Matchmoving – Olmec Head in the Forest

The assignment for the VFX paper at AUT (Auckland University of Technology).

Test renders:

Motion Capture and Particle Dynamics

This project was done using motion capture studio at AUT (Auckland University of Technology). The sequence was inspired by Adidas – “All for This” campaign. I wanted to try to replicate the effect achieved in the campaign promos.

Motion Capture Previsualization

The project is the animation previsualization for a short story. This project was done using motion capture studio at AUT (Auckland University of Technology). The motion capture data was cleaned and applied to rigs made with Autodesk character generator.

VFX Shot Tracking Plate – Four Seasons

In this short shot I wanted to experiment with various natural environment textures, lighting and dynamics, which are relevant to four seasons of the year.

Summer test render:

Autumn test render:

Winter test render:

Spring test render:

 

New Zealand Forest Recreation

A snapshot from the fly-through for my 3rd year project. The scene recreates beautiful nature of New Zealand, featuring native plants like kauri, manuka, silver fern and nikau. This is my first attempt to recreate CGI forest. These test renders show the experiments with lighting and translucency in the leaves shaders:

Some of the reference pictures that were taken in Scenic Reserve, Auckland, New Zealand:

Spitzkoppe CGI Recreation

Screenshot of final render of the Spitzkoppe fly-through. This scene was the first experiment with setting up a workflow for creating CGI landscapes.

Testing fog.

Adding motion vector to the fly-through.