Working on the Second Chapter of NaEEXUS, a short sci-fi film in partnership with Reallusion ~ this was my day today in Noitom Perception Neuron 2.0 Suit, motion capture session: animation refining for 2 new characters and one from the previous film: watch it at this link: www.sowl.com/2019/01/naeexus-sci-fi-short-film-i-directed-and-animated/ ~ I [...]
My Art journey in the Diaspora, From Dream to Action ~ I am finally back to working full time on Nkoza and Nankya, and Painting!! ~ I transitioned from working full time for almost 2 years as the Art Director of a Virtual Reality (VR) [...]
Iron man thinking, Maggots ain’t got nothing on me.. but tyFlow got something on me!! ~ This is my second test with this awesome plugin tyFlow for 3DS Max. I am using the target attraction node and taking the tyFlow worms scene a little further. [...]
Every now and then, a plugin comes along with the potential to change the workflow of many CG artists, and sometimes it takes a while for said plugin to be adopted and for it to be embraced by casual and professional users ~ well, recently [...]
Wooohooo!!! I am officially a Sci-fi Film Director!! lol!! “N-aEEXUS”, the Short Film I Wrote, Directed and Animated as a one man team in partnership with Reallusion, using iClone and Character Creator 3, is finally online and I can share with you the amazing journey!! [...]
3D Artist Magazine Feature ~ My Tutorial in Partnership with Reallusion ~ What an Awesome Day!!! Nkoza and Nankya are going places!!! Nankya is featured in one of the largest Print and Online magazines in the world for 3D artists!!! Don’t miss issue 123 of [...]
A quick Tutorial showing how you can speed up your renders in 3DS Max using the Octane 4.0, featuring 2 of my favorite features: Denoiser and Dynamic Subdivision ~ I am using GPU rendering with Octane to render a short film based on Pacific Rim, [...]
“Never ever be accused of not using your head” Katwe Style… I brought my old home made head mounted camera rig from retirement and updated it to support an iPhone X. I am now using it to do combo full body and facial mocap using [...]
I finally made it to Florence, Italy with my Wife as we celebrated our 18 Anniversary. As a traditional artist, I had always dreamed of one day visiting Florence to see with my own eyes, works by the old art Masters like Leonardo da Vinci, [...]
My wife and I had such a wonderful time in Venice, Italy. Here are some photos I was able to capture with my camera. Venice is so beautiful and awe inspiring!! We were fortunate to have 2 days of gorgeous weather. I highly recommend Venice [...]
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.
3D modeling, Texturing, Rigging and Animation. Product visualization. Architectural Visualization in form of virtual tours. 3D Content for Animated Commercials, and live action integration
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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!!
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.
