Q1 2014: CG Work and Features

Quick update on some CG work and exposure over the last couple of months:

Mike Wazowski: Scare Extraordinaire!

Pygmalion & Galatea

The Ultimate DOOM

Features:

'The Ultimate Doom' was featured in Abduzeedo's Daily Inspiration #1707
'Pygmalion & Galatea' was featured in CGSociety's 'Editor's 3D Showcase'

Other news: I've started a quick image-only blog for daily paintings. With aims to produce monthly 3D work and 3D printed pieces in the pipeline. Take a look.

Royal Suits - Part One

First real foray into Mudbox Sculpting + Photoshop for the extra oomph. Characters influenced by tarot & playing card interpretations.




View and like the full project on Behance!

Maya: Dynamics 2: Goals, Instances, & Sprites 2 - WIP

Instancing Part 10: Animation Cycles (Fish)




Instancing Part 11: Animation Cycles (Robots) (Note: Illusionally Dodgy Movement as I was moving the Camera forward with the Robot Instances.)




Instancing Part 12: Animation Cycles (Spiders)




Goals Part 1: Mud Drop




Goals Part 2: Controlled Mud Drop

Lighting & Rendering 2: Intro to Mental Ray

Mental Ray: Motion Blur Methods











Mental Ray: Depth of Field Methods - Part 1







Mental Ray: Depth of Field Methods - Part 2





Gallery Rendering: Facing Ratio Rim Lights

Maya: Dynamics 2: Goals, Instances, & Sprites

Instancing Part 1: Direction Control (Robots)




Instancing Part 2: Scale Control (Bubbles)




Instancing Part 3: Rotation Control (Meteors)




Instancing Part 4: Object Index Control 1 (Shapes)




Instancing Part 5: Object Index Control 2 (Crowds)

Transcription: Intro - WIP

Maya: Normal Maps

Normal Maps 1: From Geometry




Normal Maps 2: Using Photoshop & Nvidia




Normal Maps 3: Using Photoshop & Nvidia (Corridor)

Maya: Lighting & Rendering 2: Intro to Mental Ray

Mental Ray: Transitioning for Maya Software to Mental Ray





Mental Ray: Optimisation

Render Time: 0.58 Minutes
Resolution: 1280 x 720

Maya: Dynamics 1: Particles, Emitters & Forces - Part 3 WIP

Active Passive Rigid Bodies (Bowling Alley)




Particle Collision (Rain)




Particle Collision (Metal Objects Sparks)

Maya: Game Modelling: Head Part 6-8

Maya: Game Modelling: Head Part 3-6

Maya: Dynamics 1: Particles, Emitters & Forces - Part 2

Emit from particles (Fireworks2)




Emit from surface 1 (Barrel)




Emit from surface 2 (Can Dissolve)

Maya: Game Modelling: Head Part 1-3

Maya: Dynamics 1: Particles, Emitters & Forces

Sketching Particles: Clouds




Directional Emitter: Explosion




Omni Emitter: Fuse





Volume Emitter: Smoke





Curve Emitter: Fireworks 1




Curve Emitter: Shockwave





Curve Emitter: Water Foam




Curve Flow: Motion Path Dynamics

Maya: Automotive Modelling Part 1 & Part 2

Car Modelling Part 1: Blocking


Car Modelling Part 2: Car Front

Maya: Lip-Sync Tongue and Eyebrow

Maya: Lipsync - Phonemes

Unit 3 Maya Scenes - part one