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credit for the image: Gonçalo Pereira

Filipe La Féria the well known Portuguese theatre director asked me to create numerous high resolution animations that would serve as backgrounds for his recent play ”Pinocchio”.

The job had a really tough deadline to meet which i couldn’t possibly achieve all by my own so i contacted the good people from Nebula to partner up. Together with them and a handful of talented and creative 2D illustrators the project was a success!

Together with Gonçalo Pereira a superb freelancer 2D illustrator we began by experiencing a mix of 3D and 2D art but soon found out it would take a huge amount of time and resources which we didn’t have so 90% of the project turned out in 2D illustration with layered animations. Art Direction was set initially by me through initial colour concepts which Gonçalo picked up and defined the final style palette and mood for the other artists to follow.

I was involved in the creative process for defining layouts with the first quick concepts which then the artists would take to a whole different level. I also did some of the animations including the starting sequence.

Full credits:

Miguel Madaíl de Freitas – look development/concepts/animation

Gonçalo Pereira – illustration/look development

Samuel Pereira – illustration

Tiago da Silva – illustration

Isa Pinheiro – illustration

Rui Pereira – illustration

Gonçalo Nobre – animation

Nebula Studios – project management/concepts/animation

Images:

Video:

In this video you will see a very small excerpt of the final project and some behind the scenes footage of how it was made.

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In this new episode from the Corlyorn family Tito the younger brother is hanging in a giant hook inside the Corlyorn’s secret warehouse. While he’s dragged from the hook he’s presenting all the company’s promotions and finishes with some jokes on how long he will need to be up there!

Everything was made in less than 2 weeks. We wished we had more time as stuff would be much better!

Technical Details:
I made the hook rig which just by pulling the root of the chain will automatically move everything else and apply all sort of physics to the animation such as weight tension swinging animation all fully controllable. This allow the animator to concentrate on the character animation only.
I also made a simpler system for the shirt braces to automatically make the ”hanging swing” again with adjustable tension and controls.

Apart from that we had to figure out how to have literally hundreds of thousand boxes so i managed to create an instance system for duplicating some generic boxes and randomize each one and be light at render time. The box walls closer to the camera were modeled and posed by hand.

Finally i also did some shading all lighting rendering and final compositing/post production.

CLIENT: VODAFONE
AGENCY BRANDIA CENTRAL

Hi-res Poster:

Video:

Hook Rig created for this:

Looping animation for the Yorn website:

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1. Yorn “The CorlYorns”
2. CorlYorn Episode VI – At the beach!
3. CorlYorn Episode V

Packshot for Swatch
Including 3D animation shading lighting & rendering and compositing.

Client : SWATCH
Production : P35
Post production : Nebula Studios
3d Modeling: Rui Pargana Santos

Video:

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1. ONE – Watch Company
2. CorlYorn Episode V
3. CorlYorn Episode VI – At the beach!

My task in this spot as well as in the other Corlyorn spots was to ”merge” everything the other artist made and basically make it work all together doing 3d Lighting Shading Rendering and Compositing.

I was also responsible for the environment (beach and tent) modeling shading and animation.

Full credits here

Update #1 – Website Looping animation

This piece is the final composition of all the elements that are present in the Yorn official website. Each character performs his/her movement based on mouse action.

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1. CorlYorn Episode V
2. Yorn “The CorlYorns”
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Compal is one of the most known juice producers from Portugal. This time and for a very large promotional campaign  along with the PomarCompal website this 3D animated tv spot was made.

The basic idea is that one can win several trips to those four destinations USA; Costa Rica; Kenya; India and Thailand by collecting the promo codes in the bottles.

My role on this spot was vast from the visual design modeling shading animation lighting rendering and final compositing.

Full Credits here

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1. CorlYorn Episode VI – At the beach!
2. CorlYorn Episode V
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The CorlYorns are back! After deciding to take some winter vacations in the snow in their cozy “chalet” Vito and Tito had the unfortunate idea of making a culinary show in order to transmit a coded message for all the mobile network users. Disguised in culinary vocabulary… If only they knew how to cook. The consequences are disastrous!

