CuriousMonkey · Vini
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Chapter 01Signals
Chapter 023D & simulation
Chapter 03Compositing
Chapter 04Campaigns
Chapter 05Medical VR
Chapter 06Video & grade
Chapter 07AI media
Chapter 08Design + code
Chapter 09The Lab
Chapter 10Curious city
Every story starts with a question.
This one starts with a spark.
The spark had a name: Vini.
And it wanted to know how things work.
So he studied signals first.
Then he learned to make them move.
ElectronicsSignalsA square wave is just sine waves stacked: harmonics 1, 3, 5, 7…
AnimationKeyframesSet the key poses. The curve fills in every frame between.
AnimationSquash & stretchThe ball keeps its volume; its shape sells the impact.
AnimationOnion skinGhosts of past frames show the spacing. Spacing is timing.
x(t) = 4/π · Σ sin((2k−1)ωt) / (2k−1)
Motion became 3D: his first studio job, as a 3D generalist.
Models first. Then simulations.
3DPolygon modellingEvery surface starts as a cage of points and edges.
3DSubdivisionEach pass splits the faces and smooths the form.
Look devShadingClay first to judge the form, then the material.
DynamicsRigid-body simGravity, mass and bounce, solved frame by frame, then cached.
DynamicsParticle fluidsThousands of points that behave like a liquid, the RealFlow way.
Subdiv 3 · 6,400 polys
✓ Sim cached · 540 frames
3D became shots: next, he moved into compositing.
Many layers. One finished frame.
CompositingKeyingPick the green, pull it out, keep the fine edges.
CompositingRotoscopingTrace the subject frame by frame with animated bezier masks.
CompositingNode graphEvery step is a node. The picture flows left to right.
CompositingLayersPlate, key, roto, CG and grade, stacked into one image.
✓ Key pulled
Roto · 13 points tracked
✓ Comp rendered
Shots became campaigns: he stepped up as creative director.
For small businesses, storyboard to every screen.
DirectionStoryboardPlan every shot before the camera rolls.
DesignLayout gridTwelve columns keep every format consistent.
DeliveryEvery formatOne idea, cut for 16:9, 1:1 and 9:16.
✓ 3 formats exported
Campaigns became care: he became a VFX supervisor.
Medical 3D and VR for education, where accuracy matters as much as beauty.
Medical 3DAccuracy firstEvery structure checked and labelled before it ships.
VRStereo VRTwo cameras, one for each eye, for real depth in the headset.
SupervisionReview & QCNotes, versions, approvals, shot by shot.
✓ v012 approved
Then games: head of video production for a cycling game.
Captured, cut on a timeline, then graded.
The grade is where the mood lives.
ProductionGame captureReal-time game-engine footage, shot like live action.
EditingEdit timelinePicture on V1 to V3, sound on A1 and A2, playhead on the beat.
EditingRazor & dissolveCut, trim, dissolve. Rhythm comes from the edit.
ColourLog footageShot flat on purpose to keep every detail.
ColourLift · Gamma · GainThree wheels for shadows, mid-tones and highlights.
ColourScopesWaveform reads brightness. Vectorscope reads colour.
✓ Edit locked
✓ Grade applied · teal & amber
Every step climbed higher.
Today: VP, Media & Technology.
He leads an AI-first media division.
CareerStep by stepArtist, supervisor, head of production, VP. Each step built on the last.
SystemsPipelinesPrompt, generate, edit, publish: one connected system.
AIDiffusionStart from noise. Remove a little each step until an image appears.
15 tools · one pipeline
Generating · 30 steps
✓ Ready to publish
After hours, the spark keeps building: freelance design and code.
Websites, proposals, launches. Every screen, every size.
CodeSyntaxCode typed live, coloured by meaning.
DesignComponentsNav, hero, cards: build once, reuse everywhere.
WebResponsiveOne layout reflows from 1440 px to a phone.
✓ Deployed
And some of it, he simply gives away.
The Lab at curiousmonkey.art: free tools, built in public.
The Lab · WarpCurved spaceGravity as geometry: mass dents the grid, orbits follow the dent.
The Lab · Universe mapExplore by linksA fan-made, explorable map of characters, teams and worlds.
The Lab · Visa English CoachPractise offlineSpeaking and writing practice for IELTS-style tests.
3 tools live · public use
Now the questions are bigger.
Technology
Governance
Philosophy
Traffic.
What if Bengaluru's traffic could find a better flow?
Idea · DataCollectCount vehicles at each junction for months. Simulated here.
Idea · SimulationSimulateEach dot is a vehicle following simple rules.
Idea · OptimisationImproveRetime the signals, rerun, compare. The chart is illustrative.
Simulation · illustrative
Different roles. Same spark.
Stay curious.
Vini · CuriousMonkey · curiousmonkey.art
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