LIGHTING
Plankton
For this project, I converted materials from an old Mental Ray file, then re-lit, rendered, and composited using VRay and After Effects. The shot is from the 2015 game Spongebob Heropants.
Autodesk Maya, VRay, Photoshop, After Effects
28 hours
Spongebob
For this project, I converted materials from an old Mental Ray file, then re-lit, rendered, and composited using VRay and After Effects. The shot is from the 2015 game Spongebob Heropants.
Autodesk Maya, VRay, Photoshop, After Effects
32 hours
The Lighthouse Mouse
This was a Christmas ad for the Minnesota Lottery, partnering with a Minnesota landmark, the Split Rock Lighthouse. My team did a shoot at the lighthouse to get the live action footage, and then we integrated the CG mouse after filming. I worked with another lighting artist on this project. I was responsible for lighting, rendering, and compositing about half the shots.
Autodesk Maya, VRay, After Effects
160 hours
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Google Spec Piece
This is a lighting-centered spec piece for Google that I created on behalf of my studio.
Autodesk Maya, VRay, After Effects
23 hours
Toro Comfort Ride Seat
For this Toro ad, I was the primary lighting and compositing artist, and I created the shaders/materials for the mower seat. The company did a live-action shoot with the mower, and then my team faded in a matching 3D model to show working close-ups of certain features.
Autodesk Maya, VRay, After Effects
Toro Comfort Ride Mower
For this Toro ad, I was the primary lighting and compositing artist. The company did a live-action shoot with the mower, and then my team faded in a matching 3D model to show working close-ups of certain features.
Autodesk Maya, VRay, After Effects
Drifter
A personal short film. Rigging and simulation were done by Mae Techmeier, and music was composed by Michael Heagle. Drifting through an empty, cataclysmic world, a jellyfish searches for company in the hopes of finding somewhere to belong.
Autodesk Maya, Arnold Renderer, After Effects, Photoshop
9 months
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Orange Balloon
I did one part of three color-field fruit studies, meant to go together on the studio's Instagram page. The orange model and texture maps were scanned, but everything else was created by me. For the most part, this was a lighting, compositing, and materials study. That being said, the main time-consuming hurdle on this project was the challenge of transforming the actual geometry of the orange into a balloon. It is not a cross-fade done in post, but a legitimate transformation happening in Maya. This took a while to work out, since the geometry of the scanned orange was so dense and difficult to work with.
Autodesk Maya, VRay, Photoshop, After Effects
120 hours
Behind You
A little experiment with underwater lighting. Models, rigs, and textures provided by a past instructor.
Autodesk Maya, Arnold Renderer, After Effects
15 hours (lighting only)
Still Life: Fruit Bowl
One of the lighting challenges from http://3drender.com/challenges/index.htm. Modeled by Dan Wade, this still life scene is meant to be used for basic lighting and texture practice. I used this project to learn about barndoor and gobo effects in Maya spotlights.
Autodesk Maya, Arnold Renderer, Photoshop
8 hours
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