I was responsible for the Initial Visual development  Set modeling & shading; Particle Fx for all small effects such as flour and hot chocolate pouring as well all lighting rendering and compositing.

Credits:

Client: Yorn
Agency: Brandia
Director: Paco (Take it easy)

Characters: José Alves da Silva
Props: Bruno Pereira
Animation: João Pires
Lighting Rendering Shading Vfx Physics Sims Compositing: Miguel Madaíl de Freitas
Production: Nebula Studios

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1. CorlYorn Episode VI – At the beach!
2. Yorn “The CorlYorns”
3. YORN Colryorn EPISÓDIO VII 30” – 3D Animated Tv Spot

Hi, here is my 3D showreel. check out some of my latest works and some oldies out together in this reel.
Unfortunately i cannot show some of the cool stuff im working right now, including a personal project in spare time, but i’m very excited about it and will post asap.

I’m a Freelancing 3D Artist & Digital Designer with over 8 years of experience in CG, 3D, Photo Retouching and Web Design.

I’m available for upcoming freelancing projects as well team training. Either working alone, in team or in a supervising role (locally or at distance), i’m more than happy to answer your inquiries.

So if you’re in need of someone with my background and skills, drop me a call, or mail me at info@miguelmadail.com

Music: Fight Club OST; Propellerheads Spybreak (how original, i know)

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1. Mundo Compal – Pomar Compal
2. Cristo Rei Demolition
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Introducing the CorlYorns: a fully 3d animated ”mafia family” style characters. Main concept was to achieve a look between video games (GTA Mafia references) and a more realistic and polished look. The whole project was made for a 40’ tv spot hi-res prints as well as web interface.

My part was all Lighting and Rendering, as well as some specific shading; compositing, hi-res rendering, Vfx (smoke, water fx) and last but not least physics simulations.

Please come back later for more info images and videos. Thanks.

Credits:

Client: Yorn
Agency: Brandia
Director: Paco (Take it easy)

Characters: José Alves da Silva; Rodrigo Lima
Character TD: Rodolfo Roth
Sets: Marco Leal
Props: Bruno Pereira
Animation: João Pires; Laszlo Nvikos
Lighting, Rendering, Shading, Vfx, Physics Sims: Miguel Madaíl de Freitas
Compositing: Guilherme Afonso; João Santos; Miguel Madaíl de Freitas
Production: Nebula Studios; Take it Easy

Update #1 – Here’s the”Episode 1” Tv Spot

Meet Vito and Tito Corlyorn.

http://www.vimeo.com/13300964
I’ve also made a 2nd version of the spot, with different color correction, motion blur, chromatic aberration, lens distortion, optical flares and some more atmospheric elements as thin smoke.
http://www.vimeo.com/13357279

Update #2– Meet the Corlyorn Family

Here are the poster renders i did for hi-res prints. I’ve included some of the fine details in each character. Great modeling and texturing from José Alves da Silva (aka Zeoyn). I then made lighting, some shading, rendering and photo retouching to add lots of details and subtleties in the final pieces.

Characters name by order of images:

Vito Corlyorn; Tito Corlyorn; Nonna Corlyorn
Salomé Corlyorn; Gito Corlyorn; Nina Corlyorn

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Update #3 – The Corridor

This is just a small video included in the Corlyorn series. It’s supposed to work as the entry point in the website, such as entering the bar, or the roulette.

http://www.vimeo.com/13338102

Update #4 – The Sets – Bar and Roulette.

Hey there! Here are two smaller videos from some of the web interfaces. Each one has a specific purpose.

The Bar: Looping animations and each character performs with a mouse over action, and by clicking the user can interact more.

http://www.vimeo.com/13359724

The Roulette: This is an interactive game.

http://www.vimeo.com/13366983

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1. CorlYorn Episode VI – At the beach!
2. YORN Colryorn EPISÓDIO VII 30” – 3D Animated Tv Spot
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