Brooke Darcee Bechtel
Media Artist
Gallery of Videos
Demo Reel |Port 3
Springfield Armory 1911 |Maya, Photoshop
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All of the objects I modeled in Maya. For the texturing, I used procedural textures and custom UV maps for displacement. I used only image based lighting. I used keyframe animation for all object movement and fluid dynamics in Maya for the flash and smoke effect. I rendered using Mental Ray.
sIBL from HDR Labs
Logo from Springfield Armory
Rube Goldberg Machine |Maya
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All of the objects I modeled in Maya and textured using procedural textures. All lighting was done using Physical Sun and Sky. All of the animation I did using rigid body dynamics in Maya, with minimal keyframe animation towards the end. I rendered using Mental Ray.
Candy Land |Maya, ZBrush, Photoshop
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**This was a group project!**
I did none of the modeling. I created several, but not all of the materials, procedurally. I set up the lighting using Physical Sun and Sky. I did all of the animation using rigid and soft body dynamics in Maya. I rendered using Mental Ray.
Music from freeplaymusic.com
Eppikh AiC |Maya, Photoshop, After Effects
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**This was a group project!**
I did some of the modeling. I created almost all of the materials procedurally. I set up the scene. I did all of the animation. I did most of the rendering using Mental Ray.
Music from Namco
Twig Box |Maya
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I used an IK/FK rig in Maya to animate a character attempting to lift a dumpster.
Goon Rig from Sean Burgoon
Lolth |ZBrush
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I used ZBrush to sculpt and paint a 3D character model based off of the Dungeons and Dragons character Lolth.
Blue Ball Bugaboo |After Effects, Illustrator
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I created all of the 2D assets using Illustrator and Photoshop. I did all of the animation using keyframes in After Effects.
Music from freeplaymusic.com
Sound Effects from freesound.org
Capsize |After Effects, Illustrator, Photoshop, Audition
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I created all of the 2D assets using Illustrator and Photoshop. Assets were placed in After Effects using 3D and lighting. I did all of the animation using keyframes in After Effects.
Audio edited in Audition.
Song: Capsize ~ Karen O and the Kids
The Patriot - Title Credits |After Effects, Illustrator, Audition
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I created all of the 2D assets using Illustrator. I did all of the animation using keyframes and effects in After Effects.
Audio edited in Audition.
Music from freeplaymusic.com