Gerard Dunleavy - Masters Thread

**Capital_G** · 04-30-12

Brutus | Short film

Hello everyone, Here is another screenshot from the animated short 'Brutus', In this shot we used Zbrush - Dynamesh to sculpt the trees and clouds. Dynamesh allowed us to make nice smooth shapes that blend together nicely due to the auto-Retopo feature of Dynamesh.

You can view our short by clicking the link below.

Brutus | Short film

Thanks everyone and have a great day!

- Gerard

**nebular** · 04-30-12

Funny

Very likeable character. It's cool that you used ZBrush

**Gary Komar** · 04-30-12

cool character work - great vid

**Eiad** · 04-30-12

very intersting piece! Great job indeed

What renderer did you use? What is the lighting setup?

Thanks for sharing

**acornboy** · 04-30-12

That was really cute and well executed. Great job!

-Sam

**tyrellcorp** · 04-30-12

very nice.... looks like everything is made out of ginger bread.. !!

**-Storm-** · 05-01-12

Looks great

Gerard! Love the colors and shapes!

**Capital_G** · 05-01-12

nebular - Thanks very much, yeah Zbrush was a real lifesaver, I sculpted the entire landscape at the start of the short in just a few hours with it.

Gary Komar - Thanks Gary!

Eiad - Thanks for watching Eiad! We used Vray to render in Maya using a very simple lighting setup, In most cases I used one large 'Rectangle' Light as the sun with lots of little ones for bounce light and the blue light was given off by the skydome.

acornboy - Thanks dude!

tyrellcorp - Haha thanks man, good enough to eat!

-Storm- - Thanks Frederik, We are really glad you like it!

Brutus | Short film

Brutus | Short film

We have been very fortunate to have Brutus accepted into some film festivals and screenings, Check out the list below, maybe there is one near you!

Festival Screenings:

Belfast - Odeon Cinema - 30/03/2012
USA - California - Ex'pression College - 23/04/2012
LetterKenny - L.Y.I.T - 23/04/2012
Dublin International Film Festival - TBC
USA - East Coast Festival - October
Belfast - Cinemagic Festival - November
USA - West Coast Festival - February
Hansel film festival - UK Screenings

SHETLAND - GARRISON THEATRE, LERWICK - 10/06/2012
ULLAPOOL - SCREEN MACHINE - 14/06/2012
AYR - UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND - 16/06/2012
ISLE OF WHITHORN - ISLE OF WHITHORN CINEMA - 17/06/2012
KENDAL - BREWERY ARTS CENTRE - 20/06/2012
BERWICK UPON TWEED - THE MALTINGS - 24/06/2012
SKIPTON - THE MART THEATRE - 28/06/2012
CAMBRIDGE - Venue to be confirmed - 07/07/2012
ALDEBURGH - ALDEBURGH CINEMA - 08/07/2012
HAWKHURST - KINO - 09/07/2012
SALISBURY - SALISBURY ARTS CENTRE - 12/07/2012
SOUTHAMPTON - HARBOUR LIGHTS - 15/07/2012
FALMOUTH - DOGBITE STUDIO - 28/07/2012
WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE: ELECTRIC PICTURE HOUSE - 30/07/2012
BRISTOL - ENCOUNTERS @ WATERSHED - 31/07/2012
PRESTATYN - THE SCALA - 02/08/2012
HOLYHEAD - UCHELDRE - 04/08/2012
BELFAST - BLACK BOX - 07/08/2012 (Presented by Mark Kermode and Linda Ruth Williams.)
BO'NESS - HIPPODROME - 11/08/2012
EDINBURGH - THE FILMHOUSE - 12/08/2012
BANCHORY - WOODEND BARN - 14/08/2012
HALLADALE - HALLADALE FILM CLUB, CRAIGTON - 16/08/2012
ORKNEY - HOY, GABLE END - 17/08/2012
SHETLAND - MAREEL, LERWICK - 07/09/2012

---

**Capital_G** · 05-04-12

Hello everyone, I hope you all are having a great day so far, below I have posted some screenshots from Zbrush of the opening scene of 'Brutus' the animated short.

Brutus | Short film

The scene was initially blocked out in Maya to establish the distances and placement of the islands, these were no more than simple cubes which I exported to Zbrush. Once inside Zbrush I used Dynamesh to shape the forms and then used the DamStandard brush to cut rock/cliff shapes into the mesh and the polish brushes to create nice planes.

All the best

Gerard

**magbhitu** · 05-04-12

great animation! it's like a textbook illustration of anticipation.

**Capital_G** · 05-05-12

magbhitu - Thanks very much, I'm glad you like it!

**Capital_G** · 06-17-12

Showreel 2012 from Gerard Dunleavy on Vimeo.

Hello everyone, I would like to present my Showreel and winning entry for the CG Student of the year award 2012

This reel represents the majority of the work I completed while studying for a masters degree, which I am happy to announce I have completed,

Thank you to everyone who helped and supported me on my journey, I hope you enjoy my showreel.

**EricShawn** · 06-17-12

What a superb reel. Very impressed.

**Trist** · 06-17-12

Wow. Just unbelievable.

**renthehungry** · 06-17-12

wow !!!

Thread Tools

Search Thread

Thread: Gerard Dunleavy - Masters Thread

Showreel 2012 & CG Student of the year award 2012

Posting Permissions