CITY COMMANDO -SEASON 2

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 23:30:50 -0400

Season 2 of City Commando just got started. I had a blast doing this show last year and now I got a whole new season. Another 13 episodes of 3D, X-Ray Ass kicking goodness.

www.citycommando.com

NU - Canadian Nuclear Association

Wed, 1 Jun 2011 23:17:35 -0400

I have been trying to do some architectural rendering for a long time and last month I finally got a shot at it.

The job was for the “Canadian Nuclear Association” website. The site was built by by Cartilage in Toronto and I was brought on as the 3D guy. I had to build a glass building with an exterior, a kitchen, lobby, elevator, doctors office, and classroom. Once they were done I had to render them out and provide them with the images that they plugged into the site. I also had to do the camera animations that transitioned between the various parts of the site.

It was cool to be working on a web project for a change. Check out the site to see how it all came together.....

www.nunuclear.com

Alice In Chains - Acid Bubble

Thu, 11 Nov 2010 01:45:24 -0500

This was probably the biggest freelance gig I have ever been involved with. It had a whole VFX component and a web component as well. The premise was to have an interactive website that showed the point of view of a baby in the whom. As the new song plays, a series of uncomfortable images flash all over the walls....... the song is broken down into a bunch of little sections and each is one interactive.

My job was to model, rig, animate the “baby” that we see at the end of the spot. As a consequence of the things he has witnessed through out the song, his development has taken some awkward turns.

Here is a link to the site, if you want to see the baby stuff, it’s in the last section of the song

www.aliceinchains.com/acidbubble/

Tylenol

Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:50:15 -0400

After a couple months off I got this call to do some animation for this little Tylenol spot. This was a super fast turn around so all I did on this on was the animation.

Fun gig....... squashy, stretchy, animation goodness.

The Engagement

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 01:50:56 -0400

Phillips is currently holding an online short film festival called “Parallel Lines” The premiss is really cool....... All films have to be only three minutes long and they all have to use the same dialogue.

What is that?
It’s a unicorn?
I’ve never seen one up close before.
Beautiful.
Get away, Get Away
I’m Sorry.

In early July I was contacted by a Vancouver Filmmaker named Richard Simpson. He had been an Art director for years and was now making the jump to directing. He also wrote the script.

I wasn’t sure if i would be able to deliver the effects he needed with such a short schedule but the initial tests went really well and they gave everyone on board the confidence to go for it.

Everyone involved was awesome..... and I think it shows.

X-Ray Ass Kicking

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:31:43 -0400

I just finished a 13 week run on a new self defence series called “City Commando”. Each week the viewer is shown how to defend themselves in everyday situations.

A hold up at a bank machine, a fight in a bar, or home invasion. The cool thing about the show is that you don’t need to be a ninja to use the information. It was designed to give everyday people a way out.

I was brought on to do some stylized x-ray animations. Basically, I had to illustrate what happens internally when you kick the crap out of someone...or.... someone does it to you.

The show was produced by Pyman Media Group and is currently airing on MenTV.

www.citycommando.com

www.pyman.com

The Lazarus Project - Haiti Relief Effort

Thu, 3 Jun 2010 00:53:28 -0400

On Tuesday January 12th, 2010, a devastating earthquake destroyed much of the island of Haiti. Over 200, 000 people were killed and those who survived found themselves with nowhere to go. It’s estimated that the event created over one million homeless. “Tent Cities” popped up all over the country, but clearly a long term solution to the massive housing shortage was needed.

Shortly after the event I was contacted by a local entrepreneur named Christopher Munroe. He had set the ball rolling on a very ambitions plan to provide, clean, durable, and long term housing for the people of Haiti.

It’s called “The Lazarus Project”.

TLP is a non-profit organization working with experts from from all over the world. Together, they are developing a system of not only housing, but social programs aimed at lifting the morale of communities effected by natural disasters. While Haiti is the focus at the moment, TLP’s long term strategy is to provide their services to disaster victims all over the world.

This video was created as a proof of concept for potential investors. It was a good way to illustrate what the new communities will look like.

I really hope this video can do it’s part.

www.thelazaproject.org

SPRING - Animation here!!

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:39:30 -0400

After a nice run on the CODE website, Spring had been taken offline and is making it’s rounds on the festival circuit. Unfortunately, I can’t show the movie in it’s entirety on my site, due to the rules of most film festivals.... so here’s my part......

If you want to read more about the the film....... go here.

www.springisshort.com

Krylov + Company

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:14:36 -0400

During my time off last month I picked up this fun little commercial for a local law firm. They wanted to try and stay away from the typical lawyer commercial and go with something a little more fun.

The commercial has received pretty good feedback so far and so I’m sure we will be seeing more of this guy in the future.

The commercial is currently playing on CP24 here in Toronto.

SPRING

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:34:13 -0500

Back in March I did a short film for a local filmmaker named Lynne Kamm. It was the story of a luger that has a reoccurring nightmare of waking up in a luge run, naked, having his junk freeze to the ice and rip off...... (see home page)....... So naturally when Lynne contacted me in the fall, with a new idea for another short, I was all over it.

Lynne received a grant from CODE, which is part of the Olympics in Vancouver 2010. They will be showcasing short films from 20 Canadian filmmakers. Our submission is a quirky blend of live action and animation.....

It goes live February 4th, and it’s going to be awesome.

Forbidden Fruit - Trailer

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:18:34 -0500

“Forbidden Fruit” is a short film that reexamines the story of Adam and Eve.

It was directed by local filmmaker Tommy King. I was contacted to do five shots of the snake before he takes his human form. The film is now finished and it will be making the festival rounds later this year.

Here is the trailer.

HH Gregg

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 02:58:48 -0500

I got a call from a small local studio looking for an animator on an HHGregg spot. I had never heard of HH because I live in Canada. I thought it was a “Ma and Pop shop” so I was a little surprised when I found out they have “128 stores in 11 States.

The first spot went really well and we ended up getting two more...... as soon as I track them down I’ll post them.

www.hhgregg.com

Toshiba Transformer

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:41:01 -0400

With everything under the sun “transforming” nowadays, it was only a matter of time before someone asked me to do one for them. Toshiba Machine makes crazy huge milling machines. In October they had a trade show in Toronto and were revealing the newest addition to their line, the TUE-200s.

The plan was to have the new machine transform at the trade show on big monitors, and proceed to tell the audience about all his new features. The presentation is about four minutes long but I have just a mall sample here.

Space Age Gaming

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:56:30 -0400

I just finished modelling and rendering a bunch of assets for three online Space games. All of the designs were done by their in house 2D artist but they wanted a blend of 2D and 3D for the finals. At first I thought it was a weird idea but it turned out surprisingly well.......... I think I’ll use this approach down the road on one of my own projects.

Wrestlers, Teleportation and Virgin Sacrifice......

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:20:34 -0400

Does it get any better then that ??

“The Curse of The Iron Mask” is piece of Canadian, B-Movie awesomeness. Back in February I got the job to do 130 shots for the film. It’s rare in my business to hear a director say.....

If there is ever any doubt in which way the effects should go, always go for what looks cheesiest......... we’re aiming for cheese.

So with that in mind I got started........ Iron Mask is in the final stages of post production and will be hitting the festivals in September. It’s going to be awesome.......... bring the kids............ actually.............. you should probably leave them home.