Tomaya's bar

[Tomaya]

hi , i know there's a lot's of modeling out there , but my first job is actually FX so here is a thinking particles test for a commercial , a terrific tool (as houdini) we use it a lot at Digital District ....



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkTAEYTGFn0

[PascalR]

Hey Thomas, it's great to see other kind of works here, cgfeedback is not a modeling specific forum anyway :)
Impressive simulation! So the destruction of the building is handled by this tool?
Great stuff :beerchug:

PS: if you attach a small image to your first post it will display as a thumbnail when browsing the forums ;)

[Tomaya]

thanks , yes , thinking Particles for the building and FumeFx for the smoke ...
i love this tool !
Now , next big step .... ...the thumbnail ...!

[Tomaya]

A little test i've done for the movie feature "ocean" , render : Vray , realflow for the water , shake for the compo ....a Whale hit by a harpoon...
Watch the HD on youtube , better rez ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYcOis3PLps

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[PascalR]

Impressive test Thomas:drool:
Planning on doing more?

cheers

Pascal

[Tomaya]

Thanks pascal , no it's a single test for the moment just because the director haven't find harpoon-whale shots....
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[Tomaya]

Test for commercial (deutsch post) , the goal was to create a vision of internet , the mailman deliver data with full security inside the net , the "data sea" is a RealFlow simulation , max-vray and audition for the sound ...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGfyH_YuGv0

[Tomaya]

another test ,for wwf against pollution , a cg rubber glove try to throw itself in the garbage ....max-vray-simcloth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-42XnUZ5N1Y

[Tomaya]

Old test with realflow-simcloth-vray , strange suit ....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LZJGxL3pJA

[PascalR]

Great stuff Thomas! I think I know who is in the suit ;)

Cheers!

P.

[Manki]

I think I know who is in the suit ;)


her name begins with a "K"?

Thomas i'm definetly a fan of your works !! Keep on posting your tests :bouncy::bouncy:

[Tomaya]

Thanks manki...


RealFlow for Lacoste : Vray-thinking particles....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra5mKYrmxGI

[NZO]

Great stuff mate !
Nice to see your test. The building explosion is awesome.

[Tomaya]

hey nzo ! Thanks dude

Test (preview) for ac\dc music video ,the band was supposed to play inside a crazytrain , Fumefx-max


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKKxm8lQ1tM

[Tomaya]

Here , the goal was to link the look (camera target ) to the doors openning
the story was , with a good high school diploma ,everybody wants you...
Max-vray-wire parameter and audition for the sound ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zc18F-HZGFw

[PascalR]

Keep 'em comin Tomaya! Love the smoke on the train.

:beerchug:

[Tomaya]

i have to put this one , congrats to the digital district team ....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OHY-2bv0vk&feature=related

[PascalR]

Top quality work Thomas, thanks for posting it here :dance:

[gkaine]

truly impressive. great work!:beerchug:

[StephaneS]

Waow, c'est tjs aussi impressionnant.
Bravo !

[madmatt]

Great Works here, the "Bunny Morph" effect is really cool!!

Bye

[sebcravoisier]

be my guest!

[Tomaya]

I was director on this one .... ...and sound designer too ....

http://www.postdreamer.com/video/386_playstation_2


Sorry it's not a "youtube" link , Postdreamer is a really cool site i want to help...

[tonytrout]

Amazing work, very original

[sebcravoisier]

what is your job on this pub? director is foggy?
but your pub is a mind game fantastic and you 'r avery very a smart director!

[Richardr]

Oh I can't believe I missed this post...
Awesome work Thomas !!!
The duracel bunny fusion clip is very impressive !

[sebcravoisier]

and your sound design seem very real and cool!

[Tomaya]

Nike "spirig"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr5IiFeyc7U&feature=PlayList&p=F97486483B086FA6&index=9

[Tomaya]

conversations from the inside ... ... director luis nieto ....amazing !!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeN1w0Vdfao

[Tomaya]

and ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rwe8YZ73a4k

[Tomaya]

need for speed with Nieto , fun ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpBTFbzLZ04

[PascalR]

wow great stuff Thomas! Last one has a lot of energy:thumbsup:


Thanks for sharing:bouncy::bouncy:

[mjackson126]

Hey Tom,

You have some really cool stuff up here. I remember seeing some of those commercials on T.V. over here. Keep'em comin:beerchug:

[Tomaya]

...cute...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEQfK-xcqQg

[Tomaya]

tests for a funny short , elastic fluid with realflow and very simple animations to drive the particles , Vray sss2 for the material ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8K3gD91DFlA

[sebcravoisier]

very funny very strange and a little luminous on some plan

[PascalR]

ahah awesome vids, I love your sss material:thumbsup:

[Tomaya]

thanks kal , could be nice .. ...the vray sss2 is really cool ,the mental fast sss is also very realistic , so...

