Artist · Educator · Thinker
SAM
PANFILOV
I make images, build communities,
teach craft, and ask hard questions
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CG Artist & Supervisor
Crafting
Visual Worlds
Real-time environments, VFX supervision, and 3D art for film and interactive media. Unreal Engine, After Effects, and a deep obsession with light
Disciplines
- Real-time environments (UE5)
- VFX supervision
- Lighting & rendering
- Motion design
- Compositing
Software
- Unreal Engine 5
- After Effects
- Cinema 4D
- Houdini
- Nuke
Tehnopark
Commercial CG short — industrial environment rendered in Cinema 4D with Redshift. Motion-designed title sequence and compositing in After Effects. Full in-house pipeline from modelling to delivery.
Disciples: Legion of the Damned
Level art for the Disciples game universe — dark fantasy environments built in Unreal Engine 5. Atmospheric lighting, detailed modular assets, and real-time rendering for cinematic-quality in-game visuals.
Golem Mapping
Large-scale projection mapping installation — 3D sculpture projection with dynamic motion graphics. Modelled and animated in Cinema 4D, rendered with Octane, composited and sequenced in After Effects.
VTB Debit Card
Product visualisation for VTB bank — photorealistic card renders in Cinema 4D with Redshift, stylised motion-design sequence in After Effects. Delivered within a tight broadcast production timeline.
Dark Philosopher — Who is Seneca?
AI-generated documentary short — voiceover synthesised with 11labs, visuals produced with GenAI tools (Weavy, Nano Banana), original score via Suno. Final edit and sound design in After Effects and Adobe Audition.
Lost Shipping Magazine
Series of AI-generated vertical shorts — ReadingBot, RetroGirl, and Mosquito. Image sequences and motion generated in ComfyUI and Seedance, assembled and colour-graded in After Effects.
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Georgian Speaking Club
A free conversational club for anyone learning Georgian — beginners welcome. We meet, we talk, we build a bridge between people through language
Format
- Free talk — no curriculum
- Suitable for complete beginners
- Friendly, low-pressure vibe
- Free entry
Tools & Bots
- @KhidiGYM_bot — collocation trainer
- @KhidiLearnBeginner_bot — alphabet trainer
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YouTube · Practical Philosophy
Dark
Philosopher
Philosophy that lives in the body. Fear, rage, pain, desire — examined not as abstract concepts, but as the actual substance of a life
Topics
- Fear, pain, desire as data
- Stoic practice
- Free will & self-knowledge
- What it means to be human
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Weekly videos. No filler. Ideas you can use the same day you watch them
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Online Education
Personal one-on-one online training in 3D, motion design, and film language. You learn by making things. I show you what took me ten years to figure out
3D & Real-Time
Unreal Engine environments, lighting, materials, rendering. From concept to polished frame
Motion Design
After Effects, Cinema 4D. Motion fundamentals, timing, composition, and visual rhythm
Film Language
Cinematography, composition, director's intent. Understanding what great images are made of
Visual Breakdown
Разбираем реальные кадры из кино и игр: свет, цвет, композиция, режиссёрское намерение. Учимся читать визуальный язык и применять его осознанно. Подходит операторам, режиссёрам, художникам-постановщикам и всем, кто хочет понять, как работает кино изнутри.
3D Design
Полный цикл создания 3D — от скетча до финального рендера. Работаем в Blender и Cinema 4D: моделирование, UV, материалы, свет, рендер. Курс подходит как новичкам, так и тем, кто хочет закрыть пробелы и выстроить системный подход к профессиональному 3D.
Motion Design
Анимация, моушн-графика и визуальные эффекты в After Effects и Cinema 4D. Разбираем тайминг, принципы движения и монтажный ритм на реальных коммерческих примерах. Для дизайнеров, которые хотят оживить свои работы и выйти на новый уровень.
UE5 Environments
Реалтаймовые локации в Unreal Engine 5 — от первого меша до шоурила. Освещение, материалы, Lumen, Nanite и кинематографическая подача. Подходит для создания архвиза, игровых локаций и виртуального производства.
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