My Demo Reel "A Summoner"

[jimmywurx7]

nice work, the dragon design is really cool. 5 star

[tinitus]

reminds me of finalfantasy designs
but its a pretty cool reel!
congrats!

[nostlagia32]

Very nice fantasy work. I love the creature that is on the summoner's hand.

[j005182540]

งานสวยมากมากครับ
คุณทำในส่วนของ modeling อย่างเดียวหรือเปล่าครับ
แอบเห็นมีคนไทยอีก ในส่วนของ rig กับ script

fantastic work!!
let we know about this reel
how about the character design by you? dragon and elv are awesome.
how about the lighting

ปล.น่าไปเรียนจังครับ

[rmanot]

jimmywurx7 : Thank you so much:)
tinitus : Yes, i got inspiration from Final Fantasy and World of Warcraft
nostlagia32 : That creature took longer time to render than the girl hehehe.
j005182540 : Sawasdee krub:D I did everything from concept art to composite...except rigging and some animation shots that i cooperated with my friends.

[TrevorTang]

Stuff just blows me away from the wip back in Term5. Just awesome the amount of stuff you pulled off!

[ANasir]

Beautiful work Aasa, very cinematic. I love your attention to detail, especially in the ruins. 5 stars and nothing less, and if I don't see you in school, best of luck out there!

-Aishath
3D65

[Gkaine]

you did what so many people could not, congrats.

[richardoud]

Outstanding work.. one of the best modeling reels I've seen in a while! Loved every second of it..

[buscard]

Asa! Congratz on surviving VFS! i still think you shoulda gone to the viz FX stream..that way you could give us modelers a chance against your work.. damn you!! ;P I look forward to seeing your future work!! best of luck!

[ToykoF]

texture สวยมากๆเลยครับ
Very nice texture :D

[nuch]

Awesome!!!
I love the design. Keep on your good work.

(Too bad that I missed your talk about “working with Renderman for Maya as a student” at Siggraph 2007)

[curbsidebandit]

Aasa, amazing work! Your reel turned out amazing, and it was great to see it’s evolution during the last three terms. What kills me is that it only took you three days to texture that environment - I still can’t get over that. If you haven’t been offered a job yet, I bet you will soon.

Great work,

Sean

[diginime]

hey aasa!! nice to see your reel here. :) and good luck in your job hunting!

[rmanot]

TrevorTang: your stuff blowed me as well:)
ANasir: Thank you and good luck with your work too.
Gkaine: Hi...we talked before and i just be able to post my reel hehehe.
richardoud: Glad you like my work:D
buscard: Yo man, haven't seen u for awhile. Really miss your guitar.
ToykoF: Kob Kun Krub;)
nuch: Hi...my talk at Siggraph was alright. nothing interest much hehe.
curbsidebandit: Sean! you supposed to be at the grad! but thanks anyway man.
diginime: Yo man...keep in touch and good luck with your work as well:)

[minkey]

Wow! I love the work.... The girls creature reminds me of World of warcraft (Blood Elf creature) and the Girl and Dragon more towards Liniage 2 Style...... Excellent work. No doubt you will end up with a Excellent job.

[CHAMPWY]

Yo! Outstanding man... Outstanding! hehehe :twisted:

Good Luck !

[Xskorpion]

very impressive, i would totally believe this was an in game cut scene cinematic

[Mudokon83]

Animation is alittle stiff on the dragon wing movement.

But as a modeling reel is definitely stands out good work

[maxedwin]

haiyaaa.....

we lost half modelers in our class cuz of this reel.......hahaha, jk

anyway, awesome job !! be a TA for a while and share some tricks to us !! haha

Best of Luck,

Max

[VasquezM]

asaa!!! great job!!! man ... good luck with your job hunt, i know you're going to get hired pretty soon...... keep in touch ok......

[rmanot]

Thank you everyone. Here's some of my process.

Concept art
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n244/jadeeror/Costume_present01.jpg

Color Scheme
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n244/jadeeror/Color_Scheme-1.jpg

Zbrush
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n244/jadeeror/Zbrush.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n244/jadeeror/Head_zbrush.jpg

Renderman for Maya Render
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n244/jadeeror/01_DG_wire.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n244/jadeeror/03_DG_displacement.jpg
http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n244/jadeeror/04_DG_final.jpg

[pommegenozide]

Superb :thumbsup:
Not only nice modeling quality, but the presentation you've put into this piece is also beautiful too, good job!

As a fellow Thai student at VFS (even we don't know each other since I graduated from 3D59), Congratulations , I really wish you good luck on your job hunting!

