Tyler DeLisle Lighting and Compositing Reel 2017

Jun 9, 2017

Embodiment of my lighting and compositing work up to 2017

0:02-0:07

The Book of Life

Senior Light/Comp Artist

All lighting and comp. This was a fun shot to work on transitioning from silhouette to a hero pose for Joaquin's triumphant return.

Tools: Houdini, Mantra, Nuke
0:07-0:09

The Book of Life

Senior Light/Comp Artist

All lighting and comp. This was a keyshot to establish the look for the sequence. Was a particular challenge balancing so many characters on screen along with all of the table setting.

Tools: Houdini, Mantra, Nuke
0:09-0:12

The Book of Life

Senior Light/Comp Artist

All shot lighting and comp. One of the most challenging shots on the show working out a lighting transition and properly timing it to the animation.

Tools: Houdini, Mantra, Nuke
0:12-0:16

The Book of Life

Senior Light/Comp Artist

All lighting and comp. Was fun to play the glow of Xibalba onto Manolo. I chose to add glints of light onto the skulls of Xibalba's eyes for this close-up which then became a show standard.

Tools: Houdini, Mantra, Nuke
0:16-0:23

Lego Batman Commercial

Light/Comp Artist

All lighting and comp for these one-off shots for a European commercial. The pipeline for this project was thrown together within a few weeks to match the look of the movies with a very fast turnaround.

Tools: Houdini, Octane, Nuke
0:23-0:26

Chevy Cruze Teaser

Light/Comp Artist

All lighting and comp and some look dev work. There were half a dozen different artists all working on independent shots within this sequence, sharing treatments and tricks and matching looks for continuity within a short turnaround time.

Tools: Maya, Arnold, Nuke
0:26-0:33

Thor: God of Thunder

Lighting TD

All lighting. Lighting an all metallic character required lots of creative reflection techniques, matching to the set and the camera.

Tools: Maya, Mental Ray
0:33-0:35

Thor: God of Thunder

Lighting TD

For this shot I had to additionally do some on the fly modeling and shading to quickly add the lamp post into the shot.

Tools: Maya, Mental Ray
0:35-0:48

The Book of Life

Senior Light/Comp Artist

All light and comp. This was one of my favorite sequences to work on. Great characters and strong light sources with a low-key style. These also acted as the key shots for another artist to follow for the reverse camera angles. Quite a bit of look dev to get the desired effects and look on the piles of gold coins and flame pit.

Tools: Houdini, Mantra, Nuke
0:48-0:51

Rock Dog

Senior Light/Comp Artist

All light and comp. Was a fun shot with some particular lighting challenges getting the angle of light through the fog and the desired illumination on the characters and shadow direction.

Tools: Maya, Arnold, Nuke
0:51-0:53

Rock Dog

Senior Light/Comp Artist

All light and comp. This was a key shot to define the look for this sequence from this camera angle. A challenging setup creating the desired look of the fog and the look of the headlights while also getting each light source to cast in a desirable way on the characters.

Tools: Maya, Arnold, Nuke
0:53-0:55

Rock Dog

Senior Light/Comp Artist

All light and comp. This was a one-off shot that created a fun challenge of finding an interesting lighting setup for an otherwise unexciting part of the set. Had to look dev and time the effect of the brake lights on the car.

Tools: Maya, Arnold, Nuke
0:55-1:00

Thor

Lighting TD

All lighting, some look dev and FX placement. There were a lot of moving parts to these shots. I was tasked with choosing FX sims, sizing and placing them, populating with debris, creating mock geo of the town for shadow passes, and of course lighting the Destroyer himself as well as the cars and beam effect.

Tools: Maya, Mental Ray
1:00-1:03

Toy Story 3

Lighting Intern

Our final task after a summer internship at Pixar was to re-light these shots from the Toy Story 3 movie using all of the in-house tools.

Tools: Proprietary
1:03-1:10

The Book of Life

Senior Light/Comp Artist

All light and comp. These were key shots I created to set the look of the sequence for junior artists, and some of my favorite shots in the movie. A lot of subtleties to get right balancing the warm and cool light sources.

Tools: Houdini, Mantra, Nuke
1:10-1:15

Chuck E Cheese

Light/Comp Artist

All light and comp. Lighting for Chuck matched to environment and then composited into the shots.

Tools: Maya, prman, Nuke
1:15-1:27

Rock Dog

Senior Light/Comp Artist

All light and comp. These first two shots were one-offs leading into the establishing shot of "Rock Park" which acted as a key shot for junior artists to base their shots off of. It was big undertaking with dozens of light sources and nearly one hundred characters.

Tools: Maya, Arnold, Nuke
1:27-1:40

Rock Dog

Senior Light/Comp Artist

All light and comp. These were key shots I did to establish the look for the sequence. I also did the look dev to define the lighting and comp treatment for the lantern.

Tools: Maya, Arnold, Nuke
1:40-1:50

Rock Dog

Senior Light/Comp Artist

All light and comp. This was a sequence that I was tasked with leading a small team of junior artists on. I did all lighting and some look dev for the set and characters in the key shots and managed the artists through their same-as shot deliveries.

Tools: Maya, Arnold, Nuke
1:50-1:56

Rock Dog

Senior Light/Comp Artist

All light and comp. These one-off shots were challenging and fun to work on, establishing the lighting, and look of the background city and signs and creating interactive lighting from passing traffic.

Tools: Maya, Arnold, Nuke
1:56-2:01

The Book of Life

Senior Light/Comp Artist

All light and comp. Key shots to establish the look of the set and characters for the sequence. Moody lighting with backlit characters where you still wanted to read their expressions.

Tools: Houdini, Mantra, Nuke
2:01-2:17

The Book of Life

Senior Light/Comp Artist

All light and comp. I had the pleasure and honor of lighting the final shot in the movie towards the end of production. It was a challenging shot with a lot of characters and a sweeping camera move with no cuts. It required seamlessly blending multiple key lights to maintain ideal lighting on the main characters throughout the dance sequence.

Tools: Houdini, Mantra, Nuke
2:17-2:29

The Book of Life

Senior Light/Comp Artist

All light and comp. Key shots I created to establish the look of the sequence in a pretty hectic battle scene with dramatic lighting which required lots of character balancing.

Tools: Houdini, Mantra, Nuke
2:29-2:36

P'tit Louie

Light/Comp Artist

All light and comp and some look dev. These shots were created fora commercial in Europe. They required a lot of tricks assembling the matte paintings, creating light effects and sparkles off the cheese in the establishing shot, as well as finding ways to add movement in the static painting. I worked on the shaders for the cheese to get it just right.

Tools: Maya, Arnold, Nuke
2:36-2:44

The Book of Life

Senior Light/Comp Artist

All light and comp. Various key shots to establish the look of sets and characters for sequences.

Tools: Houdini, Mantra, Nuke
2:44-2:49

Free Birds

Senior Light/Comp Artist

All light and comp, some look dev. These were keyshots to establish the look within the time machine "egg". I did a lot of look dev in comp to create the lightning effect and how it dissipates when making contact while automating the interactive lighting.

Tools: Maya, PRMan, Nuke
2:50-2:54

Free Birds

Senior Light/Comp Artist

All light and comp. A one off shot that was particularly moody. Established the look of the lanterns.

Tools: Maya, PRMan, Nuke
2:54-2:57

Free Birds

Senior Light/Comp Artist

All light and comp. This was a fun one-off that required a lot of back and forth with effects and blending of interactive lighting.

Tools: Maya, PRMan, Nuke

Tyler DeLisle Lighting and Compositing Reel 2017

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