Episode 6 is here and I mistakenly shaved off my beard!! This week we are joined by my Brazilian brother - Leandro Sousa, aka VJ VACAO !!!! Leandro is an OG legend in Brazil, one of the first to do it on that side of the globe, He has played and performed at some of the biggest festivals in the world. He is a world class projection mapping artist and has a Visual Hologram show with  @VegasLivebr ! He is a master 3D generalist, video editor and VFX artist, it was a pleasure talking with him! We get into what it was like growing up in Sao Paolo, starting as a video editor and moving into VFX , growing up in the underground Brazilian Psytrance scene, dealing with copy-caters, being the main projection mapper for  @MimesisDeco  , his love for traveling & collecting flags and his infatuation with psychedelic horror, gore and the dark side. For Vacaos SET we jump into his absolutely insanely powerful projection mapping workflow, we start in  @Photoshop  go into  @ResolumeVJSoftware  , check out Chaser and look at Leandros AI control-net techniques. Go check out Leandros socials to see the result of the breakdown from the SET, its pretty insane!! https://www.facebook.com/vacaovj/ https://www.instagram.com/vj_vacao/ https://www.youtube.com/leandrosousavacao Chapters: 00:00:00 - intro 00:02:10 - Brazilian Roots and VJing Stardom 00:07:06 - Starting with Grand VJ 00:14:24 - The Shift to Digital and VFX 00:22:14 - Finding Your Creative Workflow 00:29:22 - Inspiration from Family and Friends 00:36:02 - The Scene in Brazil 00:43:57 - The Maestro of the Psychedelic Experience 00:50:26 - SET - Fragmentation and Modeling Process 00:58:34 - SET - The effectiveness of simple lighting tricks in 3D modeling 01:06:09 - SET - Using the Slice Transform and Chaser Plugins for Repetition 01:13:39 - SET - Creating Unique Visuals with Control Net in ComfyUI (AI) 01:29:32 - Inspiring Others to Find Their Strengths 01:36:45 - Working with Mimesis Stages 01:44:48 - The Psychedelic Experience and Visuals 01:52:40 - Passion for Flags and Travel 01:58:35 - The VJ Vacao collection 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! We also have an audio version on Apple Podcasts and Spotify so head on over and give us a review!! The Visual Cast Podcast is a weekley, recorded live visual 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 projection mapping workflow. Thank you so much for watching and again a massive thanks to Leandro for coming on! Intro/outro music by Mantismash https://facebook.com/Mantismash Follow the Cast https://facebook.com/thevisualcast https://instagram.com/thevisualcast Follow Alon Hammer/REM https://facebook.com/REMvisualart https://instagram.com/REMvisualart https://remvisuals.com