Reddit. The self-proclaimed ‘front page of the internet’ a content aggregator and discussion site has various smaller communities called subreddits, and they can be a great resource once you get to know them.
We’ve put together our top 20 subreddits for visual effects artists to help you get started.
Best Subreddits for Visual effects Artists
r/vfx – https://www.reddit.com/r/vfx/
The subreddit contains a mix of questions and discussions. High engagement by visual effects professionals all over the world 58,752 members.
r/MattePainting – https://www.reddit.com/r/MattePainting/
13,582 members Everything about Matte Painting, Artists and work
r/ConceptArt – https://www.reddit.com/r/conceptart/
community is the place to go for concept art news, tips, tricks, videos, and critiques.76,709 members
r/NukeVFX – https://www.reddit.com/r/NukeVFX/
A Subreddit for discussing Foundry Nuke software
r/hardware – https://www.reddit.com/r/hardware/
Holds more than two million members/r/hardware is a place for quality hardware news, reviews, and intelligent discussion.
r/Cinematography – https://www.reddit.com/r/cinematography/
subreddit for cinematographers contains everything from beginner questions to advanced discussions.196,535 members
r/Cameras – https://www.reddit.com/r/Cameras/
All about camera This is a popular subreddit to discuss camera reviews, discussions, articles, questions, camera comparisons, camera lenses, gear and accessories, and more.
r/movies – https://www.reddit.com/r/TheMakingOf/
Anyone who’s coming to Reddit for movies should visit this subreddit. 24,115,542 members
r/TheMakingOf – https://www.reddit.com/r/TheMakingOf/
Contains videos of behind-the-scenes footage, interviews, and the making of documentaries 14,201 members.
r/Photography – https://www.reddit.com/r/photography/
most popular subreddits for photographers the subreddit is used as a platform for discussing the crafts, Q&As;, and more advanced technical discussions. 4,048,600 members
r/Pics – https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/
Famous subreddit currently has 26,175,828 members, great for find reference images
r/colorists – https://www.reddit.com/r/colorists/
This sub is for anyone involved in the process of coloring video. You can post links to articles, you can ask questions and you can ask for critique. the sub has 17,213 members.
r/MovieDetails – https://www.reddit.com/r/MovieDetails/
The subreddit has over two million active followers 2,318,280 Movie Easter Eggs & Details
r/animation – https://www.reddit.com/r/animation/
A popular subreddit for animation has 212,577 members useful in working and studying animators, traditional and digital.
r/AfterEffects – https://www.reddit.com/r/AfterEffects/
This subreddit is all about Adobe After effects software with 175,824 members.
r/BadCGI – https://www.reddit.com/r/BadCGI/
Even tough the sub has moderate active 4183 members, it has some funny VFX videos created all over the world
r/BollywoodRealism – https://www.reddit.com/r/BollywoodRealism/
A rising subreddit current have 155,691 members most of the gifs/videos are from Indian movies
r/Art – https://www.reddit.com/r/Art/
With over 18,686,183 members, r/Art is the number 1 favorite subreddit for artists and art-lovers.
r/computergraphics – https://www.reddit.com/r/computergraphics/
this popular subreddit has discussions about computer graphics topics and the sub is very active current has 39,644 members
r/photoshopbattles – https://www.reddit.com/r/photoshopbattles/
This sub is definitely worth a visit for beginners for those who do simple Photoshopping currently have 17,127,278 members
Wrapping Up
To learn more about the VFX industry or to connect with those in it, go to r/vfx. We have also had a subreddit r/Topicroomsvfx if you like to join here’s the link https://www.reddit.com/r/TopicRoomsVfx/
