Update!
Added 2022-01-28 22:26:53 +0000 UTCHello everyone!
I'm so sorry things have been so quiet here. I got very sick for a major part of January (not COVID) and then my daughter had to be hospitalized for about 10 days. She's 100% healthy but it was a scary because she had to go into surgery to rule out cancer, thankfully no traces of cancer found.
So, apologies for no content, I just got back in the office this week and i've been catching up with work. I'm going to try and record something this weekend going over creating something like this, but I also wanted to ask, is there anything in particular you'd like to learn about the video above?
Nebula is one of the projects I finished up in December, so it's fresh! Also, more info and stills here.
Let me know in the comments so I can start preparing some content for February.
Thanks!
PS: I'm really thankful for everyone that stayed and for anyone that decides to stay in February. Those medical bills are going to be huge and I'm also going through the process of renewing my visa which is very expensive, so I really appreciate everyone's support.
Comments
Thank you Brandon! i appreciate your support and kind comments. I'll make a note of this for february
Jesus Suarez
2022-01-31 21:53:04 +0000 UTCHappy to hear no cancer was found that must have been very stressful. Happy to have you back creating content. Always a pleasure seeing new stuff from you. Would love to see Animation Techniques 2.0 as well. Animating Lights or how you set up lighting for these animated parts., and Speed Changes/ Graph editor work.
brandon.fretwell
2022-01-31 03:10:20 +0000 UTCThank you Flavio! Camera animation is a very requested topic so yeah i have it on my list
Jesus Suarez
2022-01-30 18:26:21 +0000 UTCThank you for the kind wishes. That's a great idea! I'll have to think how to structure that video but it's definitely on the list. In the meantime if you want to reach out on DM, feel free to do so at any time! Always happy to help
Jesus Suarez
2022-01-30 18:25:52 +0000 UTCHope you can get through this rough situation! It would be great to see a freelancer guide series for beginner generalists, where you would make something like a step-by-step guide on how someone gets a first client. You can make us also aware of how someone stands out to the rest and make us aware of what you would do differently if you were in a beginner situation again. Learning networking with brands and studios for potential client work would be awesome as well.
Behzad Fakhri
2022-01-29 21:21:18 +0000 UTCI am glad your daughter is ok! I would love to learn more about camera transition / match cuts you've been doing in your projects
Flavio M
2022-01-29 16:35:21 +0000 UTCThank you! Okay, noted! And to answer your question I think there's always a brief. Clients usually have an idea of what they want and we need to come in to find the best way to present thay on screen. In this situation the client was very flexible and let me come up with most of the ideas and just direct the piece but overall the brief was just to reveal the product in a cool way without getting hung up in details.
Jesus Suarez
2022-01-29 16:33:28 +0000 UTCCamera movement is on point! So I'd love to know how you achieved that. And also, did you worked by a brief?
Gilad Rozenkof
2022-01-29 09:38:51 +0000 UTCI'd love to watch how you approached the lighting part of production. If an objects is animated do you have to animate the lights also or they always static. Thank you!
ILYA KORDYUKOV
2022-01-29 07:04:05 +0000 UTCthank you John! i'll take your points into consideration
Jesus Suarez
2022-01-28 22:39:19 +0000 UTCI appreciate your kind words Ryan! noted on all 3 points, thanks for sharing!
Jesus Suarez
2022-01-28 22:37:56 +0000 UTCthank you Tyler! noted on the camera animation techniques
Jesus Suarez
2022-01-28 22:37:38 +0000 UTCGlad you're all okay, that's the most important thing. As for the video, the lighting and animation are what interest me the most. Too often I find myself defaulting to a dome light with an HDR and just rotating that around until it looks good. And my animations are pretty basic too. Learning how to plus those would be awesome! Take care, Jesus!
John Fischer
2022-01-28 22:37:07 +0000 UTCIt would be really cool if you could do some more animations tips or something like advanced camera movements 2.0 very glad to hear your daughter is ok
tyler mahoney
2022-01-28 22:30:01 +0000 UTCFamily always comes first man! Glad she's OK! Things I'd love to learn/ see: 1) Tips on CAD import workflow - to get a clean mesh/ retopology. 2) Sounds stupid but I'd love to know how to comp the backgrounds in post/ render an alpha in RS. 3) Screen graphics/ animation - something I have no idea about and need to learn! Keep up the great work man! Ryan
Ryan Vaughan
2022-01-28 22:29:43 +0000 UTC
