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. […]
Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Games and such things
“The Kiss” by Gustav Klimt Painted in Virtual Reality! | Art Attack Master Works Giraffe in 3D VR VR 360° Film: Evelyn’s Story | Oxfam VR VIRTUAL REALITY CINEMA MELBOURNE -Sessions are generally 25-30 mins and you will see 4 shorts. -Screens Local & International VR Film Makers Works. -Runs collaboratively with Maggie Wren’s Art […]
HDR Images
High Dynamic Range Images – HDRI HDRI (High Dynamic Range Imaging) is a technology that expands the dynamic range of an image and shows details in both shadows and highlights. Dynamic Range is a range of brightness values that can be recorded on media (film, photographic plate, photographic paper) or on the matrix of a digital […]
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 […]
Business
J. K. Rowling Speaks at Harvard Commencement How to Be Lucky – 4 Simple Principles Trust your intuition. Engage in the right sort of deliberate practice. Invest time, genuine feedback, highly motivated, expert coach to recognise mistakes and dvise strategy for improvement. Concentrate on developing the weak points. Self regulation and set clear goals. When […]
Audio
Interview with Elaine Beckett: Working at Trackdown and creating sound for LEGO Batman, Gods of Egypt, The Railway Man and Happy Feet 2 What do you think music brings to a film? It is such an important part of a film because it is everything that isn’t said. It can lead, emote, it is a […]
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 […]
Drawing, Design and Creativity
How Ink Is Made Webinar Replay – Variable Concept Aft Techniques for Game Environments with Ken Fairclough AREA Artist of the Year Jorge Baldeón The Most Important Object In Computer Graphics History Is This Teapot The teapot quickly became a beloved staple of the graphics community. Teapot after teapot graced the pages and covers of computer […]
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 […]
