Modeling/Texturing Reel - Heber Alvarado

[pum]

Yo dude,

congrats on finishing up your reel!Sitting next to you for 6 months is very inspiring me to work hard on my demo. The first 3 terms was awesome too, you have been very inspiring me for the last year, not to mention all the help you have given to me.Your reel also shows how much you have improved for the last year!
well what can I say, Good Luck in ur future, I hope you go places. Maybe one day, someday we can work together.Hope you get the job of ur dream.

cheers,
HB

[fabianloing]

Hei HIBA-HIBA!!

Finally you post it up here!!
Well, first of all, i would like to say thank you very much for all the help and crits you gave to me.
Now about your reel, CONGRATULATIONS for producing one of the best demo reel ever!! Definitely all the very best in your job hunt and of course i am pretty damn sure you can work anywhere without any problem!
Personally, i really LOVE your treeguy! but overall, your models are all OUTSTANDING!! clean wires, awesome textures, great great everything!!
GOOD LUCK and ALL THE BEST FOR EVERYTHING HIBA!!
Hope we can work together one day!
cause on that day....hehe..
Hamster attack!!

-Fab

[r1d3r]

Hey heber,

you got some great work Heber. All those long hours you put into your reel have paid off big time. You really inspire me to work as hard as you have.

Great job on your demo reel.

And all the best of luck for your future indevours.

five stars from me...

[jamesdong]

yo Dude!!

FInally I see your final demo here.
It was a lot of fun at the school.
you work sooooooo hard!!! and will get a job easy!!
and just remember anything better than Green Orc hahah kidding Buger_son
Thanks for the game cube, we enjoyed playing Resident Evil 4.
Good luck dude

[stung]

Hi heber,

You do great work!:buttrock:

Best wish in your career!

[Chanchito]

Hey!

Chancho gordo's reel is at last unleached upon the world!:twisted:

Good stuff mate, Liked the facial stuff you did for the troll, niceness indeed. Good luck in the future.

[KolbyJukes]

Great reel dude, you've come a long way since you first started at VFS, I hope you find a job you really like.

cheers,

-K.

[dominicqwek]

Good work Heber. Modeling is looking really sharp there. imho, the contrast and saturation of your characters need to be increased by a little bit. They don't seem to stand out much with the background you have. Nothing that ae can't fix though. Just my 2 cent's worth. Best of luck in getting a job. :)

[webhead]

Nice to see the models you've been working on in the forums finished and presented nicely all together. Great stuff! Loved the blend shapes on the face for the first guy.

[Ryan3D]

Hi. heber finally you finished it. congraturation.
I wish that you got a front page. U deserve it.
I heard you got a lots of offer. It's gonna hard time to choice one of them.
though I wish that we work togerther in same company . anyway wish you Good luck.
see you at party.

[Heber]

thanks to sheepfactory and the mods for the plug! :)

pum: thanks herb! youve been there for me all along , through all the struggles hehe , thanks man, now time to celebrate and move on , :)

fabian: another good friend , you have improved far beyond what i expected and you have a bright future as well , just keep practicing . I dont have to tell you to work hard you already do , remind me alot of myself. Doubting alot , working hard but in the end it pays off. Send me your reel in 2 months buddy , go hamster.

rider : hey john , your work is looking great as well , very promising at this point . keep it up.
thanks for the stars.

jamesdong: thanks james, your demo looks great btw , best of luck in your career and remember to play safe. ive heard the stories.....well from you... :)

stun: thanks sam. awesome sheeps you build hehe , best wishes.

chanchito: gracias cabron? do i know you man hehe ,

kwak: thanks kolby, i been inspired by the best and continue to do so , i hope this year i can continue to push to make better models.

dom: i agree about the contrast , it doesnt pop out enough but that may be due to my lighting , on my first character on my reel i must have lit the thing 5x times it was very frustrating in the end i was happy with that one but i did try and tweak it a bit. thanks for the crit. best of luck dom.


webhead: thanks man glad you like it.

ryan3d:hey mr, lim ! was a bit intimidating having you in a term before me and im sure we all felt the same. but in the end it was a good experience! maybe we can go moose hunting in edmonton as you said. see ya around.

[Dantheman65]

Awsome reel man. I love the texturing and overall detail in the models. Your skills really show dude. I hope you and Herbert can find some bad ass jobs.


