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Trent Mongero

186,453 просмотров • 7 месяцев назад

An excerpt from my new book 'Breaking Point': " On December 30, both of us realised just how traumatised we were when we visited Labadi Beach to hang out. We spotted a lady selling jollof rice, and we decided to get some jollof and chicken. The lady had a little daughter who couldn’t have been more than 4 years old. While waiting for our food a little distance away from them, we spotted 2 Ghanaian policemen walking up the beach toward us, dressed in black and holding AK-47s, just like their Nigerian counterparts. Ralph and I beckoned at the little girl who was playing near us, telling her to see who was coming. Instinctively, we felt a need to warn the innocent little soul that danger was coming, and she should run to her mom for protection. Instead, the little girl looked up, saw the policemen, and skipped joyfully toward them, utterly unafraid and screeching in delight with her full set of milk teeth showing, “Police! Police! Police!” The policemen on their part calmly acknowledged her, returned her smile, and even stopped to play with her for a few moments before continuing on their way. Not a single word was said at that moment, but when Ralph and I looked at each other with our mouths open in utter amazement, nothing needed to be said. It turned out that being mortally terrified of police to the point of using them to scare young children was a uniquely Nigerian experience - one that we were both completely, hopelessly, and maybe permanently marinated in. For everyone else, there was no such conditioning. Apparently, it wasn’t that the world outside was that much better than Nigeria. But it was that much less terrible. " 'Breaking Point: A Journalist’s Quest For Salvation In Nigeria's Chaos' comes out in the UK and Nigeria on January 25, 2024.
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An excerpt from my new book 'Breaking Point': " On December 30, both of us realised just how traumatised we were when we visited Labadi Beach to hang out. We spotted a lady selling jollof rice, and we decided to get some jollof and chicken. The lady had a little daughter who couldn’t have been more than 4 years old. While waiting for our food a little distance away from them, we spotted 2 Ghanaian policemen walking up the beach toward us, dressed in black and holding AK-47s, just like their Nigerian counterparts. Ralph and I beckoned at the little girl who was playing near us, telling her to see who was coming. Instinctively, we felt a need to warn the innocent little soul that danger was coming, and she should run to her mom for protection. Instead, the little girl looked up, saw the policemen, and skipped joyfully toward them, utterly unafraid and screeching in delight with her full set of milk teeth showing, “Police! Police! Police!” The policemen on their part calmly acknowledged her, returned her smile, and even stopped to play with her for a few moments before continuing on their way. Not a single word was said at that moment, but when Ralph and I looked at each other with our mouths open in utter amazement, nothing needed to be said. It turned out that being mortally terrified of police to the point of using them to scare young children was a uniquely Nigerian experience - one that we were both completely, hopelessly, and maybe permanently marinated in. For everyone else, there was no such conditioning. Apparently, it wasn’t that the world outside was that much better than Nigeria. But it was that much less terrible. " 'Breaking Point: A Journalist’s Quest For Salvation In Nigeria's Chaos' comes out in the UK and Nigeria on January 25, 2024.

