askflo\\Luke Wittig

Vintage Braun Record Player

2011-12-23T07:13:00.000-08:00

Here is a vintage Braun record player I modeled and textured in Cinema.....the bottom pic is the reference image. Not 100% matched up, but still cool.

Demo Intro

2011-12-20T12:26:00.000-08:00

this was another idea that did not get off the ground. so i put it to ok use as a possible intro...

wall transition

2011-12-20T12:19:00.000-08:00

this is a quick animation that was meant to be a transition shot that i ended up not using. i liked the lights and the basic premise...so here we are....i'm going to start building off of the exclamation mark, but for now this is it.

BW Abstract Animation

2011-12-14T21:31:00.000-08:00

My first ever black and white abstract, nonsense....I've finally become a real motion designer.

Scene from Textures

2011-12-02T11:24:00.001-08:00

I saw this as more of a challenge to create a 3D scene than a design. I wanted to see how much I could do using only 2D images with all the techniques I know in Photoshop.

I tried to recreate some depth of field and the illusion of a single light source. Meh. good practice, though.

Traveling Kiosk Setup

2011-12-02T10:24:00.001-08:00

This is a test I did of a traveling booth for baseball promotion.

All the logos are not my creation or property. Just a fan.

Resume Design Update

2011-11-23T21:53:00.001-08:00

I have fallen way behind in keeping my public profiles updated lately. I have a ton of stuff I want to put on here, especially my 3D models. I want to hold this space to a higher standard than just posting whatever I may have produced in my old courses. So a lot of tweaking/fixing needs to be done before the party starts.

When I saw the resume I had posted at monster and Milwaukeejobs.com I decided it was time to make an updated resume design. If for nothing else than to rid myself of the shame of putting "write for my college newspaper," as relevant work experience. Here it is.

Reason 101 as to why I like what I do. this stuff replaces buzzwords

......who even sees this?

Logo Test

2011-11-23T10:32:00.001-08:00

Obviously, I don't own this logo. I just wanted to make a well-known logo in 3d.....please don't sue....

Dice Intro

2011-11-22T21:27:00.001-08:00

I used the premise of a falling grid of cubes from a tutorial off of the Pixel Lab. I gave it my own twist and added some effects in After Effects. The "matrix" effect in cinema is as easy as key framing the gravity. Very Cool. It's an effect I will no doubt use over and over.

please forgive the flickering....all these videos are compressed to hell

i will be making the switch to vimeo soon

quick render

2011-11-22T13:52:00.001-08:00

the point of this render was to take a free texture on the net, create my own normal maps, and get it to look as photorealistic as possible.

basically to create a seemingly real floor from scratch

the results were disappointing, but the experience was worth it...might as well put my name in it, right

Progresion of Design

2011-11-11T21:29:00.001-08:00

More Photoshop Stuff

Photoshop

2011-11-04T14:13:00.000-07:00

Working under a former creative director has really humbled me as a designer. As a result I am going to start reading and studying design, typography, etc. as well as work more in Photoshop on my own. Today I started a tutorial that I quickly realized was incomplete and just plain wrong. So i played around a bit on my own. Here is the result. Compared to my Halloween render (which was more about testing normal maps than design) I am making progress.

Happy Halloween

2011-11-01T13:43:00.000-07:00

This is a render I did for fun. It's a day late. It started as a long texture test and evolved into playing with normal maps. the pumpkin still seems a bit harsh, but overall I think it's ok for a low poly deformed sphere. I learned a great deal about building my own textures in Cinema and that's what counts.

Work Renders

2011-10-28T12:59:00.000-07:00

Here are some renders I did for product lighting and studio tests.

Seat Post

2011-10-25T06:41:00.000-07:00

A simple render from work.

Black, Reflective, Abstract, Nothing...

2011-10-24T20:10:00.000-07:00

I made this while playing around with cloners. I did a little compositing in AE for fun.

Title Lights

2011-10-24T20:01:00.001-07:00

Mograph Text, two animated textures and an explosion at the end

Soft Body Dynamics

2011-10-24T17:06:00.000-07:00

Based off of a greyscale gorilla tutorial with multiple cameras. Some compositing in AE.

C4D R13! - Physical Renderer

2011-10-24T10:58:00.000-07:00

Here are some of my first tests with the physical renderer in R13.

Nothing fancy with the textures, just some depth of field action and a daylight rig.

I was playing with the F-stop and the position of the focus on the camera.

You can see the depth of field best on the first three images.

Fun with reflections

2011-10-11T14:07:00.000-07:00

A pretty, simple scene...I was trying to light the scene from scratch with an hdri image. My goal was to use the environment to give the text it's texture by using a plain, white reflective material....success-ish!

Lighting Help

2011-10-06T15:41:00.000-07:00

With the Greyscale Gorilla HDRI Light Kit you too can be good at lighting.

Ambient Occlusion Room

2011-10-06T15:39:00.000-07:00

Here's another example of the power of Ambient Oclusion. This is a still from a dynamics animation.

Ambient Occlusion Tutorial

2011-10-06T15:13:00.000-07:00

This was the result of a Greyscale Gorilla Tutorial....I basically learned what ambient occlusion can do for your lighting and I can't go back.

Fur Test

2011-10-06T12:47:00.000-07:00

This is a test I was doing with the Fur Simulator in C4D. I did a little compositing in AE as well. Nothing special, but fun.

Monitor Pull Back

2011-10-06T12:13:00.000-07:00

Modeled, Textured, Lit and Animated in Cinema for a Trek Project. A different version made it into the final comp.

Work Stuff

2011-10-06T08:58:00.000-07:00

The other part of my job aside from animation is creating Tech Asset Images from Solidworks CAD. Basically, I need to tell a story in a single image for marketing, the web, etc., which I create using the Engineering data I am given.

Here are some examples:

Photoshop

2011-10-06T08:39:00.001-07:00

Playing around in Photoshop on a slow day. Clearly I am not a designer, yet.

New Gotham Concept Anim

2011-10-06T08:37:00.000-07:00

Early motion test for an animation I am trying to finish for a friend.

Random Images

2011-10-06T08:20:00.000-07:00

Some Cinema 4D Studio, Lighting and Texturing Tests.

Trek Work

2011-10-06T08:18:00.000-07:00

Here are some random samplings of what I have been doing with C4D at Trek thus far.

Spline Text

2011-10-03T21:53:00.000-07:00

cascading name v1

2011-10-03T21:39:00.000-07:00

MLB Mobile Kiosk and Activity Area

2011-09-28T20:55:00.000-07:00

Introduction

2011-09-28T20:35:00.000-07:00

I am working on collecting all of my most recent work and compiling it with some of my old work to give a better picture of what I am doing as a 3d artist.

This, while not pretty, is a place holer until I get the new stuff in piece by piece.