Jurassic World

Back in 1993, Jurassic Park movie. When I saw this movie, my life change forever. I knew back then, my life will never be the same. You can imagine the feeling I had when I was promoted to work on this sequel.

I had the incredible chance to work with the great Geoff Campbell, Creature Model Supervisor for the show. After 2 month on the movie, he and the production propose me the Lead Creature Modeling position. It was an other great moment in my life.

I had the great opportunity to model many creature like, the Indominus Rex, the T-Rex, the Apatosaurus, the Baby Apatosaurus, the Pteranodon and I help the Raptor base mesh. I did other creature but unfortunately, the story line change and the studio decide to remove those asset from the movie.

I also build almost all the dino muscle system for the simulation. Almost all shape library and PSD shape. I help the environment team with the Aviary, build the egg for the intro and many, many corrective on shot.

Nominees for the 14th Annual VES awards
Categories: Outstanding Models in a Photoreal or Animated Project for the Indominus Rex

This was the best experience of my life. A lot of fun!!
Hope you enjoy the movie!

Indominus Rex Model

I was in charge to create this new Hybrid dinosaur. The maquette was build originally by Kris Costa. I modified the model to fit the need of the director. I did the Zbrush Displacement, Martin Murphy did the scale details using Mari, I worked on the Shape Library, shape driven connection, Muscle System, PSD shape, Spit and Drools Setup. Corrective on shot.

Indominus Rex Model

Eye close up.

Indominus Rex Model

Teeth close up, spit, drools.

Indominus Rex Model

Eye close up

Aviary Glass Model

I was in charge to build the Aviary. This sequence was the result of a mix between the job Environment department build and details I had over the model.

Aviary glass Model

I was in charge to build the Aviary. I receive a low resolution version from the environment department that they use for far away sequences.

Indominus Rex Model

Pteranodon Model

Pteranodon, I call this shot my shot, you can see my Indominus Rex, The Aviary Glass and the Pteranodon model. We receive a maquette from Gentle Giant studio, from this maquette. I build the model, add Zbrush Displacement details, create the Shape Library, PSD Shape, and the Corrective on Shot.

Pteranodon Model

The Mososaurus was build by Paul Liaw.

T-Rex Model

I was in charge for make the Trex from JP1 alive. The challenge for this creature was to match as close as possible the Trex from the original movie. I use the original JP concept from Crash and I scan the ILM maquette located into the ILM building like a starting point. The ILM maquette was a nice starting point but the scan did not capture all information and area like the inside of the mouth, inside of the leg, arm or tail has major hole problem. I had to recreate those area by myself. Other problem, the maquette was nice but really different from the JP1 Trex. The director colin trevorrow ask me to make sure the Trex look closer to the original movie with a 22 years older look. So, base on those informations, I build the model with many reference I can found, web, DVD article etc. This was super excited! I did the Zbrush Displacement base details, View Paint department did the scale details was paint in Mari and reapply into Zbrush, Kris Costa build the Shape Library, I had at the end to modify or add some shape, I did the PSD Shape, spits and drools, Corrective on Shot.

Indominus Rex and T-Rex Model

Indominus Rex, T-rex

T-rex Model

Indominus Rex, Trex

T-rex Model

Baby Apatosaurus Model

I was in change to build the Apatosausus model. From the big model, I create the baby. Build the model, the Zbrush Displacement, Shape Library, PSD Shape.

Apatosaurus Model

I was in change to build the Apatosausus model. I create the model, the Zbrush Displacement, Shape Library, PSD Shape and muscle system.

Apatosaurus Model

Stegosaurus Maquette

I was in charge to build the maquette for the Stegosaurus.

The amazing Matt Corcoran build the model with the Zbrush displacement. Later, I build the muscle system, the PSD and the Shape Library.

Stegosaurus Maquette, Shape Library

Egg modeling and Shape Library

Baby Indominus Rex - Build the Egg, create the crack pattern to be use by the animation department. I was also in charge to create the Shape Library for the facial movement.

Matt Corcoran re-sculpt the Indominus Rex I did to create this little scary baby.

My Indominus on the Cinefex magazine cover :)

- Jurassic World | 2015