David Hundeyin

179,735 просмотров • 2 лет назад

JESUS IS THE ULTIMATE HEALER! ❤️‍🔥 A young boy was going through unbearable struggles with his health. At the end of January, he was diagnosed with liver cancer, which caused his liver to be enlarged to the point where he could feel it on the outside of his abdomen. He had also been suffering from osteopenia — a juvenile form of osteoporosis that robs nutrients from the muscles and bones — had bones so fragile they would easily fracture. His parents faced the heart-wrenching challenge of trying to help him avoid the pain, driving slowly at 40 mph and carefully avoiding potholes to prevent his pained cries. Even the simple act of sitting up straight in a chair brought him agony due to his spine and shoulders protruding outward. 💔 But after Evangelist Ankit prayed for the sick, something miraculous happened. His mom turned to him with unwavering faith and told him get up and do what he couldn't do before. Without hesitation, the boy lept out of his chair, ran across the sanctuary, and opened the door! His mom followed, only to find him weeping on his face in awe — ALL HIS PAIN WAS GONE! 🤯💥 And God did more than that! His stomach was flat, meaning the inflammation caused by the cancer in his liver went away! HIS LIVER WAS HEALED OF CANCER‼️ “I have been waiting for this for so long,” he cried, “This has been too much, and it’s finally done.” Tears of joy and overwhelming gratitude streamed down the faces of the entire family. ❤️ With one touch from Jesus, the course of this boy’s life completely changed! Thank you, Lord! 🙌🔥 #ankitrambabu #theepicgospel
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JESUS IS THE ULTIMATE HEALER! ❤️‍🔥 A young boy was going through unbearable struggles with his health. At the end of January, he was diagnosed with liver cancer, which caused his liver to be enlarged to the point where he could feel it on the outside of his abdomen. He had also been suffering from osteopenia — a juvenile form of osteoporosis that robs nutrients from the muscles and bones — had bones so fragile they would easily fracture. His parents faced the heart-wrenching challenge of trying to help him avoid the pain, driving slowly at 40 mph and carefully avoiding potholes to prevent his pained cries. Even the simple act of sitting up straight in a chair brought him agony due to his spine and shoulders protruding outward. 💔 But after Evangelist Ankit prayed for the sick, something miraculous happened. His mom turned to him with unwavering faith and told him get up and do what he couldn't do before. Without hesitation, the boy lept out of his chair, ran across the sanctuary, and opened the door! His mom followed, only to find him weeping on his face in awe — ALL HIS PAIN WAS GONE! 🤯💥 And God did more than that! His stomach was flat, meaning the inflammation caused by the cancer in his liver went away! HIS LIVER WAS HEALED OF CANCER‼️ “I have been waiting for this for so long,” he cried, “This has been too much, and it’s finally done.” Tears of joy and overwhelming gratitude streamed down the faces of the entire family. ❤️ With one touch from Jesus, the course of this boy’s life completely changed! Thank you, Lord! 🙌🔥 #ankitrambabu #theepicgospel

ankit rambabu

530,025 просмотров • 1 год назад

“While rushing to the car, I noticed small splotches of a peculiar gray substance marking a trail on the asphalt leading up to the driver. When I reached the car, I was shocked to see that Smiley's helmet was gone, along with the top of his skull. He had essentially been scalped by the debris fence. The material on the race track was most of his brain. His helmet, due to massive centrifugal force, was literally pulled from his head on impact ... I rode to the care center with the body. On the way in I performed a cursory examination and realized that nearly every bone in his body was shattered. He had a gaping wound in his side that looked as if he had been attacked by a large shark. I had never seen such trauma.” Description of CART medical director Steve Olvey on the accident that killed Gordon Smiley, which happened on this day in 1982. During qualifying, on the second warm-up lap, his March 81C Cosworth began to oversteer on turn 3, causing the car to slightly slide. When Smiley steered right to correct this, the front wheels gained grip suddenly, sending his car directly across the track and into the wall nose-first at nearly 200 mph (320 km/h). He was killed instantly. According to team mate Desiree Wilson, (…) “the biggest piece was a little ball of engine. There was nothing else except shattered bits, a bit of gearbox, a bit of a wheel, not even a seat. It was very ugly.”(…) This was Smiley´s third run at Indy after competing mostly on the US domestic series, but the driver obtained a record overseas that remains to this day. In 1979, Smiley raced in the British Formula One Championship (sometimes called the "Aurora Formula One Championship") that used mostly obsolete F1 cars. Smiley won a race, and to this day, this is the last F1 win by an American driver in a FIA-sanctioned event.
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“While rushing to the car, I noticed small splotches of a peculiar gray substance marking a trail on the asphalt leading up to the driver. When I reached the car, I was shocked to see that Smiley's helmet was gone, along with the top of his skull. He had essentially been scalped by the debris fence. The material on the race track was most of his brain. His helmet, due to massive centrifugal force, was literally pulled from his head on impact ... I rode to the care center with the body. On the way in I performed a cursory examination and realized that nearly every bone in his body was shattered. He had a gaping wound in his side that looked as if he had been attacked by a large shark. I had never seen such trauma.” Description of CART medical director Steve Olvey on the accident that killed Gordon Smiley, which happened on this day in 1982. During qualifying, on the second warm-up lap, his March 81C Cosworth began to oversteer on turn 3, causing the car to slightly slide. When Smiley steered right to correct this, the front wheels gained grip suddenly, sending his car directly across the track and into the wall nose-first at nearly 200 mph (320 km/h). He was killed instantly. According to team mate Desiree Wilson, (…) “the biggest piece was a little ball of engine. There was nothing else except shattered bits, a bit of gearbox, a bit of a wheel, not even a seat. It was very ugly.”(…) This was Smiley´s third run at Indy after competing mostly on the US domestic series, but the driver obtained a record overseas that remains to this day. In 1979, Smiley raced in the British Formula One Championship (sometimes called the "Aurora Formula One Championship") that used mostly obsolete F1 cars. Smiley won a race, and to this day, this is the last F1 win by an American driver in a FIA-sanctioned event.

