Pyro & Fire
Combustion, smoke, explosions — sparse Pyro solver work for hero shots and background atmosphere alike.
SOLVER
PyroSparse
VOISLAV NIKOLOVSKI
VFX & Simulations TD. Eight years of bending physics for film, commercials, and episodic. Houdini-native, Karma-rendered, Nuke-finished. Each frame load-bearing.
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SKP · NYC · LON · BER
SECTION 01 / CAPABILITIES
01
SIX DISCIPLINES,
ONE PIPELINE.
Fluid & Water
FLIP & ocean spectra for splashes, rivers, pools, and full sub-surface whitewater pass.
SOLVER
FLIP / Ocean
Destruction
Rigid-body dynamics, fracture pipelines, debris and dust layering for cinematic collapses.
SOLVER
RBD / Bullet
Particles & Vellum
Sand, sparks, cloth, soft-body interaction — particle systems designed for shot-specific lookdev.
SOLVER
Vellum / POP
Procedural FX Tools
Custom HDAs and shot-agnostic tools that collapse a 3-day task into a 3-hour iteration loop.
STACK
HDA / Python
Lookdev & Lighting
Karma XPU lookdev, lighting setups, and comp-ready AOVs handed off clean to Nuke.
RENDERER
Karma XPU
SECTION 02 / FEATURED WORK
02
SELECTED
CASE STUDIES.
City Block Collapse
View case →Aurora Pour
View case →Ashfall Drift
View case →
SECTION 03 / PROCESS
03
FOUR STEPS,
REPEATABLE.
Brief & Reference
Decode the brief, gather 30 frames of reference, lock the physics target before any sim is run.
Blockout & R&D
Low-resolution sim blockout. Approve motion before resolution; the slowest part of the pipeline.
Hero Sim & Cache
Full-resolution sim, USD-cached, versioned. Iteration loop: 24 hours per hero shot minimum.
Render & Comp
Karma XPU renders, AOVs handed to Nuke. Final comp integration signed off before delivery.
SECTION 04 / CLIENTS
04
SELECT
STUDIOS.
Northgate
Helios
Carbon
Atlas VFX
Halcyon
Solstice
START A
PROJECT.
Booking Q1 2026 for film, commercial, and episodic VFX & simulations work. Reply within 48 hours.