OLD PROJECT: Shapes, Masks, and Mattes

Mask Play from J.Bar on Vimeo.

I'm pretty happy with how this turned out. It's a little rough in places, but I think it looks good overall. There's probably a particle or light effect that would have made the lasers look more real, but anyone can be afraid of real lasers. I'm getting destroyed by fake, low-budget lasers. I'd be a natural for those horrible horror flicks.

I basically just created a mask that moved to where the hands were trying to hold it, then animated the lines over where the mask was existing at that point. It was pretty simple, but effective. A little time consuming since I had to animate the masks

OLD PROJECT: Matchmove/3D Motion Tracking

3D Motion Tracking from J.Bar on Vimeo.

 I don't really like how this turned out cause I shoulda animated the propellor that is keeping him actually floating as well as having moved him away from the desk a little bit. Otherwise, I think it looks like he could actually be in that room, which is pretty cool.

Blog Post Two: Laying Things Out (Visual Effects and Motion Graphics)

Currently laying out the towns in after effects. Most of the buildings and backgrounds have been created in photoshop, now they're just all being assembled into after effects. Some scenes are using 3D layers, others are just using a top down view so they are normal layers. After the towns are built, it will just be a matter of putting in the characters, who are basically already animated. I'll need to do a few text effects/animations and add in some particle effects, but for the most part, it's looking good. I think I need to step up the work because I'm working a little more slowly than I'd like and I'd like to have the project done by Sunday.

OLD PROJECT: Simple 3D Animation (3D Animation)

Untitled from J.Bar on Vimeo.

Just a simple animation to demonstrate paths and some easing in and out. I had done a similar project in after effects, and thought it would be interesting to give it a try in Maya. It's a little more simple than I would have liked. I feel like I should have at least put in a starry backdrop or given the comet a trail.

OLD PROJECT: Green Screen (Visual Effects and Motion Graphics)

Wizard from J.Bar on Vimeo.

Wizard guy was on a green screen. The hairs made it difficult to fine-tune, so there area couple areas where the green shows up. The lightning is just a pre-made effect I played around with. I had originally wanted to animate some music bars and notes across the screen with some epic orchestra in the background, but I wound up running out of time unfortunately.

OLD PROJECT: 3D (Visual Effects & Motion Graphic

The Room from J.Bar on Vimeo.

Basically just created a room with 3D layers, but since we had to create a camera, I thought it would be interesting to make the camera theIt's supposed to be some guy waking up from being drugged, captured, or something else equally unfortunate. He sees the room and either freaks out and faints or the drugs kick back in and the room spazzes out.
It was interesting playing with the camera in the program as opposed to a real camera.

OLD PROJECT: Particles (Visual Effects&Motion Graphics

Particle Rain from J.Bar on Vimeo.

I wanted to try and simulate rain. The thing at the very beginning was just to see how it would look, but it starts to rain, then at the bottom, I tried to make it look like the rain bounced off the ground. It's really simple, but I like how the rain and the bouncing turned out.