The best part about making a new reel is, of course, making a ridiculously pretentious and over the top intro. One that takes up half the showreel and poorly attempts to overshadow everything else. Setting that as the benchmark and wanting to try out a new workflow in moi3d I created this.
Almost all the geometry was nurbs modeled in Moi 3D, exported to Cinema 4d and rendered in Octane.
Despite obvious limitations (the topology is terrible and you can't really uv or deform it), It's really fast to create and work with plus the rendered version looks as good as it would if you subdivision modelled it - but a lot less time consuming.
You can check out the final version here
Winner of a Gold Pin at 2018 NZ Design Awards & Directed by Scott Geerson, I was part of the team working on lighting and look development for this years titles for TEDx Sydney 2018.
I developed the look for a number of shots and sequences, and also created additional 3D assets inside houdini, c4d and zbrush. See the attached images and breakdowns for more details.
All work done with Cinema 4D, Octane, Redshift, Houdini and Zbrush.
The TEDx Sydney 2018 titles explore this year’s topic of Humankind by taking us through museum galleries, where our present and potential future collide with the past.
Modern subjects are mixed with classical forms, and the suspended animation of these sculptures kindles poignant evaluation of our current place within humanity’s short timeline.
Stills / GIFs / Process and more
Featured on Stash.tv & Director's Notes
Client: TEDx Sydney
Direction: Scott Geersen
Layout, Cinematography: Substance
Edit: Joe Morris
Look Dev / Shading / Lighting: Rich Nosworthy, Rory McLean, Jeff Briant, Ezequiel Grand, Scott Geersen
Additional Sculpts: Ezequiel Grand, Rich Nosworthy
Original Music & Sound Design : CypherAudio / John Black & Tobias Norberg
Look and lighting development for TEDx Sydney’s 10th anniversary, the titles explore the theme of Legacy: wherein the past is preserved and gifted to the future.
We store the knowledge of humankind in libraries. We conserve our art in museums and galleries. We hoard the genes of plants and seeds in the Svalbard vault, and record and reproduce our lives digitally. If a legacy is something valuable to be passed down, we should be well on our way to the ultimate gift.
When orbital construction commenced on the ISS Legacy X in 2019, it was the natural extension to these ideas. A safeguard. An archive. A collection that preserves and juxtaposes humankind’s achievements and the diversity of the natural world, and asks us to confront the complex relationship between the two.
Though valuable beyond measure, humankind’s true hope for the Legacy X remains that we need never use it.
See the full project page: Behance
Directed and produced by
Scott Geersen
Layout & Cinematography
Substance
3D / Lighting / Shading
Rich Nosworthy, Rory McLean, Dan Cowan, Nemanja Ivanovic, Jesus Suarez, Scott Geersen, Ezequiel Grand, Aaron Covrett, Jason Poley
Edit
Joe Morris
Original Music
Michael Yezerski
Sound Design
Dave Robertson
Working with Yambo studio, I was part of the team on this spot for Vivo’s latest Y71 model. The presentation was meant to appeal to a younger audience in a vibrant and playful way that also showcased some of the phones key features. I worked on a number of shots both lighting and animation, as well as assisting with the edit.
Credits:
Client: VIVO | China
CGI Production: Yambo Studio
Director: Yambo
Creative Direction: Jonathan Lindgren, Mariusz Becker, Yambo
Lead 3D: Jonathan Lindgren
Shading: Mariusz Becker, Yambo, Rich Nosworthy
Additional 3D: Jeff Briant, Ruye, Rich Nosworthy
Phone Modelling: Nick Zieroff, Chris Schofield
Compositing & Colours: Bold Studio
Typography Animation & Design: Bold Studio
Music & Sound Design: Luke Brown
Mixing & Mastering: Luke Brown
Special Thanks: Tal Baltuch
Agency: Visual Signal Tao (Beijing)
The annual Sydney Vivid Festival is always a spectacular event, with the main attraction being the transformation of Sydney opera house via projection mapping.
It was a real privilege to be brought on board by Ash Bolland, Luxx.tv and Spinifex to help bring this year's theme, Audio Creatures, to life.
My role was initially modelling / texturing of 4 of the creatures from Ash's concept artwork. From then I continued to rig, light and animate the final two characters for the end of the show. A mix of traditional poly modelling techiniques mixed with cinema4d's mograph module, was used to give these creature forms both faithful to Bolland's design yet flexible enough for detailed animation.
Even better was having sound design for this year by legendary musician Amon Tobin.
Photo Credits: Tim Clapham & Daniel Boud.
Clients: Destination NSW & Sydney Opera House
Interrogate Director: Ash Bolland
Interrogate Executive Producer: Tara Riddell
Audio: Amon Tobin
Interrogate Director: Ash Bolland
Interrogate Executive Producer: Tara Riddell
Audio: Amon Tobin
Sound FX: Marcus Longfoot – Full Circle Audio
Spinifex Managing Director: Cyril de Baecque
Spinifex Creative Director: Jason French
Luxx Creative Director: Tim Clapham
2D / 3D Artists: Tim Clapham, Mike Tosetto, Dan Braga, Alex Barnet, Nejc Polovsak, Rich Nosworthy, Will Skinner, Duncan Dix, Roy Christian, Pepin Portingale, Nicholas Hunter, Marcus Coblyn.
Short self initiated animation based around themes of cycles and the passing of time. Also marks a decade of living in New Zealand.
