print portfolio

here is my print portfolio wich will be printed within the next few days,
hope you like it:

online book (drag pages with the mouse to turn them)
http://www.renderhjs.net/portfolio/

cover:
http://www.renderhjs.net/portfolio/pages/prtflo_01.jpg

the portfolio is mixed with drawings, paintings, 3d and flash stuff I did in the last past years. At the end I thought that it would have been nice to use more space for some pictures, but then again I have so many material to show and it´s hard to just pick a few and show them bigger. I made this portfolio because my uni wants it as qualification to get into my next semester.
Anyway I pretty happy with it :)

Wow! Incredible portfolio. The great thing was that every single image showed dedication and extreme quality, but there was also an abundance of work!

A lot brought back memories (from seeing them posted in the games forum) such as Minotaur, Tank Move, the Orthographic engine, and even my logo (which was really exciting to see it amongst pages of other fantastic work :D). It's a shame that the 3D engine didn't make the cut, but that’s understandable as this is a portfolio for art - not technical achievements.

Even the page flipping engine was well above the standards of others that I've frustratingly used. This one seemed so much easier and it cooperates well with the user, plus the glossy shine was a great touch.

Btw, that link is wrong. Here's the proper one which I guessed: http://www.renderhjs.net/portfolio/

Viza.

thanks Viza,- the link should already be fixed

really nice body of work, I agree with Viza, the page flipping is top notch and feels good. One thing though, the text looks jpeg'd, I couldn't read much of anything apart from titles.

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really nice body of work, I agree with Viza, the page flipping is top notch and feels good. One thing though, the text looks jpeg'd, I couldn't read much of anything apart from titles.

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Well, I am going to join the lynch mob and say that only the headers were readable :(
I would also polish the preloader - both the loader and bg, to compliment the great work!

Besides from that it looks amazing! I like your 3D and pencils the most...the 3D to a point of envy :D

Oh so schön.

It's a little hard to read some of the text, but this is towards your masters right? You well deserve it in my opinion.

yeah, i agree with the readability issue :(

Perhaps the best thing is the page flipping effect, did you made the flipping animation from scratch all by your self in Flash or have you used any third part tools for that effect?

great you guys liked the content ;)

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really nice body of work, I agree with Viza, the page flipping is top notch and feels good. One thing though, the text looks jpeg'd, I couldn't read much of anything apart from titles.

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well it was intended as print - this week I get my copies. I just scrathced it all quickly together with a page flipping mechanic I wrote some time ago- I tried to go as high res as possible. But since I haven´t wrote yet a way of zooming into the pages that´s all I can offer for now.

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Well, I am going to join the lynch mob and say that only the headers were readable :(
I would also polish the preloader - both the loader and bg, to compliment the great work!

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all pages are loaded at once to analyse the size format (it can even handle uneven sizes in different formats)- like I wrote to malee I quickly scratched everything quickly together just to be able to show it online even though it was intended as print

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Perhaps the best thing is the page flipping effect, did you made the flipping animation from scratch all by your self in Flash or have you used any third part tools for that effect?

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The page turn effect is something I wrote in the past. It uses skewed face slices in a array that simulates the page bending in some kind of perspective- additionally shadows are simulated on the other pages. The glim is a gradient skaled and masked over the slices. All coded

Well what do I say...

That is some seriously cool work, love the 3D stuff and the Illustrations, like pretty much all of it :)

The readability is an issue final page see more of my work@ (cant read the url) I'm guessing you will do really well in the future. refreshing to see such quality of work, well done!

One more thing, It took me over a minute to work out there was a pageturner thing going on, mb indicate its there on the first page, shame to not have someone see your work because of something as simple as that.

:)

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ok so I put a little notice on the site like how you control it. Also I corrected some page mixup someone pointed out earlier.

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One more thing, It took me over a minute to work out there was a pageturner thing going on, mb indicate its there on the first page, shame to not have someone see your work because of something as simple as that.

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well I added that,- thx for troubling though and your comments. I did however put a notice in the first post, thought that most people would read it.

