The Third Reel

Totally in After Effects

Such a pain keeping up with reels.  This is my current (kind of- within the year) TV reel... not to be confused with my animation reel or effects reel.  They're being updated next.  Then there's the website...

PC Break

Thought I would save some money and buy the house marker instead of what I normally get.  Big mistake.  So much alcohol and pigment that I could literally push it on the paper several washes later.  When I finally determine how to get the pigment off the paper, I'll be able to finish the gradient for the sky.

What dreams are made of...

 

 

 Miss drawing with markers- makes you realize what a crutch ctrl+z is or how unforgiving poor decisions are on paper.  Haha.

 

Survival Mode

Hanging out doing some camera work and editing work for a new show.  From left to right:  Mykel Hawke (Man Woman Wild), Colby Donaldson (Top Shot), Nellie Gonzalez (my producer) and Chris Grundy (DIY).

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 :).