[MayaDamien]

Tony JAasa!
Excellent work buddy ! People from Thailand are so damn talented at 3d! I am looking forward to seeing the sort of things you will make in the future , dont forget your friends at vfs when you are a famous supreme overlord of 3d (whoa 0_0) ;)

Damn good stuff man , easily on par with Soul Calibers cg sequences .Make more stuff! Make a sequel 2 Ong Bak !

5* from me dude , you worked very hard and accomplished alot ,well done.

Cheers,
D

[Mathieson]

Awesome work! I haven't seen as many comments about it, but the set is fantastic. And only three days to texture it I read? What is your secret, lots of coffee?? Thats a lot of work for 3 days!

Anyways, congrats on a piece very well done. Be proud of it.

[RobertoOrtiz]

Great modeling reel.
Plugged it because it is one of the best modeling reels I have seen.

-R
PS if you post a smaller version of your short, I can host a mirror.

[Tenkiboi]

hey aasa, extraordinary reel, you pulled off the impossible within six months. I had always thought it would take a team of people to pull of a final fantasy cinematic but you proved me wrong. Great stuff. Get a Great job. and Good luck with everything.

*You should become an instructor!

-Thomas
www.tomchau.com (http://www.tomchau.com)

[StefanStavrev]

Congrats,this is awesome reel :thumbsup:

[Star-Scream]

Where has it gone? Can't download it :( and i want to see it.

[Wayne jermaine]

How long did it take you to create all this awesome work?

[rmanot]

pommegenozide: Thanks man
MayaDamien: Hey Damien. you're over exaggerate man:S
Mathieson: my secret is i have only 3 days left before presentation :P
RobertoOrtiz: Thank you so much for take a look at my reel. I'll make a smaller version asap.
Tenkiboi: Hey Tom nice to see you here.
StefanStavrev: Glad u like my reel
Star-Scream: It's still there, isn't it?????
Wayne jermaine: it took me 6 months to finish this reel(from concept art to post production)

[DavidJH]

Hey Aasa,

Great work! You're work is a great inspiration for us going into 3D (I graduate foundation tomorrow and start 3D next term). I was at your grad, so I got to see this on the big screen, but I didn't get a chance to congratulate you then.

David Hawbaker
fd21
3D70

[MatthewNovak]

What a rip off of final fantasy. Lol jk!. Fantastic work, you should be proud of yourself, very proud.

[SpankTheMonk]

I agree with everyone else so far, amazing work

if I could make a suggestion it might be to find another way to save the video file for your site or have options on size because even at 50mbs it took a half an hour to download....

but it could be my roomate is using the internet also...hmmm? maybe thats it

[jfalconer]

congrats, one of the best modeling reels I've ever seen - very inspiring stuff.

[monsitj]

hehehehe! congrats dude! you done it! very good job from start to finish , hope you get a job soon , don't come back here ! hehehe good luck dude!

[MrNovak]

pommegenozide: Thanks man
MayaDamien: Hey Damien. you're over exaggerate man:S
Mathieson: my secret is i have only 3 days left before presentation :P
RobertoOrtiz: Thank you so much for take a look at my reel. I'll make a smaller version asap.
Tenkiboi: Hey Tom nice to see you here.
StefanStavrev: Glad u like my reel
Star-Scream: It's still there, isn't it?????
Wayne jermaine: it took me 6 months to finish this reel(from concept art to post production)

Excuse me?!? 6 months? Holy... amazing job and for 1 person only. INCREDIBLE!

[MDN67]

Very impressive work, the dragon's look is great and the animation toot, the floating of the princess's dress is incrdible, it's really a great work five stars for me

[joebo]

hey aasa!

i never doubted you're ability to be on COVER PAGE!!

you're awesome and ultra helpful to everyone around you.


you're reel has a permanent home on my desktop.. right beside damiens. =)
GREAT STUFF

[XingWei]

from the screenshots loooooooooks nicccccce~ can't download for some reason..traffic too heavy?

[rmanot]

Thank you so much for everyone comments. I really appreciate it.:D

I've made more links for download. Also if it's too slow, you can just watch via youtube(but for some reason, it speed up my movie and the quality is not good at all:P).

[Intervain]

Great job! My fav part is the overall presentation :thumbsup: - it's rare to see them creatures animated...Best of luck!

[benytone]

Fantastic work, 5* :thumbsup:



.

[Chemix]

Like many have said, you've done a fantastic job on the modeling and abient animation work, like the ropes bobbing with the water and the dress movement, though I think the elf character's movements seemed a bit too fast. Perhaps it was just me, but it seemed as if she was a character in a scene that was be "fast forward-ed", particularly when petting the dragon, it was like a hand tap rather than real interaction. All in all, you've done a great modeling real, though I think you need to work on your pacing for animation improvement.

