DEMO REELS

Below are a few different reels which show off visual effects work that I've created.

The following Real-time VFX Demo, is the most recently updated reel, and includes an annotated video of work produced in 2017-2019 on Darwin Project as well as work from 2015-2016 on Gears of War 4. Work on these titles consisted of using a combination of Houdini, Photoshop/Quixel Suite, Unreal Engine 4, Perforce, and Jira.


Stephen G. Tucker 2019 Realtime VFX Reel from Stephen Tucker on Vimeo.

The following Cinematic VFX Reel, was updated in 2019 and includes work from EA's Battlefront II and Battlefield V. It is annotated to illustrate what I completed on each sequence. Work on this title consisted mostly of effects made in the Frostbite Engine and additional work performed in Houdini 16.0 and Photoshop


Stephen G. Tucker 2019 Games Cinematic VFX Reel from Stephen Tucker on Vimeo.

Having started my career at Side Effects Software as a Product Specialist, I have a well-rounded knowledge of Houdini 3D Animation Software including modelling, particles, fluids, rigid bodies, surfacing, compositing, CHOPs, VOPs, HScript, and REYES/Mantra rendering.

I have worked primarily as a Houdini Digital Visual Effects Artist/Technical Director on stereo feature films but have also used Maya professionally and it was the first package that I learned 3D animation in while acquiring a degree in Animation from Sheridan College. The below work is a sample of what I did when working in the film industry.


Stephen G. Tucker 2014 Film VFX Reel from Stephen Tucker on Vimeo.
Breakdown:
- 0:00 -- Title Card -- All Elements -- Adobe After Effects and Houdini
- 0:06 -- Ender's Game -- Missile Trails -- Houdini
- 0:13 -- Ender's Game -- Smoke Trail -- Houdini
- 0:18 -- Jack the Giant Slayer -- Rain Splashes, Surface Ripples, Silt, Aeration, Foam, Water Shading -- Houdini
- 0:22 -- Jack the Giant Slayer -- Surface Ripples, Air Bubbles, Silt -- Houdini
- 0:26 -- Jack the Giant Slayer -- Splash Augmentation and Rendering -- Houdini
- 0:29 -- Crackdown -- Sparks, Debris, Explosion -- Houdini
- 0:31 -- Crackdown -- Chain Explosions, and Barrel Debris -- Houdini
- 0:35 -- Gnomeo and Juliet -- Mushroom Cloud, Dust and Debris -- Maya and Houdini
- 0:36 -- Happy Feet 2 -- Slush Shading, Ocean Displacement, Floating Ice, Impact Spray -- Houdini
- 0:41 -- Happy Feet 2 -- Open Ocean Work flow -- Helped develop work flow for open oceans including tools for Large Scale Features, Impact Spray -- Houdini
- 0:47 -- Gnomeo and Juliet -- Dust and Debris -- Maya
- 0:50 -- Gnomeo and Juliet -- Dust and Debris -- Maya
- 0:53 -- Gnomeo and Juliet -- Drool -- Houdini
- 0:56 -- Vigo Logo -- Particles and Geometry -- Houdini
- 0:58 -- Personal Project -- All Elements -- Done entirely in Houdini Escape (no dynamics)
- 1:02 -- Candle for Side Effects Software -- Houdini 9
- 1:07 -- Shattering Glass for Side Effects Software -- Houdini 9
- 1:12 -- Happy Feet 2 -- R&D for Spray elements - Houdini
- 1:16 -- Foot Print test at Side Effects Software -- Houdini
- 1:19 -- Destruction Test (Bullet/RBD) in spare time -- Houdini
- 1:24 -- Test for high viscosity fluids and rbd interaction -- Houdini 9
- 1:31 -- Title Card -- Fluids in Maya, and Text in Adobe After Effects



TIME LAPSE

Circumstances led me to finding myself in the United Kingdom for a couple of months back in 2015, and so I made an effort to get out now and then and see some of the landscapes that the nation has to offer. Most of where I visited was throughout Scotland, however there's a little bit of Cornwall to be found in this video as well.

I used a Canon 7D with either a EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM or a Tamron SP 24-70mm F/2.8 Di VC USD for the various shots in this montage.


Passing Time in the UK from Stephen Tucker on Vimeo.

Now that I've got a toddler, I get very few opportunities to get out with my camera. But time lapse is something I enjoy doing quite a bit. Here's a few others that I've done, with locations including: Mount Diablo, The Quiraing, Fairy Pools, Mount Cheam, and Tana Lot

I used a Canon 7D with either a EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM or a Tamron SP 24-70mm F/2.8 Di VC USD for the various shots in this montage.


Short Sequence of Time Lapse Videos from Stephen Tucker on Vimeo.