CGTalk - Demoreel Leif

lildragon

03-10-2003, 02:11 AM

As I said to you and your crew before Leif, you guys are incredibly talented. Such a bright future ahead of you. [PLUGGED] on both cgtalk.com and 3dfestival.com

Can't wait to see more :thumbsup:

salud

Meko

03-10-2003, 02:25 AM

amazing...... i love your "D.R.O.N.Z." video........... cant pin point the music though.

Mr.FeelNothing

03-10-2003, 02:54 AM

Too bad the host is going so slow, 8-11KB/S for me.:sad:

eRaDiCaT0r

03-10-2003, 02:56 AM

awesome work! :buttrock:

DarkBane

03-10-2003, 03:01 AM

The host is Very slow @ 1.4 kb/sec.

stephen2002

03-10-2003, 03:11 AM

downloading now...very slowly. I will mirror it for you tommorow morning if you want and if it is as good as it looks from the teeny tiny stills.

* edit * great stuff. Is the DRONEZ thing finished? When I checked the site it looked the same as it was a while back.

Anyway, here is another mirror. I'll leave it up as long as it is being accessed.

WMV Version (http://rendermonitor.no-ip.com/mirror/LeifReel.wmv)
QT Version (http://rendermonitor.no-ip.com/mirror/LeifReelQT.mov)

fr3drik

03-10-2003, 03:30 AM

I'm downloading it at 300 bytes/second ... :annoyed:

Goatfuzz

03-10-2003, 03:34 AM

*Buffering*

1192Kbps for me, and yet I still don't see anything. :cry:

Damn, it just dropped to roughly more than 8 Kbps (I went to download it instead of a direct feed. This might take a while...)

ThirdEye

03-10-2003, 03:48 AM

Seemed i downloaded it at the right moment :p Awesome reel tho, expecially the Drones stuff. :thumbsup:

edaddy

03-10-2003, 03:49 AM

i've seen your stuff on this site before and it's very good, you have a very proffessional look to your 3-d work... the only crit. i could give you is to leave your 2-d work out of the reel-

roguenroll

03-10-2003, 04:06 AM

excellent stuff:buttrock:

Goatfuzz

03-10-2003, 04:13 AM

Very nice! (I would have to say the 2D kinda lowers the quality of the demo reel...)

-I really liked the dragon battle clip. :D

b.Schulz

03-10-2003, 04:30 AM

Very nice professional looking reel you have there. I love the drones stuff. The dragon stuff is good too but the drones stuff looked incredible. What did you do in each shot? Make sure you have that in with your demo reel. (not in the video, unless you want to put that quickly at the end). Since you seem to like to do animation, modeling, setup, texturing, particles, etc. It's hard to know exactly what you did in each of those shots. As an animator I wasn't looking for texturing or modeling bits, it seemed to me more of an animators reel in that there was a lot of action shots. Also Since you didn't have any models in there showing off their wireframes and textures and such (which might be somewhat helpful in a modelers reel??? I dunno...modelers?). I'd say animation wise that the stuff I didn't like the most was with the bear and the penguin. The 2d stuff didn't bother me, just was a different style which is fine by me. All in all though it's a pretty great reel I'd say.

(Oh and the shot with the toonshaded character I'd ditch completely...it isn't needed in the reel at all I'd say.)

Ultragames

03-10-2003, 04:49 AM

MY GOD WILL SOMEONE FIND HIM A NEW HOST!

I have been trying to download DRONZES for quite some time now. (weeks) Never able to get it before it drops.

New host!!

Downloading now at 341 bytes/sec

amos_chid

03-10-2003, 05:47 AM

me 430 bytes/sec
15 hours left before completion :D

somebody plz mirror this :)

Aeroplane

03-10-2003, 05:59 AM

come on man,0.1kb/sec, i am too impatient to wait to see your movie.:beer:

bonko

03-10-2003, 06:06 AM

I'm going to wait on watching the reel, but I did check out your website and saw examples of your stuff(btw your website is pretty slick and professional). Your models looked pretty nice, though you don't have any wires which would be useful. You seem to express an interest in doing a lot of stuff, in terms of the realtime industry(i.e. games) you should market yourself as a cutscene animator/artist. Your 2d skills aren't as strong as your 3d stuff and as such I would take the images down from your site(but by no means stop drawing if you enjoy doing so). Anyways, spectacular work, good luck!!

pablov

03-10-2003, 06:23 AM

sorry man, is almost imposible to download your demo, but I've checked the images, look amazing. exelent man.
:thumbsup:

jadedchron

03-10-2003, 06:50 AM

My (temporary) Mirror: http://www.thenewfoodlabel.com/LeifReel.wmv
right click the link and save it rather than stream it

crit- i'd take out the 2d stuff.

Ultragames

03-10-2003, 07:14 AM

Thank god for the mirror. I have been waiting to see you reel and dronzes. Downloading now. Someone please mirror dronzes!