[tiktok]

fantastic! love the animation! would be aawesome to see some gooey snail type residue left behind somehow?

:bouncy:
-bayard

[Tomaya]

yes , absolutly agree with that idea tiktok , i plan to do so , it's obvious !
working on it ....

[Tomaya]

Our last music Video for Massive Attack :

Splitting the Atom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otY1sfvELXQ

[sebcravoisier]

super! very funny! is't it?

[Tomaya]

funny test for a fluid dress ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxeC2fuvQ_M

[ianucci]

Haha thats very cool Tomaya. Is there a cloth simulation that is then emitting particles?

Also meant to post before to say I really liked your moving block of jelly type thing :D

[Tomaya]

hi ianucci , good question , no cloth for this test , it's a little trick in real flow ,in max (or maya or xsi or ...) : i select some faces from the body (those faces will be emitters ) , then make a copy of it , a little "push" on it in max , just to scale them a bit ... ....export in RealFlow ,the body mesh and the copy .Now , in RF , create an object emitter
and chose the "copy " BUT inverse the normals (in RF it's on the display tab )
So , the copy will create fluid towards the body (very close) the collision is a bit violent , but it works , you' ll get this sort of effect ...

I plan to create a little short with that funny (dumb) blob ....

thanks

Tom

[madmatt]

Fantastic, this effects works very well!!

Is the animation in MoCap? It's very realistic!!

Bye

[ianucci]

Thanks for the explanation Tom, very interesting!

[Swoop]

I think it's a great idea !
This effects works pretty well, it's very nice.
I've seen some photos about this idea already, but with the animation, it's really cool.

Good job !

[Tomaya]

thanks guys , Swoop ! your blog is amazing ,i love it , the starwar walkers , those guys were crazy !!!! frame by frame !!!! damn ! that's what i call FX !!!
splendid ! How can you manage an animation sequence like this , it's huge ! :banghead:

[Tomaya]

oups , sorry , yes madmatt , it's mocap ...

[ZippZopp]

awesome, that fluid test is really great looking!

[leslie.button]

Really great work tomaya, and lots of interesting information. thanks so much for sharing your knowledge about cloth and such with us all!

[Intervain]

you're awesome :drool: - I'm a fangirl hehe

[Tomaya]

thanks miss , some news soon :beerchug:

[Tomaya]

it's very "wip" but still testing ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypBLm9WDzwk

mmmmh.... ...too short in fact ...

[PascalR]

Nice WIP Tomaya :dance:
Her neck muscles/area throat look quite deep, could be the lighting though.

Keep it up clap

[leslie.button]

Very, very nice indeed! Looks very convincing. I feel a couple of the blinks are a bit too rapid/flickery, so they feel less convincing and more robotic, but overall a really solid test and I can't wait to see more! Also, maybe it's the lighting that makes the neck feel too deep as Pascal brought up :thumbsup:

[tonytrout]

I see your avatar finally got some hair clap. My hair moves forward a bit when I raise my eyebrows...:sw:

[Tomaya]

Agree with you guys ,i haven't work on the neck yet ...weird i know, considering myself as a complete beginner for anatomy modeling i'm doing my very first mudbox test ....so ...

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/361/mudboxtesttom1.jpg (http://img411.imageshack.us/i/mudboxtesttom1.jpg/)

[PascalR]

Hey Tomaya, good stuff, anatomy is such a vast subject, I feel like I still have a lot to learn myself :D
I think you could soften the folds in general, the breast looks quite large,and shoulder still feels twisted, did you use any photo reference?

Keep it up :beerchug:

[Tomaya]

thanks pascal , yes of course , i've a ref ,quite hard to find in fact in a high rez , still looking for something more interresting , i like this sort of pose a bit compressed , not very natural but with very nice movements on the bones-muscles-skin shapes . Yes , the shoulder is completely twisted , as you see on the left pic , i'll redo the initial pose again . Anatomy , fantastic subject, i like it and mudbox is really easy to use for me , the big question in fact is : references ! Just artistic nudes in high rez with the full body , i mean hands and feet , if you have some ideas ... ....
Thanks for comments :thumbsup:

[tonytrout]

On the shoulder, I would dump the lores model into amodelling programme, take a ring of polys out from the upper arm rotate the edges and rebridge so the geo is straightened up before going to mudbox. Sculpting stretched geo in mudbox is a frustrating experience in my opinion and I prefer to do this basic readjustment now rather than retopologising later. Just an opinion though :beerchug:

