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This is the title image from my video "Juicy" - a cheesy music video which is a take on Desperate Housewives and the Spice Girls. ]]> Sun, 24 Jun 2007 08:51:53 +0000 http://rafis.cgsociety.org/gallery/522217

My first proper 3d image, 'The New You' is a cheesy take on magazine advertisments for makeup and beauty products.

When making my video Juicy, I had initially not used occlusion layers as I hadn't been able to see the difference it makes, but then when I re-made parts of my video, I decided to use occlusion layers, and watching the two together made me realise the difference it makes. I made this image to be able to show new artists the difference having occlusion layers can make to an image.

The main character in the image is Iris, an updated version of the character I had made in Lightwave a few years ago. I made an animated video using this model (and a few different versions of her), she is fully rigged, has morph targets for lip syncing and a more cartoony, comic book style to her.

This is my first image posted here, and I would love any constructive feedback to help me improve the standard of my work.]]> Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:03:53 +0000 http://rafis.cgsociety.org/gallery/521933

My first proper 3d animation video made using Maya, Juicy is a cheesy take on the very famous 'Desperate Housewives Season 2 Juicy Promo', directed by Mathew Rolston and released in 2005.

I saw the promo and loved the editing, the style, the music and the decided to make my reel based on the promo. Juicy has been inspired by characters like Catwoman and Poison Ivy and different music videos.

I spent about 6 months in production as I had to spend a lot of time on dynamics, each scene uses one dynamic system, including Maya Fluids, Paint Effects, Real Flow and Particle dynamics.

Visit my website for more info: http://www.rafis.co.nz/
Music: Juicy by Better Than Ezra
Album: Before the Robots
Record: Artemis Records 2005

Music edit based on Desperate Housewives Juicy Season 2 Promo]]> Wed, 25 Jul 2007 03:19:31 +0000 http://rafis.cgsociety.org/gallery/658483

Iris, my first 3d model made using Maya, is fully rigged and has morph targets for expressions and lip syncing.]]> Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:13:37 +0000 http://rafis.cgsociety.org/gallery/674778

I wanted to play around with the concept of Poison Ivy - the sultry, seductive siren who uses her feminine charm to seduce foolish men before disposing of them with her poison lips.

All the models are made using Maya, and the plants are made using Paint Effects, some being converted to nurbs for rendering.]]> Sun, 14 Sep 2008 08:08:26 +0000