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27 Jaguar XKSS Breakdown

27 Jaguar XKSS Breakdown

In this video I go over the breakdown for the renders I made featuring this awesome vintage vehicle.

As always I'll go over the full scene, lighting and materials. Hope you guys enjoy this one!


PS: I switched things up here and I didn't add a music track to the recordin...

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Upcoming breakdown

This month I'll be breaking down the renders I made for the Pixel Lab Competition featuring a Jaguar XKSS. 

This one is Redshift!

Stay tuned for this one, should be out next week.

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Demo reel feedback!

Hey Patrons!

Hope you are all enjoying the content.

I was thinking about next steps and I figured some of you may not know that I was a Teaching Assistant for School of Motion's course Demo Reel Dash and I've also been a mentor on what used to be Mograph Mentor.

That's just to s...

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26 Coors Bottle Render (Octane) - Part 02

26 Coors Bottle Render (Octane) - Part 02

Alright here's the good stuff!

Composition, lighting, materials and post effects on this one.

This is my first Octane tutorial on here so please let me know what you all think. Hope it's good!


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26 Coors Bottle Render (Octane) - Part 01

26 Coors Bottle Render (Octane) - Part 01

Here we go!

Part 01 is available to everybody. Short but sweet.

Enjoy!

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Coors Banquet render (Octane Render)

Coors Banquet render (Octane Render)

Hello!

I know it's been quiet around here, I appreciate everyone's patience and welcome to all the new patrons this month!

If you guys like Octane, then you are in luck. I've been getting back into it lately and I decided to try out a bottle render this time and here's the result.

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Apologies!

Hey everyone, just a quick note to apologize for the radio silence. My whole family got hit with COVID and it's been non stop these past 3 weeks.

Between being sick, taking care of the my wife and daughter and working I've been slammed.

We are on the other side of it now, still recove...

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25 Recreate: Tendril Cashapp Styleframe

25 Recreate: Tendril Cashapp Styleframe

Here it is!

My first long format video on Patreon. There was A LOT of votes for this on Instagram so I thought I'd give it a shot.

You'll see how I attempt to recreate this styleframe by Tendril Studio from start to finish with some Voice Over from yours truly.

I didn't put any ...

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How difficult is it to recreate a frame from Tendril?

How difficult is it to recreate a frame from Tendril?

The answer is simple: IT'S VERY DIFFICULT!

I've spent the past two days in R/D on this frame, trying to recreate it and see how I could attack it and man, it's been tough! I learned a ton in the process though.

I'd say the result is pretty close! There's a few things here and there th...

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Easy AO pass in Cinema 4D and Redshift

Easy AO pass in Cinema 4D and Redshift

Here's a quick tip I think not many people know about AO passes in Redshift.

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Organized live posts

Organized live posts

We all know that the way Patreon shows live posts is very frustrating to say the least, finding a post or quickly getting a birds-eye view of all the content is very difficult.

So, I've gone ahead and made it easier for you all to find my exclusive Patreon content in Notion.

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24 Datsun Exploration

24 Datsun Exploration

Hey hey!

Got a lot of questions about this one, so here it is! A quick Sunday exploration with this Datsun 1972 model. Always exploring moody lighting.

Enjoy and let me know any feedback/questions!

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Checking in!

Checking in!

Hello everybody!

I want to say we are super close to hitting 100 Patrons and from the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU!

I apologize for the radio silence recently. I moved to another state and just driving here took us 4 days plus then waiting for all our stuff to arrive, move everything...

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Video Resolution Question

I just realized about an issue on Patreon where videos coming from Youtube won't play at the highest resolution possible but cap at 720 on the Patreon Mobile app.

Are you guys having this issue as well? I noticed this on another creator I support and it won't let me play videos higher than ...

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23 File Structure, Takes and Tokens

23 File Structure, Takes and Tokens

It can't be all just lighting, materials and animation right? I get questions about how I structure my folders for commercial projects and how I integrate takes and tokens to work smart and not hard.

