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DEMO REEL

This is my demo reel. A larger version can be viewed here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx0inBebI6c

Reel Breakdown

Scene 1: Environment and character created and animated in Maya.

Scene 2: Spark modeled, rigged and textured in Maya.

Scene 3: Animated in Maya

Scene 4: Cricked modeled, rigged and textured in Maya.

Scene 5: Animated in Maya. Fire particles created with Maya.

Scene 6: Animated in Maya

Scene 7: Viking Penguin vector image created with Adobe Illustrator.

Scene 8: Viking Penguin modeled and rigged in Maya.

Scene 9: Dolores character concept created with ink and colored in Photoshop.

Scene 10: Courtyard created with Adobe Illustrator.

Scene 11: Animated in Maya.

Aeon Flux: The Sculpture

My final project in Art 317C is Aeon Flux from the animated MTV series.

West with the Night

Swingers

Colored pencil

Pandora

Pandora's Box, 2010
Watercolor and colored pencil

Rip Van Winkle

Watercolor and ink

Hopperfish

This is a project for an illustration class where we have to create a series of pieces involving two objects in different mediums using various illustration techniques. My objects were a grasshopper and koi fish.

Pen

Pencil

Colored Pencil
Watercolor and Ink

Gouache Silhouette

Sculpture - In Progress

Second Project: Marvin the Martian




My first project in Sculpting Lifeforms class is sculpting Popeye based off turnaround and character model sheets. We used a translucent, black and white polymer clay and mixed them all together to get a gray color. The process is pretty interesting.

First, I constructed an armature using 1/8" aluminum wire, 24 gauge steel wire, foil and epoxy putty to reinforce the joints.

Clay is added after attaching the armature to a wooden base.

Details were sculpted using dental tools sold at the swap meet at $2 a piece. Sketchy.
Details completed before raking, finishing and baking.

Viking Penguin in 3D

I wanted to turn my 2D Viking Penguin character into a 3D character. This is currently a work in progress.

Subdivision model


Poly model



Model turnaround

I rigged him with IK/FK, elbow twist attributes for the arm controls using pole vector, spine controls and a variety of attributes for the foot controls. He has a set of facial expressions using blendshapes.
I started experimenting with applying fur to my model but it obviously needs some tweaking.

Short Film: Spark and the Cricket

This is my student film for my BFA with a concentration in Animation and Entertainment Art. Synopsis: A young dragon is frustrated at his inability to breathe fire rendering him unprepared for tomorrows fire-breathing exam. Unfortunately his much needed sleep is disrupted by an unwelcome visitor.

I modeled, rigged, textured and animated the characters in Maya. The simple environment was built using NURBS. Spark and the cricket are fully rigged with IK/FK, spine controls, arm and finger controls in Sparks' case and 6 fully rigged legs with controls including knee twist attributes for the cricket. I gave both characters a variety of facial expressions using blendshapes.
Only the introductory pan and the fire breathing sequence are rendered out using mental ray. Someday when I have 10+ hrs to waste staring at the script editor and Fcheck I'll render out the whole thing.

Render image of the first scene

Test render of Spark's fire breathing scene

Poly model of Spark

Poly model of the cricket

Making the blend targets

Characters

Little Red Riding Hood, 2008

Wolf, 2008

Dolores, Ink with digital color, 2009


Strider, Ink, 2009