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Masahiro Ushiyama

Masahiro Ushiyama

PROFILE

Masahiro Ushiyama (born 1959, Tokyo) is a 3D graphics artist.

His involvement with motion picture films began when he enrolled in a 3D computer graphics school at the age of 40. His first film in college was broadcast on a TV Asahi program called, "D's Garage 21".

His career as a 3D animator/creator took off when "Olivia Debut", his last assignment at the college, won the BS-i Award at TBS' DigiCon 3 competition in 2002.

His independent film, "R.S." won the Dabakan Award at the D-Competition 2004, and was selected for the "Excellent Works of Open Entry Motion Picture Division" at ASIAGRAPH 2007. "R.S." won yet another award at the Astro Design Movie Contest--THE MOVIE 2006. The revised version of "R.S." was made into a music video clip and renamed, "Control-Alt-Delete", winning the Music Clip Division Award at BroadStar Award 2007.

He also received the Character Designer division's Golden Award at the Unique Digital 3D CG Contest. His hand-drawn artwork made it into the 64th edition of the prestigious Nikaten art competition. In 2009 he participated in the "Creator's World" held at the Tokyo International Anime Fair.

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"R.S. vol.1-4"

R.S. vol.1-4 01
Drink 02
R.S. vol.1-4 08
Created: 2004 through 2008
Application Tool: WindowsXP and Maya AfterEffects
The first four episodes of his independent film, "R.S." Total runtime is 9 minutes. Volumes 1 through 3 were created in 2004 to 2005, and the fourth volume in 2007 to 2008. The story has yet to be completed.

"Drink"

Drink 08
Created: 2010
Application Tool: WindowsXP and Maya AfterEffects
The two-minute animation follows a simple, robot-like model, making human gestures at a bar counter.

"Human Head Modeling"

Human Head Modeling 08
Created: 2009
Application Tool: WindowsXP and Maya AfterEffects
The animation shows the process of illustrating a human head. Total runtime is about one and a half minutes.

"Work"

Work 01
Work 02
Work 03
Work 04
Work2 05
Work3 06
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Work 08

"Work2"

Work2 01
Work2 02
Work2 03
Work2 04
Work2 05
Work3 06
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Work2 08

"Work3"

Work3 01

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