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This is the third of the three Tide ads. This time we have cops and robbers depicting soy sauce on your kakis. Cinema 4D and Mograph.]]> Thu, 29 May 2008 08:07:06 +0000 http://simond.cgsociety.org/gallery/636611

Second in the set of three images for Tide 2X Ultra. This one with two opposing armies of knights. Again, all Cinema 4D and Mograph.]]> Thu, 29 May 2008 08:03:40 +0000 http://simond.cgsociety.org/gallery/636249

This is one of a series of 3 images created for a US ad campaign for Tide Ultra 2X detergent. The ads won the Grand Prix in the Press category at Cannes Advertising Awards last year and a Gold Lion in the Outdoor category. Everything was created in-scene so there are approximately 3500 characters rendered in a single pass about 6000px wide (proxies were used to help speed things up). It was a mammoth job as you can imagine. The most difficult aspect was to get the really tight packing but still maintaining randomness - this is a lot harder to do than it sounds, though there are still some intersections if you look for them. Characters were rigged and animated into different poses and by randomizing the timing I was able to simulate a random distribution of poses more or less procedurally. This was all done using Cinema 4D and the MoGraph module. I tried using Maya and XSI first but it was a nightmare. Some of you may have already seen this image before so sorry if its old news! Unfortunately due to the file size restrictions I have to use high JPEG compression so its a bit grungy. I'll post some closeups if it makes it to the gallery.]]> Wed, 28 May 2008 10:11:08 +0000 http://simond.cgsociety.org/gallery/633200

This is the third in the series of executions of the Woolite ads. Not much else to say about it except that in this one I left in some of the overlapping threads, but it still looks pretty clean.]]> Mon, 19 May 2008 12:44:52 +0000 http://simond.cgsociety.org/gallery/631250

2nd of three executions for the Woolite 'Threads' ad for this year's advertising awards. There's a lot in this that you don't see - it was tricky to create a clean look by removing the rearward threads, because the overlaps looked messy. Combination of geometry and Cinema 4D's fur system.

See also 'Kiss' and 'Legs' images.]]> Wed, 14 May 2008 06:48:02 +0000 http://simond.cgsociety.org/gallery/632329

Hi - This is a recent job I did for a US agency for this year's round of advertising awards submissions. Product is Woolite and concept strap is 'Because colours should never be parted'. I had no idea how to create the wool threads when I started but a combination of geometry and fur seemed to do the trick. Splines were projected onto geometry then used as sweep paths.]]> Fri, 16 May 2008 17:25:09 +0000 http://simond.cgsociety.org/gallery/604959

One of five Illustrations commissioned by New Scientist magazine for their cover feature on Dark Matter/Energy. 5% of the matter in the universe is visible to us, hence the small spot of colour in each image, the rest is in the form of invisible 'dark' matter whose effect we can see only indirectly.]]> Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:01:41 +0000 http://simond.cgsociety.org/gallery/604957

One of five Illustrations commissioned by New Scientist magazine for their cover feature on Dark Matter/Energy. 5% of the matter in the universe is visible to us, hence the small spot of colour in each image, the rest is in the form of invisible 'dark' matter whose effect we can see only indirectly.

This one is the cover illo.]]> Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:58:40 +0000 http://simond.cgsociety.org/gallery/604955

One of five Illustrations commissioned by New Scientist magazine for their cover feature on Dark Matter/Energy. 5% of the matter in the universe is visible to us, hence the small spot of colour in each image, the rest is in the form of invisible 'dark' matter whose effect we can see only indirectly.]]> Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:57:34 +0000 http://simond.cgsociety.org/gallery/604953

One of five Illustrations commissioned by New Scientist magazine for their cover feature on Dark Matter/Energy. 5% of the matter in the universe is visible to us, hence the small spot of colour in each image, the rest is in the form of invisible 'dark' matter whose effect we can see only indirectly.]]> Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:56:46 +0000 http://simond.cgsociety.org/gallery/604951

One of five Illustrations commissioned by New Scientist magazine for their cover feature on Dark Matter/Energy. 5% of the matter in the universe is visible to us, hence the small spot of colour in each image, the rest is in the form of invisible 'dark' matter whose effect we can see only indirectly.]]> Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:56:06 +0000 http://simond.cgsociety.org/gallery/591273

Final version with 'real' butterflies on the wall. An exercise in composition and concept. Aiming for a stylish photographic look which I think I've managed more or less. Butterflies could have been better - if it was a paid job they would have been ]]> Sat, 02 Feb 2008 15:31:35 +0000 http://simond.cgsociety.org/gallery/588511

This was posted in the WIP forum but I've submitted it here because I think its finished work now.

I had a very clear look in mind for this product shot: very high contrast, sharp and zingy but with restrained lighting. Ended up pumping the black in Photoshop to get the final look, but its pretty much what I wanted. The shading on the top of the bezel sill bothers me though.

Polygon/Sub-d modelled from the actual watch (not a photo, though I used other studio shots of real watches to help judge the lighting, see the WIP thread for pics) and rendered with Cinema's standard raytracer.

Copyright © Simon Danaher 2008, submitted 26th January 2008.

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This is a duplication of a photo of artwork installation by Tatsuo Miyajima (I take no credit for composition or the idea). A study in lighting and composition, I didn't use GI for this just one Area light. A lot of ballancing was done in Photoshop to get the contrast and realism I was after.]]> Mon, 19 Jun 2006 18:07:08 +0000 http://simond.cgsociety.org/gallery/371439

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