Here's mine, i had to rush it as fast as i could, so it could go online. So i didnt have much time to detail the modeling. Judge mildly plzz,

xothermik, you did a nice job there, i liked the timing of the characters. nice one.

@Sojiguns, my head is really swelling here, thanks everybody for your head swelling comments. I'm really head swelled. Thanks.

@ Adamu W
Thanks for the comments, I think I properly matched the cg-elements because I did test renders with simple boxes around the path the robot took, however, it might not be sitting properly with the live footage because i did not get the shadows right, the shadow you are seeing there isn't what i expected to achieve.

I did not have any projects at hand when i started the composite, so i wanted to do it quickly, because if i got a project it means i'd abandon have to this. So I'd say it was a hurried job.

Thanks Neptune, really appreciate your comments.

Hi every body, just completed a vfx shot, it also contains a breakdown of how i did it, you can download the link here :

Low res version (1.05mb):    http://cyphabox.net/content/Vfx_Shot_+_Breakdown.FLV
High Res version (4.28mb):   http://cyphabox.net/content/Vfx_Shot_+_Breakdown.wmv

you will need an FLV player to watch the low res version, or go to my site and watch it, it's the second video on the list.

My site is cyphabox.net
I've attached some screen shots of the video.

Waiting for your comments.
Cheers!!

There's a lot of stuff involved in getting a protege, because most people aren't really ready to commit to the kind of patience involved in learning the arts, and honestly you can't force someone who doesn't have that creative drive to suddenly develop them automatically, and there's people that are willing to learn, but some time differences stop it from happening, and bla bla bla reasons so on and so on.
So far since last year i have only met one person that's willing to learn, and i think we're making progress.
So in general it's not a rosy task.

But the big fat question is what is gonna give the industry the boost soji is talking about?, cos' the protege aspect is just a side kick factor. so??

Interesting thread, I haven't seen anyone like this in a long time.
Anything I say now is from my own point of view;
business is business, whether you are running a production company or a fish store.
1. Most companies usually fold up after they've lost their focus, when that hunger that used to drive them is satisfied, they quickly forget the humble beginnings.
2. Most companies fold up after poor managerial skills, like what soji said involving water in the generator.
3. And there's the issue of marketing.
4. Research is another important "folder up", like neptune said; discovering whats in vogue, like newer production tools and techniques.

So, I'm sure when clients start seeing all these defects, they quietly pack their bags one after the other, until you have nothing but a crumbling company.

Getting a protege is quite a task, since it involves a lot of patience and time similarities between you and your protege, but it is absolutely very important.
Well, like neptune said, i don't think our industry is even sick self, talk less of dying.

In that movie, during the fight when they had to show both faces, the second person wasn't Jet-li, I can't remember , but i think the head was digitally replaced as Sojiguns said, I think the other guy had a similar physical appearance.

On the other hand, How Best Would You Achieve The Effect Of Talking To Yourself (twin)?, you will be doing a lot of double shots plenty, plenty of compositing too, choreography
and expressions to relate to the twin character will be very important too.

From my mini experience, I'd prefer Green Screen cos' I think it's easier to setup (lights,etc), but from my studies, blue is a colour that isn't in the skin tone. I'd advice we use Green Screen in Nigeria. This topic is a very long story.

Here's two,

Hey Guys,
I'm mighty sorry that i did not paste my work on time, i have been mad busy, although i finished mine before anyone posted, i wanted to wait until i finished my site, but its better i post because' i'm not sure when my site 'll be ready, any way here's the link, u can view my work on alien lagos here, Thanks.

The resolution is high so you can see a lot of details when you zoom into the image, the size is about 600kb

www.cyphabox.net/img/Alienlagos.JPG

I also attached a lower resolution of the image for those that can't download the little kb's

Hey Guys,
I'm mighty sorry that i did not paste my work on time, i have been mad busy, although i finished mine before anyone posted, i wanted to wait until i finished my site, but its better i post because' i'm not sure when my site 'll be ready, any way here's the link, u can view my work on alien lagos here, Thanks.

The resolution is high so you can see a lot of details when you zoom into the image

www.cyphabox.net/img/Alienlagos.JPG

@justbone, your work is rated wack because of the following reasons; 1. there is not much effects in the image 2. the guy looks like he's floating, probably needs shadows, the fire explosion looks unreal because it dosent have debris and particles all over, 3. the flying object should also have fire trailing it.

