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Here's a film I made for the latest CGSociety challenge...the theme was to adapt an ancient myth to steampunk stylings. I chose the myth about the fountain of youth for my topic.

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  • Renato Fochi 3 years ago
    Holy s***!!!
    That´s awesome!!! many many congratulations!!
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  • Thyago Uemoto 3 years ago
    Fantastic! Awsome job!
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  • Sean Pecknold plus 3 years ago
    Ummm, er... whoah. Nice work.
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  • Tim Pachuau 3 years ago
    beautiful work
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  • Daniel Hayek staff 3 years ago
    Freaky!
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  • Karen Abad plus 3 years ago
    Good grief wow
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  • Kurtis Hough plus 3 years ago
    felt too close to baginski's cathedral.
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  • Gérard Mouillaud plus 3 years ago
    Very good job
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  • Adam Palmer 3 years ago
    Tyson first of all congratulations, this is really a great little short film. There is a lot of energy and life in the film that gives an organic, fluid feel to the action.

    The shots, the pacing, your simple but effective use of light and space, even your solid understanding of storytelling through minimal means, all served to draw me in instantly and kept my attention throughout.

    I wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed watching it and how I couldnt believe the previous comment about how this was similar to baginski's cathedral.

    While there are some aesthetic similarities ( a man walks alone in a dark space holding a single light source ) the mood, the pacing, the themes, couldnt be more different.

    By the time THIS film has finished its story, baginski's cathedral switches gears and the similarities end completely.

    Personally I feel that your film is actually more effective in its narrative flow and ability to draw the audience in.

    To diminish someone's obvious hard work, skill and artistry into a single negative comment I feel is really unfair and way off the mark. I still cant believe that you did this in only 3 months and all by yourself!

    Anyway I've gone on this tirade long enough, keep doing what your doing man, your great at it!
  • michax 2 years ago
    Well said. I don't understand why Kurtis Hough put that comment without any explanation.

    In my opinion the amount of work done by author of Hemlock is outstanding. Is hard to find another short made by one guy, where every aspect of production is done by himself. And in addition 3 months ! It only prove good pipeline and experience. You are my hero ! :)

    PS. Baginski is my hero to :P
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  • Alexander Lach 3 years ago
    This looked like an intro to a good PC game. It's really awesome, good job on your modeling. 11/10!
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  • JaysonV plus 3 years ago
    Wooo!... TYSON!, this is AWESOME work! Tell me, what animation software did you use to make this video and how long did it take you? I've used POSER but I wise I could do work like that.
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  • cristis 3 years ago
    Tyson,you did it again.Great movie.The lights,render and the mood, reminds me of Baginski's cathedral.Perhaps the torch stich..:D
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  • Tyson Ibele 3 years ago
    Thanks guys! Ironically, I had no intention to mimic any part of "The Cathedral", although it's an interesting insight from those who noticed the similarities (guy holding torch visits strange place and transforms into the type of entity already stationed there). Thinking about it now, they are quite similar in theme! But that's purely coincidental.
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  • Brian Z plus 3 years ago
    Yowsers man..how long did that take you? oh and in your opinion whats a good way to learn and advance in 3d/CG? and websites, tutorials etc?
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  • trev 3 years ago
    Oh WOW!
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  • Adriana de Barros 3 years ago
    Wow, lovely!

    I'm featuring it today at illusion.scene360.com.
  • Tyson Ibele 2 years ago
    Hey thanks for the feature!
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  • Franco Carlesimo 3 years ago
    Awsome job Tyson, i have to thank you for your tutorials, i started studing 3ds max just a year ego and they have help me a lot.

    fcarlesimo.blogspot.com/

    keep up the good work!
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  • Jonny Plummer 3 years ago
    amazing! what are you going to do next?
  • Tyson Ibele 2 years ago
    I've got another film in the works that I've been working on-and-off on for the past year and a half....not sure when it'll be done but I'm about 1/4 of the way through it :)
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  • sajarov 3 years ago
    very good work and story. Great renders without a story are like macarroni without tomato, onion, salt...
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  • VAIBA 3 years ago
    Guauuuuuu!!!! Fantastic work!!!!! Congratulations!!!
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  • Alex² 3 years ago
    Wow thats nice. Awesome modeling. How long did you take for this animation and rendering?
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  • Emanuele Caruso plus 3 years ago
    Very Nice! Congratulations!
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  • versa plus 3 years ago
    master
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  • Eoghan Kidney 3 years ago
    excellent excellent excellent for a one man show. u have a great career ahead of you.
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  • Ayz Waraich plus 3 years ago
    that was completely badass.

