Maxim Gehricke
@maximgehricke.com
VFX artist at Framestore London Just finished my animated shortfilm SEN, which is available to watch on: senshortfilm.com
Meet Rusty! He's old, decayed and muddy. But behind the rust, there's some wisdom. Will you listen to him? Go watch SEN on senshortfilm.com
Breakdown of how I faked light interaction of the portal activation FX with the Environment inside of Nuke. I used a simple lighting pass with a point light illuminating parts of the Environment, no textures no shaders. I multiplied it with the rendered env and with a blurred version of the FX.
📽️ SEN was made entirely solo — modeling, animation, lighting, rendering, compositing... No studio, no budget. Just time. Have a watch at senshortfilm.com #indieanimation #Digital3DArt
SEN - 3D animated short
SEN is a 3d animated short film project by Maxim Gehricke.
senshortfilm.com
Glassdoor has gotten so cluttered with sign-in restrictions and locked content that it's barely usable anymore. Luckily I've found this cool plugin, which removes all of that garbage: chromewebstore.google.com/detail/clear... Works on all chromium based browsers, I'm using it on Brave.
Clear Glass - Chrome Web Store
Removes obstructive review-gate overlays on supported job-review sites for logged-in users
chromewebstore.google.com
Whoever came up with these horrible date selection menus? Why is this even a thing? It takes longer to scroll through than just typing the goddamn date!
A scrapped feature of my animated short was melting snowflakes on the robot. I had done some RnD in 2021, but ended up scrapping it since it meant additional complexity across all shots blowing up the scope.
me: *burps* Google Meet: "Did you say something? Your microphone is turned off."
Is it acceptable to add a meme to my CV under "Software Skills" ?
The first concept vs the final model of my shortfilms robot character. senshortfilm.com
A quick breakdown of the mud FX on my animated short SEN. You can see the two layers it's composed of. senshortfilm.com
The portal in SEN distorts the background. I used a custom STMap that I rendered out from Houdini driving an iDistort in Nuke. Here a little breakdown: senshortfilm.com
I love the fact that Adobe is the only large company in the content creation tech sector that has a dedicated r/FuckAdobe subreddit.
In a couple of the shots in my animated short SEN the camera gets pretty close to the ground in the crater. The original crater asset doesn't fully hold up at this distance, which is why I created some separate "mudclump" assets to scatter on a per-shot basis.
I don't get people who scroll tiktok ON SPEAKER on public transport. Something must have gone wrong in raising you if you think subjecting people to noise for your entertainment is acceptable.
Sorry to hear about Jeff Bezos's rocket exploding prematurely. A good technique to prevent that from happening is to try thinking about something you find totally unarousing or even repulsive, like giving workers a living wage or paying a fair share of taxes.
#NetflixAnimation Production Workers Ratify First Union Contract with #TheAnimationGuild: feature production workers at the studio approved the #IATSE Local 839 agreement with almost 89% in favor of ratification. https://bit.ly/4dRmA8S #TAG839 #Animation #AnimationWorld
In 2025 I got to work on the FX of ᴡʜᴇᴇʟ ᴏꜰ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ꜱᴇᴀꜱᴏɴ ɪɪɪ Apart from adding channeling magic across many shots, I also built the balefire beam FX. Here's a reel from my website:
Made an Animation & VFX starter pack. Let me know if you want to be added :) #animation #vfx #visualeffects go.bsky.app/GZwmLhM
Everything starts with a rough concept. Here some of the first images I created for my shortfilm "SEN" 🎥🎬 senshortfilm.com #indiefilm #shortfilm #animator #concept #moodboard #sci_fi #fantasyart #animatedshort
📽️ A short breakdown of how I animated one of the shots on my shortfilm "SEN" #animation #3danimation #Digital3DArt #indieanimation
Android’s freedom is at risk. Google plans to block APK installations from unverified sources in Android 16 (2026). This affects anyone who relies on apps outside the Play Store. Here's a petition that for sure will be read by the lovely Suits at Google /s >>> c.org/7MTy8M844R
Assine o Abaixo-assinado
Google: Don't take away the freedom to install APKs on Android!
c.org
A comparison of the various iterations I've done on the first shot of my shortfilm SEN. One of the first finished shots, but also one of the last... SEN is a 3min solo-made animated short film: senshortfilm.com #senshortfilm #animation
A scrapped feature of my animated short was melting snowflakes on the robot. I had done some RnD in 2021, but ended up scrapping it since it meant additional complexity across all shots blowing up the scope.