @3dcowboy.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Live action into CG using Houdini, Karma, and Nuke. @sidefx.bsky.social #gamedev #vfx #houdini #b3d
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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist @3dcowboy.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Current shots I’m working on. #houdini #gamedev #vfx #halo #b3d
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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist @3dcowboy.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
More shots from the Rebelway Cinematic Lighting in Houdini course. Rendered with Karma and Solaris, comped in nukex. WK09 Shot 010 #halo #vfx #gamedev #houdini #noaiart @RebelwayVfx
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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist @3dcowboy.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Live action footage with a cg ship added. #halo #vfx #gamedev #houdini
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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist @3dcowboy.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Live action footage with a cg ship added. #halo #vfx #gamedev #houdini
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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist @3dcowboy.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
More shots from the Rebelway Cinematic Lighting in Houdini course. Rendered with Karma and Solaris, comped in nukex. WK09 Shot 010 #halo #vfx #gamedev #houdini #noaiart @RebelwayVfx
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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist @3dcowboy.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
More shots from the Rebelway Cinematic Lighting in Houdini course is amazing with Karma and Solaris. WK09 Shot 030 #halo #vfx #gamedev #houdini #noaiart @RebelwayVfx
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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist @3dcowboy.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Getting more comfortable with Karma and Solaris. #halo #vfx #gamedev #houdini @RebelwayVfx
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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist @3dcowboy.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Rebelway Cinematic Lighting in Houdini course is amazing if you are looking to get better at CG integration into live action, or to get get more comfortable with Karma and Solaris. WK09 Shot 010 #halo #vfx #gamedev @RebelwayVfx
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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist @3dcowboy.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Rebelway Cinematic Lighting in Houdini course is amazing if you are looking to get better at CG integration into live action, or to get get more comfortable with Karma and Solaris. #halo #vfx #gamedev @RebelwayVfx
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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist @3dcowboy.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Just over half way through the Rebelway Houdini Cinematic Lighting Course. One of the best classes I've taken, especially if you need more time in Solaris and Karma. #houdini #vfx #gamedesign #halo
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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist @3dcowboy.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Rebelway Cinematic Lighting in Houdini course is amazing if you are looking to get better at CG integration into live action, or to get get more comfortable with Karma and Solaris. #halo #vfx #gamedev @RebelwayVfx
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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist @3dcowboy.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Just over half way through the Rebelway Houdini Cinematic Lighting Course. One of the best classes I've taken, especially if you need more time in Solaris and Karma. #houdini #vfx #gamedesign #halo
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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist @3dcowboy.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
New project, can't wait to share. #Halo #ODST #VFX
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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist @3dcowboy.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Hi, here is a community of fun and creative Artists to follow if you recently made the jump to to this site. #gamedev #indiegamedev #vfx #3dart #animation go.bsky.app/UTFo5yW
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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist @3dcowboy.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Show me your pet and what they were named after.
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SideFX Houdini @sidefx.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
We created a #SideFX #Houdini #3D @bsky.app account back in Feb, but it's been dormant since then. Time to change that – let's GO!
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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist @3dcowboy.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Part of my senior project at SCAD. Mocap using Vicon Shogun, cleaned up in Motionbuilder. Houdini was used to create and render the project. #houdini #sidefx #gamedev #vfx #animation #cgart #3D
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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist @3dcowboy.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
If you see this, post a vehicle! #vfx #gamedev
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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist @3dcowboy.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Project I was playing with made in Maya and rendered with Arnold. #maya #vfx #gamedev #3dart #scifi
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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist @3dcowboy.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
I’m taking a welding class for fun, way scarier and more painful than it looks in the movies.
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🌘ellspe🍁 @cellspex.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
Normalize this reaction #art #artists
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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist @3dcowboy.bsky.social · 27/10/2024
This is an environment I made in Houdini. Trees and vegetation were made in Speedtree. #3dart #gamedev #houdini #environmantart #vfx
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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist @3dcowboy.bsky.social · 25/10/2024
🏴‍☠️Hello everyone, I'm David from Montana. This is a render from a pirate ship simulation I made in Houdini. I also modeled and UVd the ship in Houdini, textures with substance painter. Characters and mocap from mixamo.☠️ #vfx #environmentart #gamedev #houdini #3dart
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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist @3dcowboy.bsky.social · 24/10/2024
Hi, I'm David. I am an environment artist working in #vfx. Here is a landscape I created with Houdini, and Megascans. #vfx #gamedev #environmentart #3dart
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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist @3dcowboy.bsky.social · 24/10/2024
Hello everyone, my name is David and I'm a Technical Artist. This is a ship I modeled and UVed in Houdini, textures were done in Substance Painter. The Sails and rigging were simulated using Houdini Vellum Cloth. #vfx #gamedev #3dart #houdini #environmentart #blender
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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist @3dcowboy.bsky.social · 23/10/2024
Post your most popular art from Twitter! This project garnered a whopping 95 likes on twitter. I was starting to feel invisible over there. #environmentart #3dart #vfx #gamedev #pirates
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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist @3dcowboy.bsky.social · 23/10/2024
Hi, my name is David and I’m an environment artist. I’m new here and excited to meet new people. I modeled and rigged this ship in Houdini. #houdini #vfx #3Dart #3D
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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist @3dcowboy.bsky.social · 22/10/2024
Procedural model made in Houdini. From a cube to ruins. #environmentart #vfx #animation #3D
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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist @3dcowboy.bsky.social · 21/10/2024
Modeled, simulated and rendered in Houdini #Houdini #sidefx #3D #animation
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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist @3dcowboy.bsky.social · 20/10/2024
I should probably put up my best work but I just found my first 3D project from school years ago. Renderman scripting class at SCAD #maya #rederman #scad
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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist @3dcowboy.bsky.social · 18/10/2024
Old CGI project from school. #maya #nuke #3D vimeo.com/361146770
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VTOL Landing Breakdown
This is a Maya CG integration project I made for the "Compositing for Technical Direction" class at SCAD. I filmed the background plate and captured a…
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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist @3dcowboy.bsky.social · 18/10/2024
Learning the grooming tools in Maya. #maya #redshift #xgen #fox
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VFX Cowboy | VFX Artist @3dcowboy.bsky.social · 18/10/2024
Here’s some 3D art. Houdini, Maya, Speedtree
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