All I can say is WOW! Your work is really great. Should have no problem landing a job. Great work.

very cool portfolio man. good luck.

Simply stunning work Render. You must be incredibly proud of it.

Perhaps next year when I leave my course, I could hire you to drop my work into that book format. Its very, VERY pretty, but most of all FUNCTIONAL.

Your first employer will be very lucky to have you, but more, I can see you eventually going it alone and making a huge splash in our business. If this amount of creativity finds investment, you may well move and shape our industry in the years ahead.

Bravo.

thx judah that´s really nice to read,

just wanted to add a little something of my past I found today. At some point I once created this overview screen of my highlight projects with Flash MX from the years 2002 till around mid 2006.
http://www.renderhjs.net/bbs/flashki...x_projects.jpg
Flash MX was my longest period with Flash (skipped MX2004 [the windows ME of Flash] and started using Flash 8 pretty late).

it helps me finding back important stuff I already solved once before so that I can reuse concepts of it for current projects or even as inspiration.

When looking back at those thumbnails I certainly loved always to create engines and editors, creating my own toolsets with my own icons and driven by my own content and artwork.

Really cool renderhjs, I took the time and surfed your stuff a few months ago and the only thing I can say is BRAVO ! Really love what you are doing, keep it up!

great job

Brilliant!!! Loved it..

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Brilliant!!! Loved it..

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Me too, just like everything else he does :)

i always admired your skills

Hey Render,

On that photo displaying all of those projects; are those all projects you have done before you went to a university or from after attending?

I just counted,- I did 31 of those 49 before attending the university. That is because here at the university I have been investing more time into 3dsmax and alike tools instead of flash.
Before I applied at the university I was still working with a side job at a multimedia agency- hence the reason why I was more into flash back then.

Now how beneficial to you has it become that Flash is now enhanced with the features of more 3D elements for projects.

Seems rather interesting. I wonder if those GTA:2 engines went anywhere with your work.

I have mixed feelings,- it´s not real 3d they implemented. You still need to write a own camera model - only the triangle texture filling has been automized (the way you get textures on your triangles of your 3d object)

But I wouldn´t say that flash player 10 supports 3d, it as some 3d rotation properties for sprites but that´s it. No common 3d file format support or alike.

The one big think I hate about flash and the reason why I shifted more into 3d is that for Flash there is only 1 company and 1 product (flex doesn´t count).
It´s a great product overal but I am to much binded to a company that sometimes abuses it´s position (think of european CS3 prices 200-300% more expensive as the US version). The GUI performance is the worst ever (and ugly) and there are certainly other things I dont like.
If there were more competion like on the 3d market (max, maya, xsi, cinema, silo, zBrush, mudbox, blender,...) i could pick the right tool for my taste, e.g a fast reactig tool instead of a eye- candy looking one.
And the other big plus is that like every few month´s there is yet a new software piece to be discovered - I like that.

well like I said I have mixed feelings,- after my graduation (2 semesters to go) I´ll propably apply in booth fields but propably more into 3d because of the flexibility.

SURELY you can't hate flash, can ya?

Anyway, what would you say of Silverlight then?

(OMG.. is this slowly turning into a mock prospective job interview?)

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Anyway, what would you say of Silverlight then?

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not worthy of a discussion :p (and that in multiple ways)

I wish I'd stayed on in the 3D realm (back then it was Max 3.0!!), but I've moved onto the Printing industry.

3D is still cool though. So show us some 3D thingys already!

Believe me or not but I agree probably a hundred percent.

I still remain ignorant to many features of the 3D side of Flash, however I thought that the cameras were integrated within itself without a load of killer coding; or at least that is the opposite that I perceive MAX to be like.

Still all the thumbs up on your portfolio though: I need to start getting to work on mine.

coooool

nice work featured in the portfolio

I thought it would be nice to have a one-click page turn facility rather than forcing your user to drag each page over (in addition to being able to drag). I also thought the contents page could contain links to jump straight to the relevent section and some mechanism to jump back to the contents page to aid overall navigation.

