Vivian Nikolich • Character Animator

“Here’s the thing” – Dialogue

admin — Tue, 08 May 2012 04:20:33 +0000

Created in Advanced Animation 3 class – currently a work-in-progress. I am responsible for the animation. Sound from Community TV show. Rigs from AnimSchool.

“Haunted Basement” – Texturing & Lighting

admin — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:49:11 +0000

Created in Advanced Texturing & Lighting class. I am responsible for creating all textures, materials/shaders, lighting in Maya and compositing in Nuke. Hair was created using Shave and a Haircut plugin and rendered with RenderMan.

“Flower” – Emotion Change

admin — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 07:28:40 +0000

Created in Advanced Animation 2 class.

Ball Chase

admin — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 03:51:40 +0000

Created in Advanced Animation 2. I was responsible for the animation, texturing and lighting, along with setting up the light trail effects behind the two balls and depth-of-field for the cameras. Goal was to emulate aesthetic from Tron feature film. Explosion at the end was created from scratch to mimic original film.

Photo-A-Day: 030 #5

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