Dan,

[dmonk]

I loved it!

I really enjoyed how you showed your texture work.

Your hired!:deal:

[Chanchito]

"do i know you man hehe"

Lol:)

no you don't know me..

[nubian]

great reel! :thumbsup:
one thing...the audio needs to be faded at the end.
it seemed like a new chorus was about to begin.

[jdsb]

thats a sick,sick demo heber. All the best and congratulations for all the inspiring work:buttrock::applause::applause::applause::applause:

[nikudy]

Hi Heber !

I was expecting your reel... I was curious how the treeguy turned out.

Personaly i would like to see some stronger highlights on all your models. A better spec map would help, especialy on the barbarian. Also, i don't really get the sss sensation from him(more visible on the body). Your lowpoly model isn't that lowpoly at 8+ k. I think you wasted too many triangles on those things oh his back and the belts. You could've got better results with less tris, an opacity map and a more detailed normal map in that area.

Some things you might want to consider when modelling for lowpoly:
-triangles are not the enemy ;)
-when you have 3 vertices on the same line(colinears), eliminate the one from the midle. Use vertices only where you get a better result on your sihouette.

Overall you have a good reel(goes into the inspiration folder :) ).

Good luck on your job hunt( i'm sure you'll find something good ).

-Claudiu

[Subcrocodile]

i think it is good work.but i did not like first guys shape,i mean it is perfectly done in 3d ,but the idea of creating this thing did not impress me,and u haf done wat was in ur mind and u created perfectly.

[Chris Bacon]

Your work is incredible........theres isnt that much I can say.......

[BlackNull]

What can I say heb...your passion and your hard work have paid off, I always knew u'd make it up there and in the end, it was all worth it. I'm very proud of you and I'm sure great things are waiting for you, who knows what the future has in store...It was such a surprise to see your reel up there, and on the other hand I was always expecting it to make it. I didn't even know u even posted it in the first place hahaha u didn't tell me, but it was a much better surprise to just see it front page BAM just like that haha. Take care buddy

Piero

[ngarte]

Yo Heber,

Time really pass by real fast eh. I still remember you starting out in VFS and here you are now. All finished and having a awesome reel. Dun forget me when you get famous =D

[sinnic]

Hey dude, very impressive reel! Great details, great textures, great models. You've proven you're on the way to going far.

All the best!
- Lee

[losttogether]

see, i said that you will get on front page, and its been only ONE DAY! . A you ready to have your new name from Ally? haha..
I aways like your work. Im so happy for you. you desserve it, All the hard works in this year is showing in this reel. Heber you r the best.I feel embarassed to be you guys classmate when i see your work r sooo good. Thanks for all the helps in school and those coffe time. I'll will rember that. I wish you can get work of your dream. good luck. all the best

[Titan]

Hey man,
congrats on finishing your reel I know thats a major landmark and good luck in the industry...
I loved that blend facial rig, very cool, wish I could find sometning like that for max...

Question,
I'm a little new to using zbrush to detail objects.....any advice on exporting models and importing them to zbrush..
I tried exporting my mesh to an .obj format an importing it to zbrush but it came in all garbled with verts spiking off in every direction...any advice would be helpful..
once again great job!!!

[cg219]

Wow, great reel. I love the models and music. Great demo of using BlendShapes also. Man, I see some real good reels coming out of VFS. Keep it up. Good Luck.

[rickycox]

Looks great, but one common mistake I think people make with demo reels is that they should name the file

heber_alvarado.mov

Otherwise studios and the like end up with a bunch of files all called

demo_reel.mov

or other generic names which don't really relate back to the artist.

