Breakdown
Grand Cayman's Famous Stingrays
0;00;00;00
Modeling, Texturing, Rigging, Animating, Lighting, Rendering, Compositing
Maya, Photoshop, After Effects
Rendered background and each stingray in separate layers, AO layer; created particle effects for water floaties; worked with producer and scientist to assure correct anatomy and movement; used numerous reference images
Manatees: Conserving a Marine Mammal
0;00;05;00
Modeling, Texturing, Rigging, Animating, Lighting, Rendering, Compositing
Maya, Photoshop, Headus, After Effects
Rendered beauty, shadow and AO layers of manatee; created particle effects for water floaties; composited over live footage; worked with producer and scientist to assure correct anatomy and movement; used numerous reference images
Sea Turtles: The Last Years
0;00;07;00
Modeling, Texturing, Rigging, Animating, Lighting, Rendering, Compositing
Maya, Photoshop, Headus, After Effects
Rendered beauty and AO layers of turtle and BG ; worked with producer and scientist to assure correct anatomy and movement, along with numerous reference images
Creatures of The Deep
0;00;10;00
Modeling, Texturing, Rigging, Animating, Lighting, Rendering, Compositing
Maya, Photoshop, Headus, After Effects
Rendered beauty layer of shark and separate glow layer; created particle effects for water floaties; created glow animated shader; worked with producer and scientist to assure correct anatomy and movement, along with numerous reference images
Sponges: Oldest Creatures of the Sea?
0;00;15;00
Modeling, Texturing, Rigging, Animating, Lighting, Rendering, Compositing
Maya, Photoshop, After Effects
Rendered beauty layers of sponge and background; rendered AO layer; used Maya fur for sponge texture; created flow particle effects; created displacement maps for coral; worked with producer and scientist to assure correct anatomy and movement, along with numerous reference images
Beneath the Bridge
0;00;20;00
Modeling, Texturing, Rigging, Animating, Lighting, Rendering, Compositing
Maya, Photoshop, After Effects
Rendered layers of outer skin and internal organs; created the transparent shader effect and pulsating shader effect; worked with producer and scientist to assure correct anatomy and movement, along with numerous reference images
Majestic Mantas
0;00;30;00
Modeling, Texturing, Rigging, Animating, Lighting, Rendering, Compositing
Maya, Photoshop, After Effects
Rendered layers of manta, coral and background; created the pulsating radial effect shader; created displacement maps for coral; worked with producer and scientist to assure correct anatomy and movement, along with numerous reference images
Coral Hybrids
0;00;36;00
Modeling, Texturing, Rigging, Animating, Lighting, Rendering, Compositing
Maya, Photoshop, After Effects
Used fur on coral for texture; created reference models of each pollup; worked with producer and scientist to assure correct anatomy and movement, along with numerous reference images
Toxic Algae
0;00;41;00
Modeling, Texturing, Rigging, Animating, Lighting, Rendering, Compositing
Maya, Photoshop, After Effects
Used fur on bad protein; created blendshapes for the brain; worked with producer and scientist to assure correct anatomy and movement, along with numerous reference images
Fate of Carbon
0;00;49;00
Modeling, Texturing, Rigging, Animating, Lighting, Rendering, Compositing
Maya, Photoshop, After Effects
Rendered beauty and AO layers; created blendshapes for the plant; created displacement map for dirt; worked with producer and scientist to assure correct anatomy and movement, along with numerous reference images
Buen Provecho: Florida's Hispanic Flavor
0;01;01;00
Modeling, Texturing, Lighting, Rendering, Compositing
Maya, Photoshop, After Effects
Rendered beauty and AO layers for foreground and background; composited layers over and behind live footage