CGtalk_lighting challenge_ Theater

##The character and movie theater was modeled by Dan Konieczka.##
This challenge is very difficult for me to come out an idea to do it... In the end, I decide to duplicate chairs, fance, stair and make it become a fancy show theater.The following is my first draft(March30), but I feel the overall color is a little bit monotone, and he chair and curtain's shading is not right. I'll try to fix it in the later day.

april 1st update

I add "color cuvre" to some lights toenrich the light color, and add a Depth of field, as well as paint a character on the stage.

April10 upadte, I don't like my painting-character since it's not fit with set at all. Therefore, I decide to put a piano. Beside, I modify the lights a little bit to make people's eye focusing on piano.

[EDW] week4 update

I re-drawn the perspective and move my foreground wall to the left for better composition.

Also, I started the detail paint:
***remove people****

EDW project ideas

In the Experimental Digital Workshop, I'm going to do an independent study on matte painting.

I'm going to create a new tag [EDW] for this serious of articles.

here are two brain-storm ideas for the project:

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the first one is inspirit by the castle photo I took in Mt. St. Micheal

many films have shots like that: having a castle(and character) in the foreground and using a matte painting to create a far mountain background to add depth to the scene. Therefore, I think this photo maybe a good material for me to start my first matte painting project

my plan is:

background:

* add trees and mountain in the back ground

* add a sky

* add mountain&sky reflection on the water

midground:

*add top of castle

*remove people in the original photo

foreground:

* add a CG castle wall and a robot's hand

which need to be lighting & render match the atmosphere of photo

**slowing zoom in the camera

(need to animating background/midground/foreground moving in different speed)

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the second idea is from piecing four of my photos together and add a group of CG birds(particle insteadser) flying by in it

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Now, I like the first idea better, because that has better composition and overall mode.I'll go talk to the professor and my classmates/friends on Tuesday, then decide.

CGtalk_lighting challenge : ArtStudio

This is the Lighting Challenge from CGsecoity #25 Art Studio

set modeled by Giorgio Luciano

it looks like this:                                                         my concept (quick photoshop)

first version

Jan12 update:

second render

Jan15 new update:

final: (texture refine + PS paint over)

digital paints 用電腦畫圖

偏好紙筆跟顏料的我 從來沒有在電腦裡畫過圖
(而且每次畫都覺得又醜又不順手)
這禮拜為了作品集畫了幾張, 以下是用我可憐的陽春筆電畫的很冷的rochester風景

I haven't painted any picture whole in digital since I always prefer paper and real brush. however, I paint something recently for my new demo reel.
the following are my paints by photoshop with my poor latop:

Zbrush sculpting practice雕塑練習

人頭骨頭+臉部肌肉雕塑 練習

human head skull & muscle

以下是從骨頭-->加肌肉-->變出人頭 的過程:

完成圖: Done:



邊雕邊想起以前藝大的雕塑課,沒想到當年用土塑(+石膏翻模)了兩顆1:1的人頭訓練今天用上了

讓我今天可以在Zbrush裡這麼如魚得水 都要歸功於藝大的"藝術家訓練課程"與偉大的雕塑老師阿~~
this remaid me the sculpting class in TNUA~ I'm very appreciate for my sculpting professor and fine-art training.

"Burning Bright" Done!!

finally.. I done my thesis!!
畢業製作完工!!


可以開始送影展啦~
I'll start to submit it to festivals, and hope I'll receive some awards.

2010 Nov update of Lighting DemoReel

new update for my Lighting DemoReel

2010 Light DemoReel-- MeiYu Chen

A: individual project. "Burning Bright" 6min22sec, 2010
B: individual project. "Wish" 4min52sec, 2009
C: lighting challenge from CGtalk, set model by Andrew Kin Fun Chan and Dan Konieczka.Robot model is from my friend Aaron's thesis.

