Progress Reel

None of the pieces on here are done yet. This is just sort of where I'm at right now. I already need to update it.

first dialogue animation in Maya

this is a work in progress that i plan on finishing shortly for my reel along with a lot of other animation pieces.

The character was downloaded from timoberlander.com and the dialogue is Chandlers voice from Friends

I still having some timing and weight issues as well as facial animation left to do, but this is where it stands thus far.

Rocket Boy

This is a commercial that Jacob Shwartz did for BYU Independent study. My shots in this commercial are the ones that include the rocket. I created the rocket and the smoke effects for him.

I have been learning how to Motion Track for the last couple of months and have not had a lot of luck. I only found out over the last couple of months that Maya can do it through mayaLive. It is for sure not a flawless system but it is accessible to me for free, so i have been trying to learn this and have recently had a couple of breakthroughs.

This is the best that I have gotten it so far. The live action part was filmed in the MultiMedia Lab in the library at BYU. The parts that I am comping into the scene are the rocket and the block underneath the rocket.

I think the best part about this shot is the shadows, but i think the tracking still needs a lot of tweeking.

The next step is to add in some smoke effects for the thrust upward (which actually might help distract the eye away from the tracking problems. I will also be putting some fairly detailed textures on the rocket.

I am taking a little break from my wingman project for the time being.  I have been asked to do the VFX for a commercial for independent study.  This is a very rough idea of what it could look like.

The rocket will be modeled and animated in maya and the smoke and explosion effects will be done in Houdini and combined with a liv action plate.

More to come on this soon.

girl for a Documentary

The design was given to me for the project and i was told not to have any color on her.

The desk, pencil, and book were also given to me to add to the animation, but the model of the girl, her rig and the animation were all done by me.

This is another that i did for the same project.

Animatic

Imagine a person in the place of the cylinder and that will be closer to what the final project is. The apartment will look messed up (trashed) and there will be a locket type thing on the ground that he looks at.

The model for the man is almost done, so i will be posting it up here pretty soon.