This Bumper aimed to capture the vibrant essence of a Japanese alleyway, brought to life with the electric buzz of a Rooster Teeth neon sign. Embracing the challenge of a confined space, I chose a fisheye lens effect to give the scene an expansive feel, emphasizing the bustling atmosphere of the narrow urban setting. I crafted the neon sign from the ground up, focusing on a high level of detail—from the wires intricately running through it to the precise nuts and bolts and mounting system securing it to the wall.

The backdrop was created using a mix of combining photogrammetry scans and exterior details such as window frames and exterior elements, providing a realistic and immersive canvas. Upon this, I created additional glowing neon signage, enhancing the depth and authenticity of the alleyway.

Populating the scene, I developed various characters in DAZ 3D, each with motion captured walking animations. Utilizing Octane Scatter, I placed these figures throughout the alley on a invisible moving plane along the street.

For this piece, the challenge was to emulate the look of cells under a microscope, while creatively integrating the Rooster Teeth logo. Leveraging Cinema 4D and Octane Render, alongside particle simulations with X-Particles and volume meshing techniques i was able to achieve this result. The use of a spherical lens effect and vignetting, combined with post-processing in After Effects, including blurring and composting render passes and applying chromatic aberration visual that feels both organic and intricate. An emissive material was specially made to subtly illuminate the edges of the particle spheres, enhancing their resemblance to single-celled organisms and adding depth to the animation's microscopic authenticity.

In this piece the concept was to create wewt specimen jars containg different organisms and of course the Rooster Teeth logo, Striving for a dynamic and somewhat campy ambiance, I aimed to animate not just the specimen but the liquid fluid in the jar Initially, I experimented with liquid simulation for the fluid's movement but found it lacked the precise control I sought. Pivoting to a more manageable approach, I used a volume mesher coupled with a Boolean. On this Boolean, I applied an animated displacement mapped with noise. This technique created a negative wave shape inside the jars, simulating the undulating movement of the liquid with greater accuracy. Rendering this scene was a labor-intensive process, primarily due to the path tracing and the complex refractions through the numerous glass materials.

For this bumper, I collaborated with Director and former Creator Director at Rooster Teeth Wes Ellis, who captured the live-action footage, which would then be composited with my render. The concept was to display an X-ray profile of a person's head on a television screen, with the Rooster Teeth logo  taking the place of the brain.

The process began with crafting a character model in DAZ 3D, complete with skeletal, muscular, and organ anatomy. This model was then exported to Cinema 4D. To achieve the X-ray effect, I developed a Octane material that emits a luminescent glow around the edges, mimicking the familiar look of medical imaging. Each layer of the person's anatomy was rendered separately to maintain the highest level of detail and control. These layers were then composited in After Effects, using a variety of filters and effects to blend the render passes into a realistic animation.

For this Claymation-inspired bumper the goal was to show a egg cracking and transforming into the Rooster Teeth logo. Utilized frame stepping for a stop-motion effect and using animated displacement maps for texture realism, mimicking fingerprints on clay. i used a combination of volume meshing and object morphing for seamless transitions, ensuring the egg’s yolk and whites morphed into the logo’s comb and 'R' respectively, matching the Rooster Teeth brand colors.

The concept for this animation was to have a grassy field of grass where flowers would grow into the Rooster Teeth logo in the style of a time-lapse video. The animation leverages a forced perspective illusion to reveal the logo's shape over time. The time-lapse aesthetic was achieved using frame-stepping, combined with a low framerate which resulted in a authentic recreation of the time-lapse effect required.

To enhance the realism of the natural setting, I applied vibration tags and animated noise displacement modifiers on the grass and flowers, simulating the movement caused by wind. The grass and flowers where created using Speed Tree. The technical execution involved modeling the logo in 3D and then using it as a Boolean to carve out the negative space within the virtual landscape. This allowed me to accurately place the flowers with the cloner tool, ensuring they grew in the exact shape of the logo.

For this bumper, I was tasked to create a Tamagotchi-inspired animation featuring the Rooster Teeth logo. The process began with  modeling a Tamagotchi device, employing a mix of practical modeling techniques and volume meshing. This approach allowed me to achieve precise line details along the plastic casing and ensure the smoothness of the model's overall contours. To bring the Rooster Teeth logo to life I animated a rotating logo in Blender, applying a pixelized dithering effect to evoke the iconic low-resolution display of a Tamagotchi. This animation was then refined in After Effects to enhance its retro aesthetic, before being integrated back into Cinema 4D. There, I created an Octane texture, using the video as the emission source to simulate the logo playing on the Tamagotchi's screen.

This animation is an homage to the moon landing, with a twist of surrealism inspired by the monolith scene from '2001: A Space Odyssey.' The scene sets a campy yet eerie tone as the lifeless astronauts, crafted in DAZ 3D, are strewn about the surface. They are encircled by a flock of roosters, which add an absurd and otherworldly atmosphere to the lunar landscape.

At the center of this tableau is the Rooster Teeth logo, reimagined as a monolithic structure.

The lunar terrain itself is utilizing real NASA height maps with Octane Scatter to populate millions of rocks, The end result is a fun and campy narrative piece that aligns with Rooster Teeth's style.