Nice works ! Congratulation
Cool work and you have a funny cartoniish style!
lewchico - Hahaha that’s a blast from the past! I completely forget this show, thanks for sharing :D
jubala - Mine too 
mauro_matheus - Thanks very much!
KC-Production - Cheers man I’m glad you like it!
Thanks for stopping by everyone!
-Gerard
Hello everyone, I am very honored to present to you, Brutus! The 3D animated short film created by Belfast based artists Adam McAllister, Priya Mistry and myself, Gerard Dunleavy.
Watch this space for some behind the scenes breakdowns and how Zbrush enabled us to create this short, In the meantime head on over to the link below to watch the full film
Brutus | Short film https://vimeo.com/38481798
Thanks everyone and have a great day!
- Gerard
Brutus | Short film https://vimeo.com/38481798
Loved it. What a fun animation with a great style and colors. 
Thanks very much Paint Guy, I’m really glad you like it!
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
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Thanks everyone and have a great day!
- Gerard
Funny:) Very likeable character. It’s cool that you used ZBrush
cool character work - great vidsmall_orange_diamond
very intersting piece! Great job indeed
What renderer did you use? What is the lighting setup?
Thanks for sharing
That was really cute and well executed. Great job!
-Sam
very nice… looks like everything is made out of ginger bread… !!
Looks great Gerard! Love the colors and shapes!
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
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Brutus | Short film
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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
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. [vv]38481798[/vv]
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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
great animation! it’s like a textbook illustration of anticipation.
magbhitu - Thanks very much, I’m glad you like it!
<iframe src=“http://player.vimeo.com/video/42056697?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=ffffff” width=“960” height=“540” frameborder=“0” webkitallowfullscreen="" mozallowfullscreen="" allowfullscreen=""></iframe> 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.
What a superb reel. Very impressed.
Wow. Just unbelievable.