FX Reel 2008 | Ian Farnsworth | www.fx-td.com

[mistasam02]

Holy crap that was impressive! I've been a long-time fan of your stuff and it keeps getting better. 5 Stars :thumbsup:

[jigu]

Great reel, Ian! Congratulations!

Looking forward to yours other stuff as well! :D

[PsychoSilence]

instant frontpage candidate, big daddy!

or should i say:

nice work, well done, show settings?

i really liek the sound track btw. actually like last time u posted ur real, maybe we can trade the MP3 by any chance? last time it was the DnB version of voodoo people (pendulum remix) if u remember :D

ansi

[SoLiTuDe]

^Thanks guys!

Forgot to mention (in case anybody is interested):
Music by Birdy Nam Nam, Song Absesses
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PqvDwBOp9Y

Anselm: Haha I can't believe you remember that reel at all... I also had a reel in between that one and this one where I used Adam Freeland - Burn the Clock (also good song).

[Erka2]

instant frontpage candidate, big daddy!

or should i say:

nice work, well done, show settings?

i really liek the sound track btw. actually like last time u posted ur real, maybe we can trade the MP3 by any chance? last time it was the DnB version of voodoo people (pendulum remix) if u remember :D

ansi
It's Birdy Nam Nam - Abbesses.

Nice reel!

[Glacierise]

Totally rockeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen!

[wreath]

Awesome stuff Ian ! :bounce:

[nitrocom]

Ian great work dude,

I especially like the TombRider one (I watched the whole sequence), and I'm still wondering how you guys manage the simulate or animate tons of particles and geometry in that scene...

Anyway, great job...

[jimmy4d]

Amazing.....purely amazing dude.......Ian Great job mate.

[Billabong]

fantastic work

[grury]

WOW man!
One word Ian, UNFU#*INGBELIEVABLE.
That opening shot is sick, well done.

[JohnnyRandom]

Beautifully done! That Tomb Raider stuff is hands down some top notch work, good on ya! I too dug the tunes, good edit to by the way;)

[PsychoSilence]

^Thanks guys!

Forgot to mention (in case anybody is interested):
Music by Birdy Nam Nam, Song Absesses
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PqvDwBOp9Y

Anselm: Haha I can't believe you remember that reel at all... I also had a reel in between that one and this one where I used Adam Freeland - Burn the Clock (also good song).

voodoo people still sits on my mp3 player since then :)

okay, okay, back to topic!

[Silverwing]

Amazing reel. Simply great and stunning 3D!
Congratulations 5* from me!

[hjmendoza]

Really great works men! breakdown anywhere?

[rebolt]

Heyyyy dude great work :) absolutely amazing. Only one thing you did all the effects in these shots ?

[SoLiTuDe]

Heyyyy dude great work :) absolutely amazing. Only one thing you did all the effects in these shots ?

Like everything it was a team effort, I did just FX... there's a shotlist on my site that lists what I did. Like for instance on Tomb Raider I didn't do any of the fires, just the rigid bodies, armor, fragmentation, debris for the explosion... Bunch of extra stuff that gets completely hidden by the explosion / smoke / fire... :D

[hjmendoza]

wow, you're in 2012 right now! cool man, congrats!
Good year for you.

[rebolt]

Oh cool i was asking this because you haven't mentioned specifically in your shots what all fx you did, but anyways good work man :thumbsup:

[Scob]

If there were still a doubt ....
No more at the moment !
SoLiTuDe ROCKS !!

Congrats and keep it up ! :bowdown:

[Helgi]

Wonderful stuff there! You guys at Blur are simply amazing. Great work on the fx, congrats, this deserves a plug! :) Do you mainly use Fume and PFlow?

P.S. Nice motorcycle!

[SoLiTuDe]

^Thanks! At this point I mainly use Thinking Particles and Fume... for the demo reel it was mostly done with Pflow / Fume / Reactor. I try to use whatever I think will give me the best result in the shortest time, but of course that's not always right. :)

Rebolt: Yeah, I could've included the shotlist in my initial post, but it's on that page right under the demo reel links.

[superhypersam]

no sir, I don't like it...

too many explosions, fire, and scary stuff!

makes me nervous.


I miss the care bears.


nice work Ian!

[PartiallyFrozen]

Its like sex in a hand bag....amazing!

Keep up the fantastic work and sorry about your face looking like a lady part.

LOVE YOU SILLY HUGS!
Mark

[byvfx]

repulsive! ;) good job man! as mark stated above silly hugs.

[kogden]

Top stuff!
5 stars

one question, and a sorta silly one at that... What was the reason for playing the tomb raider video in reverse?

anyways good job again!

[SoLiTuDe]

^ hehe... you gotta watch the full trailer. That's how it actually was in the cinematic. :D

[RobertoOrtiz]

Great reel!

Could you tell us a bit about the production of the shots,
and the reel breakdown.

Plugged
-R

[depleteD]

ha good to see you finnaly put this out.

****ing good work on the front page.

-Andrew

[SoLiTuDe]

Great reel!

Could you tell us a bit about the production of the shots,
and the reel breakdown.

Plugged
-R

Wow! Thanks! I hope my webserver can take it! I have no idea what my quota is. :D

Any specific stuff you guys wanna know I'd be happy to talk about it! I used 3dsMax with any combination of FumeFX, Particle Flow, Reactor, RayFire, Thinking Particles, Afterburn, and Krakatoa. Overall, production was always a team effort, the guys at Blur are great. I had a lot of guidance from my supervisors and co workers (thanks guys! I owe you a lot!!!). My fx would look like total crap without their work in there! :D

If you curious about the specific work I did, this is the list (it's also on my site right under the reel links).

