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# 46 06-10-2011 , 12:57 PM
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hey Travis,
I'm more of a mid level artist now i think. user added image
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!
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# 48 06-10-2011 , 01:29 PM
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Ace work Dom.

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hey Travis,
I'm more of a mid level artist now i think. user added image
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!

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Thanks man. I really appreciated that.
 
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# 51 11-11-2011 , 06:32 PM
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# 52 11-11-2011 , 07:02 PM
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I second that, very impressive wolf. Great work!
 
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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?
 
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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. user added image
 
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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.
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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 user added image, 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 user added image
 
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:/ gees, i read that too. it's really embarrassing. I'm so not a fur guru. user added image

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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 user added image
 
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