John Nation Sept - Dec 2009 3D Artist Demo Reel

[GALACTICGATE1111]

kick ass!

[Nulz0r]

program???

[Vamavid]

LOL at the horse but I wish I was just half as good as you.

[Laraxsus]

How are you did natural talking face?

[johnathannation]

No. The animation is to show the model is rigged and animatable. The walk cycle was based off of a tutorial and the facial animation I cheated by copying the reference vid. I am working on creating a new demo reel, its been 1 and a half years since and i created this right after school without any production experience, my goal was always to create realistic skin and become a Jack of All Trades.

[halsteadunlimited]

you have mocap experience?

[DARILyankee]

very very good, hope one day i can be like that

[13Trylika13]

Great models and animations man. I have made ironman model myself and right now i am making iron monger. You can check them in my videos. Also what is the song used in your demo reel?

[sephdl]

looks good~

[2217376]

Damn.. Shits tight dude

[cast275]

nice man! looking good! weres the car?

[jeffjoe88]

Awesome work man... you working in ILM ..?? aron man stuffs are superb..:)

[RogerStaton88]

Love your work man, Great job, Im finishing 3df right now, just uploaded my 6 sec to my page, cant wait to get to the level you are man...inspiring stuff.

[johnathannation]

yeah

[IHaveTheShot]

was that kirsten stewart in the end with the voice I finally noticed who the face looked like

[wesdood]

Pretty baller.

[johnathannation]

I started out struggling just to model a trashcan and really thought about quitting Full Sail many times during the 3DF class (3rd month), but I kept practicing and things started to click. Don't be discouraged, but be Motivated for you will only get better. I practiced during every Full Sail break, after school, and on the weekends and as much time I put in, I still wasn't as good as I wanted to be.

[slyfox8900]

dude yeah. my mcr models werent bad. I still need tons of practice. I love your iron man model though. pretty sweet. yeah hopefully i'll find out what i want to focus on by time for the demo reel classes. I'm pretty good now at shading and lighting i might stick with that. But we still have alot of stuff to do later down the road so i'll have to wait and see.

[johnathannation]

Everything I know is from Full Sail, Digital Tutors Dvds, Gnomon Workshop DVDs, and most importantly experience. I had no prior experience before Full Sail, so anyone can model this good and better. Before you reach the Demo Reel classes you should already be at this level or better, so it took about 16 months of Full Sail.

[johnathannation]

I know what you mean, but I only kept it to fill in for the timing of the song because I wanted the song to end before the lyrics started, so the audio of the lip sync can start at the end of the song.

[slyfox8900]

Im in my 7th month at fs. How long did it take you to learn how to model that good? As in the iron man stuff? Looks Amazing.

[slyfox8900]

I think you should take out the horse bro. It doesnt add much to your reel. Not trying to be rude btw. Just some criticism.