Myself and a peer of mine, Hannah Kim, have begun collaborating together on an FX heavy mock advertisement for an energy drink product. The idea so far involves a space aesthetic with the collaboration of a pyro and RBD simulation. Reference Videos: Reference images:

Blog posts arranged newest to oldest.   To-do: Render out final pass for week 10 Assist compositor in any way as we go into the final week of the project Press kit! Mentor Feedback: Flower shot - getting into the drop feels like it runs into an axis Comp- make sure all the black levels are matching (shot 1 and 5) In water shot, the motion graphics is covering the ring- reframe Flower looks like you played with opacity rather than SSS - Feels ghostly and transparent Seems like

Blog posts arranged newest to oldest.   To-do: Refine flower vellum simulation Refine shot 3 camera and ring animation Look into adding the frost simulations after completing the flower simulation Mentor Feedback: Is it between paper or real flower? Can’t tell right now, feels like paper - Flower and leaves are missing SSS, everything looks very flat even the environment feels flat Overall colors are a lot better The defrosting can be more organic, right now it is very obviou