Excalibur

This one of my 3D animation exercise :
A character in front of Excalibur tries to take this sword but doesn't succeed.
I decide to animate a pretentious character who thinks he can get it easily on his first try but quickly understand that it will be much harder.
Made in one day on 3ds Max

Walk This Way

This time, i chose to animate a realistic, peaceful walk cycle.
I made this animation in one day.
I will try to make different types of walk soon.

 

The Wall

Few months ago, a professional animator told me that a man climbing a wall is a good exercice in 3D animation.
That's why, i decided to take up the challenge !

The noblest conquest of men

As an another demonstration of my basics skills, i just made a realistic horse gallop in 3D.
This was my first 3D animation in Maya.

Back to the basics !

A run cycle of quadriped to improve my skill in animation.

Making of !

Here is my one minute short movie's making of.
It shows the differents steps of my work from story-board to the final render.

The Samurai's Temptation

Here is my one minute short movie that i made last year in Supinfocom.
I did everything from scenario to the final render.

Animation Showreel 2011

Here is my animation showreel for 2011. I decided to gather some of my animation works on a video.
You can find in it some samples of my own movie : Samuraï, which will be finish at the end of the month.

Animation Showreel 2011 from Nicolas Loesner on Vimeo.

Here is the detailed shot breakdown :
Shot Breakdown

Ecology it is the future !

Last summer, i worked for Digital District, in Paris. Render Wrangler was the job i had to do for the short animation movie called : Un souffle extraordinaire.
It was very interesting because i learned many things about production and also some tips in 3d animation and compositing.
Here is the short movie :

UN SOUFFLE EXTRAORDINAIRE from Digital District™ VFX Post-Pro on Vimeo.

Flip Book

This was another project i made during my internship. We had to make the credits of a famous french TV Show.
In this project i made all the modeling of the balloons in Maya and then in Mudbox and i also made some of the compositing.

Le Grand Journal 'TV Idents' from MATHEMATIC SAS on Vimeo.

LE GRAND JOURNAL "COMING NEXT" from MATHEMATIC SAS on Vimeo.

How Would You Do It ?

This summer i made my internship in Mathematic Studio in Paris.
I worked on several projects. One of them was a clip of Medi, a french singer.
In this clip i made the animation, the rendering, the compositing and the rotoscoping 2D/3D and part of the modeling.
Moreover, i made the whole sequence when the singer takes a guitar. In this one, i had to create a real guitar because he hadn't one when the plan was shot.

Medi / How would you do it from FMK_7 on Vimeo.

It's Destiny !!!

This is my the first lipsynch. I took a sentence of John Locke in the series LOST.
I made this in one week.
This animation is a work in progress. I'm going to enhance this video with the animation of the tooth and the tongue.

It's Destiny !!! from Nicolas Loesner on Vimeo.

The Bouncing Balls Part 2

This was the second exercice we had in 3D animation : ping-pong ball.
I found this exercice harder than the previous one because we had to find the right timing which was obviously very tricky.

Ping Pong from Nicolas Loesner on Vimeo.

The Boucing Balls Part 1

This was my first exercice in 3D animation this year. We started with the same exercice that i made last year in 2D animation.
Indeed, we were supposed to make an animation of a heavy ball.
It's very short and it seems to be easy but it's not.

A Heavy Ball from Nicolas Loesner on Vimeo.

Showreel 2010

Here is my showreal for 2010. Most of the projects are from this year but i also put some stuff i've made several years ago.
I hope you'll enjoy it.

Showreal 2010 from Nicolas Loesner on Vimeo.

Tribute to Pixar

Everybody loves PIXAR ! Well, as our first short animation movie, we had to make 30 secondes of animation using the ball, which appeared in the famous Luxo Jr, and two lamps. I loved this subject, it was the best thing i had to do this year in Supinfocom. Here is the final version, i made some modifications on the thread.

A Tribute To PIXAR ! from Nicolas Loesner on Vimeo.

The Postman

Here is the final render for my postman made in 3DS max. Just to remember, i made all the modeling, the shading, the texturing, the lightning and the rendering.
We owed to make a realistic render with a twilight, an other render with a back light, and a final one with a daylight.

Twilight :



Back light :



Daylight :

Finding Nemo II

I've just made the shading, the texturing and the lightning on this scene. It was very hard to give an underwater atmosphere just using 3DS max.
We owed to make a realistic underwater which wasn't so deep and make a daylight for the render.

You must go to the lighthouse, not the temple !

Third matte painting. I only use two images, one of the Taf Mahal and one for the background.

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After :

Finding Nemo !

The second project in 3D in Supinfocom. I have to make a realistic underwater with daylight ! It's a work in progress, i'm going to rescale the fish and put it in another place because the composition is not quite well !

Nuance of grey :


Test of several shading especially for the fish :

Please Mr Postman !

And finally, the entire postman without the texture and the shading ! Don't forget, it's still a work in progress !

Give me a hand !

When the head was done, we had to make the hands !

A head ahead !

Another project for Supinfocom but this time it's for the image conception. I had to make a portrait of profession in 3D. First, i had to start with the head, which is the most difficult. I decided to choose a postman of the Second World War.

What else ?

This was the first 3D project i made in Supinfocom with 3D Studio Max and with no post-production ! I hope George will buy it !

Wire :


Nuance of grey :


Shaders :


Intégration :

Déjeuner sur l'herbe !

I made this picture to discover the 3D. It was made in Maya 2008. I wasn't in Supinfocom yet. It's fun to look at this picture because there are a lot of mistakes like the proportion of the tree but like i said, it was just a test !

After the drawing, the colorisation !

Another colorisation in Photoshop !

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After :

As good as new V !

Last but not least !

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After :

As good as new IV !

Fourth colorisation !

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As good as new III !

Third colorisation :

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As good as new II !

Second colorisation !

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As good as new I !

First colorisation in Photoshop !

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Restaure the Castle !

Second matte painting which was much harder because of the ivy. I'm gonna make another matte painting just to change the sky.
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After :

Enhance the reality !

First matte paiting. Made in Photoshop !
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After:

Keep runnin' !

I love the animation so i decide to make an other one !

Run, Astro, Run !

Now it's time to run for Astroboy !

Rise and Shine !

First steps of my Astroboy !

Hoist one's colours !

To my mind, this was one of the most difficult exercise i had to do.

Bouncing Ball !

This is the second exercise of traditional animation.

Return to basics !

This is my first exercise in traditional animation. I would have loved that Ken Harris was my teacher !

Rock'n'Roll !

One of my favorite project. I made all the visual effects and the editing. I use After Effects and Maya for the some particles.

Aerobts from Nicolas Loesner on Vimeo.

It's in the game !

I made this for a friend with After Effects.

Xeo from Nicolas Loesner on Vimeo.

Let's Brawl !

Two years ago i made my training period in Alerte Orange, a company which makes a lot of advertisements for Nintendo. Then, i work there for one month and i still work there when i have some free time ! Here is an exemple of what i have to do in this company

Let's Brawl ! from Nicolas Loesner on Vimeo.

Like a Rolling Stone !

Another animation which was done with After Effects.

Like a Rolling Stone ! from Nicolas Loesner on Vimeo.

It's a bit cold over there !

This was my first 2D animation which was for the "Festival du Cinéma Nordique" in Rouen. It was broadcast in theaters before every movie.

A new hope !

That's where it all begins. All the visual effects were made in After Effects.