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Black Hawk Crash
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Dragon in Flight
AUG
15
2010
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Composited in After Effects as a bunch of layers to edit in the environment, clouds, dragon model and other effects in separately, to control the motion blur and depth of field independently.
Highlights video
Fire
JUN
03
2010
Still image from an effects animation
Black Hawk Crash
APR
17
2010
Click here for some of the work in progress videos View in HD
Demo Video 2009
OCT
04
2009
Earth
SEP
26
2009
Motorway
SEP
19
2009
Also an expansion of mental ray rendering, with glow effects and lighting systems. I also developed some After Effects skills, adding lens and video effects and manipulating time, as well as creating some extra special effects to... View in HD
Indestructible Squidgy Thing
AUG
19
2009
Bullet Impact Effects
JUN
19
2009
The main steps taken are as follows:
Models and textures | Bullet, wall, bullet decal, shock wave models were required
Morph targets | of bullet to...
Bugatti Veyron vs Eurofighter Typhoon
APR
19
2009
Balls
MAR
03
2009
Not entirely sure what I'm going to do with this just yet, but hopefully something clever...
Red Bull Air Race
JAN
12
2009
Work in progress update 2
JAN
07
2009
Anyway, here's a draft render of the animation so far to check the lighting, textures and glass breakage effects.
The main thing left is the building explosion so the whole thing actually makes sense. And he needs a gun as well to shoot at the glass so the glass doesn't spontaneously explode as it does at the moment.
Work in progress update 1
JAN
06
2009
Still very much work in progress - textures, animation and obviously special effects still need working on, but you can see roughly how the animation should end up.
The idea is he's running from a bomb that he planted in order to kill something evil, although I've not yet decided what this evil thing is, or even if we'll...
The Lego Matrix
SEP
15
2008