Demo Reel 2009!!

Joseph Cheu's Demo Reel from Joseph Cheu on Vimeo.

SO HOT!...like me? :P

The weather is SO HOT that I need to blog! I am never gonna buy a house that faces the west!

The End!

A Chance...

So, during my 1-week break, I applied a few jobs and hoped they'd need a part time employee. I only received one interview from LongShong Group, a local Asian Film Distributing/TV Broadcasting company. After 30mins of interviewing and showing me around the studio, they asked me to edit a 30-seconds teaser for a movie that I have recently watched. And I thought to myself, it's not a matter of hiring me or not anymore, it's a chance of showing my ability and get some critics. So, I spent the past Saturday and some time on Sunday working on it. And the first challenge was the movie format that I have was in .RMVB! As many people know, Adobe Premiere/Autodesk Combustion do not allow editing with .rmvb! So, I went around and found a converter, hurried and converted it to .avi. And while everything was going smoothly and SLOWLY, the stupid converter crashed! You must be kidding me! And my download of the movie is only at 50%. I was like OH WELL! I will edit this teaser with 40mins of what has already converted. And here it is! The movie is called "The Sniper", possibly the last Chinese movie of Edison Chen(but who knows). Hope you'd like it.

"The Sniper" Homemade Teaser from Joseph Cheu on Vimeo.

New Toy Part 1

So, my new toy is finally set up with all my programs and ready to create some polygons! :P
Here are some pictures of my new toy..





My brother just got back from Japan, and this is what he got me :). TETSUJIN 28!! HOT STUFF! OPEN BOX SOOOOON!!

Last blog for this class..on this little fella..hopefully

So yea, some of you might know that my computer caught on fire at one point last week!
After it was being all weird and smelly, I opened the case on the second day and replugged everything again. Once I turned it back on again, the video card was like a lighter. POOF! IT'S ON FIRE! whoa, me and my brother shutted it off right away. It's my first time seeing FIRE in my room, and it wasn't pleasant to smell. @_@ So, I tried putting in my old video card, and it works again. HURRAY! But I have to reformat it again since it shutted(burnt) off itself while formatting last time. Anyways, with the extra money that I got from the car accident last year, I have decided to purchase myself a new computer. After weeks of researching and waiting for a better deal, I have decided to get an assembled one from NCIX.

The followings are what I care about:
CPU: Intel i7 920 (the basic one)
Video Card: ATI HD 4870 1GB
RAM: 6GB DDR3 1600
Power Supply: 650W
Price: $1421.18
Detailed Spec.
Bigger Monitor, bigger harddisc and Blu-ray rom will come later when i have a job!
Yeaa, building a computer myself takes too much time shopping around, I would prefer someone else putting altogther for me!
I can't wait to have it! So I can be going less to school and doing more work at home! :D
AHHHHHHHHHHHHH...che-ching che-ching! $$$$$$$$$$ :(

Furthermore, after yearS of having the same setup in my room, I spent the weekend reformatting the computer and rearranging my tiny room. Now it's more rommy and clean. And I say, "IT IS SOO GOOD!"

Winners FAIL!

so, "Do not Enter"? or "Out" into the store??! Winners Exit FAIL!
Caught it at the Winners on Robson Street. I WIN! :P

Anyways, my computer is bugging the F*** outta me with constant lags and blank screens.
I have already replaced the power supply and switch different video cards. They don't seem to help much. With the anti-virus that's almost expired, I am planning to reformat my 4-5 years old grandpa once and for all, making it young again! ahhhh..start backing up my data now!

mannnn, I really got to start my demo reel, or at least have something completely done. I should list out what I need to model before thinking about ANimating them.
Title:
- My name (done)
- Duckie (done)

Scene1:
- a room (wip)
- a camera
- a lamp

Scene2:
- a high-poly portrait on ZBrush

Scene3: (NEED TO START ASAP)
- the main character (wip)
- the second character
- a neighborhood
- a car
- a helicopter (wip)

Scene 4: (only do it if enough time)
- a boat
- a fishing rod
- the main character with different suit
- a fish
- an ocean

OH crap! so much to do in the coming 6 months. I am so tensed, especially when I have just experienced the pain from rendering today and yesterday! I have been spending total of 14+ hours just to render 3 scenes. ARGH yet I am not satisfied with them. Only wish if I have a powerful computer at home, so I can finish all the modelling/texturing at home and just use school's computers as render farm. :P

This is how I spend my weekend, Part 2!

Above is my character concept for the demo reel. Yes, he is retarded. He walks around like that.
This is not the final version. I've been working on it over the weekend. It's soo much fun working with my new tablet using Sketchbook Pro. It's my first time having so much fun drawing on the computer without getting RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury). :P

The following is my weight lifter assignment for Adam's class.

Weight Lifter Assignment from Joseph Cheu on Vimeo.

wheeeeee....what a nice way to spend my weekend.
It's so sunny today!! I want to go cherry blossom photo shooting!!!!!!
Smelling sunshine feels gooooooooood.