Benjamin Arcand

In this version of the stylize wagon, I added a few apples to help with the storytelling element. This Game Ready asset was created as a class demonstration for my Game Art students Seneca Polytechnic 3D model was done by Deon Coke 3D Surfacing/ Texture was done by me Wayne Carnegie Softwares Used: Maya, Substance Painter, Marmoset tool bag 4

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It's not a phase, Mum! Mon projet solo de 3e année. Tout est de moi, du storytelling au compositing. My 3rd year solo project. I made everything from storytelling to compositing. #2danimation #animation2d #2d #cinema #movie #animation #cartoon #schoolproject

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Here is a new tutorial. It's a big one. ADVANCED CHARACTER RIGGING IN AFTER EFFECTS. Hope you all will like it. https://lnkd.in/dxrf8yCF #animation #tutorial #design #motiongraphics

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Limber 2 is out and it’s mind-blowing. I recently asked what people prefer for rigging characters. While many preferred Limber, the general consensus was that DUIK was still king for customisation, flexibility and useful tools. For me, this new update firmly puts Limber in the lead as my go-to for character rigging. New features like FreeKinematics, locator layers, autoscale, auto-flop, precomp limbs, puppet limbs, and soon three-bone-limbs make it capable of just about anything. I’m downloading it today and I can’t wait to get started with it. Kudos to Steve Kirby and the team at Animatable for this really well-thought out update, it’s going to make animators' lives everywhere more enjoyable! #limber2 #freelance #animator #2danimator #rigging #plugins #aftereffects #motiondesign #2danimation

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Here is another character I did recently. Hongsoo Kim provides the test animation. We made two major RnD achievements this year: 1, we have a real-time frame rate using our rigs by making them rig-compatible under the parallel mode. 2, the face rig is more appealing with fewer corrective BS. #maya #rigging #animation

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Plasticity | Modeling Exercise 105 This video takes a quick look at basic asset creation in Plasticity. https://lnkd.in/gR4KVTVt

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Plasticity | Modeling Exercise 73 This video takes a quick look at basic asset creation in Plasticity. https://lnkd.in/g3fZYBSS

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Petit projet fait sur Blender inspiré de Kong: Skull Island! . Little project made in Blender inspired by Kong: Skull Island! . . . #blender #3D #compositing #composition #liveaction #modeling #texturing

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Plasticity | Modeling Exercise 62 This video takes a quick look at basic asset creation in Plasticity. https://lnkd.in/gEkt5tDx

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In this video, I review an assignment from one of my students at Seneca Polytechnic . Their challenge was to create a hero game-ready asset with Surface/Texture done in substance painter and rendered in marmoset tool bag 4 #computergraphics #gameartist #RealTimeRendering

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Here's a W.I.P. Rigging Demo Reel I've put together with the two characters I've modeled:

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Plasticity | Modeling Exercise 84 This video takes a quick look at basic asset creation in Plasticity. https://lnkd.in/gWekgRuY

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Chroma 0244 - In Which Lincoln Dupree Tumbles! - Part 1 We are diving into an exciting Deep Compositing project right now. Kate T.C. L. a Senior Compositor (our former student), nudged us in this direction. She believes we should be teaching deep compositing, and she's spot on. Here's the thing: there aren't many educational resources out there on Deep Compositing, especially ones that tackle the real issues compositors face daily with deep passes. So, we decided to create them ourselves. Enter Lincoln who crafted this scene entirely in Houdini. It's still in its early stages, and he is going to add foliage, dirt, dust, and maybe even some fog to bring it to life. Training students to be ready for VFX studios is no small feat. Most junior tasks are being outsourced, and many small to mid-sized studios don't offer any real training except for maybe a company wiki. This leaves educational institutions like ours with the hefty responsibility of preparing students to seamlessly integrate into ongoing production environments. Despite doing my best with limited resources in the past, Deep Compositing has been my Achilles heel. In the past, we rarely had the opportunity to work on comps that required deep passes. It was challenging to iterate on older machines, and we couldn't just request more RAM, as we weren't server-based. Each student had their own frankensteined big box PC. But now, with students using their own machines chock full of RAM, we might finally be able to say, "Yes, our students know deep compositing too." A huge shoutout to SideFX Software for sponsoring Houdini licenses to help us develop valuable educational content for the community. This support is a game-changer. P.S. What's been your biggest challenge in learning deep compositing? 💬#AlphaChromatica #Chroma #HeyGanz #DeepCompositing #LincolnDupree

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