https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co 2025-03-11 daily 1.0 https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery02/b909742b.jpg Real-time Lighting https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery02/0df15a3b.jpg Architecture & Product Renders https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery02/07371b77.jpg Technical Art https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery03/c1648e46.jpg Studies https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery03/21006521.jpg Photo Composites https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery03/27c77a97.jpg RDC Pittsburgh https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery03/f3502c5a.jpg Banquet Hall https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery03/f293006f.jpg Rochester https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery03/4162640a.jpg High End Fridges https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery03/0804f498.jpg Alloy Chairs https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery03/fc17e3c6.jpg Downtown Development https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery07/ac977ea3.jpg Starting in the upper hangar, the fireteam makes their way down the wall scaffolding and into the lower hangar for a light combat encounter, with lots of verticality. heading through the door at the back when the enemies are defeated https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery07/19db07d3.jpg traversal segment through the interior of the wall. they drop down an elevator shaft and through some maintenance tunnels to make their way back to the exterior. here they get another view of their objective, the Pyramid, as they leap down into the city. https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery07/cda99bae.jpg After jumping into the city, enter objective based section. civilians are safe within the purple bubble with a guardian, but need you to clear out the attacking enemies so they can fully retreat. defend the civilians before moving on to the other 2. https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery07/a04e1e54.jpg smoke and the pyramid guides players to the 2nd group of civilians in the Neon Market, where enemies are climbing over buildings to attack. defeat them and take the scaffolding down the alley to cross the bridge to the 3rd bubble. https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery07/51c47a7e.jpg alternatively, players can follow the direction of the destroyed fountain and smoke into a nearby building, going up the stairs onto the rooftop to the 3rd bubble. enemies climb up the building and from the nearby bridge, which leads back to the 2nd point. https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery06/0d3d076f.jpg final render https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery06/67a77cae.jpg product renders of the chairs https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery06/c74362ff.jpg variant 1 https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery06/06dfebc9.jpg variant 2 https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery08/d5949d8c.jpg final render https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery08/1a3dd3e3.jpg close up shot of the UI that would control and monitor the fridge via WiFi. https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery08/13f300df.gif timelapse https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery09/d85a92aa.jpg The Cups, Lids, and Coffee are 3D, while the Background is photography. https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery09/fed8d04b.jpg The Cups, Lids, and Coffee are 3D, while the Backgrounds are photography. https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery09/f12c5771.jpg This scene is 3D while the props on both the left and right sides of the sink are Photography. used on 23 other sized sink basins. Compositing done by in house team. https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery10/9cde0633.jpg Final base render, used as a foundational for all variants. https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery10/5b944f6a.jpg Natron node graph for the final render. Each section is a part of the image processing pipeline, each column is a color variant, and each small yellow square is a distinct final image. https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery10/5c5fbd6e.jpg 9 of the different colors, every 2 rows being a different wood seat and every other row cropping in to focus on the chair. https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery04/1c2bc84c.jpg PBR Cel Shader https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery04/d4d3f747.jpg Water & Landscape Materials https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery04/60cb85d2.jpg Dynamic Fog Cards https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery05/1ab91571.jpg Paragon Character Lighting https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery05/2c5893a3.jpg Sci-Fi Canyon Day/Night https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery05/da1e4cac.jpg Ancient Watermill Study https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery05/681a97a3.jpg NieR Replicant Fan-Art https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery14/01ddf32a.jpg primary shot https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery14/8464d253.jpg secondary shot, with a focus on the mixed use of the restaurant https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery14/e2d506f2.jpg shot focused on built in parking for the development https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery14/ff1b09ff.jpg another example of the mixed use case https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery15/7d591e9f.jpg rendering of the Neue National Gallery in Berlin. model was provided, I developed the materials, lighting, and camera. https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery15/e2353678.jpg created in ~6 hours. developed architectural, texturing, lighting, composition, and post production. https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery15/fc13282b.jpg ~5 - 6 hour render. created architecture, materials, composition, lighting, and post production. https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery16/e1b65955.jpg Street View https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery16/71bddc46.jpg Winter Alt https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/slideshow01-c1879a9c.jpg Start - Day https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/slideshow01-b30f99fb.jpg Start - Night https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/slideshow03-d44b254b.jpg Untitled https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/slideshow03-cf90a6ce.jpg Untitled https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/slideshow04-4943b31d.jpg Untitled https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/slideshow04-dd01c78e.jpg Untitled https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/slideshow06-ac65734e.jpg Untitled