Cade-MasonMar 20, 20211 min readUnit 19 - VFX Practices - Task 1 - Plane and Sky practiceTo introduce the new unit - VFX Practices. We have been tasked to practice our VFX skills in the Nuke(X) software. Although in this task,...
Cade-MasonMar 20, 20211 min read3D asset series: - The Tower That Never Was - The Door part 4 - render set ups and HDRIsIn this blog, I go back to Autodesk Maya to implement the textures and ambient lights to add in the HDRIs ready to be rendered. In this...
Cade-MasonFeb 22, 20211 min read3D asset series: - The Tower That Never Was - The Door part 3 - UDIM Workflow Continuing on from the process of making the door, I was advised by a teacher to go with the UDIM workflow. This transition goes into the...
Cade-MasonFeb 22, 20212 min read3D asset series: - The Tower That Never Was - The Revolver part 3 - UDIM WorkflowContinuing on from the process of making the revolver, I was advised by a teacher to go with the UDIM workflow. Before going into the...
Cade-MasonFeb 20, 20211 min read3D asset series: - The Tower That Never Was part 1 - The Door part 2 - UV and Cleanup ProcessCarrying on from part 1, I had a talk with Leigh about my doors and he noticed that were engons on the doors. What is an engon? An engon...
Cade-MasonFeb 20, 20211 min read3D asset series: - The Tower That Never Was - The Revolver part 2 - UV and Cleanup ProcessContinuing from where I left off, I will go over the finishing touches and then later on in the blog will cover the UV and cleanup...
Cade-MasonFeb 7, 20211 min readMy infographic for the video games industryFor the creative media industries unit, one of the tasks that were asked of me was to create an infographic relating to the creative...
Cade-MasonJan 26, 20211 min read3D asset series: - The Tower That Never Was part 2 - The Dark TowerThis blog will go over the process of the Dark Tower I had created in Autodesk Maya (and Substance Painter.) This tower will be an asset...
Cade-MasonJan 26, 20215 min read3D asset series: - The Tower That Never Was part 1 - The RevolverIn this blog, I will be going over my progress on 3D modelling a Revolver. "The Tower That Never Was" assets will be a 3 blog asset...
Cade-MasonJan 26, 20211 min readModel development: textures and PBR - Physical Based Rendering pipelines.For the assets I have created in Maya. I need to think about what type of materials for the textures I am going to implement onto my...
Cade-MasonJan 26, 20212 min read3D asset series: - The Tower That Never Was part 3 - A DoorIn this blog, I will be going over my progress on 3D modelling a Door. "The Tower That Never Was" assets will be a 4 blog asset series...
Cade-MasonJan 26, 20217 min readUnit 03 Task 4 Professional Practice Project reviews.For this unit, we have been assessed with multiple tasks for unit 03. "The Tower That Never Was" is a college project with horror themes....
Cade-MasonJan 26, 20211 min readTask 1 Unit 20 - 3D Modelling: Project development 3D game asset into the game engine processIn this blog, I will be talking about project development for 3D game engine assets which I will go over the requirements of designing 3D...
Cade-MasonJan 25, 20213 min readMandalorian VFX sequence analysis VFX Case StudyIn this blog, I had to write an essay about a case study for VFX sequences. The minimal viable product of content has to last 2 minutes....
Cade-MasonJan 17, 202110 min readTask 03 Research, review and revision of the process Questions about myself and a future careerRight before I leave college next year my main plan is to get an apprenticeship in the games or visual effects industry. There are plenty...
Cade-MasonJan 16, 202112 min readThere are other words than these essayThe VFX industry and technology is always evolving, rising, and reaching new horizons for visual and special effects. As the industry...
Cade-MasonJan 16, 20213 min readUnit 3 Professional Practice: The Making of the "Tower That Never Was" PosterHaving done the composition practices I needed to take those skills and techniques into creating my poster. The contents for the minimum...
Cade-MasonDec 8, 20203 min readHistorical Developments of VFXFor this task, I had looked into traditional based techniques from how they developed and evolved in the VFX history. Here is my YouTube...
Cade-MasonNov 20, 20204 min readCinematography and Compositional Elements video and essay For task 2 on VFX cultures, I had to talk about cinematography and compositional elements. I did this by doing research and evaluations....
Cade-MasonNov 5, 202014 min readRoles and processes of the VFX Industry - Runners (in-depth), VFX Supervisor, Artists, TDsIn the VFX industries, roles exist for each sole purpose. These roles help defines their purpose and in what they do by contributing to...
