Tristan Gybels
Senior Technical VFX Artist specializing in real-time VFX, Unreal Engine, and Houdini, and workflows.
Tristan Gybels
Senior Technical VFX Artist specializing in real-time VFX, Unreal Engine, and Houdini, and workflows.
About
Tristan is a Senior/Lead Technical VFX Artist specializing in real-time VFX and technical art for games. With a strong focus on Unreal Engine. He supports teams and individuals in building performant, production-ready visual effects and complex designs across different art styles for Indie and AAA projects.
His expertise includes Niagara systems, shader-driven effects, optimization, and engine integration. Tristan takes a practical, problem-solving approach to mentoring, helping mentees navigate real production challenges, improve workflows, and better collaborate with designers, animators, audio designers and programmers.
Based in Lennik, Belgium, Tristan speaks Dutch, French, and English and helps growing companies, startups, and established companies. Paid mentoring sessions are available, with a free 30-minute intro call.
Tristan can help with
- Art
- Tech
Tristan worked with
About
Tristan is a Senior/Lead Technical VFX Artist specializing in real-time VFX and technical art for games. With a strong focus on Unreal Engine. He supports teams and individuals in building performant, production-ready visual effects and complex designs across different art styles for Indie and AAA projects.
His expertise includes Niagara systems, shader-driven effects, optimization, and engine integration. Tristan takes a practical, problem-solving approach to mentoring, helping mentees navigate real production challenges, improve workflows, and better collaborate with designers, animators, audio designers and programmers.
Based in Lennik, Belgium, Tristan speaks Dutch, French, and English and helps growing companies, startups, and established companies. Paid mentoring sessions are available, with a free 30-minute intro call.
Tristan can help with
- Art
- Tech
Tristan worked with