https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/slideshow06-c87561cc.jpg Untitled https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/slideshow02-dfac6da1.jpg Untitled https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/slideshow02-62a796d2.jpg Untitled https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery17/08ba77e5.jpg overall view of the material displaying both animated edges and body to the clouds, a fake volume effect using fresnel and distance, and color affected by the atmosphere https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery17/f4e7360e.jpg blueprint options for a placed card, \nwith easy to adjust textures and intensity https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery17/4ca973c2.jpg clouds are built using a packed texture that is used \nto blend the animated edges and opacity https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery18/fe19348e.jpg primary render https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery18/1724261a.jpg alternate design https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery12/76413aa4.jpg no cel shader https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery12/9265d164.jpg Light shader with auto rim light https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery12/01ef43d4.jpg heavy outline https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery12/eb3c2c7e.jpg special hair highlights based on the position of the directional light https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery12/b0815c7f.jpg Hair highlights are only visible in light, shadowed areas are removed https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery12/bdf74b00.jpg By separating the base values into HSV, each aspect is adjust separately to create the cel banding, shadow effects, and rim lighting, then recombined. The rebuilt frame is then only applied to meshes based on the Stencil ID https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery12/64132289.jpg Number and blending of cel bands can be adjust for metallic and non metal areas separately, \nand the rim light uses a cheap fresnel based on camera vector and the z height of the vertex https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery12/85e4513a.jpg Outline is built using code from the "VisualTechArt" Discord, with a backup depth outline to maintain thickness, opacity for blending color, and normals compatibility. https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery23/6e332d32.jpg Dynamic normals and displacement create overlapping ripples along objects https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery23/d27d16a3.jpg additional foam is added to enhance ripple https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery23/0e3dcf99.jpg functional at different depths and allows for dynamic affected by submerged items https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery23/99eb3118.jpg Organized options are easy to adjust and create different scenarios https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery23/6e36de6b.jpg Overall view of the material setup https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery23/8646a585.jpg Fake caustics create a cheap and believable effect that is animated across an offset, distorted, floor https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery23/bd641ff1.jpg The ripples are built off of nearby objects intersecting with the water mesh. \nusing multiple flow maps, different effects can be created alongside the variable controls https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery22/9a58113d.jpg Automatic Landscape material application based on grade and painted vertex https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery22/338def5f.jpg sharp breakup along the edge adds better detail and increase overall detail https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery22/285b5df0.jpg Overview of the Foliage and Blending graph https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery22/d93de355.jpg general setup for each desired layer with standard input textures https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery13/1421e893.jpg Untitled https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery13/e24d1117.jpg Untitled https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery13/efc84abb.jpg Untitled https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery13/e70cd416.jpg Untitled https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery11/55e3b73d.jpg Day scene scenario. Going for a lush and vibrant environment, using traditional high fantasy concept art and animated films as color and light references. https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery11/a01a575c.jpg Night Scene Scenario. Here i wanted a harsh contrast of warm and cold light, creating a tense and mildly foreboding atmosphere. initially went for a darker scene with a harsh red, but then shifted to orange and blue from red. https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery11/d40043a9.jpg Healing Pool Scene Scenario. Here I wanted to go for something fantastical, like something out of a classic JRPG. I shifted focus of the scene from the back water mill to the pool of water and introduced a new custom particle system to give a mythical feel https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery20/0c5e45e5.jpg All assets were developed by myself for this project, including materials, models, particle systems, etc... https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery21/536f756b.jpg overall view of the master material and all \ncompatible textures and features https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery21/f1a7c399.jpg material function to break multiple input normals into rgb/xyz, \nblend them together, and convert them back to tangent space https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery21/775a78c2.jpg material function that determines the vertex location in world and object spaces, blends partial & curved surfaces using a smoothed dithering, \nand creates UVs for triplanar mapping that moves and scales with objects https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery21/56fb354f.jpg material instances are easy to edit, with conditional options to hide unused inputs and settings https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery21/bbc9f7bf.jpg Examples of material instances developed while testing https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/92591f3e.jpg Untitled https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/b1a47536.jpg Untitled https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/d05f97d2.jpg Untitled https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/47f9d3b5.jpg Untitled https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/09ee2ca1.jpg Untitled https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/afb34d33.jpg Untitled https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/eb971803.jpg Untitled https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/557e3c56.jpg Untitled https://ethanhbyers.carrd.co/assets/images/gallery01/12ec5cfe.jpg Untitled