Babak Bina has carved out an illustrious career in VFX — and now he’s passing his knowledge onto a new generation. Originally hailing from Iran, the band Tool’s visuals inspired Babak to pursue graphic design in Toronto. He’s gone on to work for visual effects studios Double Negative, Method Studios and Scanline VFX on movies and TV shows, including Game of Thrones, Black Panther and Wonder Woman.
This year, Babak has also started teaching how to create weird and wonderful creatures at The Gnomon Workshop. He tells Chris what it’s like to teach students he’s never seen and the tools he uses to create believable characters. Babak also discusses his new role as co-director of short movie, “The Seahorse Trainer.”
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Chapters:
5:15 Early inspiration from Tool
12:25 Babak’s big break in Toronto
18:07 Being a remote teacher
27:20 Background in teaching
33:35 Becoming a filmmaker
41:28 Visual effects work
46:15 Talking software
54:14 The next big things in virtual sculpting