I like the adventurous pose. :thumbsup:though imho compressed figures can make it too easy to build up unwanted mass so remember to take some out as well :)

[Tomaya]

cool tony , good advice , i need some training :D

[PascalR]

references ! Just artistic nudes in high rez with the full body , i mean hands and feet , if you have some ideas ... ....
Thanks for comments :thumbsup:

http://www.3d.sk (http://www.3d.sk)


http://www.female-anatomy-for-artist.com/?id=15

And of course the human antomy section of our reference thread:

http://www.cgfeedback.com/cgfeedback/showthread.php?t=8



Keep up the great work Thomas !

[Tomaya]

thanks Kal ! high rez , that's really cool , i'll choose a pose and post some wips ... ...great refs ! :beerchug:

[Manuel Poehlau]

Hey Tomaya,

If you want to master the human body, you should really learn the basics first.
Keep the forms as simple as possible,break up the body into simple primitive objects. Start with a simple pose first. Compressed or stretched skin,flesh and fat is something you should think about last. Just a thought, because the pose you have choosen is really something you should not start with, when you´re starting to learn anatomy.

[Tomaya]

ok manuel , you mean i'm going too fast for a start , i know it's stronger than me , these poses are so interresting , you're right of course about the basics ... ...let's restart from scratch ...thanks for the comments manuel:beerchug:

[sebcravoisier]

hi! tomaya hope you find!off course i supose you are!
sorry for me i try to draw some partie of the body in a book of a artist named Goldfinger Elliot don't remember the name sorry but a said thanks to him for the passion and love it make in these scullpure and drawing.
anyway i just want to tell you draw and :beerchug::banghead::love:
afther that you will know many more muscl of the humain body.
thanks for all. tomaya

[Manuel Poehlau]

Personally I would start with a relaxed standing pose. I think you should get this right before even thinking about complex poses. I know it´s tempting to start right away with these beautyful poses, but if you don´t have enough knowledge about the bonestructures and muscleshapes you will hit the wall pretty soon.
Check out this website from Benjamin Leitgelb. He´s a great sculptor,you can learn a lot just by watching his work. Nothing beats reference from life (real persons,photographs,3dscans) but also study a lot of great paintings,drawings and sculptures from the masters, because they´ve already simplified the important shapes in some way.

http://www.selwy.com/

Learning anatomy is a long journey. It can be fun and also frustrating.

But seeing your other works, I´m sure you have enough passion for art to become good if you work hard :)
So let´s start :beerchug:

[Tomaya]

Our last work for Nike :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV-BxkCbE6g


Done in one month :banghead:

[BrettSinclair]

Amazing work in here Thomas. All of it is really inspiring.

Cheers
Brett

[PascalR]

Impressive and all this in one month clapHow many people worked on it?
Looks awesome , :sw:plugged:sw:

[Aumakua]

WOW! Impressive indeed! Congrats!

[leslie.button]

Wow, great job to you and all your team! Very impressive, especially considering the timeframe The turnaround in commercials is crazy fast, reminds me why I loved and hated working in that business :thumbsup:

[IdanI]

amazing work! Im a huge soccer fan not much of a Barcelona fan though... Liverpool is my fav team :D... non the less sweet work for only a month's work
good job clap

[sebcravoisier]

completly amazing!

[Tomaya]

some sketches cause i like the contact carbon-paper very much :p

http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/8831/tomsketch.jpg (http://img638.imageshack.us/i/tomsketch.jpg/)

[PascalR]

Nice ones Tomaya:thumbsup: Il me semble les avoir vu a l'epoque de Gaina ;)

[sebcravoisier]

nice art very fine picture!
i love it!

[Tomaya]

test for a clip (air)
ncloth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDoqXjub3qM

[Tomaya]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qJNqfG8Guc

sorry for the darkness ... ...youtube comp

[Tomaya]

very first tests for amnesty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mco-fUJL0a0


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSHfhNdM2RM&feature=related

[sebcravoisier]

but why?
seem very elastic!
and waxy

[Tomaya]

cg car just for fun , place des victoires in Paris .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsradQu-jcY

[Tomaya]

cubes , realflow test

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtbFtns3oXk

[PascalR]

Great tests Thomas, keep'em comin' :thumbsup:

[Tomaya]

Dreamscape test ... ...interresting , see it in HD there :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnIIxZ1HEOU

i'll make a little tutorial about this ...;)

[PascalR]

looks great:sw: Can't wait for the tutorialclap

[Tomaya]

Thanks Pascal , the tuto will be ready veeery soon ,amazing how it's easy to reach this result with dreamscape , big congrats to the sitni sati team (afterburn,fumeFX...)

