Ride

An evening lighting scene inspired by game cinematic.

Model from 3drender.com

Breakdown

Color Grade 01

Lighting Showreel Updated Nov 2016 - DTB

Hello

This is my Lighting showreel updated from the last one.

This one contains two works. One is The Quest

and the other one is Darker Than Black.

The story is a Hunter who hunts for 

supernatural creatures. Here a hunter has 

pinned a creature to the museum building. 

I feel it looks sorta like gaming Cinematic.

Anyways please feel free to fire up suggestions :) 

Sayonara

The Quest - Lighting Show-reel 2016

Yup! My first Lighting Show-reel as I live and Light. :)

I named it The Quest. 

I started off with this idea of a Captain with a ship and crew who is in a quest 

of hunting down vampire. So in his deck he has been doing some research 

and getting prepared to find them.

Well to be true to start off I gave light to this scene with an idea in mind

and later on corrected and added more feel to it by hunting for 

references and observing them.

As usual first I started off by compositing models and framing a good shot.

Then the golden step in Lighting (Lambert Lighting). I don't know

why but I personally love this step. It helps to set the direction

of the light and maintain balance of light and shade. 

Basically Value Study.

Thanks to 3drender.com by Jeremy Birn's and tf3dm.com from where I got 

the models. For some textures were there but still had to tweak it 

little bit to get exactly what I wanted.

Then I went on with the lighting.

Thanks to my Lighting Faculty and friends who gave me 

valuable reviews. 

Lighting this scene helped me a lot to learn certain factors

in Lighting and did I also have fun when I was testing

V-ray for this scene. Which I have posted ealier.

http://arjunvellody.blogspot.in/2016/09/timeless-vintage.html

Anyways I hope you all will like it. Please feel very free put down suggestions.

Trust me When I say I need it. ;) 

Sayonara   

Timeless Vintage

Ah !! Well... this is just the first V-ray render test that I am working on. 

I got the models from 3D render.com and tf3dm.com.

I composited models together and had to do a little bit of tweaking with textures.

My ultimate goal was to set the light and get a good output. 

Well this is just a work in progress but I loved

this color grade which gives a Vintage feel. 

So thought of sharing it you all.

Hmm! I think that is all about it.

Hope you all do like it and I will post the final render soon. 

Yup and here is the Final Render.

http://arjunvellody.blogspot.in/2016/10/yup-my-first-lighting-show-reel-as-i.html

;) ADIOS

Willy The Ball

Ball with Tail Animated in Maya. For this particular animation, I used 

straight ahead technique instead of pose to pose. 

This was a good assignment to understand stretch and squash.

Combination Kicks Animation

I like Character Animation. This exercise was to understand how Body Mechanics work. 

I had a reference video and i used Pose to Pose animation technique. 

That is, first i gave the key posses. My mentor call these the GOLDEN POSSES. 

The key posses and breakdowns define the action, hence they should be perfect and strong 

which brings out the body language. 

In animation body language is very important to show the characteristics or the action of 

the character. For example in this project the model does not have face, but still

the emotions should be projected through out the animation. 

This can be achieved by giving the Golden Posses. 

Every Animators have one word which they won't forget 

even if they are brainwashed. TIMING. This is 

the most important aspect in animation. So 

getting the time correct is what i did next. We have to main it through 

out the work. 

And a Life savior for me was Greece Pencil. I never noticed this little tool. 

But trust me if you want to get the line of action right, nothing

else is better. With Greece Pencil we can draw on the scene, which allows us to

get the action to the golden level. Best for animators who is used

to 2D Animation. 

Then at last comes tweaking or rather called polishing. I used a bit 

of graph editor for this. Where ever the timing, slow in and out doesn't work 

as we want in timeline, I go for Graph Editor. 

That is it I guess. Oh and I am modifying the ending action of the character, which is pretty

lame in what I did here. It will be updated by this week end. 

:)  

Cloud Simulation Dynamics

Cloud Simulation created in Autodesk Maya.

I created it using 3D fluid container. The cloud shape was obtained 

changing values in texture attribute in fluid shape. 

The colour was given in shading attributes. I enabled self shadow in lighting.

The picture we see below is what we see in viewport. The output

is obtained only in render window. 

The animation was given using expression for time in 

Texture attribute of fluid container. 

Gave batch render and composited in After Effects such as colour

correction, background, lensflare etc. 

Looking forward to upload more Visual Effects.

:)

Bedroom Lighting.

I got the model from 3drender.com.

I started off with light value study. This gave me a clear idea on where light and shadow

must fall. It also helps me decide what all lights to use

and where all to place it. 