2010 Matte paint Reel_mei Yu Chen

new breakdown for matte painting

Cabin Lighting challenge from CGtalk

This is the lighting challenge from CGtalk
landscape and cabin which has been modeled by Andrew Kin Fun Chan and Dan Konieczka.
the robot model is from my friend Aaron's thesis.
I was enter the challenge very late and unable to post it and receive feedback before the deadline(Oct16). However, I'll keep work on it and update the new render.

initial idea(Photoshop concept art)

Oct 15 version

Oct20 update

Nov 2 update

I'm still not happy with previous result.

Thanks for the advice from Christos Tzeremes.

I decide just RE-DO all of the lighting

March5,2011 update

2010 Lighting DemoReel

I add more breakdown for lighting and create a new version of Lighting DemoReel

2010 Art Demo Reel_Mei Yu Chen

new Demo Reel for Lighting& matte paint

"Wish" in 2009 Siouxland Festival

I got a Award!!
animation "Wish" is recieved Critic's Choice Award form 2009 Siouxland Festival !!
hahaha~~~so happy to get a shiny medal ~~(even its from a small festival)


哈哈哈~~ 得獎了得獎了~~~
動畫"祈"拿到了Critic's Choice Award 在 2009 Siouxland Festival
從影展單位那裡收到厚厚的一封信真是高興~~
裡面裝了閃亮亮的獎牌(心),影展的pass, 影展節目單, 還有免費的票
可惜也是小小小小的影展, 依然沒有獎金這種東西.....



系秘書幫我跟獎牌&系上的牌子拍了一張照~
Thanks for Mary took a picture of me with shiny medal in front of our program


然後我也出現在系上的網頁~
and I also in the school website
http://cias.rit.edu/film/awards.php

Burning Bright_ Mei Yu thesis pre-view

***This is not the final***
***本作品尚未完成***

3 Days before deadline...

2010thesis pre-view


almost done!!! almost done???

2010 Thesis progress--- lighting&compositing

2010畢製最新進度:

最近開始進入打燈, 算圖跟合成階段
下面是兩個最接近完成的shots

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texture only:
貼圖:


photoshop lighting test:
再Photoshop裡的測試:

3D render+ AE compositing 在AfterEffect合成後的(可能)完成圖


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texture only:
貼圖


photoshop lighting test:
再Photoshop裡的測試:


3D render+ AE compositing 在AfterEffect合成後的(可能)完成圖



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ps.最近遭逢怪獸的subsurface scatter會閃的嚴重技術性問題,所以以上兩個圖只能說是"可能"完成結果, 最後的樣子會不太一樣吧

2010 Thesis progress---boy texture

男孩的顏色跟貼圖

color concept 色彩概念圖:


3D texture 完成圖:

好多版本的個人名片....

2010最新版的找工作名片
2010 version business card


2010年初給學校個人網頁的logo(也是找工作用)
2010 winter design,for school portfolio website


2008年放在動畫開頭跟結尾的畫面
2008 open/ending slate for animation work



其他中間一些太醜或太相似的版本我就跳過了~

2010 thesis progress__texture

畢製進度: 貼圖
Here are the first try for two Monster textures.
(color-map only, no specular, no bump, no SSS)
花了超多時間把拆好的模型UV印出來, 用水墨畫圖案, 在掃描回去電腦裡修圖跟上色
以下是大概貼好的樣子(還沒有做細節的修正)

without eye 怪獸沒眼睛的時候


with eye 怪獸有眼睛的時候

2010 Thesis progress __ animting v2

畢製進度:

animating done!(?) 調動作完成(?)

After two months working, I had my animating done!!
ok...acturally, It's 90% done....There are something still need to be fix.
However, I'm going to stop animating by now and start to working on FX, texture and lighting.
If I have time, I'll go back to adjust animating. If not, I'll just leave it like that.

花了兩個月終於把動作調完了!!!!
不能說是完美...不過是"可接受"的範圍了
基於時間上的進度...我要開始貼材質 打燈跟做特效了