Some thesis art renders.

I think I like the direction I'm going in with the backdrops. I'll need to mix in some more clarity among all this depth of field and fog :)

Stone men

Some renders of a few background objects from my thesis.

Some (W.I.P) Composites

I was doing some test renders to try and decide the feel for my animation. here are a few of them.

Later I'm going to do one still render for each scene in the animation.
I figure this will motivate me and help me work towards a cohesive look.

Oh-and ignore the bird I just made it, and couldn't resist putting it into every shot :)

cloth!

I'm in the middle of making a new shirt/whole outfit for my thesis character (the guy)

here are some wip shots of the new clothes (only the cloak thing is new)

New eye shader

I made a new eye material today.

I'm going to replace the eyes I've been using with these.

They work well under any lighting conditions and have a faster render time!

(*images rendered in maya viewport 2.0; the mental ray version has reflection and all that good stuff, but I'm also impressed at how good the eye material looks in real time.)

Plant Composite Test

Just a composite test using these new plants I made for my thesis project.

StoneMan Pose

Cacti!

Some desert plants

New Eyes

I made new eyes for my thesis characters today.
The lighting setup is not the best, but I still got some shadows/ highlights in the eyes.

Which grass?

I must choose a grass to use... The top one is easier...

Stone Man wip

The third character (and final) character in my thesis animation is the Stone man.
He is a statue brought to life by an ancient curse.

Here is my progress:











I was super happy with how the leaves came out.

I decided to not use an alpha channel for the leaves;instead, I modeled the shape using 24 quads on each leaf.

I used a normal map on the leaves, but I added some funky depth in random places on the map to give the appearance of volume.
The do kind of remind me of banana leaves though :\

New Hair (wip)

I'm working on new hair for the girl. the old hair I was using was a bit rushed.

I am just using textured planes with an alpha map. This is still a work in progress.

beauty shot and more

A slightly older, newer version of the girl from my thesis animation (above).

Bellow:
and early render of the guy from my thesis (re-modeled as well)




More later, back to work for now.

Skin Test

Just a skin test for one of my thesis characters. I have been re-modeling them since school ended.

I'll show more later.

Digital Sculpting Final Turntable

This was my final for my digital sculpting Class.
I had fun making it. (with Zbrush)


~~~WATCH IN HD!~~~

~~~WATCH IN HD!~~~
*On a personal note: I just beat Portal 2!*

Render of Thesis Character

Here is a render of one of the characters from my thesis.
She is part of a duo of treasure thieves who just have pressed their luck a bit to far.

(please view full size)

Render testing

A render test using an old version of a character from my school thesis project (Ignore the environment)
Rendered using Mental ray with FG+GI

Please view on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRoKmHxTC8E

I'll post some real video/renders of my thesis-in-progress soon.

Face change

Just a minor change to this characters face. Mostly I moved the eyes closer together.

My 2010 Demo Reel

I hope this link works... youtube was giving me trouble.
It might help to right-click and select Save As...

DOWNLOAD HERE

3D Composite exercise using Maya and after effects