Then i gave materials and textures to the mesh. For this lighting exercise, 

I used physical sun and sky, portal lights which will light up the room.

And some more lights to give specular for the objects

and I also used light linking. 

I also used render passes such as Ambient occlusion,

irradience, specular and diffuse. 

And at last for the rays i used parti-volume material and infinite light.

Then I had to composite it in Photoshop to get this output. 

:) 

Lamborghini Lighting And Material

Material and lighting exercise done in Autodesk Maya. 

I downloaded the model from one of the sites. Gave car paint material and gave some changes. 

Then i gave lighting for the scene. This exercise was especially to understand 

and play with material more than light. 

I gave an Ambient Occlusion render pass and 

composite it with Adobe Photoshop. 

 Occlusion gives it more depth and appealing soft shadows. 

:) 

Light Value Study

I love lighting and this is the first light value study i tried. 

Light value study is to understand how light works in a scene. Where light is coming from, where it hits and where the shadow falls. Its very important to know the value of light and shade. 

Usually light value study is done in one material rather than textured output. 

Ever since my Sensei taught me this mehtod, I have been using it for all my lighting works. It helps me understand and feel how light works. 

Oh! And this model was downloaded from 3drender.com.

:)

Character Rigging

Character Rigging Assignment done in Autodesk Maya 2016. 

The character was provided by my faculty. Started off with the joints to create skeleton. 

After Skeleton was completed, i gave IK handles to necessary areas such as Spine, hand and Leg. 

Also gave controls and FK handles for spine, hand and fingers. Used different constrains to connect the controls.

Then Skinning was a bit challenging but with GEODESIC VOXEL method, it made a bit easier. 

After Skinning was completed i moved to Blend Shape for the face. I gave a couple of blend shapes for starters and gave a Face GUI. 

I still got some tiny bugs to fix. 

And of course the Master Control. :) 

 Blend Shapes

Book Rig

A book and pages rig done in Autodesk Maya. This was the first rig and found a bit tough was got through the process. Used blend shapes and joints to get the rig done. 

The rig contains page fan, book close and open and single page too. 

Gave controls for each of them separately.  

Paper Boat Transformation RIG

Transformation of a paper sail boat to a paper speed boat rig. This transformation was created using 2 techniques. One is by using joints and another using blend shapes. 

Then i used driven key to give controls. 

I have given individual controls for custom usage and a master for ready made transformation. 

Was interesting to this transformation rig. :)

Caterpillar Track Rig

Caterpillar track Rigged in Autodesk Maya. The model was provided by my faculty and started off by duplication one track along a circle. Then gave joints and skinned it. Then gave ik spline handle.

Gave lattice deformer for the bounding box of the curve. Using lattice gave shape to the Track.

Then gave a control to move the caterpillar track. Then parented it.

Was a little challenging to get the lattice deformer right. But was fun. 

Tree Rig

A tree rig done in Autodesk Maya. Model was provided by my faculty. 

The rig includes basic movements plus stretch and squash. For this exercise i got familiarized with 

Node editor and expression editor. The tree can stretch and squash, bend in the middle, 

the leaves can jiggle which was done with nHair dynamics. 

This rig also can be used to make models for environment. A tree in different shapes

as shown above. The models can be customized according to different scenario. 

It was fun to rig this model and learning techniques. One of my favorite rigs.

Thank You. 

Walk Cycle

Walk Cycle animation done in Autodesk Maya. 

I started off with the key posses which are 

contact pose, down pose, pass pose, up pose and contact 2. 

Then i did some tweaking in graph editor to control the weight shifts and smoothness.

Thank You.  

Point Of Light

A speed painting done in Adobe Photoshop. The picture represents point of light which is known to be the ultimate source of power. Also known as as Supreme Soul. 

Bow and Arrow Rig

Bow and arrow rig assignment. The model was provided by my faculty and the task was to rig the model. First used joints and then gave IK handle to it. Then skinned it to the bow. Used cluster for the string rig. Used driven key for bow bend. Used driven key again to create switch in attribute. There are three types of switches. One to control the the whole blow and arrow. Another one is to control only the string action with arrow. And the last one is to move and operate everything separately. 

This assignment was helpful for me to understand how Driven Key works.

Beach Ball Bounce

Animation First assignment. I chose a beach ball type. First got the bounce right then went on to set the timing and spacing. Learned a lot from this particular assignment. Sometimes the simplest and basic animations teach us the most. 

Juice Box Rig

A Simple Juice Box Rig. Since it was the first Rig attempt, it was fun. There is one master control and two other controls for the Deformers. I have used Bend, squash and twist deformers to get this rig done.

Have done a small Animation to demonstrate the Rig.