Francisco Cunha

875,066 просмотров • 19 дней назад

NEURALINK GIVES ALS PATIENT A VOICE LIKE NEVER BEFORE Imagine being stuck in your own head with a thousand thoughts but no way to say them. That was Brad G. Smith’s life with ALS until Neuralink stepped in with a chip that reads his brain signals. Before this brain implant, Smith had to rely on eye-tracking software that only worked in the dark. He joked it turned him into Batman without the gadgets. Now, he can control a computer cursor and talk to his family even in bright daylight. The Neuralink implant uses a thousand tiny wires that pick up signals from his brain and send them to a MacBook Pro. At first, they tried linking it to his hand movements but that was a flop. Turns out his tongue was the star of the show and clenching his jaw worked as a click. Smith says he does not even think about it anymore. His brain just knows what to do, like a pro gamer making split second moves. Thanks to Neuralink, Smith can race his kids in Mario Kart and talk to them faster than ever. He even uses an AI chatbot that comes up with clever replies. Once, it suggested giving a bouquet of carrots to a friend’s horse-loving girlfriend. For Smith, ALS may have taken a lot but Neuralink has given him something priceless: a way to speak up and stay connected to the world. Source: FOX
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NEURALINK GIVES ALS PATIENT A VOICE LIKE NEVER BEFORE Imagine being stuck in your own head with a thousand thoughts but no way to say them. That was Brad G. Smith’s life with ALS until Neuralink stepped in with a chip that reads his brain signals. Before this brain implant, Smith had to rely on eye-tracking software that only worked in the dark. He joked it turned him into Batman without the gadgets. Now, he can control a computer cursor and talk to his family even in bright daylight. The Neuralink implant uses a thousand tiny wires that pick up signals from his brain and send them to a MacBook Pro. At first, they tried linking it to his hand movements but that was a flop. Turns out his tongue was the star of the show and clenching his jaw worked as a click. Smith says he does not even think about it anymore. His brain just knows what to do, like a pro gamer making split second moves. Thanks to Neuralink, Smith can race his kids in Mario Kart and talk to them faster than ever. He even uses an AI chatbot that comes up with clever replies. Once, it suggested giving a bouquet of carrots to a friend’s horse-loving girlfriend. For Smith, ALS may have taken a lot but Neuralink has given him something priceless: a way to speak up and stay connected to the world. Source: FOX

Mario Nawfal

2,472,970 просмотров • 1 год назад

In 2007, during his “25 Live” tour, George Michael experienced one of the funniest and most surreal moments of his career. The singer was arriving by car at Wembley Stadium in London to perform one of his concerts (he was one of the first artists to perform at the newly renovated Wembley) As he tried to enter through the back gate with his crew, a very serious and confident security guard blocked his way. The guard, leaning into the car window, insisted: “I’m sorry, I’d recognize him a mile away, and that’s not George Michael.” George, sitting in the back seat, couldn’t stop laughing. The guard remained completely convinced that he was an imposter and even asked for identification before letting him through. A member of George’s team had to step in to pull the guard aside and explain the situation. In the video recorded for the documentary *George Michael: Road to Wembley*, George is seen cracking up and saying, “This is brilliant,” as he mimics the guard: “I’d recognize him a mile away, and that’s not George Michael.” He later said it was one of the best stories that had ever happened to him, comparable to when a doorman in Birmingham told him, “I don’t care if you’re Frank Sinatra, you’re not getting in.” It was a moment of pure comedy that shows just how ironic fame can be. One of the world’s most recognizable artists being treated like a fan trying to sneak in. The guard, of course, became an internet legend years later when the clip resurfaced. George, with his usual sense of humor, took it all in stride and even included it in the documentary.
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In 2007, during his “25 Live” tour, George Michael experienced one of the funniest and most surreal moments of his career. The singer was arriving by car at Wembley Stadium in London to perform one of his concerts (he was one of the first artists to perform at the newly renovated Wembley) As he tried to enter through the back gate with his crew, a very serious and confident security guard blocked his way. The guard, leaning into the car window, insisted: “I’m sorry, I’d recognize him a mile away, and that’s not George Michael.” George, sitting in the back seat, couldn’t stop laughing. The guard remained completely convinced that he was an imposter and even asked for identification before letting him through. A member of George’s team had to step in to pull the guard aside and explain the situation. In the video recorded for the documentary *George Michael: Road to Wembley*, George is seen cracking up and saying, “This is brilliant,” as he mimics the guard: “I’d recognize him a mile away, and that’s not George Michael.” He later said it was one of the best stories that had ever happened to him, comparable to when a doorman in Birmingham told him, “I don’t care if you’re Frank Sinatra, you’re not getting in.” It was a moment of pure comedy that shows just how ironic fame can be. One of the world’s most recognizable artists being treated like a fan trying to sneak in. The guard, of course, became an internet legend years later when the clip resurfaced. George, with his usual sense of humor, took it all in stride and even included it in the documentary.

