A VFS Demo Reel by Stefan Klippenstein

[Aaron Peck]

I'm glad to give u the first comment~. I just watched ur reel! I love it that is so sweet~ ur reel has strength about modeling and texturing. Also I like ur low polly model. that is so cute. I'm sure you can get a job soon. Good luck and keep in touch man! Awesome!

[Domo_Digital]

Stephen!! Two words for ya.......Nice....Friggin.....Reel.

I love your set, totally love it! Great touch with the hooks swinging in the breeze, and the grass blowing. Your set was one of my fav's in our class. I really like your low poly guy too, I didnt get to see much of it in class, and it turned out wicked. And of course your Dune-ish guy. For some reason he looks like how I imagined characters looked when the book.

You always had a great eye for detail, and anatomy in class, and Im sure you'll land a great job!:deal:

*insert cliche, sappy sign out here* :)

See ya in the future!

Adam

[Confracto]

nice stuff!
man, I remember when you were learning 3d!
I really love that set, it's a beautiful piece.
the dune guy is awesome, the anatomy is great, except that the shoulder looks a little too segmented from the chest. I also question why he'd have a hood and not a shirt, but the execution is amazing.
the little guy's neat too, nice simple textures...he's got too many polys in his neck though.

[shraga]

Subtle and sweet to perfection!

Stefan- sitting next to you in term 6 was enlightening. The way you persisted in learning as much as you could untill the very end was inspiring. 2 days before the dead line you were still looking for tutorials on the net. And it totaly paid off. All that knowledge about topology, rigging, Zbrush, FG & GI lighting and your uncompromising devotion to perfect the quality of your work makes your reel stand out with a very unique style.
I was very lucky to be able to learn so much from you in that little corner of ours.

Even though enough has been said (by me) about the percision in which you treated your set and your highpoly model and how clean and beautiful they turned out.. that Henchen-Klein is just so adorable that I must declare it as my favorite of them all.

I wish that we could find a way to work side by side again one of these days. But I'll be sure to hook you up with some high quality Israeli music in the mean time (Even if it will take me a while to get it together).

Good luck man- and we will stay in touch!

Shraga

[Scotcho]

Steven,

Your reel is simply magnificent and it was a pleasure to watch. I envy how you created your own path and did what you loved most. It was awesome having someone like you for a year in the same class. I can't to see where you will be guiding yourself next. I would love to see a small, low-poly village in the style of Hanschen Klein... with farmers, chickens and straw-roofed houses. Excellent freestyle-style.

All the best Stefan,

Adam.

[rblitz7]

Wow! im downloaded now but just from the pic, you rock!:buttrock:Great job!:thumbsup:

[Nux]

Stellar. nothing else to say. fantastic.

[ragdoll]

as mentioned before, your demo is top notch! :thumbsup:

best of luck with the job hunt!

and thank you thank you for the fast reply!:bounce:
-rj

[ragdoll]

i always forget to vote...

man what is wrong with me... :shrug: :D


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[andrebranco]

Man, I loved it!

You gotta send your "kid" to me so i can animate him :D

Well, good luck in the future, and if you come to Portugal, give me a call.

Keep in touch.

Cheers

[agasco]

Stefan! great stuff, this one of the cleanest 3d i´ve seen, and very cool style too.

Congratulations brother, good luck with job hunting!

Cheers!

[Bryn]

Really enjoyed your reel, took you time in getting it finnished though.

you guys textures are awsome, and your set...... well what can I say , sweet bru.
Good luck, speak to you soon
b

[stefank]

Thank you everyone for the encouraging replies. I would also like to hear some more critiques if there are any to be had. Please don't pull any punches for my sake. I really do want to know how my work can be improved. Some areas that I am not totally satisfied with are the skin textures on the torso of my first character; could use more variation and blemishes I think. Not sure about the definition of his abs either.

Confracto - I think you may be right about the shoulder definition. You'll have to pardon the design peculiarities on this one. I learned that flying by the seat of my pants is perhaps not the most efficient way to work on a model with this level of detail. Especially when tackling an obscure/sci-fi theme. Your definately right about my low poly character's neck. No need for all those polies. Good eye.

[rblitz7]

Well the only crit I would have is to add one more character.

[ragdoll]

it's already top notch as it is... maybe the lowpoly kids skin weights on his crotch area could use a bit more falloff higher up since it seems like he's made of paper when he folds his legs up during his walk cycle... but that's probably understandable since he's a lowpoly model which btw is still top notch! so yeah... nothing really to crit! skin textures and all! :thumbsup: -rj

[sgbox]

very good modeling. game for characters.

[feebsicle]

stefan!

awesome! your reel looks great, but i only expected that from you. you seriously had mad skills, and i always really looked up to you in class. you might be scratching the surface, but you're doing a damn good job at it!

i like animating your little hanschen klein guy, hes so cute. i'm gonna make him fish in a pond or something.

keep in touch and good luck :)

[jdahl]

awesome demo reel!
where did you get that great music?

[stefank]

I've had a couple of people ask me about the music on my reel so here's a link http://ccmixter.org/media/people/shortfacedbear the song is called clockwerk and is available for download under a creative commons licence.

[aestheta]

Your snowboarder dude is hot! He should hook up with my girl 3D Model, ah, just kidding. Nice work man. I agree though, one more realistic model and you'd have a job like that (snap). Anyways, good luck out there. ;)

[theBIGmack60]

Everything I have seen from VFS guys on CGtalk forums have been absolutly amazing. All of you are currently punching my creative brain into submission :argh: hahaha Beutiful work man!:applause:

The only thing i could possibly pick on is that the walk cycle of the cool little kid could have some contrapostal in the hips during the walk.

Aslo that the reel is its just too good! ahahaha

Best of luck finding a job! :cool:

[kamalpahuja]

hi dear.........seen the caps , those are really good , i m downloading ur reel....i can bet for the quailty..good dude

[M_Fonseca]

Stephen, your reel is really awesome!~~ i love the style of the way it was put together. You are seroiusly one talented dude.. well hope to see you at the grad ceremony,
good luck with everything~ :cool:

[Cinimod]

Hey Man!

Great reel, everythings just so purdy.. You are definilty the king of lighting/shaders in our class man. My favorite is your set, all the small details, man it's so sweet! Thanks for the GI/FG help in T6 man, u helped me out a lot :D

Cya tomorrow at the Grad,

Dom

[shortfacedbear]

great reel man...and thanks for using my song...

[stefank]

Thank you Sam! I thought your music would be a perfect fit for my subject matter. Keep up the good stuff.

[shupersonic]

That set is just too good man . . . just too da#n good.

you have so much skill mr stefan it just doesn't seem fair . . .

well, when you land that bigwig job then let guys like me leech off of your success then i guess that would be fair . . . . maybe

Good work and Congrats

[AdrianWilliams]

nice man, the modeling on that first character is sweet

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