The Logik Podcast is the official podcast of Logik, the online community for artists using Autodesk Flame. Find out more at www.Logik.tv.
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Kiki Gomez is an entrepreneur, creative director, producer, and inventor whose career has been anything but conventional. After spending nearly a decade in finance, Kiki followed a longtime passion for film, commercials, and storytelling by entering into the entertainment industry. He eventually founded The Roster, a creative agency and production company where he worked with brands including K-Swiss with Venus Williams, Lexus, Belkin, and Kasa Smart. Along the way, he built a reputation for wearing whatever hat the project required—from writing and developing ideas to producing and directing.
Max studied composition and jazz piano at the Eastman School of Music, where he spent countless hours in the library studying scores and learning from educators who deeply influenced his creative work. After studying composition and jazz piano, Max went on to work in film scoring, music preparation, and orchestration on projects connected to composers such as John Williams, Danny Elfman, Alan Silvestri, Ludwig Göransson, and Jeff Beal. In this episode, Max and I also discuss how we collaborated to create the original intro music for this podcast. Together, we explored different ideas, exchange
Amanda Elliott continues our artist profile series with an interview with Daniel Reitzenstein. Part 2 of 2. Daniel’s journey through the film industry has been shaped by curiosity, resilience, and a willingness to keep evolving. From starting out as a freelance assistant video editor to becoming an animatics editor on Project Hail Mary, he has learned that building a creative career is rarely a straightforward path. In this podcast Daniel opens up about seeing himself as a “Swiss Army Knife,” working through imposter syndrome, taking chances, and why creatives shouldn’t take client notes perso
Amanda Elliott continues our artist profile series with an interview with Daniel Reitzenstein. Part 1 of 2. Daniel’s journey through the film industry has been shaped by curiosity, resilience, and a willingness to keep evolving. From starting out as a freelance assistant video editor to becoming an animatics editor on Project Hail Mary, he has learned that building a creative career is rarely a straightforward path. In this podcast Daniel opens up about seeing himself as a “Swiss Army Knife,” working through imposter syndrome, taking chances, and why creatives shouldn’t take client notes perso
Amanda Elliott continues our artist profile series with an interview with Henry Smalstig. Henry is a storyteller at heart, whose career has taken him through the worlds of animation, editorial, and motion design. After earning his degree in Computer Animation from Columbia College Chicago, Henry joined Sarofsky, where he calls himself an Assistant Editor and Finishing Assistant. At Sarofsky, he's helped create everything from high-end commercial campaigns to visually driven projects that blend design, animation, and filmmaking, …. all while still using Smoke Hot keys. We dive into how to make
Amanda Elliott continues our artist profile series with an interview with Olivier Beaulieu. Olivier, a VFX Supervisor at Hybride, whose journey from intern to a 23-year veteran at Hybride has helped shape some of the most iconic Star Wars projects. We explore the value of generosity and understanding in the VFX workspace, showing yourself patience, and why embracing mistakes and imperfection can make you a stronger artist and collaborator. Olivier also discusses the true mark of great visual effects—the moments so effortless and believable that they disappear into the story, revealing the arti
Glenn Teel continues our artist profile series with an interview with Sam Edwards. Part 2 of 2. Known for his fxphd Flame tutorials and candid discussions about his career journey, he transitioned from being a business owner to working at some of the world's leading visual effects studios, including Digital Domain and ILM. With experience spanning feature films, episodic television, and commercial projects, his career reflects a diverse and accomplished path through the visual effects industry.
Glenn Teel continues our artist profile series with an interview with Sam Edwards. Part 1 of 2. Known for his fxphd Flame tutorials and candid discussions about his career journey, he transitioned from being a business owner to working at some of the world's leading visual effects studios, including Digital Domain and ILM. With experience spanning feature films, episodic television, and commercial projects, his career reflects a diverse and accomplished path through the visual effects industry.