🎸 Rock History 🎸

54,684 просмотров • 3 месяцев назад

Also, there's a specific part that was completely misunderstood and taken entirely out of context! CHANYEOL was just explaining that he was super thin at debut (1st pic), then got obsessed with bulking up after his military discharge (2nd pic). He already shared before that he went through a hard time back then, and in this clip, he was JUST ADDRESSING the fans' reactions to that period. Then, he found a healthy, balanced routine that got him to his current body (last pic) which he achieved entirely for himself and because HE wanted to, NOT because it’s what fans preferred When one of the MCs asked him about fan preferences, he just answered that they usually like lean figures (WHICH IS WAY TOO FAR FROM HIS CURRENT BUILD). He was literally just answering a question, NOT saying that’s how he OR the members supposed to look! He was just saying he advised the members not to get too obsessed with bulking up THE WAY HE DID! He was referring to the unhealthy mindset and habits that came with it. He NEVER once told them to lose weight “가시” The build that fans prefer is something that neither CHANYEOL NOR any of the members look like, AND HE NEVER told anyone to look like that. I just hope people watch the full video and understand the full context instead of relying on mistranslations and misinformation that take his words completely OUT OF CONTEXT 🙏
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Also, there's a specific part that was completely misunderstood and taken entirely out of context! CHANYEOL was just explaining that he was super thin at debut (1st pic), then got obsessed with bulking up after his military discharge (2nd pic). He already shared before that he went through a hard time back then, and in this clip, he was JUST ADDRESSING the fans' reactions to that period. Then, he found a healthy, balanced routine that got him to his current body (last pic) which he achieved entirely for himself and because HE wanted to, NOT because it’s what fans preferred When one of the MCs asked him about fan preferences, he just answered that they usually like lean figures (WHICH IS WAY TOO FAR FROM HIS CURRENT BUILD). He was literally just answering a question, NOT saying that’s how he OR the members supposed to look! He was just saying he advised the members not to get too obsessed with bulking up THE WAY HE DID! He was referring to the unhealthy mindset and habits that came with it. He NEVER once told them to lose weight “가시” The build that fans prefer is something that neither CHANYEOL NOR any of the members look like, AND HE NEVER told anyone to look like that. I just hope people watch the full video and understand the full context instead of relying on mistranslations and misinformation that take his words completely OUT OF CONTEXT 🙏

