Technical Artist Showreel

[MiguelAngeloCBT]

Really nice stuff! :thumbsup:

I think you deserve a plugg for this!

best,
-malanjo

[ragdoll]

hey man, the robot shot is well done, a little too much with the cam shake but still really nice. good luck!

[mawki]

awesome! terrific work, you did all the modelling, lighting & animating? very inspiring :)

[BColbourn]

incredibly impressive reel you have there. the weakest one I thought was the first scene, maybe switch up the order and have the hallway first or something? regardless, your reel was very inspiring.

[mohsen123]

nice images .
can U ulpouad on another server ?
thanx.

[KnickKnack]

Hey guys, thanks for all your comments and crits, much appreciated.

ragdoll, there may be a bit too much camera shake in some of the shots I agree; won't be re-rendering tho, my exhausted PC would kill me ;)

Mawki, I did all the work, modelling, texturing, lighting, rendering comping.

mohsen123, sorry you can't view the reel, am considering uploading onto youtube, will let you know if I do.

Thanks again!

[ahmedmax]

Really great work man 5 stars from me:applause:

[Abazaba]

Very nice work! The opening short was awesome; your artistry really shows through. Thanks allot for the breakdowns as well.

One minor crit; the reflection off the Jeeps windshield is too even. The window is dirtier where the wipers dont touch. A reflection map, blurring it in the outer areas would lock it up nicely.

Beautiful.

[Joscoon]

Thank you for posting this and especially for doing the breakdowns. Now I believe anything is possible even if you're a do-it-yourselfer!

[Silverwing]

Wow this was really cool.
Great looking shots. I liked that robot short a lot.
Keep on rocking... thunmbs up!

[KnickKnack]

Hey, thanks again for the kind words guys.

Abazaba, you're defintately right about the windshield reflection, I don't know why I didn't think of blurring it! :sad:

I've got a HD version available on Vimeo now too :D

[vfx]

Very impressive - loved the plane crash!! How long did the work take to complete?

[alkanmi]

very very very nice ... and very good work ... :applause: :applause:

[thomaskc]

It looks very cool, and great effects! But I started to wonder what parts you used XSI for and what you used MAX for? :)

[Halford]

sweet, the robot saying hi is my favorite, love when the light turns on and he looks so happy!!!

Hal.

[mrtprodz]

Fantastic reel!! :buttrock: I loved the robot scenes, you have some great skills, great compositing
too :applause:

[YCenbo]

good work.I like it.

[Helgi]

Excellent stuff you got there, the corridor shot looks really good. The robot shots were very cute and funny and looked really good but it still needed a little bit more compositing work, just a bit, and the handheld camera wasn't really working for me. Did you keyframe the camera to achieve that effect?


But overall this is a fantastic reel. Good luck with everything.

[KnickKnack]

Thanks everyone again for your comments and crits :)

vfx - As for the time spent on doing the work, it's hard to say. The robot animation was done in about 4 weeks. I was working on and off the Plane animation for about 2-3 years but completed it about 6 months ago. The Jeep took about 5 weeks. The corridor scene took me about 2-3 weeks. I worked mostly weekends and some of the evenings in the week.

thomaskc - I use XSI for all my modelling and texture layout work. I use Max for materials and rendering. I actually prefer the render tree in XSI but I'm not a big fan of Mental Ray and I love the particle systems in Max and a host of other little nifty features that makes it a pleasure to work with.

Helgi - thanks for your feedback Helgi. The camera shake was achieved by applying a noise modifier to the cameras rotation. One of those nifty features that I love about Max :)

Thanks again!

[Stryker]

Just posted http://www.3dm3.com/video/2008/11/12/technical-artist-showreel-2008/

[webhead]

Nice reel. Very colorful, and fun. I enjoyed seeing the breakdowns, as well.

[Shademaster]

Thanks everyone again for your comments and crits :)

vfx - As for the time spent on doing the work, it's hard to say. The robot animation was done in about 4 weeks. I was working on and off the Plane animation for about 2-3 years but completed it about 6 months ago. The Jeep took about 5 weeks. The corridor scene took me about 2-3 weeks. I worked mostly weekends and some of the evenings in the week.

thomaskc - I use XSI for all my modelling and texture layout work. I use Max for materials and rendering. I actually prefer the render tree in XSI but I'm not a big fan of Mental Ray and I love the particle systems in Max and a host of other little nifty features that makes it a pleasure to work with.

Helgi - thanks for your feedback Helgi. The camera shake was achieved by applying a noise modifier to the cameras rotation. One of those nifty features that I love about Max :)

Thanks again!

Truly awesome work!

What I do nowadays to get realistic 'crappy-cam' movements is just matchmove custom shot material. If I want a pan to something and want to make it feel handheld I just shoot it, track it (Syntheyes autotracker will do fine) and only import the camera data and compose my scene around it :). Will give even better results!

[Crayfish]

5 stars for you man

[KnickKnack]

Shademaster, I have indeed tried that method before and it gives great results but is a very slow turnaround. The noise modifier in Max may not give completely realistic results but it's a very close second and gives you quite a bit of control which suits my purposes. I really like your Porsche BTW, very nice render indeed and some great post work too. :)

Thanks again everyone

[theyoda3]

Wow, I really loved that robot animation. Great work!

[Shademaster]

Shademaster, I have indeed tried that method before and it gives great results but is a very slow turnaround. The noise modifier in Max may not give completely realistic results but it's a very close second and gives you quite a bit of control which suits my purposes. I really like your Porsche BTW, very nice render indeed and some great post work too. :)

Thanks again everyone

Thanks for your post in my thread!

I see the problem in using reallife footage as a cameratrack. Sometimes the timing is just off by a second and changing that means shooting it all over again :) .

Great work once again!

[plasteredcat]

You're very talented, mate! Impressive what you've put together in your spare time. All the best...:thumbsup:

[KnickKnack]

Very kind of you to say so Raul, you've got amazing work yourself! :)

Thanks again!

[rruchty]

I would like to say that it was amazing and your work is incredible. I just graduated from school and I am trying to get into a studio but I am def not that advanced. Your work is great!!!

[phoenix]

Man this is some really NICE work,



regards

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