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Lego Star Wars: Gus from Rooster Teeth

Colin West — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:27:37 +0000

After reading though some of the Rooster Teeth comics, I came across the episode where the characters were turned into Lego Star Wars minifigures. I though this would be a great little project to attempt in the short time I had with moving to London.

This was modelled, textured, lit and rendered in Modo, post-production was done in Photoshop.

Graduation & New Job

Colin West — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 14:48:07 +0000

I graduated with Merit from the Bournemouth University MA Digital Effects course on Friday 11th. It was a very special day as I got to see everybody from my class again and celebrate, also my parents came all the way down from my home in the north-east of Scotland to watch me graduate.

This week has been especially eventful, as I also was offered a job at Framestore Commercials in London. I will be starting very soon as a Junior Houdini Technical Director, I am very excited and can’t wait to start.

I have also been busy in the meantime with new modelling projects, the Thomas Bangalter Daft Punk helmet and a Lego Star Wars character. Here are some work in progress renders of them, enjoy!

Angel of Dorset: Behind the Scenes

Colin West — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:59:01 +0000

Here are some photographs from the production of my final Masters project ‘Angel of Dorset’.
The cliff jump shot was one that needed thorough testing to capture my friend, and actor in the piece, Martin leaping from the cliff in the best way. The initial idea was for the camera to follow Martin over the cliff as he jumps, however, this had to be cut due to the tight deadline. To get a good jump shot we booked out the greenscreen studio, along with a crash mat from the gym and filmed several takes of Martin diving from the platform. Due to a huge amount of post work to use any of the footage, along with lighting inconsistencies, I decided not to use this. However, it served as valuable time spent in the greenscreen studio, setting up studio lighting and tracking markers, and the use of the camera on the track and jib. The shoot very much informed how we would tackle the project, and helped speed up the rest of the filming process.
The photographs here are from the greenscreen studio shoot, and also a test of a panorama stitching app for my iPhone. The app is called 360 Panorama, and I wanted to test it’s potential for use with environment lighting in 3d. Of course this would only be if the iPhone was the only camera at hand, for my Masters project I used a Cannon 5D MkII with a fish eye lens.

Showreel 2011

Colin West — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:27:52 +0000

‘The Angel of Dorset’ Masters Project 2011

Colin West — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:06:33 +0000

Masters Project on the MA Digital Effects course at Bournemouth University.

Breakdown

Long time, no words!

Colin West — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:42:01 +0000

Hello all! I’m very sorry for the long delay in between my last post and this. I have been extremely busy this summer completing my MA Digital Effects course at Bournemouth University. It’s been a very tough year and an unrelenting summer of work but it was well worth it, and I’m going to show you all what I have not had the chance to upload due to the workload. Over the coming weeks there will be a ‘behind the scenes’ production of my masters project ‘The Angel of Dorset’, showing you how I went about creating the film. Also I will be starting some new projects that you will get to see the development of, so it looks like it going to get much busier on here! Keep coming back to see the new projects and their development!

The Gauntlet

Colin West — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 22:24:14 +0000

3rd term project on the MA Digital Effects course at Bournemouth University

Breakdown

Based in the City

Colin West — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 20:43:37 +0000

2nd term group project on the MA Digital Effects course at Bournemouth University
Members: Myself, Si Mercer, Martin Rosenkranz, Enrico Selmi, Roger Chiaw, Zeynep Kilic

Breakdowns of shots I was responsible for:
Breakdown of Shot 1

Breakdown of Shot 2

Breakdown of Shot 3

Breakdown of Shot 4

Underwater Aquascape

Colin West — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:31:56 +0000

My 1st term project on the MA Digital Effects course at Bournemouth University

Breakdown

Subaru Impreza WRX STi 2004

Colin West — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:11:20 +0000

This was created as part of my 3rd year project on the Technical & Information Illustration at Blackpool & Fylde College.

Created with Lightwave 3d & Photoshop