progress with life!

SO! I wasn't able to post this up a couple of days ago, I was quite busy with school and internship interviews. OHHH WHAAA!
Did I say internship interview? :P
So yeah, in the begging of the week I had two interviews for an internship.
Apparently both liked me and wanted me to come in. I couldn't take both, so I went with the first, b/c it being in a place I want to go more towards.

I went two days so far this past week, it's pretty cool!
There is only two people that work there.
Even though there is only two of them, they have a lot of clients.
The creative art director is quite cool, he gave me a couple of bumpers to
remake to match a next season of a show, project runway.
It's cool to see how things are layered out.
What I noticed & have been learning about is the little things that spice up the
over all look of the whole scene.
I'm having a good time there, I'm SIKED! :]

Also I've been working on my new title scene right now,
here is a quick preview of it! (Looks like Tron a bit)

Example:

The Interview

Tomorrow I have my first official interview for a job in the industry I want to get into, I'm very excited.
Hopefully all goes well & I leave with a good impression.
;]

Tank! 3D Modeling!

I've start my new title scene for my 3D modeling/animation class.
I picked the Military Channel to do my project on.
The style I wanted to go for was kinda of a computer interface look where you can only see the outline of objects, specs, & all that kinda stuff.

Examples!









I am very aware that this is a very popular look that many people have done in the past, so it's noting original, but heck! it's just awesome to create for yourself!
I plane to add some differences to the style, so hopefully that will work out well.
I can't wait to get this one done & see the outcome!


So far I have started modeling a tank. I have been enjoying modeling this baby, I tend to go down to some very small details on this model.
I could probably use it in another future project that will be used in a different way, who knows!

Time: 2ish hours?

Finished Transfomers Title Animation (ALMOST!)

So when I came to class yesterday, I had thought my title animation project for my 3D modeling/animation class was due.
Unexpectedly it was not! BUT! The surprising thing was that I didn't have to struggle to finish the night before!

This time around I actually had a big project with a big challenge ahead of me, but I guess all the hard work I put in paid off pretty well. Now I have a week to fix up any small errors with texturing, make audio more lively, & a couple of other minor things. I'll also be able to render it in higher quality this time.

Hurrr is Prooojectoooo:

Transformers Title Animation Remake from Ryan Somerville on Vimeo.

Transformers Title Animation

Haven't posted anything for awhile.

I'm currently rendering my Transformers Title Animation project for my 3D Animation/Modeling class. I'm rendering my second version of the animation that will be combined with the first one I rendered earlier today.

The first render was consisting of just a nice simple texture, with the second one I changed the texture's settings a bit with roughness with the bump mapping, how it received light, and a couple of settings. I also cranked up the motion blur with the second one to give it more life, or just a better look. I love motion blur options on Maya & After Effects :P
Makes everything look smooooth & nice.

When the rendering is done with the second one, I'll bring both of them into After Effects to composite them to get a better look between them with blending modes & such.
After that I think I'll wrap up the project with some sounds & a "how it was made" video to present the project.

I'll post up a picture & video later, don't want to slow down the computer, stupid rendering taking up my CPU's memory usage! :P