[The Funimator]

this is one big beautiful work! I was totally speechless. Wonderful! 10 stars!
That girl with the small snake-like creature on her hand. That scene reminded me of one part from the World of Warcraft - The Burning Crusade 's trailer. hahaa..
I'm a big fan of dragons. Your cool dragon design really blow me away! I love your dragon and I wish I could animate your dragon so much. hahaa..

[arizaga]

This is fantastic, I've never saw someone learning this things so fast.
Beautiful in all aspects, you work rocks! I hope to see more of your work son.
Unbelievable imagination, I would like to ask....what are you planning to do next?

Thanks for comment.

[NyneDown]

Wow....that was so ridiculously impressive, congrats man!

[ldgree]

Amazing work!!

U did a fanstastic work with the characters design/textures/Zbrush to Maya Displacement
man

Amazing xD

[Gunners]

I was like jaw-dropping after watching it. I love everything in the showreel.
The only comment would be, the elf princess hair.. seems very less/little from the back and it looks a little unnatural. Just personal opinion, but very very good job anyway! 5 stars!:thumbsup:

[rmanot]

Wow...This is the best time in my life. Never expect to be on front page at all. Thank you for all of your comments and glad that you like my reel:) you guys rock!

Chemix: I absolutely agree with you but that time i had 2 months left with no animation so i kinda rush for animation.
The Funimator: Thank you The Funimator. It's WOW and FF that inspired me:P
arizaga: Hehehe obviously my plan right now is to get a job:P:P
NyneDown: Glad you like my reel
ldgree: Cheers man. This is the first time i used displacement tho:P
Gunners: I agree with you Gunners. I get into hair when i was in last term(2months left). First i tried Maya Hair, then shave and hair cut but i didn't get what i want. Tweak it like almost a month and then found out that i don't have time anymore so i decide to used polygon instead:P I wish i have more time to tweak it tho.

[Drakaran]

the modeling and skinning on this work is really top notch. you really put a lot of love into this piece adding in detail that isn't even used(like the glowing glyphs on the dragon's horns). I love the movement of the dress in that one closeup where you see her feet.

unfortunately, there is no effect of back-wind from the dragon showing when he comes in close (I might have even added some particles getting blown about just to add that extra bit of realism). such a large creature would produce some pretty big wind effects. when he comes in for the close up with the princess, his neck should bob just a bit to show he's flying. I'm not sure you animated his whole body in that shot, as it looks like you only animated the head for it.

her hair also seems to need some reworking as it appears almost totally uneffected and lies basically still in all shots. well, really, the hair also seems a bit sparse and lacks body as well.

EDIT: there is a strange focus effect in the closeup of the princess and the dragon as well. if something's being conveyed between them, maybe there could be a better visual way of presenting it?

it's a beautiful piece, truly.

[Wongedan]

finaallly!! very2 good work!!


epiccc stufffff! :p

[ExKArt]

Reminds me of the Final Fantasy Advent Children dragon, but as a baby.

[Kid-Mesh]

Awesome reel, true modeling skills. The music really sells the entire thing, excellent choice :thumbsup:


Congrats on front page too.

[The Funimator]

oh yeah, speaking of FF, it kinda does remind me of Bahamut! muahaha... it's really cool man! I love FF too. Again, your work is really inspiring. All the best!

[cg219]

Awesome job man, great work, The modelling is top. Animation could use a bit of a touch up, But thats not the purpose. Love the style and feel. Best of luck in the future.

[ATARAXIAN]

Hey Aasa,
Congrats on the homepage!! Amazing Reel and I wish you all the best!! Hope to see you around school and keep me posted on things. 5 Stars!!

Ari
3D65

[orlenka]

Hi
this is just excellent, it looks like some cinematics of the game final fantasy! luv it!:thumbsup:
Nice modelling and texturing :applause:

[Jinian]

really great work and one of the best VFS reels i've seen. It seems like the quality of VFS reels lately have been going up, i guess technological advancement and more talent coming in like you is what is contributing to this.

I applaud you for your work ethic and diligence to have your visual elements animated, including adding some slight visual effects work as well. Your work is pretty much at par with the final fantasy cinematics and your style of work as well. The only thing missing from your work to reaching this quality are some better lighting, fake or real GI, advance shaders and some more post-production effects. I know you used renderman but what is the light setup you used for this?(GI, Final gathering, normal lighting?) Have you ever tried a fake hrdi lightrig like aks_lightray for maya, or a dome light, you might find better lighting effects and softer shadows out of this.

[Zethriel]

Good job!I was thinking you get inspired by FF and WoW and infact you said it.
Again I really liked your reel.Good luck.