Ultragames

03-10-2003, 07:22 AM

Ok. I have viewed you demo.

Crti: The 2d blonde. Take her out. The 2d vampire stuff, they need to go.

Coments: The paper looking Wild West thing, is very unique. I like that idea. I have seen the dragon video, and the singing head. Love them both. But i didnt realise you made those.

Congrats: I love the demo. Once you take out those two things, it will be amazing. Realy though, take that out. Once thats gone, I dont know who wouldn't hire you for a design job.

Kudoes!

true_to_XSI

03-10-2003, 07:22 AM

thanks for the mirror

nice demo love the si fi robot guy

good job on the overall show reel

ytrabbit

03-10-2003, 07:30 AM

Leif, excellent reel! It was so well done!
Oh, and JadedChron, thanks for the mirror, 36 seconds beats 8 hours anyday!

Howzat

03-10-2003, 08:16 AM

that was absolutely amazing!!
Congratulations, if you can't get a job then no one can...
:bounce: :bounce:

LPlasma

03-10-2003, 10:27 AM

I really liked the reel, especially the robots (nice fluid animation). Though there are things I would personally cut from it if I were you, a few of the pieces (especially the 2d animation ones) are nowhere near as strong as the others and weaken the overall reel. But cutting a few things you could make it better IMO.

Katachi

03-10-2003, 10:49 AM

Super! Kannte die Drachenszene schon aber es ist immer wieder nett anzuscahuen. Respekt! Boogie down Berlin! :D

Gruss aus Wolfsburg VW-City

Aelius

03-10-2003, 11:09 AM

Really cool, but I have to agree with the general feeling that you should ditch the 2D work and the cartoon shaded head - they do stick out like a sore thumb. Other than that, it looks fantastic.

Krystman

03-10-2003, 01:49 PM

Arg! Can somebody post a mirror of the mov as well? That WMF won't work with the mediaplayer 6 and there is no movie on the world that is going to convince me to update any further. :shame:

ninjacore

03-10-2003, 02:02 PM

this just made my day!!

Your work with the Dragons and the Drones is awsome.

now, what the hell am i gonna do for my showreel........

:D

Kid-Mesh

03-10-2003, 02:08 PM

Breath taking to say the least....

Im not one to crit but I do agree with the general feeling of everyone else that you should remove the 2D vamp and the toon shaded head...

Overall it was a very inspiring piece.... thanks for sharing it! :buttrock:

-KM

Beastie

03-10-2003, 02:49 PM

Congrats man, nice demo. Looks pretty professional, you did that in school? :beer: Anways, good luck!

urgaffel

03-10-2003, 03:08 PM

You really REALLY need to take out the 2d stuff. They do not fit in that company... Other than that, nice stuff. I'd like to know what you did on those shorts though, because they were team efforts were they not?

fr3drik

03-10-2003, 04:12 PM

SO SWEET! DUDE!

allseeingi

03-10-2003, 04:33 PM

This is absolutley superb. Very professional although I would agree that, if it were my portfolio I would not include the 2D vampire footage and the toonshaded girl. The other 2D stuff is really good. Have you thought about setting up your own company? Just an idea.

I hope you don't mind if I ask you what software you use and more importantly where you studied? I'm looking for a BA course to do myself right now and I would be very interested to know (I'm in the UK). If you would rather mail me please do so at allseeingi@hotmail.com

You will end up with a fantastic job. Congratulations on a great portfolio.

Sherif.Nagib

03-10-2003, 04:35 PM

Great work..
& Dronez trailer is amazzzzzzzzzzing :bounce:

yours,
sherif

QuantumPixel

03-10-2003, 05:10 PM

when I tried to check it out the links are broken.

dmeyer

03-10-2003, 05:53 PM

I'll mirror the .mov if i can get the damn thing!

If anyone managed to get the mov and is on yahoo or AIM, hit me at driverguy35

Larry_g1s

03-10-2003, 06:02 PM

OH MY GOSH ! ! !
Very very cool.
I absolutely love the dragons and the drones parts. :eek:
Great work.

stephen2002

03-10-2003, 06:59 PM

.mov file is now mirrored, see my post on the 1st page.

leif

03-10-2003, 07:18 PM

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brianellebracht

03-10-2003, 08:08 PM

Hey, great demo!! Just wanted to let you know that I went thru the same thing with Sherweb when I hit the front page as well! Grr... Just had to keep bugging them about it and gave them a call, then they had it fixed in a day. I would Complain about it, considering its false advertisement. THanks,
Brian
Great work :)

Tom N.

