Alexandre Tamisier

Valentino - Eyewear

2023
Valentino
Animation, Lighting & Rendering
Animation, Lighting & Shading, and Rendering
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Close-up of a translucent magenta frame and temple with a gold stud, against a red background; the temple is marked Made in Japan.
Close-up of a clear, glassy frame over gold metal details, against a red background with a soft streak of light.
Close-up of a rose-gold temple lined with pyramid studs and engraved Valentino, holding a thin metal frame, against a pink background.
Front view of gold metal sunglasses with pink lenses and small studs on the bridge, against a pink to dark red gradient.
Close-up of a translucent violet frame and temple with a gold stud, against a blue gradient.
Close-up of the bridge of a glossy blue frame, against a pale blue background.
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Karma light reflection research
Light test
Light rig in the viewport
Screenshot of a large Houdini node network on a dark grey background, with long columns of light nodes in several branches merging into one output.
The light network

A campaign for Valentino’s new eyewear: three short films, each built around one pair of glasses.

I handled the CG work apart from the production, from animation to lighting, shading, and rendering in Karma. The main challenge was the light animation, which carries each film across the transparent and metal frames. The work took about three weeks.

The research shows light tests, the light rig, and a study of reflections in Karma.

Credits

Client
Valentino
Role
Animation, Lighting & Shading, and Rendering
Tools
Houdini and Karma

Team

Eyewear Modeling
Jonathan Bulka

More work

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