Episode 1 of The Visual Cast takes off with the esteemed guest Julius Horsthuis , one of the best fractal artists in the world. Julius's "set", was a brake down of his workflow with mandelbulb3d and after effects and showed us some absolutely mind blowing VFX techniques. Julius Horsthuis is a renowned VFX artist having worked on films such as the academy award winning "Manchester By The Sea".He also has ongoing yearly art installations in multiple locations around the world.His massively inspiring VJ visual packs are best sellers and he has preformed his visuals at some of the biggest festivals and parties in the world. Check out all the craziness that Julius is doing and follow him on socials for consistent unbelievable fractals julius-horsthuis.com youtube.com/@julius-horsthuis Instagram.com/julius.horsthuis facebook.com/JuliusHorsthuisFractals Chapters: 00:00 Intro 02:46 Julius Horsthuis & Amsterdamian weather 07:27 VFX, Film school & Creative parents 19:48 Film Set Dynamics & VFX Experiences 25:36 VFX Supervision in Film Production 30:31 Art directing Fractals for Films 35:42 Simulations & Fractals as a medium for artistic expression 53:44 SET - Mandelbulb3d , Aftereffects, Color passes, Compositing & Fractal zooming 1:36:36 Fractals, Entities and spirituality 1:51:19 Music, The agnosticism of nature & microscopy 1:55:49 Art & AI 2:08:00 Parenting, Creativity, & Art Inspiration Please like and subscribe and join us next week for another episode! Also follow us on social media (@thevisualcast) to find out who the next guest is! Enjoy Episode 1 of the Cast!! The Visual Cast is a weekley, recorded live hybrid podcast, were we interview some of the best, most influential and most talented visual artists from around the world!We break up the interview with the "set", a interactive portion of the cast where the guest chooses what they want to share with us!! It can be anything from a live generative visuals set to a show and tell of a past project, or in this case a deep dive into the fractal world. Thank you so much for watching and again a massive thanks to Julius for coming on! Intro/outro music by Mantismash facebook.com/Mantismash Follow the cast facebook.com/thevisualcast instagram.com/thevisualcast Follow Alon Hammer/REM facebook.com/REMvisualart instagram.com/REMvisualart remvisuals.com