VFX Portfolio
Hey everybody!
I'm starting a new vfx portfolio on my website and I want to get some feedback from you polycounters
Here's a link to my website:
http://www.klemenlozar.com/?cat=17
Not a lot of stuff there yet, but I will be updating regularly. Oh, also, this is my first post here
What do you think?
Thanks
I'm starting a new vfx portfolio on my website and I want to get some feedback from you polycounters
Here's a link to my website:
http://www.klemenlozar.com/?cat=17
Not a lot of stuff there yet, but I will be updating regularly. Oh, also, this is my first post here
What do you think?
Thanks
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Edit: All the effects have youtube links on my website now.
I'm hunting some study materials and learning about FX for games but you really know how it's hard
Also we have Ryan Smith - https://vimeo.com/36687699 - that can be a good inspiration
Keep going and welcome
I agree with what most people have said about changing the format of the videos so people don't have to install anything (like i did) to watch the videos. And the load times are too long.
The effects look great though, i specially like your explosions!
@Z3D: Yeah it's pretty tough to get going at the beginning, there's really not a lot of learning material. Whoa, thanks for that link, that dude is doing some pretty impressive technical stuff
@loneraver: That's great to hear, the more the merrier
I'm experimenting with a new water effect right now, I will probably post something soon.
- Youtube link
- Quicktime link (higher quality)
Oh, by the way, how do you guys feel about sound fx accompanying my videos? Is it annoying or cool? I haven't seen that done a lot, but I think it makes the presentation a bit nicer. Obviously I'm not depending on sound at all when I'm makind my fx, I always make sure they read well enough on their own but I think sound really brings them more to life.
- Youtube link
- Quicktime link
For the flamethrower, perhaps keep in mind it's actually liquid being sprayed? It looks more like a gaseous torch than one from liquid. Check this video: (skip to 1 minute) [ame="
You can see stuff dripping down, would look cool to add that.
I agree with Xollul about the flamer though, unless you want the flamer to look like a movie-style gas flamer.
Also I think you should embed the youtubes directly on your site, so that you dont have to leave it in order to see them.
In conclusion: great job!
Video above is such a great reference, that fps russia dude has some crazy stuff on his channel
I had a look at both of your portfolios and wow, you guys are doing some amazing things!
Oh and I will look into embedding youtube videos directly to my site, I like that idea.
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No smoke yet as I'm trying to focus on fire first. Do these fire embers look better in motion?
I mean in the water for example looks you just put two differents water sounds and the first remember me a shower ; it's need to be more carefull.
I don't know what do you using for sound but Audition and Soundtrack can be friendly even Audacity
btw Quicktime works very good in chrome no download no nothing just click.
The fire works, it really looks like the Naughty Dog presentation though. If you worked from that, try adding something to make it your own.
@mathes: Thanks mathes! Wow you have good eyes, I have indeed learned about that technique from Doug Holder from Naughty Dog, so nice of them to share that with everybody. I did try to make it my own as much as I could so far by using my own textures and using custom distortion, I'm still experimenting with the material, so far I'm loving it.
Here's the thread about dynamic materials over at tech artists if anybody is interested:
http://tech-artists.org/forum/showthread.php?2502-Dynamic-Materials-for-Particle-FX
Here's a full weapon FX I made recently composed of muzzle flash, shell casings, bullet impacts, bullet traces and smoke trails behind bullets. Smoke trails are a bit wonky in this video because I made everything inside a single particle system (for presentation purposes), otherwise they have a noise on them so they seem to get distorted by wind and dissipate over time. I made this effect to look pretty stylised and hollywood inspired, those bullet hits are pretty huge for such a low caliber
- Youtube link
- Quicktime link (higher quality)
Muzzle flash is a textured static mesh which deforms and rotates so it looks different every time. I like using static meshes for that because they usually look good from any angle. Shell casings are a flip book texture and they rotate individually, it's amazing how 3d they look when they're set up like that.
Oh and please note that I didn't make that gun model.
The pieces don't fly out like you'd expect considering the force of the explosion. Their flight describes a gentle arc instead of the almost horizontal outward movement you'd expect, especially since you have trails in there. Not 100% sure if the trails should be fire coloured. It looks cool but also a bit odd since they fade to grey. Add a proper light instead of a large sprite, you can see it clipping through the ground
The muzzle flash is too slow for the rate of fire and doesn't feel like it's got that much intensity, maybe due to lack of an actual light source? Bullets looks very big and boxy, maybe tone them down a bit. Not 100% sure about the glow inside the bullet impact decals, could be a bit more subtle but that's my personal preference. The impacts have a faked light with two circular sprites which make it look almost like an energy weapon impact. Have a look at these for some awesome weapon/bullet impact/destruction vfx:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rV6q63GA7a0
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KmBhw1eTk88
Sorry if I sound harsh, writing this at work so need to be quick. You've got good work, just needs a bit of tweaking and polish.
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Personally I don't think you need the sound effects but I can see why you add them. The only downside is that unless they are really good they can detract from the quality of the vfx.
I agree about lights, I'll have to start experimenting with that, I like to make those short bursts with sprites, but they don't really interact with the environment in any way
Holy crap those battlefield videos are awesome, the amount of destruction they are able to pull off is really amazing! That has to be some of the best FX work in games so far. Great reference, thanks!
Yeah I see what you mean about sound it's a double-edged sword. I think (hope might be a better word) I've been able to keep them good enough so far so they don't detract from the effects.
Thanks again man, great feedback!
@St4lis: Thanks
What do you guys suggest I start working on next? I know I have some more work to do on some of my existing effects but what else would you suggest I take a shot with?
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Also, try to do things with animated sprites. The engine we're using at work doesn't do dynamic materials like you can do in UDK so knowing how to use animated sprites and how to create them is a good skill to have (in case you end up somewhere where you can't use them)
Keep up the good work!
Jack
Below is my latest work, an attempt at a large scale explosion in UDK. I made this one in matinee. I used 3 emitters, one for the main body in the center and one at each side. Im also spawning a point light with animated brightness to bring it all more together. Its pretty heavy in terms of performance but it could easily be a part of a real time cinematic sequence. I added a simple camera shake and sound in post, turn on your speakers!
- Quicktime link (higher quality)
- Youtube link
A compilation of some of the most recent VFX work I did for a a top down shooter Recruits
- Youtube link
Napalm explosion I did for Recruits. Main challenge here was getting that hot fiery feel to the explosion, I ended up making a few pretty massive flipbook textures with fumefx for the main plume and animated their position and scale.
- Quicktime link (higher quality)
- Youtube link