Alexander Zhupikov
Alexander Zhupikov
Realtime VFX Artist
Budva, Montenegro

Summary

I specialize in working with Unreal Engine in conjunction with Houdini. The most attractive thing for me is working with explosions, destructions and effects that set the mood of the scene. More inclined to solve the technical side of effects. Adaptable to proprietary technologies, understand C-like programming languages and HLSL. I love coffee and don't like Unity and Anime <3

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Skills

3D ModelingVisual EffectsHLSLFluid SimulationPBR TexturingDestructionTech ArtProcedural GenerationMaterial Art

Software proficiency

After Effects
After Effects
Houdini
Houdini
Mari
Mari
Maya
Maya
Nuke
Nuke
Photoshop
Photoshop
Substance 3D Designer
Substance 3D Designer
Unreal Engine
Unreal Engine
3DCoat
3DCoat
Quixel Suite
Quixel Suite
DaVinci Resolve
DaVinci Resolve
Gaea
Gaea

Productions

    • Video Game
      Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis
    • Year
      2026
    • Role
      Freelance VFX Artist
    • Company
      Goodbye Kansas & Flying Wild Hog
    • Video Game
      The Outer Worlds 2
    • Year
      2025
    • Role
      Freelance VFX Artist
    • Company
      Hydra Studios & Obsidian Entertainment
    • Video Game
      Mortal Shell 2
    • Year
      2026
    • Role
      Senior VFX Artist
    • Company
      Cold Symmetry
    • Video Game
      RoadCraft
    • Year
      2025
    • Role
      junior VFX Artist
    • Company
      Saber Interactive
    • Video Game
      Star Atlas (Showroom)
    • Year
      2022
    • Role
      middle VFX Artist II
    • Company
      Sperasoft
    • Video Game
      John Carpenter's Toxic Commando
    • Year
      2024
    • Role
      junior VFX Artist
    • Company
      Saber Interactive
    • Movie
      Upon the Magic Roads
    • Year
      2021
    • Role
      junior HoudiniFX Artist
    • Company
      CGF

Experience

  • Senior VFX Artist at Cold Symmetry
    Remote, ME
    July 2024 - Present

    Creating realistic FX, integrating and creating all necessary content around those effects

  • Senior VFX Artist at Arctic7
    Podgorica, ME
    September 2022 - October 2023

    Task management, vfx creation, vfx implementation

  • VFX Artist II at Sperasoft
    Saint-Petersburg, Russia
    March 2022 - September 2022

    semi-realistic realtime VFX

  • VFX Artist I at Saber Interactive
    Saint-Petersburg, Russia
    January 2021 - March 2022

    realtime realistic VFX

  • Houdini FX Artist at CGF
    Saint-Petersburg, Russia
    August 2020 - November 2020

    simple VFX for films