    one of the things that immediately stood out to me was the motion of the animation. it's sharp and jerky in a great way. It unsettles you immediately.

    very well done sir.
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  • Gavin Duffy 3 years ago
    wow that was brilliant
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  • Really Nice, well done!
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  • Thiago Vilas Boas 3 years ago
    Brilliant work!!!
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  • Eric Dies plus 3 years ago
    Amazing work. Love it.
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  • IreneFace plus 3 years ago
    Wonderful story! Our mortality is what makes life beautiful!
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  • LucidTV plus 3 years ago
    Loved it!
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  • Paul Tamayo plus 3 years ago
    wow, that was amazing. I absolutely loved it.
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  • selim MORGOL 2 years ago
    excellent !!!
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  • Charlie McRae 2 years ago
    OMFG! didn't see that ending coming! simply fantastic! I hope you win many awards for this!!!
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  • William J. Meyer plus 2 years ago
    So well directed! Really sweet.
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  • Karl Hamel 2 years ago
    holy shit! only 3 months! That's some crazy skill you got there.
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  • cameron getty 2 years ago
    Damn dude, that was amazing.
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  • Gilberto Prujansky 2 years ago
    Colorgasmic!
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  • Shawn 2 years ago
    Sweet Jesus I need a shorts change.
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  • David Paul 2 years ago
    very cool!
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  • bob lorrimer plus 2 years ago
    Awesome is not enough!

    Astounding! A cinematic tour de force.

    Bob
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  • Chris McLaughlin 2 years ago
    this is amazing Tyson...

    The camera work is stunning... I'd be tempted to think that you shot this live, tracked the cameras and imported the data into 3d space- the movement is naturalistic and fluid.

    Really great work.
  • Tyson Ibele 2 years ago
    Thanks mate....but nope, all the camera motion was hand-keyed with the help of 3dsmax noise controllers.
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  • Mark Brown plus 2 years ago
    Seriously?! This is incredible! Thanks for the hard work!
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  • TheLoveinUs 2 years ago
    this is, simply, amazing.
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  • Ann Roche 2 years ago
    That was just so excellent. I loved it. Have you been made any offers yet? Or are you already working professionally? Pixar or someone will be headhunting you I think, if somebody hasnt already offered you some kind of contract. That was just so awesome.
  • Tyson Ibele 2 years ago
    Hey Ann, I'm currently working already for a company called MAKE in Minneapolis :)
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  • jaysen sudnykovych 2 years ago
    absolutely amazing!! what software did you use to make this?
  • Tyson Ibele 2 years ago
    The 3d was done using 3d Studio Max, and the compositing was done in After Effects.
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  • Tyson Ibele 2 years ago
    Thanks for the comments everyone!
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  • jaysen sudnykovych 2 years ago
    thx for the reply and again, great job!! Your video was the type that you couldn't just turn it off or pause it :)
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  • Erik Chevalier 2 years ago
    This would fit really well at the H. P. Film Festival! You should totally submit, I think they'd love it. hplfilmfestival.com/submissions
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  • Tom Guilmette plus 2 years ago
    excellent work.
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  • Johnny Valencia 2 years ago
    Nice work, the music worked great to keep up the tension. And great choice of story, I've always found that one fascinating.
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  • Thomas Pham 2 years ago
    My goodness this is nothing short of amazing. Good job!
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  • Andrew Wilson 2 years ago
    Everything Adam Palmer said! :-)
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  • Andrew Wilson 2 years ago
    Seriously though. Fantastic!
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  • Paco Rubio 2 years ago
    Astounding! the light, the textures...you feel inside the cavern!
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  • Colin Levy 2 years ago
    Holy crap, Tyson! This is staggering. Just– staggering.

