Author Archives: Thérèse

Photography
COVID-19 Resources for Photographers The world as we knew it has paused for the moment, perhaps changed forever. As for many in the arts, the global pandemic is posing huge and unfolding challenges for the entire photography community, from individual practitioners, to collectives and agencies, as well as global institutions and organizations. The COVID-19 situation impacts […]

Show Reel Studio: Process Diary
RESEARCH, REFERENCE, INSPIRATION and WORK Design Centre Enmore 3D Art and Animation (DCE3D) MY GRADUATING MAJOR WORK DESIGN CENTRE ENMORE, SYDNEY: Bachelor of 3D Art and Animation COURSE COORDINATOR: Richard Cass LECTURER MENTOR: Vincent Rossini MENTOR: Kim Nguyen MODELS: Alvaro Luna Bautista, 3drender.com, Challenge #14 showReel_animaticCritique_B Password: train_01 Models are from 3dRender.com lighting challenges. […]

Rigging
MOTION BUILDER – 3D character animation software. Capture, edit, and play back complex character animation in a highly responsive, interactive environment. Work with a display that’s optimized for both animators and directors. ADVANCED SKELETON Advanced Skeleton can create rigs with unlimited body configurations, 3 heads, 5 legs, 100 fingers, & anything goes. Not only creatures, but you […]

Texturing
Resolution Gate indicates the outer edge of the render. UV texture space refers to a coordinate system that relates pixels of a texture map to positions on a surface. UV points represent the location of a polygon’s vertices within a UV texture space. If polygon faces overlap within the UV texture space, they share the […]

Colour
Colour is about communicating, a subjective thing. It is not only about the overall look, there is the dilemma of sunny days vs overcast sky in a scene, using colour to enhance different environments and geographies, creating juxtaposition between scenes. Might be a warm and colourful film with the need to feel the environment, like […]