Anyone heard from xfozzboute lately

rwking · January 18

Have missed the works from a talented 3D artist whose handle was or is XFOZZBOUTE. Has he been posting lately, under a new name, or has anyone heard from him lately?

scifieric · January 18

rwking wrote: »

Have missed the works from a talented 3D artist whose handle was or is XFOZZBOUTE. Has he been posting lately, under a new name, or has anyone heard from him lately?

XFozzboute stopped posting a couple of years ago. I haven't seen him on any site, nor on Facebook in years. I'm afraid he may be gone. The last thing I saw him put up was on Alt-Trek two years ago.

Honestly, I hope he is okay. I miss him.

evil_genius_180 · January 19

I also fondly remember him and hope he's OK. Hopefully his health didn't take a turn for the worse. He survived cancer several years ago. I hope he didn't have a relapse.

JES · January 19

The last time he posted something was two years ago. I just checked his DevArt page. It's still up.

Normally, I'd say that no news is good news, but in the case of a cancer survivor, now I'm worried too. He's not the only one who's disappeared. I was wondering what happened to Evil_Genuis_180 a while back (he's back, obviously), and MadeinJapan1988 along with all of his stuff disappeared a while back with practically no warning.

Hopefully, it's just a combination of life and burnout, although I get not liking the fact that we seem to have no way of getting in touch with him to find out.

rojren · January 19

Maybe there could be a Memorial thread listing those that have passed?

Guerrilla · January 20

rojren wrote: »

Maybe there could be a Memorial thread listing those that have passed?

I've added memorial badges to the profiles I've been able to verify myself, but I'm a little reluctant to make a comprehensive list for privacy reasons.

rojren · January 20

I'll have to put instructions in my funeral stuff to leave a final message to my WIP thread. I'll need to make up some stuff worth reading.

Hundred · January 24

His name is Rob Willson, you can find him here:

https://twitter.com/XFozzboute/status/1190377423780622336

Maybe you can get in touch through twitter.

Hundred · January 24

Wow his last FB post is pretty grim, I hope He's okay. https://www.facebook.com/rob.willson.75/

Aresius · January 24

Have you actually really looked on his FB-page?
Just a few posts after the latest birthday-wishes, I saw a post from 8 February 2021, by a friend of his called Tim Crane.
"For those of you that don't know, my dear friend, songwriter, and Shaman extraordinaire has passed away. Rob was one of a kind and will be sorely missed."

Hundred · January 24

No I glanced at the March 3, 2020 post, I didn't look at the rest.

Hundred · January 24

Apparently Deg3D knew him, he's in his friend's list.

evil_genius_180 · January 24

Aresius wrote: »

Have you actually really looked on his FB-page?
Just a few posts after the latest birthday-wishes, I saw a post from 8 February 2021, by a friend of his called Tim Crane.
"For those of you that don't know, my dear friend, songwriter, and Shaman extraordinaire has passed away. Rob was one of a kind and will be sorely missed."

I don't do Facebook, so thank you for posting this. While it's sad news, it's still important to know what happened to our friend Xfozzboute, AKA Rob Wilson. I was afraid this was the case, as it was never like him to simply vanish for a large amount of time from the CGI community. Even when he was battling cancer years ago, he still posted updates on that and his work. I agree that he was one of a kind and will definitely be missed.