{"id":197,"date":"2022-10-27T13:52:09","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T17:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3500-b22\/?p=197"},"modified":"2022-10-27T13:53:31","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T17:53:31","slug":"hanwen-xu-introduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3500-b22\/hxu2\/hanwen-xu-introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Hanwen Xu &#8211; Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Hi, y&#8217;all<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is Hanwen Xu. I am a senior in IMGD Art. I am from Shenzhen China, and Chinese is my first language. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Again, I am an art major, and I plan to be a technical artist in the future. Art is not only my passion but also what I will probably end up doing for a living. So art is a pretty huge part of my life, and I absolutely hate it and love it more at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> I started drawing at a very young age. I used to paint a lot and wanted to be an illustrator, but later on, I realized drawing and painting were not for me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"754\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3500-b22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/10\/a1624f47-a7ce-4642-aace-307783fa01fe-1024x754.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3500-b22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/10\/a1624f47-a7ce-4642-aace-307783fa01fe-1024x754.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3500-b22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/10\/a1624f47-a7ce-4642-aace-307783fa01fe-800x589.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3500-b22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/10\/a1624f47-a7ce-4642-aace-307783fa01fe-768x565.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3500-b22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/10\/a1624f47-a7ce-4642-aace-307783fa01fe-1536x1131.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3500-b22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/10\/a1624f47-a7ce-4642-aace-307783fa01fe-2048x1508.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3500-b22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/10\/a1624f47-a7ce-4642-aace-307783fa01fe-408x300.jpg 408w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>A sketch of a hammer I did in high school. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Since drawing was too hard and I wanted to keep making art, plus I like video games, I decided why not make some digital art assets for video games? And this is where it all started. I applied and studied IMGD BA as my major, and throughout the last three years, I have investigated different aspects of the video game art pipeline. I have done a little bit of everything, and here are some of them: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Maya 3D animation practice I did earlier this year:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"playblast\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/727782225?h=11741ba911&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Character rigging:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Manrig Demo.m4v\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/764650623?h=659f11dad3&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And on my Junior year, I did an ISP on Houdini. A procedural digital content creation software. I was interested in technical art, but my ISP in Houdini made technical art a part of me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A short physics-based animation done in Houdini<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2022-01-29 19-46-25\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/672923530?h=c19f0a3d33&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>An explosion VFX I made with Houdini and Unreal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Explosion\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/689424587?h=a70b4ae417&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Some PBR materials I made in Houdini:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3500-b22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/10\/Car1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3500-b22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/10\/Car1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3500-b22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/10\/Car1-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3500-b22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/10\/Car1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3500-b22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/10\/Car1-533x300.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3500-b22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/10\/Car1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3500-b22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/10\/ShaderBall5-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3500-b22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/10\/ShaderBall5-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3500-b22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/10\/ShaderBall5-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3500-b22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/10\/ShaderBall5-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3500-b22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/10\/ShaderBall5-533x300.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3500-b22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2022\/10\/ShaderBall5.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am currently working on a Houdini project for a barrio house generator that will be a part of my MQP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2022-10-25 21-17-11\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/763997968?h=c50e015464&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As you can see, the magic of Houdini is its procedural nature. If you finish a model, everything is easily adjustable. If you follow a certain way while modeling, you can promote some parameters and make 200 more of the same thing, which looks different, just by changing the parameters. I can talk about Houdini for a whole day, the message is I like it, and it is my strength as a technical artist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aside from 3D stuff, I also make actual art, such as 2D animation and interactive electronic art (shoutout to IMGD 3200).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"HanwenXu_Dialogue_Polish_final.mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/764650858?h=c9768ae262&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MakeyFinalTouch_1.mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/612250673?h=75cbdadefc&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>That was a whole lotta video. And I hope you enjoy them \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I draw a lot of inspiration from Japanese video games, especially older ones. Not only did I grow up surrounded by them, but also there is something in their art styles that intrigues me a lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After accidentally playing Silent Hills as a child, I became a huge fan of horror games. My personal favorite is a game called SIREN. It is directed by Keiichiro Toyama, who directed the very first Silent Hills game and proceeded to direct the famous Gravity Rush series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/7\/78\/Siren_art_box.jpg\" alt=\"Siren (video game) - Wikipedia\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I am inspired by the general art style, story, and enemy designs of SIREN a lot, but I will not put any pictures of them here (they are disturbing).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, y&#8217;all! This is Hanwen Xu. I am a senior in IMGD Art. I am from Shenzhen China, and Chinese is my first language. Again, I am an art major, and I plan to be a technical artist in the future. 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