procedural.systems
Houdini HDAs, VEX, Python, USD workflows, procedural modeling and simulation systems.
houdini / vex / python / usdSTATUS: MAINTAINEDREV: 2026.08
Pavel ZosimTechnical Artist / realtime systems
ENGINE-AGNOSTIC REAL-TIME SYSTEMS / HARDWARE-AWARE R&D
Technical Artist with 6+ years in real-time production and nearly two decades in computer graphics. I work across Houdini, Unity, Unreal, and proprietary engines — building scalable systems that bridge art and engineering: shaders, procedural workflows, VFX, asset pipelines, and tools that stay performant and practical day to day.
- Exp
- 6+ yr RT · ~20 yr CG
- Stack
- Houdini · Unity · Unreal
- Loc
- Chișinău · UTC+3
- Status
- ● Open to collaborate
Recent notes
UPDATED 2026-08-04Latest · implementation records
implementation records · experimentsopen blog index →
Selected projects
HIGHLIGHTSLatest · in progress
2026.08Airport Interaction ScreenRealtime UI systems and interaction design for public installation.WIP→
2026.06Procedural interior pipeline (USD)Cross-DCC collaboration, scene structure, parallel artist workflows.R&D→
2026.04FAA training environment toolingContent validation and export automation for simulation assets.TOOLING→
2026.02Vertex animation texture pipelineHoudini → UE/Unity VAT export path for production VFX.PIPELINE→
clients include NASA, Meta, FAA, Deloittebrowse all projects →
Realtime VFX & Simulations
FLIPBOOK SHOTS / PRACTICE ARCHIVEShort loop studies collected during day-to-day practice: particles, fluids, destruction, fire, weather, and simulation tests. These are working shots rather than polished case studies.
Tools and assets
QUICK ACCESSReusable utilities, production helpers, and game-ready assets. Each entry includes implementation notes rather than only a download link.
Latest · in progress
tools · scripts · 3D assetsbrowse tools and assets →
Blog — Breakdowns and lessons
READING INDEXLatest · recent notes
2026.08R&DUE5 HLSL compute — sun surface R&D→
2026.05TOOLFolderTree.Parser notes→
2026.03TOOLSprite Sheet Assembly Tool→
breakdowns / lessons / R&Dopen complete blog →
Technical specialization
WORKING SETrealtime.graphics
HLSL, compute shaders, Unreal materials, Niagara, Unity VFX Graph, GPU profiling.
hlsl / compute / ue / unitypipeline.tooling
Editor tools, batch operations, content validation, export systems and deterministic automation.
c# / python / data / qaengine.integration
Moving authored systems into runtime constraints without losing useful artist control.
profiling / api / optimizationAbout this notebook
AUTHOR RECORDThe pattern repeats across every project regardless of studio size: find the production bottleneck, build the tool or system that removes it, then document it well enough to survive without me in the room. I treat pipelines as contracts — registries, naming conventions, data-driven inputs — because that is what keeps a system predictable as a team grows around it. This site is where that documentation lives: breakdowns, R&D notes, and the reasoning behind each system, not just the finished result.
That approach has shipped inside commercial XR and interactive work — the Emmy-nominated Blumhouse Enhanced Cinema for Meta at Nexus Studios, and the NASA First Woman XR platform, recognized with American Advertising Awards — both balancing visual fidelity against strict real-time performance budgets across multiple hardware targets.
- role
- Technical Artist
- production
- 6+ years
- computer graphics
- nearly 20 years
- location
- Chișinău / UTC+3
- work mode
- remote / on-site
- relocation
- open with sponsorship
- collaboration
- ● open to collaboration
Contacts
OPEN CHANNELSOpen to collaboration on technical art, procedural systems, real-time VFX, engine-facing workflows, and production tools.
This is a working notebook first. If the systems documented here overlap with a problem your team is solving, write to me directly.
- /in/pavelzosim
- github
- @pavelzosim
- youtube
- @pavel_zosim
- location
- Chișinău · UTC+3