Brother Thomas Film

Dragonfly: Bead Sculpt to 3D Graphics

The image above is composited from an actual bead dragonfly ornament that I created when I sculpted the original Br. Thomas makette. 

There’s something about the properties of glass beads that enhance the jewel-like quality of the dragonfly while still allowing his character to come through. Trying to animate him is a completely different matter.  This is where Computer Graphics (CG) come in.

The images below help to map out the transition from glass and porcelain to computer graphics.  CG Artist Jeff Morice has done a fantastic job of bridging the two media seamlessly.

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Tags | 3D Graphics, Dragonfly, Jeff Morice

Madonna and Child-Composite Breakdown

The process of Compositing is basically the layering of many images together in a way that gives absolute visual control over final look.

You can see from the progression of images below how each new layer builds on the next resulting in a rich composite of color, texture and line.   

The really cool part is that these images actually move!  More on that later.  I did the character and line work while Aaron Deal was responsible for the color and texture, and Jeff Morice created the CG dragonfly. I’ll be devoting at least couple of future posts to that process alone.

Tags | Aaron Deal, Jeff Morice

Jeff Morice

Jeff Morice

CG Artist/Animator

Jeff Morice is a talented young Animator/Artist who recently graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Kansas City Art Institute in 2013. While at the Art Institute, Jeff specialized in a broad variety of animation techniques including hand drawn/digital 2D, 3D Computer Graphics (CG) and motion graphics.

As you can see from his work on the dragonfly, Jeff pays incredible attention to detail and has an eye for subtle motion and beauty. All that and he’s REALLY good with technology.  All of this is on display in his animation reel and his beautifully animated short The Prince of Margo.

Tags | Jeff Morice, People