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Cenk Cevdet Kilar currently works as a VFX artist at Digital Domain in Venice and was responsible, among other things, for effects in "Iron Man 3". One of his specialities is particle animation such as sand or snow. For this, he built a special sand tool and a snow tool for Maya and Houdini.
Here is his tool demo:
Tool Demos from cck on Vimeo.
His 2013 showreel:
Demoreel 2013 V.02 from cck on Vimeo.
And because the video is simply too beautiful, his test of Iron Man’s Mark 10 suit:
Iron Man – Mark 10 Test from cck on Vimeo
Image: Demo reel by Cenk Cevdet Kilar