[Heber]

dantheman: hey thanks dan , you should post your reel as well i keep telling your gf how good it is and congrats to the both of you on being finalists for the EA competition

dmonk: glad you like it man! thanks

nubian: ah jeez how did i miss that! thanks for pointing it out now that you mention it , it bugs me alittle ill see about fxing that thanks man.

jdsb: thanks jdsb for anyone to say that i inspire is an honor , i love your t720 you are a mechanical genius.

nikudy: thank you very much for the thourough crits on that, my spec maps are something i struggled with or "shading" on my characters but i am working to improve those things, i learned alot from making this demo and i hope to improve upon it this year with my new work.

vivec: thanks viv, nice avatar btw ;)

blacknull: pierre man , i am glad to have friends like you dude, i wish you the very best in your career. Say hi to the rest for me.

ngarte: hey adrian , thanks for the comments . how is singapore these days man? ill say hi to larry and magic like you always ask me to hehe

sinnic: lee? the audio guy , cool to see your taking an interest in 3d...but can you please remove that pic...i apreciate it but please remove it . its very distracting thanks.

losttogether: hey ally, glad to have you in my class, And glad i could of been of some help to you , like i tell you . You have so much potential ...maybe you just dont know it. Your work is also solid and i cant wait to see it on here as well.All the best for you.


Titan: I dont have too much experience with max, ive mainly used xsi and maya,but your problems sounds like an exporting issue , i know in xsi if you import a obj it comes with an extra node called "user normals" we usually delete it and mesh looks fine. YOu might want to check out some of the .obj export options and try diff settings...hope that was of some help.

riki: very good point. i will rename it as soon as i get to my computer.

[EdySusanto]

yo!!! nice model man :)

^^ the background.. 3Dtotal texture rite??
good luck :)

[Gkaine]

great, inspiring work man. sorry for bugging you the past coupel months ;)

[Darktwin]

Very nice models man, good luck to you in the future.

[Ravix]

Hey Hebert jaja just kidding Heber i got confused along time ago with ur names, It was a pleasure to meet such a hardworker couples on vfs , I remember all the overnights with u guys and U always stilling my bed u ****er haha i heard about ur party i was going to go but my hangover just wake me up a couple hours ago, anyways u have a nice modeles there buddy hope the best luck on ur art and have a nice render !! :thumbsup:

[oxyg3n]

Nice reel, i enjoyed it alot and your work is very nice!

[mireneye]

Wow, you really put alot of effort into this!. Its looking fabulous, hmm that piece of wood on the ground in the beginning seems a slight bit Overspecular in the first spin around.

Well done! Hope you get your dreamwork!

[stung]

I'm not suprised but so pround of you guys, frontpage again :love:

[MMuster]

Hi Heber,

wow I am almost speechless. :applause: Your demoreel is fantastic and I especially like your Brom character. I wish I would be as good as you at modeling, mapping and texturing. Since when are you working in 3D by the way?

I hope we all can see more work of yours soon. :buttrock:

Bye,
Nico

[Rani N.]

Heber! Great job man, and congrads on frontpage!

You have a wonderful piece, and all the hard work shows!
I also wanna point out that Balthar's pose is really well done, it clearly shows weight!

Good luck from here man!

Rani N.

[Voldron]

What the hell are you guys talking about this is the worst thing I have ever seen.....oh wait I was looking at a different reel lol. :) This is some really good work. One question though, what application did you use for you modeling besides ZBrush? Keep up the good work can't wait to see what you turn out next.

[m_m_m35]

hey,
nice reel ... and i have a question, how much would your salary be if you worked as a 3d modeler/texture artist ? if u cant give a number give an average number... i really need to know :bounce:

[loocas]

BROM ROX! :buttrock: Loved watching the beautiful models and textures! http://www.cgtalk.com/images/rating/rating_5.gif from me man! :buttrock:

[slickster]

this is most impressive... how long have you been in the industry before "The vancouver film school" if you dont mind me asking ?

[serinth]

VFS graduates are DOMINATING !:eek:
really, great publicity for a great art school !
well done Heber !

[IvanPA]

He is impress my, congratulation for the work. The modeling one is of a quality and a taste esquisito and the very realistic textures and the work of mapeado is of 10.

[Heber]

thanks for all the comments guys , im honored to be included with such great artists on this page.

