June 2009 Demo Reel

Patrick Vidal June 2009 Demo Reel from patrick vidal on Vimeo.

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new scholarship shots!

I owe a big thank you to Rakesh, for helping me with some post effects on the car shot.
I've tweaked certain things about the shot to my liking, and then have tried applying similar effects to another frame of a different shot of the ferris wheel.

Wireframes!

as requested:




by the way thanks matt, thanks daniel for your comments!
@ nate: no those are definitely not caustics in the headlight; would've taken much longer to render. I'm not using any FG or GI, the hotspots are faked with spotlights that emit only specular light.

update on 280z!

3d74patrick Final VFS Demo Reel

3d74 patrick VFS Demo Reel from patrick vidal on Vimeo.

This is the long-awaited final release of my VFS demo reel! I had been awarded scholarship (an additional free term) during this term 6, so expect a follow-up release in two months time.

beginnings of another side project;

I want to do a shot involving two cars, but i don't yet want to model another car completely, so I tweaked the existing model. New ground effects kit, c110 skyline taillamp conversion, rear windshield slats, and a different color. There were initially new wheels too, but i decided that i didn't like the look of them, so i used the same old wheels.




started as a speed modelling exercise, I've been thinking about treating it like a lighting exercise as well. Could possibly show up in the background of some future car renders... maybe...

anyway.. just keepin' you all updated on what I've been doing this term.

280z beach render side project from patrick vidal on Vimeo.

this is the same car model (280z) I've been working on, but rendered in a different environment. It was just a quick "something-to-do-while-rendering" project.. but I may decide to continue working on this. Anyway I'd love to hear what you think!