2010 Demo Reel: Angela Guenette, Character Artist

Demo: Breakdown List

-- Isabella: Personal work, December 2008
Won first place, "Blending Life: Blender 3D Realistic Human Challenge", blenderartists.org, 2008.
Created all elements: Model, UV layout, 4K skin & 2K eyeball texture maps using skin reference photos from 3d.sk, lighting, particle hair & eyelashes. Internal render, no post-process (Blender, Gimp).

-- Sintel: "Sintel", Independent Short Film, September 2010
Created model, uv layout, skin & eye texture maps, 55 facial blendshapes, particle eyelashes & eyebrows (Blender, Gimp).

-- Aged Sintel: "Sintel", Independent Short Film, September 2010
Re-shaped young Sintel model preserving existing facial blendshapes & uv layout, sculpted scars, textured over young Sintel's existing skin & clothing maps (Blender, Gimp).

-- Scales: "Sintel", Independent Short Film, September 2010
Created model, uv layout, texture maps, 22 facial blendshapes, first pass sculpt (Blender, Gimp).

-- Dragon Adult: "Sintel", Independent Short Film, September 2010
Created model, uv layout, texture maps, 20 facial blendshapes, first pass sculpt (Blender, Gimp).

-- Shaman: "Sintel", Independent Short Film, September 2010
Created model, 47 facial blendshapes (Blender).

-- Guardian: "Sintel", Independent Short Film, September 2010
Re-shaped & added sculpt to head & hands, added 2 shot-specific 'death face' facial expression shape keys, added texture details to existing skin maps, created particle eyelashes (Blender, Gimp).

-- Alien Soldier Torso: June 2009
Modeled, Sculpted (Blender).

-- Evil Hand: Durian Project's DVD pre-sale banner, July 2009
Modeled, Sculpted (Blender).

-- Traditional Art: Personal work.

Music: Greendjohn - "1,2,3 piano" (remaster)
http://www.jamendo.com/en/track/398176
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http://www.sintel.org/about/

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[rudigerthethird]

I started learning Blender after following your work on Sintel. I'm trying to get good enough so I will be able to follow your Blenderella DVD that I already bought. I just had a quick question, did you use SSS on the Isabella model?

[PonderStudios]

@rudigerthethird Yes, I used SSS on Isabella's skin and eyes.

[xeonprofessional]

Hello, Im a fan of your work:) can i ask what time of method did you use to make the hair in Sintel? and eye brows?

[PonderStudios]

@xeonprofessional Thanks for your comment :) We used particles for hair in the film. More info at:

wiki.blender.org/index.php/Org­:Institute/Open_projects/Duria­n/HairNotes

[EMJAYFAB]

Great work. Are the mouth shapes blends or have you used a bone setup for the face?

[PonderStudios]

@EMJAYFAB : Facial expressions are blendshapes based, with the exception of rigged eyelids, eyeball direction, tongue, jaw open.

[PonderStudios]

@LimitedWard : Yes, all 3D made with Blender and Gimp. Details are listed in video info, "Demo: Breakdown List".

[Foxylady87]

Your work is absolutely beautiful. You are my new inspiration - thank you for sharing your incredible reel.

I loved Sintel, btw. :) Great work!

[BrokeStringGuitarist]

are the clothes part of the mesh? or are they just parented to the armature? im working on a basic 3rd person game and id like to know the best way to add clothing to my character. someone please respond!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BrokeStringGuitarist]

oh man, ive always wanted to do this but its soooo hard! you are truly talented

[tirsod2000]

Sintel = The best blender user

[samINmotion]

Very awesome reel. Inspiring too, which is weird seeing as I am an animator, and never touch modelling or textuing. I guess its the feeling "awe" that this reel gave me, its the kind of feeling I want my work to give people one day. Anyway, awesome work :)

[sehun123]

@ScrewFearMe then do it then Learn to modelASAP

start with blender cookie

[Earlo45]

Wow this is beautiful!!!! You just inspired me to work harder :) Keep it up!!

[Pulley1337]

Excellent work. Congratulations. You did a great job!!

[Seemererks]

This is awsome!

[SuperPonygal]

Angela, how long have you been studying as a 3D artist to get so amazingly good? You are quite an inspiration to a newbie like myself.

[naruto82494]

very nice, i thought the 1st model had great personality =) it is good enuf to be to be used in a bona fide animated movie