[Time2Time]

Dreamscape test is looking really cool! waiting for the tutorial.

[Tomaya]

hi , there's already a tutorial in the tutorial section ...

[Tomaya]

Wool string test for a commercial , a real nightmare !

http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/8862/wooltest.jpg (http://img823.imageshack.us/i/wooltest.jpg/)

[Tomaya]

water balloon test . Low resolution fluid . Hi res in wip ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0T3A08JFjdM

[ulf]

waaah, thomas, the wool strongs, thats super cool stuff, especially the one with the strong dof where the hazy is visible in the corner...awesome!

[Tomaya]

ink dynamic with fume fx ...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbzO0Fvcfg0

[madmatt]

ink dynamic with fume fx ...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbzO0Fvcfg0

Woah this effect is really cool, how did you achieved this?

Bye

[Tomaya]

Well , it's a bit tricky ... ...the movie is mapped on a plane with displacement , this plane is a fume fx emitter with the map active (bitmap by density ) . With a very thin fumefx box (nearly 2d ) the velocity of the displacement create the ink , to stop it (dry) , set the velocity drag to 0.4 ...i'll make a tuto soon ...
Thanks madmatt

[madmatt]

Well , it's a bit tricky ... ...the movie is mapped on a plane with displacement , this plane is a fume fx emitter with the map active (bitmap by density ) . With a very thin fumefx box (nearly 2d ) the velocity of the displacement create the ink , to stop it (dry) , set the velocity drag to 0.4 ...i'll make a tuto soon ...
Thanks madmatt


Ahn yeah great idea, the resulting effect is really smart!!!

Thanx to you...

Bye

[Tomaya]

...testing TP4 , Montparnasse tower (Paris) demolition , wip

http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/3409/montparnassetp.jpg (http://img821.imageshack.us/i/montparnassetp.jpg/)


http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/3257/tourv7smoke0183.jpg (http://img151.imageshack.us/i/tourv7smoke0183.jpg/)

[Intervain]

looks damn cool :thumbsup:

[ulf]

yes impressive "test"!

[PascalR]

Love your new works Tomaya, the strings shots look stunningclap

[PascalR]

:sw:plugged:sw:

[colorina]

...i'll make a tuto soon ...


Please! clap

And I really love the wool strings! ...tutorial? :o

[Intervain]

yeah I'd love to see how you've made those wool strings, they look awesome

[El Burritoh]

I'd love to know more about the strings and the fume settings for the ink test. This is awesome work!

[Tomaya]

ok ! As soon as i can :thumbsup:

[Infinite]

My mind has been blown! Incredible effects and work! :notWorthy:

[Tomaya]

Thanks lee , the wool string tutorial is ready .... ...tutorials section .

:)

[Mantis]

Wait! There was a terrorist attack on Paris?
The government were right so, but how did they put this huge piece of metal there? :)

Good job btw, the wool string and ink shot are really great.

[Tomaya]

Some skin tests with maya2011 and Vraysss2 , the mesh is from Infinite...

http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/950/4poseinfinite.jpg (http://img706.imageshack.us/i/4poseinfinite.jpg/)

[sebcravoisier]

Amazing!!! incredible!!! :notWorthy:
i'm impressed! Tomaya! bravo!
how do you made or make it? don't know the correct word sorry for my bad english!

[BrettSinclair]

Fabulous work Thomas. Have you done other lighting tests? Would be nice too see how it looks.

[Tomaya]

3000 frames of crazy particles , realflow 5 , crowd flow plugins ...:o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB6XxLTrkw4

[sebcravoisier]

totally crasy!!:rofl:

[Tomaya]

hi everybody ,
I know i'm a bit rare on the forum at this time , just busy... ...anyway, i'm not a big fan of horror movies (at all in fact...) but i'm about to work on a little production in France called "Dead shadows" , a low budjet movie feature . Here is some tests i' ve done for it ...as you know , i like 3dcoat very much and i think it's a good way to create this sort of ugly creatures...
Vraysss2 for the shaders ....

beuuark !





http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/5659/deadshadowstests3.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/850/deadshadowstests3.jpg/)

Uploaded with ImageShack.us (http://imageshack.us)

[madmatt]

Really ugly/creepy, maybe too much shining on the skin shader...But I think that are only tests renders...

Bye

[Tomaya]

absolutely madmatt , it's more about flesh , don't look at the skin parts...