Animation: Bouncing Ball

This was another animation that I needed to add to my showreel, and hence, I have made it digitally and made it more presentable.

Animation: Bowling Ball

This is another animation exercise that I have decided to do digitally so I can add it to my showreel.

Basic Walk Cycle

Taking the advice I was given during the showreel presentation, I have decided to revisit the basic walk cycle which I would be adding to my showreel. This has been done digitally so that it would fit my showreel nicely.

Visual Effects: Render Layers (Mental Ray & Matte Passes)

Setting Up The Render Layers In Maya

Bringing The Layers From Maya To Photoshop

Plugging In The Matte Layers Under The Channels In Photoshop

Final Image Composited In Photoshop

Visual Effects: Depth Of Field

Before Any Camera Settings Were Changed In Maya

Depth Of Field In Maya
Cons: Too Long To Render, Grainy Effect

The final render that has been composited in Photoshop and After Effects used images from Maya's render layers- The Beauty Pass And The Depth of Field Pass.

Depth Of Field In Photoshop, with Luminance added to the Alpha Channel
Pros: Faster To Composite, More Control over the noise
Cons: Single Image Composite

Depth Of Field In After Effects
Pros: Applicable For An Image Sequence

Another method from Maya is by using render passes from the render settings. To do this, the camera depth from the tab passes under the render settings is associated to the layer named depth of field under the render layers (Channel Settings).

Settings

Depth Of Field Using Camera Depth
Pros: More Accurate In Comparison To Using Luminance Pass

Visual Effects: Render Layers (Software Rendering)

Composited in Photoshop With A Single Render Pass From Maya

Multiple Render Layers, Each Having Different Attributes

The Different Passes From Maya Composited In Photoshop

Final Image From The Compositing In Photoshop

Compositing In After Effects

Visual Effects: Stereo Camera Rigs in Photoshop & After Effects

Method 1: Rendering Stereo From Maya

Before Any Settings were changed in Maya

Adding The Distance And Calculations

Rendered Stereo Image From Maya

Method 2: Compositing in Photoshop

Compositing In Photoshop

Changing The Layer's Blending Mode To Achieve Final Result

Final Composited Image From Photoshop

Method 3: Compositing In After Effects

Using Set Channels Effects

Using 3D Glasses Effects

  The Outcome Of Using Different Effects In After Effects

Fantastic Voyage: Wordings' Refinements

I've decided to add a bit of texture to my words that folds out to give it an extra edge of realism because it was too plain and too clean when there was not any.

Fantastic Voyage: Room(Digital Set) Refinements

For my digital set, I've gone to texture the bookshelf, added a glass texture to my window surface and shadows to the scene.

Currently, the glass seems to be too reflective and it looks more like a mirror. I am correcting that and in terms of the overall lighting, I am quite satisfied with it.

Life Drawing Lesson 16

For today's Life Drawing Class, we were told that we could draw what would be beneficial to us so I started by doing postural drawings. I used a different technique than before as I used to draw with definitive lines. I've tried breaking the lines and it turned out to be pretty good. 

When it came to doing the details, it became difficult as my medium of choice is charcoal so I switched to do use a pencil instead.

To end of the lesson, we were allowed to either do studies or draw the model and I have chosen to do a study of the leg.