PCY BASE

10,958 просмотров • 1 месяц назад

The connection between Richard Linklater's "Boyhood" (2014) & Christopher Nolan's "Interstellar" (2014): Christopher Nolan’s father died in 2009, after a year-long battle with cancer that was diagnosed just as he was finishing 'Inception' (2010), and as Jonathan Nolan was starting to write 'Interstellar' (2014). His father’s diagnosis was very much in his mind, Jonathan Nolan said, “the connection that you have with your parents. It was the background to much of it.” Christopher Nolan himself sees 'Interstellar' more in terms of his relationship with his own children – Rory, Magnus, Oliver and Flora – all of whom have given him the working titles for the last four of his movies. The Dark Knight was “Rory’s First Kiss”, Inception was “Oliver’s Arrow”, The Dark Knight Rises was “Magnus Rex”, and Interstellar was “Flora’s Letter”. The need to be away from them while filming eats at him. “There is a lot of guilt for that. A lot of guilt. The very sadness of saying goodbye to people is a massive expression of the love you feel for them. For me, 'Interstellar' is really about being a father. The sense of your life passing you by and your kids growing up before your eyes. Very much what I felt watching Richard Linklater’s 'Boyhood' (2014), an extraordinary film, which is weirdly doing the same thing in a completely different way. We are all engaged in the biggest mystery of all, which is just living through time.” ("Christopher Nolan: the man who rebooted the blockbuster", Tom Shone, The Guardian, 2014) P.S: 1) Happy 66th birthday Richard Linklater! 2) Happy 56th birthday, Christopher Nolan!
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The connection between Richard Linklater's "Boyhood" (2014) & Christopher Nolan's "Interstellar" (2014): Christopher Nolan’s father died in 2009, after a year-long battle with cancer that was diagnosed just as he was finishing 'Inception' (2010), and as Jonathan Nolan was starting to write 'Interstellar' (2014). His father’s diagnosis was very much in his mind, Jonathan Nolan said, “the connection that you have with your parents. It was the background to much of it.” Christopher Nolan himself sees 'Interstellar' more in terms of his relationship with his own children – Rory, Magnus, Oliver and Flora – all of whom have given him the working titles for the last four of his movies. The Dark Knight was “Rory’s First Kiss”, Inception was “Oliver’s Arrow”, The Dark Knight Rises was “Magnus Rex”, and Interstellar was “Flora’s Letter”. The need to be away from them while filming eats at him. “There is a lot of guilt for that. A lot of guilt. The very sadness of saying goodbye to people is a massive expression of the love you feel for them. For me, 'Interstellar' is really about being a father. The sense of your life passing you by and your kids growing up before your eyes. Very much what I felt watching Richard Linklater’s 'Boyhood' (2014), an extraordinary film, which is weirdly doing the same thing in a completely different way. We are all engaged in the biggest mystery of all, which is just living through time.” ("Christopher Nolan: the man who rebooted the blockbuster", Tom Shone, The Guardian, 2014) P.S: 1) Happy 66th birthday Richard Linklater! 2) Happy 56th birthday, Christopher Nolan!

DepressedBergman

24,062 просмотров • 5 дней назад

Mirage was the new human-buddy lead in #Transformers ROTB. The studio wanted a character other than Bumblebee to have that role and be in the spotlight with Optimus Prime. He was designed to look "handsome" and to be sporty. He was the only character in the film with more than 1 alternate form. He had a total of 4 that we built in 3D (1 of which was cut from the film) and 1 that was only in live action (the garbage truck). I served as the asset Lead and did the Primary Texturing & Look Development for him. I also modelled and designed his eyes, upgrading them from what we had originally in the concept and ref. We spent a lot of time getting his car paint to look correct in shots, matching closely to on set reference pictures of the Porsche. At the end of the film, Mirage gives up his life and becomes the Exo-suit for Noah. The suit was built separately, using the same tooling and systems as Mirage to ensure visual continuity between them for the transformation from Mirage to Noah Exo-suit. He was voice acted by Pete Davidson, a change which was made later in production. The animators tried to introduce some of Pete's mannerisms into Mirage's animations too. Overall he was a character which was a lot of fun to work on and I'm proud of the work the team did to get him to look the way he does in the final film. CREDITS Primary Modelling by Lilian Robert. Final Texturing & LookDev by Martin Kamminga. Various other artists supported the creation of Mirage and the Exo-suit. The Exo-suit and Mirage were sent to WetaFX for the final sequence. Video by Paramount, MPC, and WetaFX.
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Mirage was the new human-buddy lead in #Transformers ROTB. The studio wanted a character other than Bumblebee to have that role and be in the spotlight with Optimus Prime. He was designed to look "handsome" and to be sporty. He was the only character in the film with more than 1 alternate form. He had a total of 4 that we built in 3D (1 of which was cut from the film) and 1 that was only in live action (the garbage truck). I served as the asset Lead and did the Primary Texturing & Look Development for him. I also modelled and designed his eyes, upgrading them from what we had originally in the concept and ref. We spent a lot of time getting his car paint to look correct in shots, matching closely to on set reference pictures of the Porsche. At the end of the film, Mirage gives up his life and becomes the Exo-suit for Noah. The suit was built separately, using the same tooling and systems as Mirage to ensure visual continuity between them for the transformation from Mirage to Noah Exo-suit. He was voice acted by Pete Davidson, a change which was made later in production. The animators tried to introduce some of Pete's mannerisms into Mirage's animations too. Overall he was a character which was a lot of fun to work on and I'm proud of the work the team did to get him to look the way he does in the final film. CREDITS Primary Modelling by Lilian Robert. Final Texturing & LookDev by Martin Kamminga. Various other artists supported the creation of Mirage and the Exo-suit. The Exo-suit and Mirage were sent to WetaFX for the final sequence. Video by Paramount, MPC, and WetaFX.

