Matthias Zabiegly - 3d generalist - DemoReel 07

[Creature]

No coments at all?

Come on, it got about 6000 unique downloads in two weeks, had me exceed my traffic limit by 500% and was featured on the frontpage of 3dtotal - it can't be that bad :)

[VM]

yeah, lazy snails, it's easy to download and watch, but it takes time and effort to give someone feedback.

anyway, nice and colorful, but I can't comment more than that, fx is not my field.
(I liked the wave and penguins and the shools of fish a lot though!)

[kbotnen]

Matthias:

I will be happy to chip in my two quids for what it's worth :)

First. Nice reel. It seems to me that you are comfortable with a lot of different tools. Surely a nice plus when you are out there looking for "the job" :)

I enjoyed that i could maximize the .mov file without throwing the quality out the window (I have seen many reels where the quality allows just a tiny little window :/)

I just have a few questions:
- Does the poor little kid (washed on to the beach) really need "beautyfying pills"? Maybe another transition between these two scenes?

- The diamond scene was a bit short? If the point was to showcase a new shader (as stated in your breakdown pdf) you might want to spend more than a second or two on the scene? (I did not recognize the "diamond shader" part before after reading the breakdown).

- The undewater scene (in the still photo part) was a bit blurry? Maybe it would have been nicer with a more sharp / crisp look?

- Does the invisible band take requests? Would have been cool to hear what type of music they are capable of playing :)

And again. Take this for what it's worth (or not worth :) )

-K-

[Creature]

Thanks for the suggestions kbotnen. I agree about the diamond shader. That is really short and maybe should be extended a bit. Especially as I'm quite satisfied with the outcome. I also thought about changing it from a camera-move to a still camera with rigid body diamonds falling on black ground. If I find time...

The invisible band plays Phil Collins :) It's a remake of the "Missed again" video. But I'm sure that they will play other kind of music too if asked to :)

[moidphotos]

Excellent work Matthias, good to see it up here:) I doubt I can offer any more advice that you haven't already had from me, but it would be good to hear other people's opinions.

[Creature]

Yay! Updated with all my latest work.

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