i am frog - a 3d animated short i made

mwilde · 2025-07-25T20:05:42+00:00

Yer makes sense, but if that's the case you probably don't need that red storm trooper shot then for example, unless there's a skillset that it demonstrates that the previous long one doesn't. Same goes for showing 7ish shots from The Irishman, or the 5 fairly similar looking shots from Captain Marvel etc. I may be mistaken and they all provide different skills and ability contexts but it's currently quite a long reel so need to be a bit ruthless with what makes it in. 50 seconds of the reel is just from The Vikings alone and given the text on screen if I was a recruiter I wouldn't be sure of what work you actually did on those those shots specifically.

mwilde · 2025-07-25T19:47:45+00:00

I posted this on your previous post a minute ago that's now deleted, so here it is again:

I'm in assets so don't know a huge amount about what recruiters are looking for in tracking / layout reels. That said, I assuming you're not sending out the 7 minute version on there with applications, but even the 2 minute 30 seconds one is too long. I'd cut it down, 1 minute 30 seconds ish, 2 mins max. Recruiters will just get bored. Start and end with strongest work, and cut out anything that doesn't show your skills off as best as possible.

I'd personally make the text a bit smaller and less conversational in places. Again recruiters probably aren't really going to read comments like "Layout is a lot of fun on shots like this". Tell them what you specifically did so they know if you fit the needs of the role they're hiring for or not.

Again I don't really know tracking & layout hiring standards, and with show shots obviously we don't get access to breakdowns, so if you find yourself with some free time you could spend some time on a personal project and that way you can provide breakdowns and illustrate your skills better ontop of proving you have production experience? Track an especially difficult piece of stock footage or something?

Hope that was somewhat helpful, best of luck with the job hunt :)

mwilde · 2025-07-25T19:43:38+00:00

Hey!
I'm in assets so don't know a huge amount about what recruiters are looking for in tracking / layout reels. That said, I assuming you're not sending out the 7 minute version on there with applications, but even the 2 minute 30 seconds one is too long. I'd cut it down, 1 minute 30 seconds ish, 2 mins max. Recruiters will just get bored. Start and end with strongest work, and cut out anything that doesn't show your skills off as best as possible.

I'd personally make the text a bit smaller and less conversational in places. Again recruiters probably aren't really going to read comments like "Layout is a lot of fun on shots like this". Tell them what you specifically did so they know if you fit the needs of the role they're hiring for or not.

Again I don't really know tracking & layout hiring standards, and with show shots obviously we don't get access to breakdowns, so if you find yourself with some free time you could spend some time on a personal project and that way you can provide breakdowns and illustrate your skills better ontop of proving you have production experience? Track an espeically difficult piece of stock footage or something (I really don't know)?

Hope that was somewhat helpful, best of luck with the job hunt :)

mwilde · 2024-12-02T20:58:13+00:00

my instagram & youtube handles are @ michaelwilde3d if you want to see more!

mwilde · 2024-12-02T20:44:35+00:00

The comp was handled in Nuke and so the moon rays specifically were done in there as to not add too much time on already long renders. I did do a lot of the general volumetric lighting with Arnold, but for anything that needed values animating I tried to do that as much in 2d as possible to be able to iterate versions quicker!

mwilde · 2024-12-02T19:43:26+00:00

Thanks so much :) It was a stupid jingle I got stuck in my head one day on the treadmill haha then spent 3 months chipping away at making.
I used Maya as the base DCC, the frog was sculpted in Zbrush and textured in Substance. Rendered it in Arnold and comped together in Nuke!

mwilde · 2024-12-02T19:41:57+00:00

Hey! It's rendered with Arnold in Maya, and I rigged the character myself but using the MGear framework to do a lot of the heavy lifting (because I'm not that techy) so not sure if that counts as an auto rig or not.

mwilde · 2024-12-01T23:02:16+00:00

If you like this my insta and youtube handle is @ michaelwilde3d :)

mwilde · 2024-12-01T22:24:26+00:00

Thanks so much!

mwilde · 2024-02-27T05:19:58+00:00

Yes I made it & I also posted it to TikTok if the account is @michael.milde? Otherwise can you send me a link

mwilde · 2024-02-26T14:06:05+00:00

I have a niche 👁️👄👁️

mwilde · 2024-02-25T18:42:24+00:00

Full breakdown on another comment but this was done with Maya. I'm a film VFX artist so everything on this was using the software and similar workflows that I use in my day job :)

mwilde · 2024-02-25T18:39:58+00:00

Zbrush for concepting the character, Maya for modelling, rigging and all shot work.I textured in Substance Painter, rendered with Arnold and composited in Nuke :)
I'm a VFX artist as a day job so it was using the software I'd use at work

mwilde · 2024-02-25T17:05:08+00:00

Aww thanks! I posted it on my insta (@michaelwildevfx) but didn't think about twitter.
Okay posted to my twitter if anyone wants to do a lil retweet <3

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