5awamura : hmm for brom i used some from one of their cds to get those little rivets on the border of the bg.

gkaine: hey joe nah no worries dude, best of luck with vfs.


ravix: hey armando, yup im glad to be done now those vfs couches can be used by someone else hehe. best of luck


mireneye: ah man thanks for pointing that out , i totally missed that hehe those latenights sometimes you dont notice stuff like that.


noryx: hi thanks for the nice comments, i have been doing 3d for about 2 years, 1 st year was just trying a bit of everything and enjoying it all , then i enrolled into vfs and decided i wanted to model and texture. But i have a passion for other venus in cg as well just i decided to focus on this specifically


rani: thanks! you are an inspiration to us all rani , you dont realize how much i love your animation hehe keep in touch buddy. ohhh i also noticed you place finalist in the EA competition...congrats! the 20thousand dollars is yours!


voldron: thanks , i used zbrush/xsi/maya/afterfx/photoshop and a bit of deepaint for seams.

m_m_35: hmm sorry i couldnt say , i guess it varies depending on where you work and what company it is.

loocas: thanks loocas , your work is constantly improving , cant wait to see your new stuff.

slickster: never been in the industry, before vfs i attended another school where i dabbled in a few different things art related.

serinth: thanks , i have nothing but recomendations for the school...and no they didnt pay me to say that


ivanpa: im glad you think so , gracias amigo de espana, necesitamos mas hispanos aqui.

[Bartek|3D]

Simply awesome dude!
Brom is still my favourite character of yours for sure. I'm sure you'll get that job you always wanted! ;)

[formoso]

looks pretty good. i liked the face animation on your first character. I wish you had a central model that was more complex though, and antilus' axe needs a better metal shader with some blood on it (seeing as hes got blood all over his body). Should be no problem getting a job at a respectable games company.

[formoso]

on second look the axe seems to be bone. nevermind that.

[Gaetano]

Hey, this reel is fantastic!!http://www.cgtalk.com/images/icons/icon13.gif http://www.cgtalk.com/images/icons/icon13.gifGreat job on the textures. Are they really hand painted or done in photoshop? Also, I'm attending VFS in August for 3D, are there any suggestions you can give?

[Heber]

thanks guys...if anyone has any extra bandwidth and can help me host it will help me out a ton..my server is peaking hehe

[h2orat]

Your reel does a good job of showing off your ability to create textures by hand, and model. I wasn't sure if you were orienting your reel at the game arena or broadcast/film, as the models look a bit heavy for low poly environments. If you are shooting for games, then I would put the poly count down like you did for the normal mapped Warg. The materials on your models look good if you're shooting for games but you should study the specular and gloss of the materials if your are going for non-realtime content. They are a bit too uniform giving the models an overall plastic look. Also there doesn't seem to be any reflections in your materials, even a basic reflection map would help sell them a bit more. If you tweek / break up the spec. and add in some simple reflections it would take your reel to the next level.

Again great designs, and modeling!

Good luck, and keep posting you have some great content!

-Mark

[jmBoekestein]

Hi Heber,

Congrats on making such good models. Sorry for peeking your server :).

Best of luck man!:thumbsup:

[mireneye]

Yeah, man... I know to well about the Late nights syndrome! Oh, and what job/company are you aiming for ?

[Dipan]

Hey man, good work nice models and great texturing details................Try and also put your showrell on VFS server also so that students from VFS can easily access it and see your demorell from their comps.........
cheers:thumbsup:

[fabianloing]

Hei Hiba!

I just want to say Congratulation for the frontpage! At least now you don't have to worry so much anymore. hihi! Honestly, i really think you should not worry anymore, in fact you should really be proud of yourself man for producing such a great demo reel! Play lots of games! and pray for me that i would make a descent reel hebs! got to go back to my demo now! ok then, again, ALL THE BEST FOR YOU and i honestly hope you will get the job of your dream man!! Keep working hard!! Hopefully we can work together one day!

-Fab

[K_Digital]

you vfs students do great work, wish i could get a refund and go there.

good work heber

[Breoniks]

Just wanted to shout at ya and congratulate you man! I'm glad you got frontpage buddy, it's definitely deserved.

[mgard]

Congratulation!! dude..


i knew your reel will be one of the best reel ever from vfs.
it's really sweet and awesome man...

thank you for showing me the great reel.
again Congratulation!!

[kanjs]

Very good work. I love the unraveling method you use. I don't generally comment much here but I must say this is a truly great reel. Kudos. :)

[duskofdawns]

I really love this reel, but the way that the music just blatently stops at the end was kind of strange. No fade? lol, anyway, i really must say that i'm impressed by the models, but i think the cuts and bruises on the textures are what sold it. the blood was awsome!
did you use any photo refs? or did the glossy shine get painted on with everything else?

