Sebastien Chort

Sebastien Chort graduated from Supinfocom (France) in 2000 and worked in Paris for Partizan Midi Minuit as a CG generalist for 2 years. In 2003 Tim Miller invited him to join Blur Studio in Venice, CA where he worked for four years as an environment modeler/lighter. While at Blur, Sebastien supervised numerous projects including the animated short A Gentlemen's Duel as well as the cinematic for X-men Legends II. As of May 2007 Sebastien has worked for Dreamworks Animation as a lighting artist on Bee Movie, Kung Fu Panda and Madagascar (Escape 2 Africa). Sebastien has developed a passion for all the different aspects of production from modeling to compositing, and in particular has focused on materials, shaders and textures.

Topics Covered:

Working with Brazil to Achieve Great Materials
Toon Materials
Experimenting with Displacement Maps
Reproducing a Scene from a Photograph Using Simple Materials
Browsable Library Includes:
100 materials
150 tileable textures
400 reference pictures

Chapters:

Introduction
General Overview of Brazil 1
General Overview of Brazil 2
General Overview of Brazil 3
Brazil Base Shaders: Synthetic Shaders
Brazil Base Shaders: Organic Shaders
Brazil Materials: Glass, Chrome, Toon and Utility
Brazil Texture Maps
Displacement Mapping
The Material Library
Brazil Tools
Still Life Practical Example