[scanmead]

This is only the second reel I've ever seen that sent chills down my spine. Incredibly beautiful! You show a rare and very special talent.

[rmanot]

Drakaran: Hair was the most painful experience to me. I wish i have more time so i can try shave or Maya hair. I spent time fixing other simulation like wing and skirt that i used MayaNcloth and chain that i use Maya hair dynamic
xvampire: Thanks man
ExKArt: hehehe
Kid-Mesh: Glad u like it
The Funimator: I like FF as well:D
cg219: Thank you
ATARAXIAN: Hey dude, your stuff's great too. don't forget to post after finished
orlenka: Cheers man
Jinian: Thank you for your comment. I used just a basic 3 point light set up. I never tried fake HDRI or FG or GI before but you got a good point. I'll try to learn from now on. Thank you:)
Zethriel: hehehe guess my style is so obvious
scanmead: wow thank you so much

Thank you everybody for your comment. I really appreciate it:)

[Wonderer]

All modeling reels should have animations, fantastic work.

[damien_kee]

brilliant work! wonderful.:buttrock:
5* fr me.

[PavelPetrenko]

Great work! Like LA2 :)

[AUMAKUA]

Really amazing work. One of the mostly well crafted reels lately :thumbsup:

[djmaya3d]

All i can say is WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!! :bounce::eek::applause:
This is for sure the best recent grad demo I ahve ever seen.
If you don't get a job next week I would be surprised.

I wish i could go to VFS and get some work done.

[Djampa]

Jaw dropped... :drool:

Congratulations, one of the best reels I've seen, top top top !
Presentation was jaw-dropping, modelling is fantastic, everything on this piece is awesome.

Somehow the star system sometimes isn't enough, its over a 5 stars. Make a great still of this work so we can have it printed one day on Exposé or similar, I believe it has good chances of been approved for such.

Cheers,

[Trybal]

Very nice work; both the material and the presentation. :thumbsup:

[Loukor]

Hey Aasa! Congrats on finishing your reel, it was a pleasure getting to know you and watching you work :). Goodluck in the industry and have fun while your at it.

-Louis

[Heber]

awesome reel, very impressive the amount of work shown there.
:)

[Paul McLaughlin]

Blizzard caliber.... good work. Keep rocking man!

[Pitvipr]

This reel was incredible! I'm glad to see some animation in a modeling reel. The level of detail in modeling and texturing is awesome. The particle dynamics is a great touch too. I love this. Have you sent your reel to Squaresoft yet? ;)


Excellent job! This is inspiration for all students out there who are pushing their limits.

[claudiasutton]

Wow, the modeling is great. It is very impressive.

[Ballo]

the girl is the most poor model, but the demo is awesome.

Good Luck!

[Chatchai]

So Cool...

[SBadea]

Nice job man! Great cloth you got there!
You did a hell of a job on modeling and shading!
Just animationwise it could be better. But everybody has his specialities, hm?
And her face might be to much anime for most of the guys - but I like that style.
If had a little time I would say - give me that dragon! :D

Congrats!
Sebastian

[Blaschke]

just perfect!
5*

[Dragonassasin]

i am not worthy

[IGeN]

great job and awesome reel, i like the dragon

[layetut]

Just got a chance to check out your reel. It's far from ordinary. Really great stuff. Well done and congratulations on all your achievments. Good luck with all the fortunate events that's soon to follow this accomplishment.

Lin

[SyphinXero]

Hey Assa long time no talk. You reel looks great!!! Your eye for detail and your patience really paid off. I wish you all the best of luck finding a job. Not that you will need it. Email me sometime if you want to chat it up.

[pablov]

Nice demo reel, impressive presentation, cool models and lighting, very final fantasy looking.

great job!!

[Razzor]

cool demo! i give u 5*:)
keep up the good work!

[kenken2002]

you made my day dude !! this stuff ROCKS !

[PHO 75]

That's a lot of work in a short period of time. very impressive, keep it up bro.
Thai CGers rock

[dutchtilt]

first of all, great work! congrats on your great reel! It was very cinematic and had a ver VFS flare to it---great work! (i was 3d59) My major crit is the intro. (I had one of the longest intros in recent memory for a vfx student-and was told to change it several times) I love the LOTR style intro...but after working for a few studios now, id ask you to please cut in some teaser clips of your scene, models, abstract closeups...anything. Casey K. is a wicked designer and could help you with that editing process...but i have met plenty of recruiters that would have turned it off...since they didnt see any models for the first 5-15 secs?? (not sure about the time)

Such a great reel, and it would be a complete shame if someone didnt get to see the whole thing!!!

Good luck in your job exploration!

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