surfacer & compositor

portfolio  Technical Art Renderman Shaders     Click on the images or shader name to view the page documenting their creation. Animal Cookie Shader    This shader was developed using Renderman's shading language for Senior Project 1.  For more information on the project click here. RGB channel based car rust shader    This shader was developed using Renderman's shading language for the intent of an artist painting in the red, green, and blue channels to create a texture effecting the appearance of car paint, rust, and decay.  For more information click here. Procedural Vase Shader  This shader was developed using Renderman's shading language for the Procedural Models and Shaders course.  The goal was successfully reached in creating an appearance of two surfaces (a glossy reflective surface and a sub-surface underneath) with a pearlecent effect where the color changes in the sub-surface based on the viewing angle of the camera and object normals. Compositing Projects   Gummy Bear click to view larger version Click to view before and after    This project was to make a CG gummy bear and composite it into a photograph I took to see how seamless it could get it.   Collaborative Flight Lessons, A short animation by Neil Helm click to view larger version [movie clip showing all three parts soon] movie.mov  :: size kb/mb  :: length    This was a collaborative project where each person had a different task.  My job in "Flight Lessons" was to create the Maya shader networks for most of the objects, which included some texturing painting and some procedural elements.  I was also responsible for rendering the first and second shots, however in the shot with the bird I only textured the bird.  For the bird I layered a pearlecent effect (masked around the neck) over my painted texture.  For more information on this project, check out Neil Helm's website. Traditonal skills Photoshop Paintings   Figure Drawings