Amanda Elliott continues our artist profile series with an interview with Bryan Bayley and Jan Klier. In this episode, we talk about how AI is being used as their professional tool in their creative process — where it helps, where it falls short, and the frustrations that come with it. We also get into the bigger questions around the ethics and responsibility of using these tools such as Claude and Comfy UI.
Amanda Elliott continues our artist profile series with an interview with Gedaly Guberek. Part 2 of 2. Gedaly is an actor and director creating adventure and action comedy films. His recent swashbuckling adventure, "The Flower of Battle," won awards at several film festivals including "Best Short." Recently he had the chance to study action filmmaking with the one and only Jackie Chan Stunt Team in Beijing. He’s also worked as an editor, colorist, and VFX artist for commercials and feature films. He's also passionate about educating filmmakers as the founder & lead educator of DVResolve.com, a
Amanda Elliott continues our artist profile series with an interview with Gedaly Guberek. Gedaly is an actor and director creating adventure and action comedy films. His recent swashbuckling adventure, "The Flower of Battle," won awards at several film festivals including "Best Short." Recently he had the chance to study action filmmaking with the one and only Jackie Chan Stunt Team in Beijing. He’s also worked as an editor, colorist, and VFX artist for commercials and feature films. He's also passionate about educating filmmakers as the founder & lead educator of DVResolve.com, and a teacher
Glenn Teel continues our artist profile series with an interview with VFX Supervisor Margolit Steiner.
Amanda Elliott continues our artist profile series with an interview with Finn Jäger, Eric Mason, and Richard Betts. What started off as a question posted on the Logik Forum asking about “Color before VFX? or VFX before Color?”, turned into an amazing podcast with these 3 incredible artists. Join us for Part 3 of 3 in this Color podcast series. Logik Post: https://forum.logik.tv/t/color-before-vfx-or-vfx-before-color/10520/61
Amanda Elliott continues our artist profile series with an interview with Finn Jäger, Eric Mason, and Richard Betts. What started off as a question posted on the Logik Forum asking about “Color before VFX? or VFX before Color?”, turned into an amazing podcast with these 3 incredible artists. Join us for Part 2 of 3 in this Color podcast series. Logik Post: https://forum.logik.tv/t/color-before-vfx-or-vfx-before-color/10520/61
Amanda Elliott continues our artist profile series with an interview with Finn Jager, Eric Mason and Richard Betts. What started off as a question posted on the Logik Forum asking about Color before VFX or VFX before Color, turned into an amazing podcast with these 3 incredible artists. Join us for Part 1 of 3 in this Color podcast series. Logik Post: https://forum.logik.tv/t/color-before-vfx-or-vfx-before-color/10520/61
Amanda Elliott & Glenn Teel continue our artist profile series with an interview with Screenwriters Life Coach, Brooks Elms. Brooks had written and directed 50 short films before he even started at NYU film school and wrote, directed & produced two indie features after he graduated. He’s been signed by UTA, and taught 5+ years at UCLA Extension here in Los Angeles. As a life coach for creatives, Brooks works closely with his clients to help them dig deep to discover their creative spark while getting clarity on their life purpose. He helps guide writers into their deepest life lessons to devel
Amanda Elliott continues our series with a recap of NAB 2024.
Amanda Elliott continues our artist profile series with an interview with Editor Bob Mori.
Glenn Teel continues our artist profile series with an interview with Flame Artist Alper Oktay.
Amanda Elliott continues our artist profile series with an interview with Flame Artist Mark Popham.
Glenn Teel continues our artist profile series with an interview with VFX Creative Director Jordi Bares.
Glenn Teel continues our artist profile series with an interview with Flame Artist/Director Jon Hollis.
Glenn Teel continues our artist profile series with an interview with Creative Director/VFX Supervisor Duncan Malcolm.
Bidding with Christopher Decker, Andy Milkis, and host Glenn Teel.
VFX Supervision with John Ashby, Inti Martinez, Randy McEntee and host Glenn Teel.