Its a faithfull reproduction of a book/magazine, but why not take advantage of the delivery platform to add some simple enhancing features?

well the original portfolio is the print one- but because I wanted to show it online I quickly scratched it together.
I will update the print portfolio and a complete redo of the online version this winter- if I´d stick to the book idea I´d propably include the things you mentioned like direct links, 1 click flip and other things.
thx for the input

you're welcome

seeing as you're good with your eyes (:)) if you've a minute or two spare could you glance at my problem: http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=776722

any help appreciated

Great artwork! You're very broad in your skills!
I like the semi glossy effect when you turn the pages! One idea for the book engine (although it's not new, and easier said than done!): Different behavior depending on where you grab the page. For starters, more bending of the page if grabbed on the very edge. Vertical pulling could have its effects, even ripping of pages!

I think the progression in the portfolio is impressive, however if this was not for school but for the real world, I would recommend showing the best work, and more of it. For example the Ford Puma? It might mean something to you, but compared to your other work it doesn't belong there..my opinion :P Otherwise I really like the layout and turning effect...just not the gradient behind it.

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I am in the process of redoing my portfolio this time as the final one for graduating- booth as a print and online concept. And I will refine the selection but also add lots of more stuff and reconsider older thing I haven't included back then.

in general I like the idea of porting the print version to the online version so that I can save layout, structure and content. This means for me however that I want to focus on the online version on the way it behaves because the expierence will be different anyway - so why not making it as exciting as I can online.
My general idea I have so far can be described with a simple illustration:
http://www.renderhjs.net/bbs/polycou...2k8_basics.jpg
you can flip pages like a real book in a 3d alike view with popping elements of items. The main idea is to to highlight each art content more as a single item instead of having some loose focus because of the integration in groups on each page.

mockups
this is a quick mockup so far how I could imagine it could look close like in the end (text content is just roughly made up). The book itself is a screengrab atm. from 3dsmax so there is no antialiasing and texture filtering but that will be different in the end because textures will the look smooth and edges wont have stairs in them, so like I said its more a quick mockup for now.
http://www.renderhjs.net/bbs/polycou...preview_01.jpg

when you click on a single item you would get a bigger and un-distorted version like this:
http://www.renderhjs.net/bbs/polycou...preview_02.jpg
and clicking back on it would return to the page flipping or book mode. At the upper panel where it says 'ink graphics,...' one could alternativly tab previous or further ahead lying pages.

I plan to use this semester time for developing booth the print and online version (as a project) and have it done by the end of this year. Layout and texting will be done in InDesign and be printed again as book. The online version will be written in Actionscript3 and propably use XML as layout container for the images to be loaded and meta text information to be displayed.
The last year I have been programming a few 3d engines in flash so that I feel confident that I can pull this off resulting into a smooth and quick to be loaded web application - because what matters for me is to have a unqiue portfolio with unique content and a unqiue engine that differs from anything else that's online.

That looks pretty sweet, I like the zooming in option, and the fact that there is a global navigation bar (if that is what the top text area is intended for). Coding everything for the portfolio sounds pretty amazing, what is a good book to learn AS3 for that purpose?

Completely stole my mentality! This was an idea I wanted to engineer from inspiration from the original.

Die Gedenken sind frei....

=P

little progress for now:

online demo (first online snippet):
http://www.renderhjs.net/portfolio2k9/dmo1/

inDesign putting stuff together,- finding a style
http://www.renderhjs.net/bbs/polycou...009_dev_01.jpg
http://www.renderhjs.net/bbs/polycou...009_dev_02.jpg

flash: writing the new book flip engine:
http://www.renderhjs.net/portfolio2k...2009_ss_03.jpg

maxscript (3dsmax): writing another script to export my 3d vertex animations from 3dsmax into my engine at a tiny size:
http://www.renderhjs.net/portfolio2k...ort_script.gif

at the end (soon to come) I will hopefully have booth some printed books and the online version ready for my application.

edit:
another screenshot of max,- some new models
http://www.renderhjs.net/bbs/polycou...2009_dev_3.jpg

magnifier has been added to the online demo