Saturday 18 December 2021

December 2021 Compositing Artist Reel

Link to my Compositing Artist 2021 reel can be found here: https://vimeo.com/657657647

Please contact me for the password to access this video. The password protection is in place due to DHX Media/ Wild Brain's policy about footage sharing. 

SANDRA HERMAN   |   Compositing Reel 2021 Shot Breakdown

 

00:00 – Charlie’s Colorforms City 1, “Mystery Charlie.”
Title Card: is cut from the end of Harmony “Brain-bow” show effect; created for the series by Ken Turner, 2D Animator. Maya glitter animation is rendered by Tristan Mailman, Pipeline TD.

Nuke.

 

00:03 – Doozers 2, “Holed Up.”
The animated rocks are sourced from a previous shot made by the animation department. A short sequence was rendered and combined with a locator constrained to the vehicle to emit rock particles. Dust clouds are adapted from the series jet-pack tool developed by James Dalziel.

Nuke, Maya, Renderman.

 

00:08 – Inspector Gadget 2, “Gadget and Oatsfunkle.”
Tornado provided by animation department; however, the geometry is used to emit white motion blur streaks. Characters also brightened to contrast from background.

Nuke, Maya.

 

00:14 – Charlie’s Colorforms City 1, “Charlie is Super.”
Harmony sequences are from the design department and 2D Animation work is by Ken Turner. Motion-blur for the squiggles, glow behind character, and timing for when elements appear is arranged in Nuke.

Nuke.


00:17 – Inspector Gadget 2, “Midnight MADness”
Roto-lightening shapes, timed on-off using echo node, skeleton graphic and cast glow composited in Nuke. Matches look of reoccurring effect, established in “Jurassic Jerk” (2017).

Nuke, Photoshop.

 

00:24 – Little People 2, “Braver Together.”
Existing animation department footage of fireflies used to render hold-out passes. These sequences were then made to glow yellow, flicker on-off, and also scaled to fit the background.

Maya, Renderman, Nuke.

 

00:29 – Space Ranger Roger, “Roger Sticks the Landing.”
Animated scooter wheel and goo mesh provided by Pipeline TD. The impact shape was rendered using NCloth and Nuke roto-masks to integrate into the foreground.

Nuke, Maya, Mental Ray.

 

00:34 – Kingston Paradise
Arranged muzzle flashes and cast glow, also adjusted smoke footage placement.

After Effects.

 

00:38 – Space Ranger Roger, “Roger Sticks the Landing.”
Confetti is a show standard for an action that reoccurs in every episode, constructed by Don Urquhart, CG Supervisor and Daniel Lefebre, Comp Lead. The glow pulse is animated in Nuke.

Nuke.




00:42 – Renderman “Magic Shop” Art Challenge
Matilda model by Xiong Lin and rig by Leon Sooi. Pixar models by Eman Abdul-Razzaq, Grace Chang, Ethan Crossno, Siobhán Ensley, Derrick Forkel, Felege Gebru, Damian Kwiatkowski, Jeremy Paton, Leif Pedersen, Kylie Wijsmuller, and Miguel Zozaya © Disney/Pixar - RenderMan “Magic Shop” Art Challenge. 
Textures on character model provided by Disney/ Pixar Renderman Art Challenge, while props textures, lighting, and compositing are by Sandra Herman.

Maya, Renderman, Nuke.



00:53  Doozers 2, Sand Sliders. 
Sand poof trails are adapted from series jet-pack tool developed by James Dalziel.

Maya, Nuke.


00:58  Charlie's Colorforms City 1, "Mystery Charlie."
The same footage used for Intro Title Card, only now it is a still frame.


Video run-time: 1:00 minute.



Compositor Show Reel Shot Breakdown  Access to reel requires a password. https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/917204614 00:00 – Title Card 00:02 ...