David Shovlin
Senior VFX Artist, Riot Games
David Shovlin can do it all! Currently a Senior VFX Artist at Riot Games, David works on VALORANT and other R&D projects. David is a masterful expert in the art of concept painting, 3D VFX and 2D FX alike.
He brings over a decade of experience with him to VFX Apprentice. Throughout his career, he has created visuals for a variety of casino and slot machine games, worked on mobile games, animated for the web series Star Wars Forces of Destiny, and has now been at Riot Games since 2015.
David has developed an intimate knowledge of several animation tools and pipelines, eventually coming to specialize in Unreal Engine. He is eager to share his artistic and technical skillset, as well as a wealth of best practices in adaptability and discipline to apply to your craft development, no matter where you are in your career.
Instructor Portfolio
Featured in these courses
Intro to FX Concept Painting
2D FX: Level One
Learn the basics of design and drawing techniques used in the concept art tutorials.
FX Painting Elemental Studies
2D FX: Level One
Try your newly-acquired painting skills while creating concept art of various elements!
Booms & Blasts (Unreal)
3D VFX: Level Two
Use the 3D Sandbox and dive into Unreal Engine. Explore kitbashing and particle systems.
Sidescroller 2D/3D Game FX
Apprentice: Level Three
Dive into the whole FX pipeline and create in-game spells and healing effects.
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