Chris Ahrens - VFS Reel

[davido]

As i have told you many times before Chris, this is a really nice reel you got there. It has been really fun to see the development of this piece. I think it it safe to say that even from the very beginning you blew us all away with your talent and speed, this is no exeption from that, it is just mindblowing.
I am really looking forward to spend the next four months learning Houdini with you.

DJO

[myungjini]

Yo~ Chris~ nice to see you here
Awesome reel, I know how much you worked hard to get it done
Good job~ see yah~ this Friday :beer:

[sublow]

Fantastic piece man!

Love it!

Now its time for party! :bounce:

2D Roy

[fx81]

nice reel, i really like the lighting on shot 14 :thumbsup:
btw, you need to correct the high res html link which still links to low res.

[Loewi]

i love the opening shot and the flow of your cuts overall, texture and lighting is spot on as well.
all around just a great reel.. congratulations man!

[Rjays]

good stuff chris
I'm impressed that you made pretty much everything in your reel and they are photorealistic.
I also like the idea of your soccer shoe commerical

[PinkBunny]

Chris,

Congratulations on finishing your reel! My fav is the opening shot.

See you in Houdini!

[lordsol]

this is very nice reel dude i 'm really impresed with the omount of deatail u just did in the entire reel.

[redoctober]

U did well~
I wish all the best.

[Gkaine]

that soccer shoo is photo real, 5 stars

[Suryawanshi]

yeah mannn
the shoe is photoreal man...and u knew it and u showed the cg model also with it
lol
gr8 work mannn :)
Sachin S. Suryawanshi

[Rawk]

Superb work!!! No music??

[Escopos]

WoW, nice going! I like the design you came up with for the robot legs ... materials look great ... welll its all good hehe

[xtofer]

Thanks alot everybody for the feedback.

To make a completely CG piece, was actually the challenge of my reel. Thats why previz was so important for me, in order not to waste time to model or texture something that will later not be seen in that shot.

Now the next step is to add sound effects to my piece, this will really bring it alive.
Music will be for the breakdowns.

Thanks for the comments

cheers,


chris

[aestheta]

Chris!!! Your reel is as beautiful as I had expected. You are a truly talented and most excellent person. I am so happy we became such good friends. We are definately staying in touch! Once you break into that European commercial VFX market, gimme a call, someday I may be seeking employment abroad. ;) And someday I will fersure come visit you in Europe, wherever you may land. Love ya lots bro. GREAT JOB on your demo reel!!! And good luck with the job hunt!

much love,

[xtofer]

Finally I uploaded on a faster server.

http://www.pearlhsu.net/ChrisAhrensDemoReel.mov

I aslo have another clean render of the shoes.

http://student.vfs.com/%7E3d55christopher/Product.jpg

[aestheta]

Wow this render looks so real!

[christinelee]

It was nice to see you at Pictorion today!
Good luck on Houdini!!
and rock on!

[Timewaste]

Wow, very nice reel! fluent motion, good lighting and very realistic look, also the
idea is cool. good luck!

[xtofer]

Thanks everbody for the comments.

christine: I spent a big amount of time modeling and texturing in detail that shoe. I have to thanks brent for his zbrush help on that too. Hope to see you soon.

timewaste: I guess the polishing of the shots in my animatic/previz helped me at the end for the fluent motion.

Right now the soundfx are being made, so there is still a version with sound coming.

cheers,

chris

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