DM 4223 Programming Models and Shaders

Monday, 6 February 2012

Last day survey!

1. What was the hardest part of this class?

Understanding the different nodes in Houdini that we didn't use before. Also, following Mr Ron and getting lost and being not able to catch up.

2. What was the easiest part?

Creating simple shaders, rendering and blogging!

3. What was your favorite part?

Getting to learn more about houdini and creating interesting shaders such as clouds and sub-surface scattering materials.

4. What was your least favorite part?

Facing complicated math-related nodes such as abs and power.

5. What are your 5 favorite websites?

http://www.youtube.com
http://www.flickr.com
http://wwww.tumblr.com
http://www.facebook.com
http://www.twitter.com

6. What are our 5 favorite forums?

http://forums.cgsociety.org/
http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/
http://www.sidefx.com/index.php?Itemid=172&option=com_forum
http://www.creativecrash.com/forums
http://www.sgclub.com/

7. Where do you go when you want to know more about VFX? ( not wiki or google)

cgsociety.org

8. How did you find out about VFX @ NYP

JAE booklet and NYP website.

9. What is your favorite Movie / TV Show

Inbetweeners !

10. Whats is your favorite class @ NYP

Advanced lighting and rendering!

Monday, 30 January 2012

Rose WIP ! :)

I started my rose shader by using a lambert and adding a rose pink color,
I then added a white specular.
I tried using a rose petal texture but it turned out weird.
I finally added vein displacement to simulate the texture of the rose.
In the following days I'm going to add Subsurface scattering to simulate how light passes through a real world rose petal.