CG Portfolio: Adam Kuczek

Self taught freelance artist from China whose specialisation in the Concept Art, Matte Painting and Pre Viz

Making of The Ubri

This is a step by step creation process of image The Ubri using ZBrush. Basic knowledge of ZBrush required to follow this tutorial…

hi there… about animation studios in london…

im a beginner animator (just finished studying) and i want to go to studios around london and ask for a job even as an intern or something like this, and i wondered if i should do it this way…i just thought it might be more effective way to get to talk to the right people instead of doing it online….but im scared some studios wont like it and it will eliminate my chances…. so what do u think people out there who works in studios or tried it themselves??:google:

Enigma Online! (Independent Scifi Film)

Hello all,

I wanted to share our independent film called “Enigma.”

Enigma is a low budget scifi effects film that we’ve been touring the festivals with (successfully!).

Hope you enjoy it and let us know what you think!

Just follow the link below…

Thanks
The Shumway Brothers

Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1jCT5UT7iA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1jCT5UT7iA
Full Film (vimeo higher quality):

http://www.enigmathemovie.com/EnigmaOnline/fullfilm.htm

* VIDEO GAMES July 6, 2010 | by Ross Miller Titanic 3D Confirmed for 2012 Relea

James Cameron’s multi Oscar-winning film Titanic will be coming at us in 3D when it gets re-released in the Spring of 2012. But is it necessary?


If you didn’t think Roland Emmerich’s disaster spectacle 2012 had enough destruction in it – and lacked a pivotal third dimension – then here’s some news you’ll be interested in. James Cameron’s Oscar-winning and box office behemoth, Titanic, will be getting a 3D re-release in the Spring of 2012.
We’ve heard rumblings for a long time that Titanic would eventually get a 3D release and more recently Cameron said the aim was to release it in spring of 2012 to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the titular ship’s sinking. Now Los Angeles Times – in a piece celebrating Titanic actress Gloria Stuart’s 100th birthday – has confirmed the aim by saying that Cameron is, “converting the [COLOR=#999999 ! important][COLOR=#999999 ! important]blockbuster[/COLOR][/COLOR] into 3-D for re-release in April 2012, the 100th anniversary of the ship’s sinking.”

Now that we know that Titanic will be coming at us in more than two dimensions, it begs the question does it really need to be converted? Aren’t we overrun already with new 3D movies without delving more than a decade into the past and converting a film for re-release? That’s the way I look at it. However, with Titanic being the second highest-grossing [COLOR=#999999 ! important][COLOR=#999999 ! important]movie[/COLOR][/COLOR] of all time (behind Cameron’s own Avatar – he really IS the king of the world! ), I’m sure Cameron is confident it can add a lot more to its $1.8 billion gross, especially with the extra cost of 3D ticket prices.

The thing that bothers me most is not the fact that Titanic is getting a 3D re-release but that it’s being converted into 3D. Now I know that’s an inevitability – unless Cameron can utilize some of the Terminator time travel technology – but this will likely mean the crappy kind of 3D that comes from adding the extra dimension after-the-fact. Those of you unlucky enough to catch Clash of the Titans, for example, will know just how bad post-production 3D conversion can be. Yes it’s Cameron, the Avatar pioneer himself doing the converting, but still…
We’ve now gotten to the point where it’s not just new movies that are in danger thanks to the 3D craze – old movies can’t even hide under the cover of the past. Watch out Wizard of Oz…
What are your thoughts on Titanic getting a [COLOR=#999999 ! important][COLOR=#999999 ! important]3D[/COLOR][/COLOR] re-release? Up for sinking once more, this time in 3D or is this taking things too far? Sound off in the comments below.
Look for Titanic 3D in theaters sometime in April, 2012.

Clone effect – masking and compositing

Hey, need help creating the clone effect for a particular shot:
the person will be cloned in car. same person driving, same person in the passenger seat and two more (same person) in the back seats (window seats). decided to shoot at night to avoid any discontinuity from shadows during the day. i’ll be lighting the subject in each seat with a car lighting rig so lighting wont be an issue I’m shooting on a canon 7d and will probably edit the sequence in fcp7. not sure if fcp7 can do what i’m looking to do but i’m sure after effects will.

question 1: how should i go about shooting this to successfully clone my subject without making it look amateur?

question 2: which program for masking would you recommend?

question 3: i hate that i ruled out shooting during the day because the shot would’ve been a lot better. any suggestions for shooting during the day?

thanks a lot

Keylight errors?

I’ve got a funny issue with keylight in nuke and I can’t find any information about it.

Keylight is rendering stray lines across my keys.

Ive attached a grab of the alpha on one of these.

I’m using prorez 4444 files from the alexa. Though I tried converting these into other formats and I still get the same issue. Edit ( I just tried this with some other sources and im still getting it) Also this is nuke 6.1v3 and keylight 2.1v6

It also doesnt happen consistently, sometimes it will sometimes it wont.

It also changes when i change anything above the keylight and it rerenders.

I need to use keylight for these because I am using several artists who have just moved from AE and dont know anything else. Does anybody know what the issue is here??

THANKS!~!

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Death Eater Battle

Here is a short Harry Potter inspired video I did using after effects and green screen. Still a newbie so feel free to leave comments and suggestions thanks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhC8gku8BpI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhC8gku8BpI

Building LEGO together with Click 3X

Building LEGO together with Click 3X

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Stop-motion photography and visual effects by Click 3X helped bring together Build Together, a :30 spot promoting the joys of LEGO construction. Here’s my article at fxguide taking a look at how the commercial was created.

E’ arrivato il furgoncino di Noodle

Si avvicinano le feste e sulla scia degli spot natalizi oggi vi proponiamo quello di Pot Noodle. In stile cartoon e stop motion il video è opera di A Large Evil Coporation, il furgoncino percorre tranquillo e felice quelle che potrebbero essere le strade di Londra con gruppi di ragazzi intenti nelle varie attività ludiche.