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A lot of rendering time.

Since yesterday I have been trying out some more realistic looking water in after effects. The overall effect looks good but trying to make this effect on my laptop is not a great idea, as it took most the night making it (due to incredibly long rendering time). Once it was made and my laptop had time to cool down, I decided to do a couple of test renders. I started at half 12pm and did not get a finished render til 9pm. well now its done I can add some more stuff to the rendered footage (should'nt take so long now?). Anyway here it is.

stripes and all!

i was really inspired by a tutorial i found on the net by Nick Campbell. its a simple technique yet is so beautifully done. Of course i had to give it a go my myself.
Below is what i have done so far.

music video is up and running!

heres the link to the music video i helped work on.

http://www.black-sabbath.com/news/index.html

finally hell is done!

This is the final render of hell for the music video. I think it would be more interesting to re-make it in maya instead of after effects and maybe i will do that in the future.

shattering titles!

Just a quick test that i did in after effects playing around with the shatter preset.

Music video and other news

Been a while since i've undated this blog but there will be a lot of updates comming soon. With a bout 3 mounths til i start my 3rd year, I have been working on some personal projects.
At the moment i have been re-writting the wendigo script and should have a 1st draft of it up soon. I have also been helping a friend out with a music video for "Heaven and Hell" latest single.

The video is completly fan made and my friend is only doing the music vid because the admin of the website liked his previous fan videos. also he is in touch with the band, so fingers crossed we get some good press. my job on the video is visual effects and maybe the odd acting. we just finished the final shots today and once my mate has finished editing the footage together i will then add the visuals. this includes colour correcting the sky, animating a smoky like monster, some matte painting and some face warping.
very basic stuff but its good experience and practic that will serve me well in the future. the idea behind the video involes a character desending into hell after finding the bible black.



above is a smoke test. i made it using particles in after effects.
Below is a rendered frame from the matte painting that is set in hell.

Below is a concept painting of how i original visualised hell looking like.