Dr. Urey of Miller-Urey

Tried sketching cartoony versions of scientists at work and ended up with Carl Fredricksen...

Here's a screenshot of the finished graphics for one of the UC Scout video lessons in AP Bio.

Working with UC Scout

Here's a clip of something I've been working on for the past few weeks (while filming a Holocaust lecture at the main UC Santa Cruz campus and helping record green screen footage for UC Scout's AP Biology online course)

AP-BIO-Polymerization from UC Scout on Vimeo.

Did I mention I love my job?!

Roto & Paint Fix Demo Reel 2014

Demo Reel Breakdown

Roto & Paint Demo Reel 2013

Demo Reel Breakdown

Pretty Sweet Premiere

September and October, my work took on other jobs besides our usual client. To be honest, it was much more fun because the director was very creative and quirky. The project was a skate vid directed by Spike Jones and Ty Evans. As a nice reward for working hard, we got tickets to the premiere last night at the gorgeous, historic Orpheum Theater in downtown LA. The theater was packed, lots of skater dudes casually dressed, the atmosphere was energetic, Johnny Knoxville was there,met the actress from "40-year-old Virgin", had free pizza outside in "Pretty Sweet" boxes, and Snoop spinning at the after party. It was highly anticipated and our VFX added charm for each skater's intro.

ENJOY!

Works of the past, present and future

I finally uploaded videos on my Vimeo account. I have my schoolwork, demo reels and personal projects up. I plan to post works in progress as well.

Secret Garden

So after watching all the FXphd Nuke classes, I wanted to finish up a few shots I got from the course. I decided to finish this garden shot since it required paint fixes, 3D tracking, and rotoscoping.

"Get a Mac" Time Traveler commercial

Just found the Mac commercial I did roto work on back in 2009 at Dtrain FX. Seven straight hours rotoscoping Mac's (Justin Long's) stray hairs to achieve the sleek, clean look as desired by my supervisor plus rotoscoping the PC guy in front of and entering the time machine capsule, which was a 3D model.
My work was mostly in the beginning, specifically, shots 1, 2, and 4.
Software used: After Effects on a Mac, no less

Compositing Demo Reel

This is my demo reel for compositing.

Demo Reel Breakdown Sheet
It's available for download here.

Summer so far in Yoshi Island

Finally got Yoshi Island to look pretty sweet. I took a break from my internship to allow the computer to render out a spiffy camera shot of the island. Got about three seconds...too bad. And I'm still fidgeting with the light and render settings so there's no flicker in the tree leaves. No matter what I do it's always there. I try to look up what causes it and most agree that the solution is boosting up the quality and using a HUGE render farm. The problem is I have time to deal with.
Well this is what I got:

So, what have I been doing while away from the computer? Touring the Bay Area with my Dutch "sister" and COMIC CON!!! I also walked the walk at my graduation! and Comic Con! Went to a free Flogging Molly concert in downtown San Jose! and.....did I mention Comic Con? I got to see DJ Lance Rock with Plex and Brobee from "Yo Gabba Gabba!", MC Lars and the Aquabats in concert! I danced, screamed, sang, moshed, and skanked like there was no tomorrow. I got trampled on once while trying to pick up my new Aquabats shirt I dropped while moshing to a Yo Gabba Gabba song. It was crazy! I was able to take a pic and get an autograph from DJ Lance Rock and the human Brobee on my "There's a party in my tummy" shirt! It would be so fun working on that show. Saw a few panels; some really good(Watchmen, Wolverine- Hugh Jackman came in as a surprise after another panel and had the audience go crazy when he personally thanked the cretor of Wolverine who was sitting in the audience), and some I could care less about (The Day the Earth Stood Still and Max Payne). Alot more Comic Con exclusives being sold. Had to wait in line to get a ticket to wait in another line for Hasbro Toys. Lines for freebies got ridiculousulous. Had to play a scavenger hunt for getting a Batman and Joker Lego. Sign up, take surveys, play a video game, etc. for freebies. And of course the occasional chaotic crowds when they just hand out or throw the freebies. Nerds killing nerds....sad....but fun! Definitely going next year. Pre-registered at the con to avoid procrastinating until 4-day passes are sold out again. There's too much to share and pictures are worth a thousand words. So click for pics.