33rd Annual Telly Awards

The news show I've been producing and directing, Dia Delivery, won a Telly Award! I'm lucky- I've got a really talented young cast, and their show has only been on the air a few months.

Hanging out with Al Reinert

Got to hang out with Academy Award Winning screenwriter Al Reinert at the studio.  He's worked with Ron Howard and Tom Hanks, among other people (maybe you've seen Apollo 13).  He gave a very enlightening interview- how he got his start, some of the projects and jobs he's worked, and his plans for the future.  So lucky to get to learn from the masters, what an exciting time to be in the industry.

Still in the fast lane...

I really enjoy having the chance to challenge myself, getting the opportunity to really get into a project.  I think being trusted with difficulties is the best part.  And that's why I keep working so hard.

Oh my Barnes

 I took this sketch from Jason Barnes and made it my own, stylized and converted it to fit the theme of my short.  I am rather concerned about the challenge of Maya hair for this guy's curly locks.  I've got experience with ndynamics, but have very little power over hair and fur.  The short hairs for the legs and face were sculpted in zbrush.  Turns out however, with the use of this brush and particular alpha, I will be able to put fur on my rats without using Maya fur... this is a breakthrough for me. 

 

Still working on a lot of the pieces, but it's coming together.

The Funky Fur

Some assets I've been working on for my short, The Squeakeasy (working title). It's a mixed media cartoon about an incident that goes down in a bar called Dirty's Funky Fur. This is Maya and After Effects, very basic light effects with some particles. I've got a lot of the set put together, going to get some characters modeled and rigged here shortly. Probably should have thrown a color correction layer on the video, it is a little darker than I thought after the upload- guess you'll have to wait to see it better in the final :).

Get Your Gun

My own play on an old Broadway musical bill. Probably I should feed my horse ;)

a day out of exile

Time for something new.

Pole Dancing Rats, y'all

More sketches to build up the bible for my short, The Squeakeasy. Some will end up as layouts. Looking for a color scheme that is very specific- so far, no luck.

Squeakeasy Shots

Some pre-vis drawings for my short, in varying stages of disarray.