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Things have been going great over at Sanzaru Games, and Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time is looking great! Having
tons of fun animating some really interesting characters. Animation-wise, I have been feeling inspired... so much
so that I have been animating at home on personal projects. Check out my latest... it's short, but it incorporates
matchmoving, compositing and animation. And of course, it's in glorious HD 1080p.
Heavy Landing - A very short animation
Alice Madness Returns released on June 14. Reviews have settled in at an average 7.0 which is
understandable. Anyways, during my recent playthrough, I captured much of my work from the game and it
came in around 45 minutes. Sooo, I took the best parts and made a 4 minute animation reel for your
viewing pleasure. So go watch my animation as well as my role as the Carpenter on youtube in glorious
HD 1080p! HERE!
Upon returning to the States, I was pleasantly greeted by a few job offers,
thanks to friends in the industry. Networking works, who knew? I have decided to take an offer from
a company called Sanzaru Games. Today was my first day and I am very happy with the team and company. I'm
very excited to see what we can create in the next year. The project is unannounced so I cannot say much, but
it will be revealed at E3 this year. I will say it should be a very fun game to animate! :) Thanks for stopping
by... I should have some Alice animations/compilations up not too long after Alice Madness Returns ships on
June 14, 2011.
Sorry for the lack of updates this past year, I've been hard at work on
Alice Madness Returns. I ended up being in charge of all 3D cinematics
in the game... all 40+ story cinematics, not to mention enemy intros and other in-game
events. With all that responsibility, I learned a ton and had a blast doing it.
I've got quite a few demo reel shots that I can not wait to share once the game ships.
(No release date yet, but should be announced soon.) A fantastic year, all in all,
and Shanghai, China has been amazing. It seems my time here is about to end though.
Spicy Horse is heading in a direction that is simply not right for me and my skills, so I have decided
to head back home to the States. I'm open to going wherever life takes me. Looking
for an experienced animator? Send me an e-mail. ;)
So... I moved to Shanghai, China! I have been hired at Spicy Horse Games
to work on Alice: Madness Returns... sequel to one of my favorite games based
on a very twisted and dark Alice in Wonderland. Not only is it an adventure to
be able to live in a different country for a bit, but also a chance to work on
one of my dream projects.
Added a new clip of some of my Spiderbot animations... it's what
I was working on just before Luxoflux closed, originally for the
Transformers 3 Demo. Viewable in the Animation Section. Enjoy!
With the closing of Luxoflux, I have spent the last couple days gathering
the work I did on Kung Fu Panda and Transformers 2 video games.
I probably have around 20 minutes worth of Cinematics, but don't worry,
I've only taken my favorites and created a much more up to date demo reel,
which is a nice and manageable 2 minutes long!
Viewable in the Animation Section.
Enjoy!
Sadly, Luxoflux has closed its doors today. