Killer WHALE!

If a flying whale flies over the ocean and no one sees it, do flying whales exist?

Brazen Athletics Promo

This is a promo video I made for Brazen Athletics. Check it outtt.

Dragon Puppet - Update 03.08.2011

Puppet Dragon Update 3/7/2011

Skeleton base now complete. I have been Inkspired!

Stop Motion Puppet Monstarrr

A paper puppet I am building. Mayhaps for a stop motion piece? hmm...

Behind The Scenes - Doritos Superbowl Spot

Here's a rundown of the Doritos Superbowl Spot I did along with Rachel Gitlevich (layout & backgrounds), Audrey Skalkowski (design & animation), and Juno Mendiola (design & animation). I composited and edited this piece. Below are layouts, designs, and all that jazz...

This is the first animatic.

Character Turnaround

These are early composite test.

Here is a stage 2 animatic

Scene 01 - Behind the Scenes

Layout

Background Paintings by Rachel Gitlevich

A layer by layer breakdown of the shot.

Scene 02 - Behind the Scenes

Layout

Background

Shot Breakdown

Scene 03 - Behind the Scenes

Layout

Background

Shot Breakdown

Scene 04 - Behind the Scene

Layout

Background

Shot Breakdown

Scene 06 - Behind the Scenes

Background

Shot Breakdown

Scene 07 - Behind the Scenes

Layout

Background

This is a variety of color pallets

Just for fun

You can see the final animation in my previous blog post.

Superbowl Contest Entry

This is our contest entry for the Doritos Superbowl Contest. This was a colaboration between myself and my buddies Juno Mendiola, Audrey Skalkowski, and Rachel Gitlevich.

Updated Compositing & VFX Reel For 2011

Old Toys

I found this old laptop from waaayyy back in its carry case in my basement. It was my family's first computer. The thing ran windows 3.1 with a 50 mhz!!! cpu. Wow, before the days when color even existed. Just a comparison 1995/2008

The Animators Survival kit DVD Series!!!!!

Oh my, If only I had the monies to pre-order this DVD from the master himself. The author of his book by the same title presents a master class in animation in 16!!!! DVD set. *drool*

http://www.theanimatorssurvivalkit.com/index.html

just check out the opening intro!!! my god!!!!!!!!

http://www.theanimatorssurvivalkit.com/logo.html

!!!!!