Redshift & Houdini
Animation & Music: Rich Nosworthy
Great working with Ranger & Fox for this fantastic looking piece for Naga. My role was 3D modelling and concepting in both Moi and Cinema4d for many of the city elements and also some shader and lighting lookdev.
Check out the full post plus a great process reel over on there site.
Credits:
CLIENT
NAGA
CREATIVE + DESIGN + PRODUCTION
RANGER & FOX
STORYBOARDS
LANCE ASHTON SLATON
3D MODELING
RICH NOSWORTHY, PATRICK GOSKI
DESIGN
BLAKE FAWLEY, OSCAR MAR
ANIMATION
BLAKE FAWLEY, PATRICK GOSKI
MUSIC + SFX
ECHO LAB
SPECIAL THANKS TO
TERKEL GJERVIG, MERK VILSON
I was part of the creative team for the 2016 Adobe Max Opener. With a huge resolution (15.5K x 2.6K) to design for, we created the animation that was to be mapped onto this interesting and angular designed stage.
I was responsible for the following:
Opening lights sequence (0:00 - 0:18)
Architectural transform shot (0:18 - 0:24)
Hair Shot (0:24 - 0:28)
Mirror Face Shot (0:32 - 0:42)
Bending Desert Shot (1:28 - 1:32)
Interior Kite Lighting (1:39 - 1:42)
Production Studio: Pretty Damn Sweet
Directors: Rick Sebeck & Stephen Gifford
Client: Adobe
Agency: PIX PRODUCTIONS
Producer: Jefferson Curry
Adobe Executive Creative Producer: Nicole Williams
Adobe Creative Director: Joe Buchwald
Creative Director: James Kern
Art Directors: Amy DiLorenzo, Stephen Gifford
Animators: Amy DiLorenzo, Dan Gauthier, Stephen Gifford
3D Animators: Mitch Wishart, Joel Dubin, Rich Nosworthy, Dominic Faraway, Jeff Briant, Brett Morris, Rick Sebeck
Technical Director: Rick Sebeck
Editor: Stephen Gifford
Editorial Support: Steve Chandler
Music: “Joker and the Thief” by Wolfmother
Audio Mix: Dan Chase
Small personal modelling project, recreating the OP-1 Synth by teenage engineering. Modelled in Cinema4d and rendered in Redshift
Short animation exploring Houdini volumes in Redshift and Cinema4D.
saturation levels set to kill.
Working with Sparrow Studios, we created this spec spot for Google Cardboard. I worked on the camera animation and much of the scene animation to link all the styleframes into the long continuous shots, that make up the final spot.
Client: Sparrow Studios
Creative Director: Stacie Plassche
3D Design & Styleframes: Matt Frodsham
Animation: Rich Nosworthy, Matt Frodsham, Franz Ferdinand Kubin
I was asked to create one of the many motion pieces for the opening of Pause Fest 2014 in Melbourne. The theme of the festival was 'connected', and was a fun project to explore ideas along side collaboration with Sonosanctus who outdid himself on the sound design.
Airspace - Based on the theme of the creative community, as we travel through our differing ideas and inspiration together. Each interaction shapes and shifts the overall result, but the hope of creating something new and unique gives us reason to keep doing what we do. And of course who doesn't like a levitating giant squid monster?
Client: PauseFest
Direction & Animation: Rich Nosworthy
Sound Design: Sonosanctus
It's not everyday you are given free reign to just create something cool. But that was the brief for this commission for School of Motion & Soundsnap. They wanted a short motion piece for a sound design competition they were about to launch. Something mechanical with lots of moving parts to provide space for the entrants to design a rich sound bed.
The sound design is from one of the contest winners Chad Wixom.
Client: Soundsnap / School of Motion
Direction & Animation: Rich Nosworthy
Sound Design: Chad Wixom
Short self initiated project created whilst exploring octane renderer & x-particles.
Design & Animation: Rich Nosworthy
Sound Design: sonosanctus
Small selection of ongoing images from my rendering tumblr page. What originally started as a daily exercise to improve my design skills is now a testing bed for new ideas. See the Labs page for more.
Short little animation created as my part of Auckland's Adobe Round Trip group project
Working with Tanmay Desai, I created this motion wallpaper for the backdrop of Creative Connect's stall at this years Semi-Permanent conference.
I also created 3D brand imagery for their entry to New Zealand's Best Awards.
Client: Creative Connect
Creative Director/Design Director: Tanmay Desai
3D Design & Animation: Rich Nosworthy
99 Frames is a competition run for the Cinema 4D community. The idea to create three seconds of animation. All submissions are then combined to form one final piece.
This year I was asked to create a trailer to build up this 2015's competition. The result is this short, following these little robot dudes on their journey to try & create their own 99 frame entry.
See the bottom for the making of
Client: 99Frames
Design & Animation: Rich Nosworthy
Sound Design: Sonosanctus
I had the pleasure of working with Thomas Traum as part of their commission to showcase Victorinox's Fall/Winter 2016 Campaign at the Swiss Institute for New York Fashion Week. I created both the swiss army knife and watch sequences for part of their multi-screen projection.
See their full project page here
Client: Victorinox
Studio: Thomas Traum
Lighting & Animation: Rich Nosworthy
Watch Model: Joe Myers
Tech Noir animation pack created for Werble Ap
Cinema4d and Redshift.
Available for in app purchase here
Short experimental piece created with cinema 4d dynamics and vray.
