Polybook – Phil Osterbauer

[Phil Osterbauer]

@3dioot Appreciate the feedback man. Everything is a learning opportunity. My experience with the rendering side of the pipeline is much more limited and really just use that time to experiment and figure things out and have fun with it. The color schemes and flooring are based solely off what I’ve seen of other professional reels and trying to replicate those looks. My goal is really minimalism and keeping focus on the animation. So thank a lot I’ll see what I can do to replicate what you’ve shown.

I use Vimeo because that’s where the community is at. And there no ads in my way when I’m frame by framing. (Try using Shift+arrow keys next time, you might be surprised what you find. ;)) Will probably use YouTube when I have a finished reel but otherwise I’m not a  big fan posting with it. 

[Jan-Willem van Dronkelaar]

@phoenix4690 

The color schemes and flooring are based solely off what I’ve seen of other professional reels and trying to replicate those looks.

I was wondering if that was the case! I almost wrote something like, unless its a capital sin to use color or something. Are there benefits to keep everything toned down? Does it make the animation easier to jugdge? (I still feel the cut that sharp horizon line left on my soul though) And perhaps most importantly, would it make my work look amateurish if I added a little flourish (omg I even made that rhyme)?

Interesting on Vimeo. I have some stuff on there too, very old tutorials primarily. Good to know that’s where the community is at! I saw some people I admire on there as well. This explains a lot. I am also gleefully happy to know I can frame by frame on Vimeo. Thanks!

PS
If you want to replicate this kinda look I think you could do pretty much all of it in post. You’d need a render layer for the shadow perhaps in addition to the character but thats about it.

[smurfmier1985]

@3dioot I like the purple one better, much easier on the eyes 😉

@phoenix4690 didn’t know that’s where the community is at! Seems like I need to check out this Vimeo thing then and create an account there. Also handy to hear about going frame to frame didn’t know you could do that. 

It’s awesome to see so many tips going around in this thread, learned some stuff 😊

[Phil Osterbauer]

@3dioot haha yeah like I said I’m seeing one thing and doing another, what you got here is gold man.  The sharp horizon is bad I completely agree.
Yeah the questions are spot on. What I want is an environment that showcases the animation the best and keeps the distractions to a minimum. I don’t think it would make you look amateurish to add a little flourish, if you do a good job with it.

But if its not good (like the mistakes you pointed out in mine) recruiters recommend just sending opengl renders rather than fully rendering it out. 

[Phil Osterbauer]

@smurfmier1985 at least that what it seems with animation reels. I don’t see many people posting on Youtube. The best guess I have is because of the ads. That bottom bar is always popping up when I review animations on YouTube, and if I was a recruiter watching 100’s of these, that could get annoying fast. But its just a guess. I’m just following the herd lol 🙂

[smurfmier1985]

@phoenix4690 you raise a fair point, that bottom bar is quite annoying. Guess I’ll be joining the herd soon 😉

Can you also upload videos on Vimeo as ‘hidden’? That’s what I did for my acting videos on YouTube, don’t want to show those to everyone haha

[smurfmier1985]

@phoenix4690 Hi Phil! Just being curious, did you also do the lip sync animation course here at CG Cookie? ‘Cause I didn’t see any of that on your Vimeo, and if you did I would love to see them of course 😊

[Morten Fjellheim]

Good work as ususal Phil:)

[Phil Osterbauer]

@smurfmier1985 yes I did! It was such a fun course. Its actually the few that made it on to my YouTube channel  when I was trying that platform out.
https://youtu.be/QK78JsubawE

https://youtu.be/PqP9YAwqnJI

[Phil Osterbauer]

@arev thanks a lot, much appreciated. 🙂

[smurfmier1985]

@phoenix4690 these are awesome! You put some great personality in both of them 🙂

[odunov]

@phoenix4690 Really cool.

[Phil Osterbauer]

 

@drgnclw @smurfmier1985 thank you. I had a lot of fun with them. An acting shot will definitely need to be on my list for this year to finish.

[smurfmier1985]

@phoenix4690 Hi Phil, I was wondering, as an iAnimate alumni you’ve got lifetime acces to iAnimate right? Like using all the rigs they have, and probably a forum. But does this also include watching recorded lessons and such, including new ones? And if so, can you also watch the ones from other learning disciplines (creature, feature), or only of game animation? ‘Cause that would be a great learning source that’s why I’m curious 🙂

[Phil Osterbauer]

@smurfmier1985  Yes, I get lifetime access because I took all the workshops of a specific course. In my case it was the games course. I have access to rigs and forum as you said. I also have access to what they call the “Vault”.  In the vault are thousands of hours of recorded classes and training on the full spectrum of workshops they offer. Just to give you an idea on how much is there, its over 2500 recordings for feature animation, 2300 for games, almost 700 on creatures and a like 600 in other topics. I can also pop into any games instructors profile and watch the recordings of their current term. (every term their recordings get purged)

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