@OKX, your work is rated wack because of the following reasons; 1. most of the smoke in your image looks transparent, that smoke is too thick to be transparent 2. the guy's eyeglass is not transparent, 3. some of the buildings that were falling dont actually have debris following it 4. i know you were trying to illustrate the effect of the explosions on the guys face by adding the yellow shade or glow over his face, but it's not very right.

overall you guys did a spectacular job.
@neptune, your job is still the best.
i should be posting mine tomorrow, though i've finished it a long time ago.

ok.

lets hook up, i will show you my portfolio,i have very creative works, email : petobiken@yahoo.com

@justbones, is that your work on your alien lagos?, wow the aliens really zapped the city
@Kemjisuper keep  Wot-Ching me

I think "strict" encourages harder/better work.
Here's a better critic;

@ Neptune, you have the coolest work so far, but some part of the fire in your work dosent belong, and the overall tone of the image is not grimey as requested, but your work is near tight.

@Raymond88, i'll rate you second after Neptune, the overall tone of your work is too sepia, the colors are missing, and how come the guy is floating on the air his direction shows he is running, he is not placed properly

@Kemjisuper, your work is third placed, the guy dosent belong, your does not look realistic at all, expecially the fire, the planes there look like clipart, the bus in the pic was not properly cut and it is entirely out of place

@in2gold, i've commmented on your work before, i think you need to  go back to the board.

Cheers! Coming soon. Final date = 2nd week of this month.

@in2gold you work is rated : Very Very Wack!! 100% Wack!!, peronally i'll add an extraordinary wack to it. in fact its the wackest so far!!

The man standing in front does not even match the background lighting and color details. The fire is too unrealistic, everything is just wrong

If you want to upload a file thats around 1mb use this site www.imageshack.us you can host your files for free!!
Cheers! , watch out for mine

I think nairaland has an upload file limit of 200kb, i'd suggest you upload the file on another server, then upload a lower resolution for viewing here.

So far i'll rate what we have , as i said there is nothing like the design is ok, its either;
1. Tight!
2. Wack!
3. Very Very Wack!! 100% Wack!!

So neptune's work = Wack!,
Raymond88's work = Wack!,
Kemjisuper's work = Very Very Wack!! 100% Wack!!,

Mine is ready, but'll be uploaded soon. Awaiting more entries!!

http://www.jboxcreations.com/otherjpgimgs/Lagos.JPG

Thats the link to the high res image, competition has started, final submission is 2nd week of june !.

I can still upload the higher res image later.

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Ok here it is finally, this is the image to use, submission has been extended to 2nd week of june due to the delays in upload. Its on!!

OOps!, wrong image i uploaded, but you can still continue with what you've done or you could wait for the next image to be uploaded on monday. Soorry!

Been long i posted anything here, but because the topic was interesting i decided to participate,
So, no probs, i have extended the deadline, to the 2nd week of june.

But that don't mean that you should beg for more time after that.

Your work will be graded as follows

1. Tight!
2. Wack!
3. Very Very Wack!! 100% Wack!!

THERE IS NOTHING LIKE " Your work is ok."
See you guys then.

Ok, here it is, , the theme of the challange is titled "Alien Lagos", you are to download the image in this link

http://students.som.yale.edu/sigs/bba/TripPhotos/Downtown%20Lagos.JPG

its a picture taken across a bridge.

The output image should contain the following,

1' space ships crashed into the buildings
2' a man standing from the bridge watching the crash
3' lots of broken down buildings, angry skies, smoke & explosions

Add whatever you want to add, but the endpoint should be a gore looking scene.

submission is before, the end of this month, i'm in too.

I bet you know what i mean.
Now, who's running ??

Whats up kaspa? how's work man?, so who's gonna bring up a graphic challange?, somebody better do, or else i'm going to unleash some wild idea that'll scare some chaps away!.

so, i'd like to know where i could look for jobs

if anybody wants to join, the site is www.3dproject.r8.org please remember you have to be active at the site and at least good in any field, be it texture, modeling, character rigging, lighting e.t.c.

well work is about to kick off on the other forums website.
sorry for those of ya'll that think that this project is all about talk talk,  its about action
and software is not a problem, anybody into 3d should have a software,