03-10-2003, 08:45 PM

Mithrandir315

03-10-2003, 08:51 PM

Yowsers! That's some incredible stuff! Very impressive. :eek:

H13

03-10-2003, 10:00 PM

Hi Leif,
Ich lade gerade das demo-reel.
Bin schon gespannt wie's aussieht ;)

Ich kenne schon den trailer zu dronez. hat mir sehr gut gefallen.
Ich hab auch gerade mal die German-Film school seite besucht.
Sieht nach einer soliden Ausbildung aus :thumbsup:
aber wie finanzierst du das ?
Das Darlehen ist ja ganz nett,aber die Studienkosten gehen doch etwas darüber hinaus.
Interessiert mich,weil ich ne Bewerbung an die HFF Potsdam für einen Animationsstudiengang rausgeschickt habe,aber noch nicht weiss ob das was wird.Sollte ich ne Absage bekommen,dann muss ich mich natürlich nach was anderem umkucken.

chk

03-10-2003, 10:57 PM

WOW. thats the best demo reel i've seen online yet. I can't think of anything that would make it better, people are saying to take the 2D out but I kinda like it.. it shows you dont only do 3D.

I agree. While the 2d stuff is not close to being as strong as the 3d, it is a good bridge in the context of the demo reel... and personally I think all portfolio's, demo reels or any public works display should have a humility aspect. ;)

leif3d

03-11-2003, 12:05 AM

Wow.....great work......but you seem to have my name.....hummm....thats the first time I hear my name anywere else .....I guess if you have a scandinavian background it must be normal.....thats cool man....keep up the good work....

Ultragames

03-11-2003, 12:31 AM

Yo brian. hit me up with an email where I can complain to Sherweb. Leif's stuff is so amazing, he must have the best server around. I wonder if you could get host on the Apple>Trailer server. They have billions of GB of transfer, very fast.

leif

03-11-2003, 01:01 AM

hey guys,
thanks again,
a wrote a mail to sherweb and now i think it`s better with the download.

cheers Leif

Ultragames

03-11-2003, 02:36 AM

I dont know what stories you heard, but it wasn't Leif Erickson. The Vikings first doscovered america. :rolleyes: :applause:

grantimus

03-11-2003, 08:12 AM

Originally posted by Ultragames
I dont know what stories you heard, but it wasn't Leif Erickson. The Vikings first doscovered america. :rolleyes: :applause:

I really don't know what this has to do with the topic. With that said, Leif Erickson was a Viking. And, he discovered America before Columbus did.

With that out of the way, great demo reel. It really kicks ass.

E.T

03-11-2003, 10:01 AM

That might just be the best showreel ive seen so far.
Good tempo, diverse enough but not too much.
Maybe a bit too long for my liking, but like everybody else have said: if you get rid of the 2d stuff then it will be perfect.

btw: Leif is a very common swedish name.

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

ghZaaaRK

03-11-2003, 07:37 PM

yo Leif your pix seems to be excellent, but i've a request (again and always same ::) )
can you provide another file as : mpeg, avi etc..

please and thx

KingofDaveness

03-12-2003, 12:24 AM

uhk, first download was all messed up. But from what Ive seen there is a droolfest slowly chugging its way down my broadband right now.

:beer:

wouldnt it be nice to have CGTALK have a stack of mirrors we could dump big moofies to.

Jake McD

03-12-2003, 12:52 AM

that is simply amazing, the animation is great the music was cool and the whole shebang was awesome, good job!

KingofDaveness

03-12-2003, 05:48 AM

ooooh. Pretty.

Where you responsible for the camera work... That NICE digital camerawork.

Exciting stuff.

Ultragames

03-12-2003, 06:09 AM

what digital camra work?

KingofDaveness

03-12-2003, 06:25 AM

perhaps virtual camerawork would be a better wording.

if you watch the framing, the camera is smooth, non disturbing, naturalistic, dramatic and, above all, reactive to the drones and the dragons.

So... nice camerawork.

lildragon

03-12-2003, 11:28 AM

Leif I think its time I gave you yet another award for this collaboration. You've seriously outdone yourself. Aside from the 2D art that was mentioned, this is one solid reel. You're not going to be looking for a job too long I assure you :)

You have received the CGtalk choice award .Please feel free to display this image anywhere you like! Incredible work.

upon receiving this award, it guarantees you a spot in the cgtalk gallery hall of fame (http://gallery.cgtalk.com) - which you are now placed

http://www.cgtalk.com/plug_award/cgtalk_award_mar03_2.jpg

P.S. Please email me @ tito@cgnetworks.com for the award .psd file

salud

DrAdamDinosaur

03-13-2003, 01:53 AM

I just finished the download (boy people were right when they said it took a long time) and now when I try to open the .mov file I get soemthing like "can not open because this is not a file quicktime understands" Am I missing a particular codec or did my download get messed up?

iggiza

03-13-2003, 04:23 AM

I've tried to get your reel, I can't see a thing, just hear the music, which by the ways sounds good.

KingofDaveness

03-14-2003, 12:19 AM

Does anyone else think Leif could loose the cell shaded shots?

draconix

03-17-2003, 10:05 PM

That was cool!

The drone shots were just awesome, the dragon shots were great as well.

I'm not familiar with reels, so I can't critique. My impression of it is that you were demo-ing your animation skills. Is this right?