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I graduated :D

Final Update

Just finished the lighting and environment on the Jeep, so this is officially the last update I'm posting until I graduate, three weeks from now. I'll post the final demo reel shortly after that, and hopefully be starting new projects.
*Edit* Put in a render of the final headlights.

Last render:

Jeep x Environment Renders

Been working a bit more on the Jeep, the modeling is pretty much done on it, now I have to set up the shaders/textures, which will hopefully be done in a few weeks. *Edit* Updated renders slightly.

Jeep Update

Uprezzing the Jeep for the jungle scene, got all of the details on the jeep itself done, now I'm going to spend time on accessories for it and textures.

Jungle Render

Starting to put stuff together and figure out the general feel of the environment. So far I'm just adding the main elements that I want in the scene before cluttering it up with more dense foliage, since I've cut down the original size of the environment and am going to focus on the jeep and ruins.

WIP Demo Reel

During the past few days I have rendered out two of the pieces on my demo reel. Most of it will look slightly overlit compared to the renders I have been posting, especially the repair shop, but I'm keeping it that way so I can work on the textures more easily; the final version will be a bit darker. Other than that, pretty much all of the modeling save for a few tiny details is in both pieces, so now its all texturing and lighting.

Demo Reel WIP 2010

Repair Shop Progress V4

Added more props, and refined the lighting a little. This is pretty close to being ready for texturing after i add a few more things to it.

Repair Shop Progress V3

Yeah.

Repair Shop Progress

Been working pretty hard on getting the repair shop going this week, and adding a lot more detail to it and clutter. More updates to come in the next week or so as I'm planning to have all the modeling finished by the end of next week.

Repair Shop Progress

Been working on a power source for the repair shop, figured I'd post what I have so far. The lighting in it and blotchiness will go away once I get the lighting going, but for now it's just an idea of where I'm taking the power generator.

Repair Shop Rehaul

After taking a week off to relax a bit, I'm back to working on my demo reel. For the repair shop, I am taking all the models from it and making it into a slightly larger scene. So far I am just placing stuff, blocking new shapes in, and seeing what new things I need to model and texture for the environment, as well as some very basic lighting. More updates coming soon.

Jungle Progress

Beginning to make buildings with the bricks from Zbrush; still working on optimizing the bricks, and getting wear and tear down.

Brick Wall

A modular brick wall I've been working on lately for the jungle environment that I've started to work on again after a small break. Bricks are modeled in Zbrush, with normals transfered over to 100 poly versions in Maya.

More progress later on this week.

Reactor Core

This is a model I've been recently working on for a friend's demo reel. It's a high poly sci fi reactor core that was modeled pretty much from scratch, save for the outer shell, which was made by another modeler on the project. So far all I have are screenshots from Maya, since I haven't had time to render it out with materials and lighting yet.

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Fokker EIII - Semi Final Version

Nearing the deadline for the EIII, so I'm just adding the finishing touches to it. Here are three new renders of the progress on the textures and lighting.

Control Panel Final

Well, I got the control panel finished up today. The screens are green so they can be keyed out in the final render, to be replaced with video. Other than that, It was a fun little side project, so now I get to go back and work on my demo reel stuff with a fresh perspective.

*Edit* Reuploaded a grimier version without the panels ready for keying, this is actually the final version based on the feedback I got on it.

First Texture Pass - Control Panel

Got the first texture pass down; nothing too fancy really for now. The idea is to have a lot of contrast in the color scheme, so that it can read nicely from a distance, since it will be fairly small in the scene. I still have to add shaders to it, as now It's just standard lambert shaded, so next update with finished textures and materials will be on Saturday.

Control Panel WIP

Started a quick side project yesterday to help keep things fresh while working on my reel. This is a control panel that I'm in the progress of making for a friend's vfx scene. Basically it will be in a pretty high tech lab in the style of the hadron collider labs, and the actual control panel will get at most a medium/ long shot, so I will be moving most of the details over to normal map using Maya's transfer maps.

More progress soon to come as I get more time to add to it.

EIII Progress Renders

I recently started the second texture pass on the EIII, these test renders are pretty close to what will be the final product.

Zbrush Head Sculpt

Just getting started with Zbrush, figured I'd post up a sculpt I worked on in class.

Repair Shop Screengrab

Here's a quick screengrab of where I'm at with the repair shop right now in terms of what still needs to be done; the screengrab is from last week, but I haven't had time to update it yet, as I'm working on a different environment so it's still very much current.

Jeep Willys - Finished Geo

Finished up the modeling on the Jeep, textures and materials should be done sometime in the next few weeks depending on my workload. One thing I still need to add to it is normal mapping on parts like the tires to help keep the polycount down.

Jeep Willys

Here's a quick render of a jeep that I'm working on in the past few days for my new environment on my demo reel.

The environment is going to be based around jungle ruins, so I'm trying to work in an Indiana Jones type theme, with a small expedition camp set up in the middle of the ruins. So far I've got the barebones parts of the jeep modeled in, so hopefully I'll get the whole modeling part of it finished by Sunday, as I still need to add in an interior, and small details.

*edit* sorry for the noisy render, it's just a temp test render to show off the WIP

Plane Render v2

Quick lighting pass that I did on the plane. I haven't managed to get much done texture wise at all over the break as I was working on the repair shop, however now I have production class in my final quarter, which will be focused only on this model, so hopefully updates will be more frequent.

Repair Shop Texture Pass Pt.2

Been working a bit more on the repair shop, now focusing on the value of the objects in the scene. To make the mechanical arms pop a bit more, I've gone with a cooler color scheme for the background elements, to push them back, while keeping the arms a nice safety orange.

Batpod

Here's a model of the Batpod that I've revamped for a VFX reel a friend of mine is making. The base model courtesy of Sam Harris.

Repair Shop Texture Pass Pt.1

Update time; been working during the break on textures for the repair shop, which will be one of the main pieces on my demo reel. The idea is to have a texture pass for the end of break on most of it, so I'll have three months to polish it.

Lighting/Rendering Setup

A render I finished up for lighting and rendering II. The scene is flat shaded for now, since I'm focusing on natural lighting and lens shaders.

Texture Pass Closeup

Here's a quick closeup of the texture and materials, I'm probably going to swap out the diamond plate for something else, so it's more of a placeholder at the moment.

Texture pass V1

First texture pass done on the plane; got all the major details in since it will be used in a medium shot. I'll be working on a second pass throughout the week as well.

Plane Final Pt.2

Balanced out the plane a bit, detail wise.

Final Model

Here's the final model for the plane, I've mounted the guns properly now, and added in mirrors.

*Edit* In order to balance out the plane, I've gone back to modeling a few more things for it.

Plane Update

New update, modeled a semi steampunk rifle for the plane, and tweaked the front end.

Engine Render

A quick detail shot of the engine off the Fokker EIII

New update, this is my take on a Fokker EIII plane from the First World War. I added quite a few things to it to give it a bit of a personal twist. This plane is for a VFX production that I'm currently a part of at school, so its still very much a work in progress.

Stuff Pt.2

These are a few renders of a repair shop environment I'm working on for my demo reel, I'll post more in progress shots as I get more of it done, the spaceship actually wasn't modeled by me, but by a friend of mine. It is a placeholder for another model that I'm currently working on that will fit inside the environment.

My stuff so far...

Here's basically a filler post with some of the work I've done recently. This blog is probably going to get pretty image heavy as it goes along.