Live Action Reel

A Few Breakdowns

Eric Urquhart/eric@ericsart.com/ 562.310.6012

A Typical Workflow

Although every project sequence and shot always have their individual challenges and nuance and often require a-typical solutions, I can boil down my basic mode of operation into these steps:

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1. Analyze concept art and color keys along with the camera move and other shot specifics.

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2. Determine my best course of action to complete the shot work.

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3. Create my elements in Photoshop, Vue, Maya, and Nuke (This is typical, I sometimes use other packages depending on the needs of the shot)

4. Using Nuke, I composite all elements into the shot using either camera projection or object texturing.

5. Finally I deliver the Nuke script to lighting/compositing complete with channels for the various elements to give the compositor additional control. I utilize Live Groups to be able to make changes and address notes and update the finished shot seamlessly.

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Common Task:

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Create Sequence skies

Create full 360 skies and terrains in HDRI.

Set Extensions

Create an environment when it is not cost-effective or feasible to do it with the traditional pipeline.

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Software Used:
Photoshop
After Effects

Vue

Maya

Blender

Nuke

Zbrush

Basic knowledge of Houdini.

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Vis Dev/ Concept Art, and some Matte Paintings