METAFUS's BLOG

2011-05-24T18:54:00.000-07:00

I am trying different lighting setups

2011-05-19T09:24:00.000-07:00

Ideas does not wait for render times. Quickly modeled a space with standard materials

2011-05-17T21:44:00.000-07:00

liquids can be fun and delicious

2011-05-16T06:55:00.000-07:00

matching camera with matchmover

2011-05-14T17:02:00.000-07:00

DIAMONDS

2011-02-24T15:21:00.000-08:00

Which one do you believe is real?

2010-12-22T09:51:00.000-08:00

The postcards have arrived.

2010-12-20T02:24:00.000-08:00

This is my holiday postcard that I made to send to people

2010-12-10T10:53:00.000-08:00

Metafus has legs. he grew up for the holidays.

The paper

2010-12-08T09:47:00.000-08:00

It started flat like this after I put the design on. The color came out dark from my printer though.

2010-12-06T13:32:00.000-08:00

These are just WIP prototypes. I got the template from Cubeecraft.com. (Chris Beaumont) check out his site, he has tons of designs. I recently met him at Kingcon 2010 because he is really a cool person to talk to. I really enjoyed creating the designs and printing on paper and then assembling a physical model.

2010-07-13T12:44:00.000-07:00

Dr Sketchy in nyc in their temporary space. It was nice to draw again from life. The place was full of people and I was late so therefore it was hard to find space to draw. I attempted to draw despite the distance. I scanned a page and painted on top with photoshop.

Film

2010-02-22T07:25:00.000-08:00

I participated in a short film project a while back at Art House Co-op . Check it out.

2010-02-09T07:57:00.000-08:00

I felt compelled to put the car in context to a environment. Visually belonging

BASKETBALL PHOTO

2010-02-04T10:12:00.000-08:00

I am going back to taking photos again. Photos are always great to use as reference for future projects

cars

2010-02-03T11:22:00.000-08:00

This is a free model from 3dExport.
Here are test rendering with different materials.You have to sign up to be able to download the models. look through their amazing collection.

2010-02-02T07:43:00.000-08:00

WIP
I came up with this idea when I saw a theme for milk and cookies.
One day I woke up with an image in my mind of planes dropping milk while it was raining.I don't remember the ground but I would think that it would be made of cookies.

3d of a sketch

2010-01-14T13:38:00.000-08:00

From one of my digital paintings from a previous post, I always wanted it to be in 3d.

2010-01-08T08:38:00.000-08:00

learn what you see from marvin nardo on Vimeo.

Visual Representation of what is happening in my head. It also serves as a learning device. For the visual learner, like myself, seeing what I should see makes it easy learn it and also remember. Relative location and structural relationship makes it easy to digest.

TOTEM siblings

2009-12-31T06:49:00.000-08:00

since they are relatively the same size. I wanted to see them stacked up. More narrow faces and less like a box. Imagining them in different arrangements. It occurred to me as I was waking up that I have seen heads on totems poles and I am probably influenced by their designs. Like most art, It needs something more. I have yet to discover what that is.

green box monster costume

2009-12-27T17:03:00.000-08:00

From my sketchbooks: I always look though it was interesting when flipping through the pages. so I decided to just recreate it digitally. I like the repetition of triangles for the eyes and nose with the outside teeth.

2009-12-22T20:14:00.000-08:00

This is a little different. I started with color first and started with a silhouette which was shown from the Gnomon Master classes. Blocking out helps see the whole thing overall.

2009-12-21T21:06:00.000-08:00

My first attempt to paint something digitally so that I can present the doodles that I make on my sketchbooks quickly on my website. And also it would be easier for me to keep track of my ideas. It is easily lost in the different pages. It has been really important to be organized as things are becoming more complicated.

2009-12-16T11:52:00.000-08:00

On Tuesday December 08 2009,

ASIFA EAST presented John Dilworth.

In the SVA auditorium, he showed his amazing body of work.It was very lively and full of energy. There were plenty of guest speakers and of course Courage the cowardly dog. In this picture the voice actor Courage performed his scream.I can't wait for their next event!

wall

2009-11-18T07:49:00.000-08:00

depth from marvin nardo on Vimeo.

You follow this path. straight to the destination because it is the fastest way to get there. but when you reach you only see the wall. that is too high to climb. will you continue on? It seems like you can only see what is close and in front of you.

2009-10-04T09:26:00.000-07:00

My text animation. I was experimenting with camera moves toward text, my purpose was to create a dynamic way of presenting text. I exported different passes, the background and the foreground text. So that I could play with the footage in post in after effects. exporting 3d video with tracking data or exporting the camera in 3dsmax that can be imported in after effects. I wanted to continue to do more so I made a reactor simulation of the text breaking also.

anaglyph

2009-08-12T11:13:00.000-07:00

get out your Anaglyph glasses. I wanted to experiment with different tools in 3dsmax. More movies are coming out in 3d stereovision. Is it going to replace our current tvs? hd stereovision tvs with blue ray maybe it will apply more to games. Does it actually enhance what we see on screen? is it good for the eyes? I also wanted to test my machine if could handle the scene. Irradiance settings is set to medium because I didn't want to wait too long to see results. Maybe if the objects in the scene were colorful then effect would be stronger? So many questions that are yet to be answered

Character Modeling for DC Digital animation group

2009-06-03T12:48:00.000-07:00

Here are some of the screenshots of my demo showing how to model a character in 3dsmax. thanks to geoill's sketches

1.I started by setting up two planes and applied the two images(drawn in a t-pose) as textures as reference for the front and side view.make sure the texture is mapped correctly

2. I started to model a box and set it's center in the origin or at zero on the x-axis. added the edit poly modifier then deleted the other half of the box.

3. I mirrored an instance of the box on the x-axis. I then started to form the box into the shape of character.

4. Once I got the model set up. I added a meshsmooth modifier because the character is suppose to be smooth.

5.Once I am finished modeling the rest of the parts of the character, I deleted the instances and then mirrored again as a copy.

6.Then I attached everything into one editable poly. Finally welded all the vertices in the middle.

7. I then exported it as an obj for Will to import in Maya

Here is the link to the meetup group DC DIGITAL ANIMATION