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Above: Flash sketch with an optical mouse. (I left my tablet at the studio)


The past 6 months has been very intense. All I did was sit at the computer for 60-80 hrs a week to absorb as much as I could about 3d, and film...

Lots of work to do at the studio...
3 more weeks left to go with the 4 FXPHD workshops...
2 more weeks of teaching Flash Animation and Digital Painting for the Fall Semester...
It's the last week of the 2 CGTalk workshops...
Finished one of my personal projects, but still have 2 personal projects left...

Right now much of the stuff is wrapping up so I can have some time to chill. I'm really looking forward to being able to catch up with everyone again! I feel so isolated being on the computer at all times!

Another piece of good news!!! The show I'm working on is going to air a lot sooner! Instead of being aired in a year, it's going to be in a few months.

I can't wait to throw away all my student work and update my reel with studio quality pieces! As my favourite professor/friend says.. it's going to be so awesome that it blows your clothes off!! :D

Snowboard Design!

Photo by Yumi Ip.


Concept Sketch by Yumi Ip.
Flash Illustration Based On Concept Sketch by Andrew K Chan.Print on Board:


Photo by Yumi Ip

PANTURAL Showreel

I am just so inspired by how crazy this guy is. He understands how to do everything in 3d to a specialist level!

Thanks for the link Erin!! :D

Momoki

Wire Armature


Building Volume with Tin Foil!

Sculpey applied ontop
Worked out the details!
Baked, and Painted with Acrylics

Momoki is a character that I designed, and sculpted for Yumi. I'm looking forward to doing some more sculpting in the future! It's so fun!! :D

More Lighting WIP

Just thought I'd show some more progress with this! I still have alot of work to do!! =)

This shot is done mostly with lights. For the Rim lights... I have like 30 lights in total!

I am using a HDRi with Final Gather to get reflections of fake room since the shot doesn't have geometry surrounding the shot it will look weird if there's zero reflections in the glass..

I'm also using Caustics to get the light refractive patterns caused by the glass!

The candles have a ramp attached to the ambient channel because I have no idea how to do a sub surface scattering shader... =P Faking SSS can be achieved by using a projected ramp, or light linking a volume light on the candles!

No cheap stuff like final gather, or GI. However I am using Caustics to get the light patterns caused by the glass.



Brightened up the back wall a bit.
Brightened the green leaf a lot. Added more transparency and translucent attribute to the shader.
I lowered the reflectin on the wood, and added reflection blurs on everything!

Traditional Paintings

I'm not very strong at traditional painting but I did these in my final year just for fun. All our courses were 3d, except for life drawing! There were days where I would look forward to just drawing for fun to get away from the computer!

In the 1st two years I only drew with NuPastels, and Charcoal. There was one time in 2nd year where I sculpted the model from pose the pose from the same piece of clay. In 3rd year I transitions to 8B, Ebony, and Blackwing Pencils! Near the end of the semester I got into experimenting with acyrlics.

Not that one medium is more fun, or better than the other but its very refreshing to change it up.

Lifedrawing can become a chore when you do it every day. It's nice to play with different mediums. :)

Lighting Candle Assignment WIP

6th Pass (WIP)

3d model by Jeremy Birn
Shading, and Lighting by Andrew K Chan

Last week we were given this scene to light. Each pass is a result of a few hours of work each night after I get off the studio. During the middle of the week I was totally stuck because I couldn't figure out why the bottles had a milky/foggy look. I knew it was the photons getting trapped inside but after much struggle I was able to progress.

In this piece I gained a greater understanding of candle light, shaders, refractions, reflections, trace depth, caustics, final gather, and HDRi.

Although lighting in 3d can be very technical, it sort of feels like painting with lights. It a shame that the course will be ending in 2 weeks. =(

5th Pass


4th Pass

3rd Pass

2nd Pass

1st Pass