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2020 Compositing showreel featuring work from Pokemon Detective Pikachu, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Skyscraper, Cats
Game cinematic compositing I did while at IGG Studios.
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Mythic Heroes trailer for mobile.
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Lords Mobile with collaboration with Lindsey Stirling music video. Using plate with CG Lords Mobile characters.
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Time Princess Dreamtopia trailer.
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"Beer atop a Skyscraper" is a compositing project that was inspired by "Lunch atop a Skyscraper", the iconic photograph of construction workers eating lunch high above New York City while constructing 30 Rockefeller Centre in 1932.
An image of the NYC skyline sunset that I loved served as a base for my project. I shot green screen footage of two of my friends, created camera projection on the sunset image to give the city depth, then built and textured the 3D model of the beam/column. The final step composited all of the elements together, and a lens flare completed the mood.
“Fetch” is my short film I did at school about a young man and his unorthodox companion looking for a connection, and maybe something more. See more of the short film in the “Fetch” tab.
Programs used: Photoshop, Maya, Substance Painter, Nuke X, Shake, After Effects
“Beer atop a Skyscraper” - Green Screen footage camera: SONY FS7
“Fetch” - Footage camera: Red Dragon
Fetch is my short film about a young man and his unorthodox companion looking for a connection, and maybe something more.
Integrating CG elements into imperfect live action plates gave me a taste of what's necessary to be a proactive compositor understanding the value of quality assets and pre-planning.
You won't see any dragons or explosions, but rather the subtle massages and tweaks that can focus a scene full of distractions.
Programs used: Photoshop, Maya, Substance Painter, Nuke X, Shake, After Effects
Footage camera: Red Dragon
"Hope" was a return to hands-on creation for me. My studies had been so computer-centric that I knew I wanted to do something that didn't rely on pixels as the primary means of execution. I decided to do a 3D creation of mixed media-acrylic and enamel paint, clay sculpture, and assembled and re-purposed pieces in plastic, wood, and natural elements.
I wanted the piece to be relevant, to have meaning, and say something about humanity's ideals of what is and isn't important. We so often forsake the natural in pursuit of political, strategic, religious, or economic gain. War is a good example of this.
I purchased a gas mask, soldier's helmet, sculpy, and a medical human replica skull. I cut and weathered these items using a Dremel, paint, sand, and bits of dried and live flora (native to Vancouver). The completed assembly would symbolize war-weary humanity, a soldier of a long-past war who died on the battlefield for a cause no one remembers.
I also have had a lifelong appreciation for birds, and wanted to incorporate my love of our feathered friends into the piece. Emily Dickinson wrote a poem that utilized a symbolic bird as the embodiment of hope. Birds have also been seen as a symbol for peace, so I juxtaposed this hope against the despair of seemingly endless war.
I sculpted three eggs out of clay, and painted them to match wild bird eggs. I then constructed a nest of twigs and other natural dried items, and added a few feathers from Greedo, my Conure for authenticity. Eggs represent youth, the future, and the hope that the next generation brings.
I nestled this into a hollow in the skull-perhaps a crushing blow delivered to the soldier resulted in a hole in both the helmet and his skull. Time and nature did the rest, providing a warm shelter for a bird to nest.
The piece needed a stand of some sort, and I wanted to push the themes in the piece a bit more, so I found an old weathered wooden soda crate. I filled this with more natural material, added the gas mask assembly, weathered everything a bit more, then stencilled locations of battles throughout history on the sides.
A stencil of Emily Dickinson's poem over everything provided the finishing touch.
We fight, at great loss of what we think is important, and through it all, somehow, nature perseveres. Human nature vs. Nature. Hope above all.
Camera - Canon Rebel 2000 EOS 35mm SLR, self developed
Jack my pet chameleon in Hawaii. Since these beautiful creatures move leisurely to being still for steady amounts of time, he was the perfect participant to experimenting with animal photography
Camera - Canon Rebel 2000 EOS 35mm SLR, self developed
Another photo of Jack
Camera - Canon Rebel 2000 EOS 35mm SLR, self developed
A few photos from a series of portraits themed with tattoos. Subjects are friends or mutual acquaintances. Among the hundred photos I’ve taken within this series, a chosen of 10 photos were selected to be showcased in a limited college art show.
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Camera - Canon Rebel 2000 EOS 35mm SLR, self developed
A landscape themed series I did during college with cemeteries being the main subject. Some of these were also selected to be showcased in a limited college art show.
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Camera - Canon Rebel 2000 EOS 35mm SLR, self developed
A couple of photos I took while on a Europe trip.
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Camera - Canon Rebel 2000 EOS 35mm SLR, self developed
Dole plantation had a pool of koi where you can buy some food and feed them. It was one of my favourite things to do when I went to the Wahiawa side of Hawaii, plus there was the best pineapple ice cream I’ve ever had there the “Dole whip”.
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Camera - IPhone 6, digital photography
A few fun photos of my conure “Greedo”, started an instagram show casing photos of him and my other feather companion “Solo”.
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Camera - IPhone 6, digital photography
A few photos of the city of Vancouver while riding on my cycling.