So I thought it would be good to share this video which is more on the "admin" side of thin...

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Just a quick thank you note

I just wanted to take a moment and say THANK YOU to everyone on here supporting my content.

I really appreciate everyone's support and sincerely hope you are all finding the content valuable. Even though it's not easy to balance personal life, work life and Patreon life, I really try hard t...

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TEDx 2019

TEDx 2019

I was just updating my website and watched this again after a few years. Still to date one of the best projects i've worked on, especially considering I worked on this just as I was starting to use Octane and this was my first time working in a project of this magnitude with a team across the glo...

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22 Softbody Inflation

22 Softbody Inflation

Happy Holidays!

Here's the video for December. This time we are going over softbodies and mograph as well as lighting and texture.

I'm trying out the video natively in Patreon, please let me know in the comments how it's working on your end or if we should stick with Youtu...

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Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays!

I hope everyone is having a great time during these holidays.

I have new content coming soon! I just wrapped up a very demanding commercial project and I'm just taking a couple of days to be with the family.

In the meantime I wanted to offer all current Patrons a free download of my a...

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Chat with Styleframe Saturdays

Chat with Styleframe Saturdays

Hello everyone!


I wanted to share this interview where I talk about my career and my work. Just came out today so take a look if you have a few minutes to spare and if possible support the Styleframe Saturdays podcast channel.

They have interviews with many other great art...

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21 Simulated Cloth Grass - Part 02

21 Simulated Cloth Grass - Part 02

In this video we'll go over the challenges I found for creating the realistic grass and all the different approaches I took until landing on the final result.

I'll also share some miscellaneous Cinema 4D tips and tricks.

Enjoy!

PS: I know the video gets blurry/pixelated in c...

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More cloth explorations

Hey everyone!

Wanted to share this exploration from the other night. I saw this on Stylo Creative's stories. They made something very similar in Houdini and I wanted to see if I could recreate it in C4D and I did!

Took a couple of hours but it's definitely a lot easier to do than in p...

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20 Simulated Cloth Grass

20 Simulated Cloth Grass

Here it is! 

In part 01 we'll go over the cloth sim and lighting. Part 02 will be about the grass.

Enjoy!

You can check this animation out here 

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Simulations Galore!

Hello everyone!

Hope you are all having a nice weekend. Here's a little preview of what's coming this month. I've been hard at work experimenting with simulation stuff and I think the results are great. Finally I'm able to art direct cloth and soft bodies without losing my mind.

I als...

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Octane content

Hey everyone! 

Hope you are all having a nice end of the week and start of your weekend.

I've been getting some requests about mixing in some Octane content in here and I happen to be working with it for a commercial project at the moment.

And I got to say that It's been fr...

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19 Advanced User Data Controls

19 Advanced User Data Controls

Here it is! 

I'm attaching a cheat sheet but make sure to watch the video so it's easier to understand the process.

Enjoy!

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Teaser for October 2022

Teaser for October 2022

Very excited about this one! I think there's going to be a lot of cool stuff to talk about.


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18 Product Renders

18 Product Renders

Back to breaking down lighting and shading! hope you guys like this one.


In the video I mention Light Solo, here's the link https://eyedesyn.com/product/light-solo-for-cinema-4d/

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Product Renders!

Product Renders!

Hey Everyone!

I've been under the radar lately, I know. I've been super busy with work and also making an effort to focus on my own health and wellbeing. I was also very sick last week and still have some remaining symptoms but I'm good! And no, not Covid :)

I feel like it's been a mi...

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17 Recreate Series: Xbox - Wake Effect

17 Recreate Series: Xbox - Wake Effect

Hello everyone!

In this last part for this Xbox project by Vanz Media we'll be attempting to recreate the wake effect on the water. This one was a lot of fun to figure out and I think there's some good techniques here.

Enjoy and let me know if there's any comments/questions!

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