    Amazing job!!
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  • Petey Boy plus 2 years ago
    Wow! This is amazing! You definitely have a gift.

    And you work for MAKE so that is huge kudos.
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  • Peter VanNess 2 years ago
    Amazing
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  • Ross 2 years ago
    As above....

    Stunned
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  • Nik Blackwell 2 years ago
    Wow man, that was amazing. So the robot was kinda trying to save him.
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  • Digitalvideoart plus 2 years ago
    Amazing video.
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  • Motion-Lotion 2 years ago
    great work! fantastic story!
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  • Hishimaru Joshi 2 years ago
    WOW!! as usual Tyson.. unbelievable work!!
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  • 3dnfx 2 years ago
    Realy,realy nice work!! Wow!!!!!!!!
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  • Igor Medzinov 2 years ago
    fantastic, want more!^_^
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  • Miki Company 2 years ago
    Pretty curious about your storyboarding xD
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  • Siddharth Singh plus 2 years ago
    AWESOME!!!

    (just wanted to say this again...)
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  • Sumrow 2 years ago
    Very well done! Love it. I like the simple setting and raw emotions. :D
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  • arty gold 2 years ago
    great great great job
    i'm featuring it on our site as well !
    video marketing at it's best
    blogapeel.com/
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  • Fabio Cunha 2 years ago
    neat. very neat...
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  • Folly Films plus 2 years ago
    So good!
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  • Surrealia Anatine 2 years ago
    Absolutely gorgeous work! Other than the similarity of a guy + torch.. I don't see this at all like the Cathedral. Maybe Indiana Jones tho =P People should stop criticizing, and start embracing instead. Rock on- this is short film excellence!
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  • ssya minor 2 years ago
    SPECTACULAR! 5*
    I love how it was animated, it was smooth animation and story wise, with a lot of attention to detail.
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  • Michael Scherr plus 2 years ago
    absolutely great!
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  • Kaitlin Wagner 2 years ago
    This is amazing.<3
    Good work.
    (I'm such a sucker for steampunk. 8D)
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  • Robin King 2 years ago
    Absolutely fantastic. The nuanced performance of the characters (all of them, even down to the spider!) is a joy to watch.
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  • zoom 2 years ago
    Great work as always
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  • Jose Bayón plus 2 years ago
    oh! fantastic.
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  • Donna M. Daly 2 years ago
    Unfrigginbelievable...if that's a word. This work is awesome. Love the mood, love the feel of the whole thing. You had my attention from start to finish. The graphics are stellar.....LOOOOOOVVVVED IT! I too did not see the end coming...took me by total surprise. GREAT GREAT WORK ... Tyson! Want more...please feed my imagination!
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  • Chandler Kauffman 2 years ago
    You sir, are an incredibly talented and brilliant artist. I have nothing but envy for your work.
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  • Obscura 2 years ago
    Be happy, you've got a bright career ahead of you. :-)
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  • Reagan Rose 2 years ago
    Great animation, great story! The suspense was well played. I was right on the edge of my seat.

    Can't wait to see what you do next, Tyson.
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  • paramon plus 2 years ago
    It's just incredible!
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  • Sally Tom 2 years ago
    took my breath away. I made all my friends watch it too. amazing work.
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  • ghostcar 2 years ago
    That so rules its undisputable !
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  • cameron getty 2 years ago
    That was insane. So good.
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  • Ingo Eberhardt 2 years ago
    Wooohoooow.
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  • Blair Dog plus 2 years ago
    Awesome job!
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  • Diego Stocco plus 2 years ago
    Extremely cool, I loved the soundtrack and sound design!
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  • davetrax 2 years ago
    Great work! :)
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  • Kissaki 2 years ago
    Awesome.
    Really great work.
    I'll follow you(r videos) :)
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  • the_jcw 2 years ago
    amazing professional work!
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  • Henry Selvey 2 years ago
    I am truly impressed! Very fine work. I guess the intent is dramatic and emotional, but I suspect that there is enigmatic intention as well. This is a piece that speaks to the unconscious mind!
    Henry
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  • Alê Camargo 2 years ago
    Great work, man! I´m an admirer of your work for some time.

    And congrats for the CGTalk Award - well deserved.
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