LOL cool dom...first one had an error.....nice work man.

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What was the error?

Ok I give in! that was wierd...the first time I tried to lay it....it couldnt find the video...hmmm...problem fixed it appears fine now.

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I'm blown away that you're only at the junior level (A) and that you're skill set is this good to be able to actually get work (B) BEING a junior level Mayateer.

It gives me allot of hope. I was a 24 year storyboard artist and completely switched over to 3d for a second (hopefully) career now at age 40. It's nice to know I might have similar opportunities and that there are jobs out there for various levels.

Great great work.

Travis

hey Travis,
I'm more of a mid level artist now i think. :)
On these projects there are lots of people working in different disciplines. I think you only need a basic knowledge of stuff to get a job doing 3D.
There are 2 guys who started recently at my work and they are both 36, they have just switched over from very different careers. You are not alone!

The second kitty litter ad had me chuckling a bit. Nice work Dom!:giggle:

Ace work Dom.

To Travis, I'm 46 (going on 16). It's only too late when there's 6 foot of earth above you :)

Thanks man. I really appreciated that.

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Nice wolf :)

I second that, very impressive wolf. Great work!

When you say lighting for the wolf, does that mean that the wolf was rendered in isolation, and everything else was live action, or what? If a bunch of the other stuff was CG, why would you light the wolf on its own? And what does lookdev entail for something like this?

Thanks guys, this was a fun job actually. I worked solo on this for most of it. Only a couple of other 3D guys. I also just got to be lead artist on my first job. It aired the other day so I'll see if I can find it on YouTube. :D

I lit the wolf on the jump shots everything else was live action. They are actually hybrid wolf/dogs. So I lit the wolf to match the environment. These plates are pretty heavily graded which was a challenge when lighting.
The theory for lighting is basically create a block light rig and light to a grey shader. This will give you a light rig which you can use to do some lookdev shading. What I mean by this is building a shading network and adjusting parameters to achieve the right look. So when it comes to fur and hair you have 3 things to think about. Reflection (R), Sheen (TRT) and Transmission (TT). I work with a shader built to Marschner's hair model.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_L52k8p6OMJ...er_Diagram.PNG
So basically by lookdev I mean shading - skin, fur, teeth, claws, eyes, tongue etc etc. once I have a bunch of shaders that are working, I will start doing some primary lighting. This is just lighting with fur and all the trimmings. nicer render settings 100% LOD, etc etc. Then once I get client feedback I move onto secondary lighting which is the same as primary but including the client changes.

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Nice :), the guy's very sturdy surviving a big cat attack like that, a bit stupid as well since he didn't flee into the cage :P

That's a great cheetah, funny thing just got this on my google reader;

http://mpcftw.tumblr.com/post/172083...ally-if-theyre

Nice work fur genius :) and the lead artist job looks really good as well. Someone's going places, glad to see the long hours pay off.

Nilla

:/ gees, i read that too. it's really embarrassing. I'm so not a fur guru. :P

Thanks tho! :)

So is the cheetah fake at 0:18 or real? If CG, then I'd have to say "fur genius" but if it's real, then you still did an excellent job, cause I don't know where it was real and where it was fake :)

haha, that is a real one, the two close ups are real.

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Hahahaha thats a cool one dom...loved the way the berry made it LOL...

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Very nice work!

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Great artists have made lots of excellent works here!

Hey Dom how long does it take to render a frame of cgshots especially the ones with fur

it all depends really. it varies depending on a lot of things. number of passes, distance from camera, fur LOD, number of hairs, etc

although, i usually have an average about 1.5hours per frame, using about 12gig of memory.

Had no idea you worked on that Super Bowl spot, I heard a lot about that one when it was on (even though I didn't watch the game)! I definitely like your work mate, I'll be watching this thread.