Rassoul Edji

130,138 просмотров • 1 год назад

Stratosphere was our biggest and heaviest character on #Transformers ROTB. He was a real challenge to deal with on the Modeling, Texturing, and Rendering side. He had 1434 UDIMs due to his immense scale and was made up of tens of thousands of objects. His level of detail was truly something else. His vehicle form was also a behemoth. We had also built a mortar for his robot form and a cannon for his vehicle form but neither of these made it into the film as his part in the final battle was cut out. He was originally supposed to help out in the final battle, using both of these weapons against the Sweepers and Predacons. The decision to cut him from the final act came very late as all of his assets were final at that point. We were never told the reason why his role was cut from the film. I had to re-design my texturing system in Mari when working on him to ensure that it could handle such a complex and large character. I had to simplify a lot of the procedural systems and even had to branch off some of them into their own files to ensure that artists could work with somewhat decent performance. We ran into a lot of issues pushing him through our pipeline, both as a model as well as rendering him due to the sheer amount of objects and textures that had to be processed. For shots, it was requested by Lighting that we reduce his memory footprint as Google had complained he was taking up too much memory and their I/O for rendering on the cloud was being affected. The leadership team and I decided that the best way to do this was to half the texel density on the parts that wouldn't be visible in our approved shots and to also half the resolution of the textures in the parts not visible to camera. This allowed us to optimize his memory footprint both in shots as well as storage and I/O. It was massive technical undertaking working on Stratosphere, so much so that we had to delay getting him into shots as we simply couldn't push him through with our normal tooling. I really enjoyed the challenge that he posed for us as a team. CREDITS: Primary Modeling by Oscar Lowe Support Modeling by Arthur Grandjean and his team Final Texturing & Lookdev by Yaz Raji Video credits: Breakdown shot by MPC Film footage by Paramount
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Stratosphere was our biggest and heaviest character on #Transformers ROTB. He was a real challenge to deal with on the Modeling, Texturing, and Rendering side. He had 1434 UDIMs due to his immense scale and was made up of tens of thousands of objects. His level of detail was truly something else. His vehicle form was also a behemoth. We had also built a mortar for his robot form and a cannon for his vehicle form but neither of these made it into the film as his part in the final battle was cut out. He was originally supposed to help out in the final battle, using both of these weapons against the Sweepers and Predacons. The decision to cut him from the final act came very late as all of his assets were final at that point. We were never told the reason why his role was cut from the film. I had to re-design my texturing system in Mari when working on him to ensure that it could handle such a complex and large character. I had to simplify a lot of the procedural systems and even had to branch off some of them into their own files to ensure that artists could work with somewhat decent performance. We ran into a lot of issues pushing him through our pipeline, both as a model as well as rendering him due to the sheer amount of objects and textures that had to be processed. For shots, it was requested by Lighting that we reduce his memory footprint as Google had complained he was taking up too much memory and their I/O for rendering on the cloud was being affected. The leadership team and I decided that the best way to do this was to half the texel density on the parts that wouldn't be visible in our approved shots and to also half the resolution of the textures in the parts not visible to camera. This allowed us to optimize his memory footprint both in shots as well as storage and I/O. It was massive technical undertaking working on Stratosphere, so much so that we had to delay getting him into shots as we simply couldn't push him through with our normal tooling. I really enjoyed the challenge that he posed for us as a team. CREDITS: Primary Modeling by Oscar Lowe Support Modeling by Arthur Grandjean and his team Final Texturing & Lookdev by Yaz Raji Video credits: Breakdown shot by MPC Film footage by Paramount

Rassoul Edji

268,448 просмотров • 1 год назад