This is my quick highlight of the “Make Collide” feature that was added to Autodesk Maya 2014. This makes collision of paint effects with any model much easier. In this particular demo, I tested grass colliding with an animated character of a limping soldier’s leg [...]
This is a concept sketch I drew from an idea that was floating in my head about an African Super Hero and Space Traveler I used Colored pencils for the coloring and 2 Staedtler Pigmented Ink drawing pens.. 0.1 for the finer lines and 0.7mm [...]
So I have been tinkering with this home made head mounted camera rig, that I have been using to capture the Facial Performance for the Characters both in the Galiwango film (http://www.galiwango.com/) and the Nkoza and Nankya TV series (http://www.sowl.com/2012/12/a-seed-for-nkoza-and-nankya/ ) I wasn’t too happy [...]
This is a collection of Panoramic Photos I took during a field trip with my kids to learn about the history of flight, and to check out the famous Black Bird featured in Transformers 3, as a Decepticon. They totally loved the experience. The Smithsonian [...]
Here is a new Concept character I drew during my 3D animation break. I needed a break from staring at the screen, so I grabbed my pencils and sketchbook, and drew away. I will be refining him and coloring him when I get a breather, [...]
Here is another Octane test of a BMW I did using 3DS Max. I used Octane’s built in Daylight system for the lighting. The average render for each frame set at 1280×720 at 30fps, was 1:29 minutes (I minute and 29 Seconds) I am using [...]
This is a scene I set up in 3DS Max 2013, and rendered with the Octane 1.0 realtime renderer from OTOY. I am amazed at how much real time render engines are improving. I used one single daylight, light, and made some edits to the [...]
A shout to my friends at Faceware Technologies and Image Metrics for their contribution to the Facial Performance capture for the soldier characters in Crysis 3. Check out this video interview, you can see the head mounted cams being used, which are products made by [...]
This is a collection of Video Game Content and Titles that I have worked on as a Storyboard Artist, an FMV Animator, 3D Artist, Environment and Level Designer, Modeling, Texturing and Matte Painter. The titles cover my stint at these Defense contractors and Gaming Studios: [...]
I Stand Upon this Tower of Thought and Ponder The Gales of Sweet Caress In My Minds Forest do Swoosh and Whoosh Along Floats a Tune of Faint Affection Growing Stronger as the String gets Longer If there be Perfection in a Path wrought of [...]
I created this 900 frame concept animation render using 3DS Max 2013. I rendered the different scenes using the VRAY renderer. Average render time per frame was about 1 minute and 30 seconds. I used Global Illumination with a spherical map that I created in [...]
3D modeling, Texturing, Rigging and Animation. Product visualization. Architectural Visualization in form of virtual tours. 3D Content for Animated Commercials, and live action integration
Oil and Acrylic Paintings: Portraits, landscapes, architecture. Character Design, Environment design, vehicle design, Story Boarding, concept visualization, Matte painting, comic book art, children’s book illustrations.
Video ~ Check out this behind the scenes making of the Galiwango film. This was from a session I did with the Mixamo team in San Francisco. I had a wonderful time, and the Mocap team led by Nateon, was awesome and extremely helpful. Thanks Guys!!
This is a work in progress of the hair study I am doing for the mountain gorilla 3D models I am using for my Independent animated film, Galiwango, Obulamu Bw'ekisodde. Click to View The Update
A photo Essay of my visit to Ngamba Island, a Sanctuary for Chimpanzes rescued from Poachers and Bushmeat dealers. Click the photo to read the article and view some photos of this beautiful Island gateaway.
