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Reel Breakdown

Nik and Jay Phoenix
Rokit Studios – I rigged the Phoenix and did some remodeling to the head, body and tails.  I built a rig for the graphic logo and animated its wings unfolding at the end of the scene.
Software Used - Maya

Jungle-Boy
Personal Project – I did all design modeling, UV unwrapping, texturing, rigging, animating, lighting, rendering and compositing.
Rendered in six passes - Diffuse, Specular, Shadow, Ambient Occlusion, Joints, Controls
Software Used
Maya, Photoshop, Mudbox, Headus UV Layout, After Effects

Turkey-Dactyl
Personal Project – Based on design by Terryl Whitlatch - I did all modeling, UV unwrapping, texturing, rigging, animating, lighting, rendering and compositing.
Rendered in six passes - Diffuse, Specular, Shadow, Ambient Occlusion, Joints, Controls
Software UsedMaya, Photoshop, Mudbox, Headus UV Layout, After Effects

Oriental Palace
Personal project - I did all design, modeling, UV unwrapping, texturing, camera animation, lighting, rendering, and compositing.
Software UsedMaya, Photoshop, After Effects  

Vampire Bat
Poplar Studios – I rigged the bat and animated a flight cycle and a camera.  I lit and rendered the scene and did the compositing.
Rendered in six passes - Diffuse, Specular, Shadow, Ambient Occlusion, Joints, Controls
Software UsedMaya, After Effects

Into Iceland’s Volcano
Crazybridge Studios – I did all modeling in these scenes except for Manhattan Island.  I was also responsible for texturing, lighting, object and camera animation.
Software UsedMaya, Photoshop, After Effects

Weight
Personal Project -I animated this rig to show understanding of balance and weight
Software UsedMaya, After Effects

Platypus
Red Giant Productions-AICLA –Production Test for Rythm and Hues Studios. I animated the Platypus in this scene as well as modeled geometry to catch shadows.
See the full short at the bottom of this page.
Software UsedMaya

The Normalmans
Not Gigi Productions-Pitch for animated TV show. I did all character design, animation, and flat art. Included 45 second montage aniamted to music
and 20 pages of character bios and backgrounds
See the full short at the bottom of this page.
Software UsedToon Boom, Maya

Don't Call Me Stupid
Personal Project – I did all animation. Dialogue from "A Fish Called Wanda"
See the full short at the bottom of this page.
Software UsedMaya

 
 



Platypus Project

Platypus was collaborative effort, done as a production test for Rhythm and Hues Studios. The model and texturing was done by Pakavich Buranabutr, the fur was done by Adam Dorner, animation was done by Oscar Ojeda, Henry Hoang, and.
myself. It was rigged by Omar Amador. I animated the second scene with the the large log and built some of the rock geometry to capture shadows correctly.