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Made a comparison video cause its super fun to look back at where it started and where it ended up :). 

(So sorry if the image shows twice, just wanted the thumbnail to display on the blog as well as dash)

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I did it! Its live! Its out there for the world to see....uhoh haha. 

Im sorry It took me so long to post the final film but I was finally able to fix the few minor things that wouldve haunted me if I didnt. I had the most fun making this film, many sleepless nights and frustrations but I still loved every second of it. 

One day Id love to make another.   

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Another lil diorama I made with assets from my film, gif is pretty bad quality but youtubes got full 1080 with sound! hah. 

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Film almost done!

Just wanted to do a little update, Im almost done the tweaks to my film! Wanted to be done by the end of April but some stuff came up ugh, but shouldnt be long now! I Cant wait to share it :D....but also a little nervous? ahah

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Made a little diorama with some assets from my film (youtube vid has the nice hd quality).

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sorry to bother you but are you going to post your thesis film?

oh pft no bother at all, Yes! and hopefully somewhat soon, maybe end of April, thats what ill aim for!

I think I said one time months ago I was going to post it soon but this time I finally got after effects on my computer. There’s one small thing in one scene i wanted to fix before posting so thats really been one thing thats been holding me back hah.

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Heya! I'm kinda new to low poly and I just love it. What program do you use? I use blender but I'm just learning it after 100 hours of use !! Will you be one of my many low poly friends? I need some! Haha. I've started following a million blogs for inspiration :p

Omg , tumblr did not inform me I had messages, Im so sad now, theres no date on this but I hope you might still have me as a low poly friend! haha , I use maya (2016 for all my film stuff but now 2017). Working on a new low poly thing today actually! Im so sorry if this message is like.....a year late hah.

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.....its a low poly me! :D, did this awhile ago for my demo reel and also wanted to put it in my credits. I have plans to cut my hair soon so I figured I better upload this while its accurate :P. Modeling the treklace was the most fun part ehehe. 

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I made some more versions of this earlier flower, not a huge difference, just a bit lighter mainly, but it added some nice variation into my film rather then just having 3 different versions.

Also tried to light these ones a little nicer aha.

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A poster I made for my film :)

I haven't decided if I'm going to try to put it in any festivals, so cant put it online just yet but hopefully soon.

(I havent posted anything for awhile but the hiatus should be over...ish now! haha)

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Busy busy

things have been a little (a lot) crazy lately. Im finally done school WOOTWOOT but right after school we had interviews and I'm on the hunt for a job. Things are looking good though! Ive gotten a few offers and as soon as things start to settle I will be back to posting more stuff! Sorry about the hiatus.

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For my credits I did little drawings of all the wonderful people that helped with my film. 1st row is Mark - my mentor at Sheridan college (literally the best mentor to have). Greta Pylypczak - my composer who made the most beautiful music for my film, it still gives me goosebumps.

2nd row - Alistair, basically I consulted him on everything and....let just say my film would be 1/8th as good and probably not complete without his help. Kristina - shes on on tumblr as @stripeyworks ! and she helped me colour a lot of my scenes, THANKS AGAIN! and Ann, who helped me get into Sheridan in the first place.

These people are amazing and my film would not be what it is without them. (sorry long post hah)

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Here’s some screenshots from the opening shot of my film.

I’m actually just adding the final touches to my film and then it’ll be done! What a crazy thought, I almost wish I could keep working on it, I’ve been loving the whole experience but I’ll definitely keep posting work from it even after I complete it until the day I can finally share the whole thing with the world :D.

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Made a butterfly for the opening shot of my film. Did this quick lil anim to test the wings out....ooo shiny.

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Wanted to show what the painted uvs for my trees kinda look like. I call them low poly but the trunks are somewhat higher poly disguised as low poly hah.

Swirls make for the most annoying uvs ever to unwrap!!

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I thought it might be cool to show some behind the scenes kind of stuff for my film :).

So here’s some Maya and after effects stuff I’m doing right now. Making a hybrid film has some challenges and means compositing is very important to marry the two mediums together but it is oh so fun!!!

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Hi! I just found your site. I think the stuff you're working on is GREAT :) I was wondering what type of shading you use for your 3d models? Do you use Maya?

Aw thank-you very much! Yep I'm using Maya 2016. I'm a little confused by what you mean by shading but most of my models have just basic Lambert shaders and painted uvs applied to them. I had planned to post an example of my painted textures next to a model so I hope that may help show it better.