[alseides]

very good modelling. nice details and such. design-wise tho i think could be a bit better. something more appealing to the eye in a way that would catch my attention.

[Tom W.]

Wow now this is what I call a great execution of a modelling reel, great models and it stays interesting the whole time. Fun person to be around, overall great guy...somebody pick him up!!!


EDIT: Those unwraps are sooooo clean wow very impressed

-Moses lol

[Heber]

bartek: thanks bartek! your a kickass animator as well ! cant wait to see your demo

formoso: hey ehren, i want to see your reel again , your class was one of the strongest vfx ive seen in a while.

gaetano: by hand painted i meant i had painted all the textures in photoshop with a wacom tablet over using mostly photographs and manipulating them.

h20rat: thanks for the crits, and i also agree about reflections and specularity , it something i need to work on.

mireneye: well i have a few in mind, but the one i really wanted to work for seems to have taken interest hehe.

dipan: added it on my vfs account check first page. glad you like it.

breoniks: hey buddy , glad i could meet another hard working individual , you have great skills and im sure you will get to where you want to go , take it easy tyler. keep in touch.

mgard: hey ho suck moon, i looked at some of your new animations..great work man. wheres eggy? i want to see some new anims with him.

dusk: yeah the music thing is bugging me but ive learned my lesson :)
ah that was alot of fun to work on but i did have to look at gruesome and gory things that i wouldnt rather see but it helped.

tom: hey man , haha moses . now i remember , i see your budy judas too often .

[Heidi Niccole]

FrontPage! Congrats!

You know I love your work so I don’t have too much to say. It's great to finally see your reel completed. You worked hard and it definitely shows. I want to animate those chains on Balthar and I see some good face shapes I would love to work with. I enjoyed watching his slider test. Awesome Reel… Can't wait to hear where you finally decide to work. Hope I get a chance to work with you in the states someday. Best of Luck… Not that you need it.


hnc

[Fred Heys]

thats some good work you have there, the troll model there is especially good....
i would like to say how amazing it is that even after all these years since i went to vfs that the most popular theme in every class is medieval muscle men with axes, or knights with the odd orc or samurai dude thrown in!

[.:ZRDwD:.]

Heck... I don't even need to see the reel to be impressed by you, Heb. Great stuff.

But, big question:
I am having issues playing the viddy. Saying Quicktime doesn't recognize it. Tried other proggies and they are saying the same thing. Something about a VFR or VMR error. I can play all my other QT reels but this.

Any suggestions? I now have TWO copies from two source links, and both do the same thing. I don't want to try here at work... they are too behind on codecs.

[AIPh Pretzel]

Nice modeling. My only concern is that your reel looks strikingly similar to Herbert Lowis' VFS reel that was plugged here last week. Both included stellar modeling, but in the end they are indistuingishable in presentation.

[pum]

Nice modeling. My only concern is that your reel looks strikingly similar to Herbert Lowis' VFS reel that was plugged here last week. Both included stellar modeling, but in the end they are indistuingishable in presentation.

haha, i was guessing someone might say this ;) Yeah, well, we were in the same class. Sharing the same research and reference. Plus, we sit next to each other for the last 6 months during our demo time. But we really try our best to make different style of character :)


cheers,
HB

[AIPh Pretzel]

haha, i was guessing someone might say this ;) Yeah, well, we were in the same class. Sharing the same research and reference. Plus, we sit next to each other for the last 6 months during our demo time. But we really try our best to make different style of character :)


cheers,
HB

As long as it doesn't bother you guys, I guess that's cool. You both are pretty talented.

[pum]

As long as it doesn't bother you guys, I guess that's cool. You both are pretty talented.

Thanks man!

cheers,
HB

[keyboardnist]

really really nice modeling ,texturing,lighting.
the eye with blood inside is really really attravtive .
:thumbsup: i hope one day i can meet someone can do work like you , and stady with me .
I am layman for art, but i am a big fan for it .

[jigzz]

good job heber good luck on the job hunt =) i hope to run into you guys in the future=)

[Marsinfur]

hey ~ Hebss
long time ehh ~!
finally out of school.. LOOKS GOOD ~! DUDE~watched your work for the whole year ..funny that you wanted to animate when joined VFS..:)
keep up the good work Bro ~! and in touch
:twisted:

[KENLEE]

do you know what? This year I learned a lot of stuff from you ! you are amazing modeler in 3d50 , Im sure you will have a great future .

