StephenMooreMotion 2019 - 3D Motion Graphics

Throughout this past year, I feel like I have grown tremendously as a 3D artist. I still have a long way to go no doubt but I am super happy about the progress that I have made, and I am glad to see that I am moving in a great direction. This year was full of different types of projects for me, where I dipped my feet into areas that I had never really tried before. Most of these projects were my first attempts at a certain skill, but that being said I am really happy with the outcome. Please enjoy a look at my 2019 Demo Reel, and then we can dive into some of my favorite 3D projects that I worked on this year!

Skydiving Lesson

This project was super fun to create! I really enjoyed spending more time in 3D and getting some familiarity with character creation. I felt that the story was really fun to work with and my hope was that I could get a few people to laugh along the way. My concept evolved over time from a simple punchline. It was an interesting process to take a quick two sentences, and turn it into something bigger!

Olympus

Using Greek mythology as it's structure, this piece takes us deep into a cave where an ancient statue has been found, indicating a time where Zeus, the god of thunder, and ruler of Olympus has betrayed his fellow companions. Using representative objects to portray each god and goddess, this animation displays those taking a stand against Zeus, in his search for complete power over all of the gods and goddesses.

I really enjoyed creating this project. It gave me a chance to try organic modeling, and it allowed me to improve my skills overall. I was really happy with how the story came out. There is no dialogue, and yet I feel it still conveys a strong message of the oppression of mythological characters. I am really happy with the outcome, but I think that if I were to revisit this, I would explore the possibility of creating full sized characters for each god and goddess. Enjoy!​​​​​​​

Special thanks to Kelly Warner at SoundMural.tv for creating an awesome soundtrack for this animation!

X-Wing Flying through the Trenches

I am super happy I got to learn some hard surface modeling in Cinema 4D for this project. I had been dying to model an X-Wing for so long so when I finally achieved the skills, I was ready to jump right in. The animation utilizes hard surface techniques, along with UV Mapping and post production compositing. It took a couple passes to make it seem more realistic. At first it felt very much like a cartoon model, but after pushing the details, textures, and lighting further and further, the end result was very pleasing.

I also got to implement Adobe Photoshop in order to create all of the textured surfaces. I used many different brushes and layers to add to the overall look of the model. I then composited everything in Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro so I could accurately create the scene and sounds. I would have to say this is one of my favorites from this year!

Care Package

This was my first time experimenting with motion tracking. I took some footage around my college campus and added in a hard surface modeled "care package". My main struggles with this was the compositing of course; being able to make it look like it was actually there was quite challenging. Looking back at the project, I wish I would've implemented cracks, or impact marks on the ground just to add to the realism. I look forward to trying out more motion tracking animations in the future.

Ticket Booth

This class project was a little different than normal. We were tasked with creating a small animation based off an audio track that was given to us. At first I struggled to think of what would match my audio, but I then settled with creating a simplistic style animation that focused on the overall mood that the sounds provided. The design style is a little different than what I was then used to making, so it was interesting to try a different look. I don't know where the audio came from, as it was given to me by my teacher, but I felt this was an interesting challenge, to focus on the mood as opposed to some big piece.

Here are just a few stills that I thought I could throw in, of some of my explorations in texturing and lighting!

Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my work! If you are interested in seeing more of my work on some other platforms, feel free to check me out here:

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