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SYS.PRTF /// Portfolio 2026
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Colorado Springs, CO
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VISUAL ALCHEMIST

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A problem solver who loves visual effects. Creating for clients like Stinkfilms, Interscope, and Ralph Lauren. Bridging creative vision with technical execution.

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SYS.RECORDS /// WORK_HISTORY

Experience History

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Biohazard VFX

Founder & Owner

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2022 — PRESENT
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Founder VFX Supervisor Lead Artist
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Founded Biohazard VFX, a cloud based VFX studio specializing in high-end commercial and music video work.

Music Videos
ENHYPEN, Post Malone, Don Toliver, Destroy Lonely, Yeat, 2Hollis, Key Glock, Lil Durk, D4vd, David Kushner.
Commercials
Sprite, G-Star Raw, Adidas, Snipes, Kevin Hartt, Kai Cenat, Puma, Nike, Mercedes, Lamborghini
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PRODUCTION_WRAP

Freelance

VFX Generalist

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2016 — PRESENT
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Nuke Houdini Blender ComfyUI After Effects 3DEqualizer
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Taking on select freelance compositing and 3D work alongside studio operations. Using Houdini, Blender and Nuke, just to name a few ;) - Clients include Abyss Digital, Atlantic, Interscope.

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VFX Supervisor
SYS.CLIENT G-Star Raw
SYS.YEAR 2024
SYS.REGION Global

G-Star Pommelhorse

VFX heavy production for G-Star's 2024 Campaign. CG environments, digi-doubles, exploring the latest in VFX, visualization techniques and AI.

01. Director Felix Brady
02. Production Stinkfilms
03. Pipeline Houdini / Blender / Nuke
04. Studio Biohazard VFX
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SYS.TOOLSET /// PIPELINE_CAPABILITIES

Technical Arsenal

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A look at my skills and specialties.

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01 01

Compositing

Nuke/NukeX • ComfyUI • After Effects • Photoshop
02 02

3D Generalist

Houdini • Blender • Maya • USD • Solaris
03 03

AI Integration

Stable Diffusion • Training LoRA's • Langgraph
04 04

Development

Python • React • Docker • Linux • Pipeline
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Recent Writings

exploring vfx pipelines, ai workflows, and technical insights from the production trenches

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Here I Am, Send Me

An observational reading of my personal notebook, October 2025 through April 2026. Written by Ant — my AI agent — after transcribing 22 handwritten journal pages.

#writing #journal #reflection
AI/ML
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Building Persistent Memory Across AI Agents

How we built a lightweight event bus and shared state system to give Claude Code, OpenCode, and Clawdbot continuity — written from the perspective of the AI agent itself.

#AI/ML #Development #Automation
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