[seanchou]

Awesome Reel!! I saw the hours you put in. Admire your persistance and skills.

[Heber]

ah thanks for all the replies guys, many good things happening lately! oh how much i love cgtalk hehe , someone speak up if the links die please. thanks for all the c/c btw i am currently sketching out my next character , going to sculpt it and then model/texture it look out for that soon :)

[Jinian]

Finally, i'm done downloading! That's a huge file for a 2 minute and a half.mov, what compressor are you using, you'd normally want it as small of a file size as possible w/o comprimising video quality too much when submitting to companies.

Well, a double congrats to you and herbert for making front page, i think both of your modeling pieces are my favorite in your class. It's good that you presented the troll first, he is definitely the best piece. However, the shaders and textures could've been improved in all your models. Seeing the color map, it still looks blurry and not detailed enough. The specularity could've been enhanced to make your models look even more believable, using a relection map definitely helps. The lighting could've been tweaked as well to enhance the mood and drama for the characters. Usually i would tone down some lights or strengthen other lights to draw the viewer's eye on only the best detail on the character the most.

Good luck with finding a job and in your future endeavors.

[hackie]

as one of the VFSers i'd like to say this is preeeeety cool modeling from our school!!

especially excellent job on texture from my view point!

i hope it will get you a job asap.



j!.
3d40

[alex.h.]

what can i say heber, your models ROCK (heavy way).
great work and looking forevard for more (kick as stuff).
see you mate and :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[Howiejai]

Hey man~~~ gratz on the front page~!!! your reel and herbert's reel is kicking some serious butt~!! you're da man heber!! Wish you luck in the future!!(Although you don't really need any =P) Peace out!

[cgclay]

Great work Heber! Hope you get a great job with this thing :)

[karthik]

hi man great work.keep it up.this pic i will keep as ref for my work.u impressed me a lot.

[Heber]

**my server is totally overloaded and i now owe alot in bandwidth bills hehe but thanks to everyone for helping me with mirrors, ill have to buy ya a beer at siggraph or something**

jinian : yeah any smaller and i thought it look too cruddy , most people have broadband and i provided a fast enough server so i thought it was ok, thanks for the crits btw , those issues have been mentioned plenty of times hehe.

hackie : thanks , whoa class 40! hehe that was awhile back now

alex: i am a big fan of your work as well , glad you liked it!

karthik: thank you , i really love your beautiful girl painting.

[Juan Roesel]

Hey man!

Awesome work, you know that I've been telling you that at school all the time,,,we made it and I think you can be proud of all those nights that you spend there with the rest of guys,,,,I wish you the best man,,,keep on touch,,,cuidate

JJR

[jengkins]

cooooolio. all the night in school is well spend. i'm not surprise it turns out this good. you already show good work to me since term 1. it always impresses me to see your stuff on presentation. anyway, good work and i'm sure you have no problem finding a job in the future. played well, drank well and u did well. good job.

[A.Chai]

2 Thumbs up =D

I gotta agree the presentation is samiliar a bit, but i gotta admit the timing is good - you gave each model one cycle of each pass, and showed quite a few well-detailed solid models, the futuristic combat guy really kicked ass, and the rigging of the troll is something else, keep it up and good luck in your hunts :)

[LordHades]

Some of the best work I've seen. I just can;t believe somebody is out there who doesn;t like your texture mapping skills. As far as I'm concerned it's top notch. In fact, I'm jealous. Anyhew I'm creating a creature and I want it to be as close to your trolls texturing. Would you mind if I hit you up for some pointers later???

[Heber]

ahhh just saw an email in inbox...my thread has been ressurected from the dead! heh


juan: thanks man , was a good year hanging out with you guys.

jengkins : haha i like your quote at the end, i hope you are doing welll yourself.

svart: glad you like it/

lordhades: that guy from my old thread is just some forum troll, i see him here dissing everyones work and never shows his own , pretty lame imo . Sure if you need pointers just email me some pics and i will reply to ya. thanks.

[LordHades]

Will do neighbor, btw did you go to VFS and if so what program and class?

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