Finally compositing, it feels so good to be back in Nuke. The color is still a bit off and I haven’t added all of the elements but it’s finally coming together.

I’ve begun the long process of rendering, these are all straight out of Maya, so they only highlight specific features that the final composite will have. This one shows the light on the wall, which will proudly display the sexy sexy shadows from the smoke. Ground and wall textures are nice and done.

This is a [...]

While everything is coming to a close and I’m working on the painful roto of Nate, I decided I wanted to do something unique for the dynamics breakdown. I had a few ideas but I think I’ve settled on a look that harps back to my high school days: The fisheye.

Right now the video is [...]

I’m doing the Visual Effects on another student film called “Bring on the Wonder”. I managed to find time to texture this firefly model today while at work (nobody buys coffee at the SCAD Student Center where I work). Ibtisam Ahmed modeled the little guy a few months ago, and I used mostly projections to [...]