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Reel Breakdown:
“Still Life” (WIP)
There is still life in the dark - A piece for my uncle John.
Work in progress. RnD working in USD. Fully procedural environment and effects done in Houdini. Comped in Nuke and DaVinci Resolve. Rendered with RenderMan and Karma. Inspired by two combined concepts from Daniel Conway. Responsible for all other aspects.
“Under the Surface” (WIP)
Beneath a hardened surface, vulnerable and raw, is perfection in its truth - A study in RBDs.
Work in progress. Procedural cracking setup and RBD simulation in Houdini. Model from online. Responsible for all other aspects.
“Allomantic”
“I write these words in steel, for anything not set in metal cannot be trusted” - Inspired by Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn.
Lighting study created using Maya, Substance Painter, Nuke, and DaVinci Resolve. Rendered with Vray. Models provided from course and online sources. Responsible for all other aspects.
“Happy Hearth”
Home is where the hearth is - A stylized rendition of a 2D concept.
Modeled in Maya. Textures hand-painted in Photoshop. Rendered with Vray. Concept by Svitlana Harkusha. Responsible for all other aspects.
“A Dream” (WIP)
Where knowledge is bound to what is, a dream is the seed of what can be - A visual representation of my childhood.
Lit and textured in Maya and Substance Painter. Rendered with Vray. Comped in Nuke and DaVinci Resolve. Props from online sources. Fox model by Daniel Moos. Responsible for all other aspects.