1 – Fable2 – shockwave, smoke cloud, smoke cloud energy, all but one whipsy ele
destruction
2 – Tomb Raider: Underworld Trailer – statue fragmentation / animation / dust, ban
fragmentation / animation
3 – Halo Wars – ship landing dust and particles, ship exhausts, Warthog dust
4 – Marvel Kids Ironman – cold smoke
5 – Halo Wars – gun fire, shell ejections, shotgun blast
6 – Tomb Raider: Underworld Trailer – banister fragmentation / animation, armor an
interaction, all other rigid bodies in hallway
7 – Frontlines TV Spot – smoke / dust from feet and drone
8 – Marvel Kids Ironman - boot jets, smoke from lift off
9 – Halo Wars - plasma cannon fx
10 – Marvel Kids Ironman – cold smoke
11 – Halo Wars – plasma sword
12 – Marvel Kids Ironman – flame Thrower
13 – Tomb Raider: Underworld Trailer – main debris animation
14 – Tabula Rasa – smoke, ship exhaust
15 – Tabula Rasa – ship exhaust
16 – Tabula Rasa – ship exhaust, dust landing
17 – Marvel Kids Ironman – blasters
18 – Warhammer Online – torch, and “unfreezing” smoke fx
19 – Marvel Kids Ironman – blaster hits
20 – Halo Wars – plasma sword, plasma cannon from ship

Andrew... Thanks man! I'll still whoop you in Quake!

Edit: I don't have the original layers for my passes, so doing an actual breakdown of the shot showing the process would be pretty impossible at this point. :D

[PsychoSilence]

FRONTPAGE FRONTPAGE FRONTPAGE

very well deserved! all those overniters... :D

[Larry_g1s]

GREAT work, and loved the music (who is the music by)! Nicely done.

[balistic]

i just stole ur flag noob.

Nice work, man.

[Reakon]

We're going to hear from you..:).. I like your work!

[JohnPGiancarlo]

Man this reel sucks, :drool::bowdown::thumbsup:. hehehehe!

Great talent, congrats.

[Strang]

congrats on the front page ian.

steven

[Brian Whitmire]

well done sir

[simonblanc]

cool ma friend ! keep up ;)

Simon

[tnemeth]

Sweet reel Ian, and I hope you're enjoying your new job. Congrats man.

[Baldasseroni]

Hey Ian hope you are well ! Funny that i can only now realize the marvelous job you did for those shots :)

Cheers,

Ale

[khendar]

Nice work :) I was wondering who was behind that Spidey/Iron Man/Hulk movie ;)

[BelieverDeceiver]

frontpage...nice Ian! Hope you are doing well

[Stellats]

Very nice fx reel! Congrats on the new job as well!

[Zerflag]

not bad, not bad.... congrats on the front page.

[SoLiTuDe]

^Thanks guys! Couldn't have done it without ya's... awww now I miss you guys even more. :sad:

[Ammarkk]

Excelent work.

[mir-vadim]

Congrats dude. :)
:buttrock:

[ChewyPixels]

Top-notch work! Congrats on the front page! :thumbsup:

[mayazeus]

Good work Ian! i miss your grizzly man hugs


oh yes...and congrats on the frontpage dude.....stellar :)

[cbutlerc]

The front page image looks amazing, who assembled that shot? :p

Nice Reel man, it looks great!

-Corey

[SoLiTuDe]

The front page image looks amazing, who assembled that shot? :p

Nice Reel man, it looks great!

-Corey

Must've been your brother. :p You're still a badass though.

--Ian

[phoenix]

Hey Pretty impressive reel man


regards

[loocas]

Very nice stuff, man! :thumbsup:

http://forums.cgsociety.org/images/rating/rating_5.gif from me.

[rightclick]

Love the new reel bro - and congrats on front page! Thats effing awesome! Well deserved. You've come a long way since the "garage days" :D I look forward to seeing you in 2012!

[Seraph135]

Great stuff Ian. Congrats!

Tim J

[bandini]

Congrats, Ian! The work looks great!

[Pynion]

How could this have possibly made it to the front page?!
awful. just awful.
<3
~Jeremiah

[SoLiTuDe]

^Thanks guys!

How's the weather up there in Seattle, Jeremy? :p Hope everything's going good up there!

[Pynion]

Wouldn't ya know it? Rain =p.

^Thanks guys!

How's the weather up there in Seattle, Jeremy? :p Hope everything's going good up there!

[Brighton]

Very cool Reel.
But whats with the font and weak glow on the Header?

[SoLiTuDe]

Very cool Reel.
But whats with the font and weak glow on the Header?

That's me not having any time to do anything cool with the titles. :D

[PaulHellard]

Front page plugged! Very cool Ian.

[SoLiTuDe]

^Thanks Paul and everyone else again. I'll try and make some cool titles next weekend-ish. :D

[robinmitra]

awesome reel! something to keep me inspired :thumbsup:

[beho]

you suck... just kidding.. awesome reel man.. you right awesome scripts :D

btw I'm then guy next to you

[hugereddragon]

very nice man the reverse effects on putting the building back together after the explosion was real nice
:beer:

[krass]

The tomb raider work is amazing. Keep up the great work! I love looking at it

[K0mba]

Impressive work all round...Effects looking fantastic..:D ...Good luck man.

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