Portfolio of Stephen Hopkins

Dota 2 Last Hit Exercises Steam Workshop Mod

October 2015|Tags: game, lua, mod, programming

A custom map/mod for Dota 2 to train players in last hitting.

Ambient Occlusion Ray Tracing on the GPU

December 2013|Tags: 3d, cuda, gpu, programming

Worked with Guang Hui Chen, a fellow student at USC, to implement parallel ray tracing ambient occlusion on the GPU using CUDA.

Ad Detection and Removal Tool / Video Player

April 2013|Tags: java, programming

For my Multimedia Systems Design class, we created a tool that takes video as input and detects then removes ads using various heuristics.

3D Prototyping - Sentry Gun

April 2013|Tags: 3d, maya, modeling

This is a sentry Gun based off the TF2 Level 1 Sentry, redesigned/simplified for 3D printing.

RSL Bark Displacement Shader

November 2012|Tags: 3d, programming, shaders

This displacement shader, created for the final project of my 3D Graphics Shaders class, uses worley cell noise combined with turbulence to create bark cracks.

Exploding Particle Text with three.js

January 2012|Tags: 3d, fx, html5, programming

Small particle system built on top of three.js

Nebular Flux

December 2011|Tags: 3d, flash, game, programming

3D Facebook Flying Game utilizing Away3D 4.0 and Flash Player 11.

Lancelot - Overburn Effect (Fluid Shaded Dust Particles)

December 2011|Tags: 3d, animation, fx, maya

First time trying the OverBurn Effect (Fluid Shaded Particles)

3D Interactive Map Demo

December 2011|Tags: 3d, animation, maya

3D Map demo for the Annenberg School of Communication

Lamborghini Gallardo

August 2011|Tags: 3d, hdri, maya, modeling, subdivision surfaces

Same gallardo from the 3D Compositing Project with some modeling/rendering improvements.

Lancelot - 7th Generation Knightmare Frame

August 2011|Tags: 3d, hdri, maya, modeling, subdivision surfaces

Subdivision surfaces model from the anime Code Geass with HDRI render.

PyMEL Planar Quad Tool

June 2011|Tags: 3d, animation, maya, modeling, programming, python

PyMEL tool for maya that fixes non-planar quads.

PyOpenGL GPU Cloth Simulation

April 2011|Tags: 3d, opengl, programming, python, shaders, simulation

Cloth Simulation on the GPU using OpenGL Python binding with floating point textures for data computation.

Procedural Flora Generation using L-Systems

March 2011|Tags: animation, html5, programming, simulation

An HTML5 JavaScript application demonstrating an L-System for algorithmically creating plants

Forward and Inverse Kinematics

March 2011|Tags: 3d, animation, flash, programming, simulation

Solving and animating joint chains in Flash AS3 through the Inverse Kinematics Jacobian Transpose Method.

JParticle2D

November 2010|Tags: fx, java, programming

JParticle2D is an Open Source Particle Engine for Java Graphics2D

Glass Factory Assembly Line Simulation

April 2010|Tags: java, programming

10 Person Team Project Multi-threaded agent controlled GUI simulation of a Glass Line

3D Compositing

October 2009|Tags: 3d, animation, hdri, maya, modeling

3D assets and animation composited on top of a background plate with HDRI reflections.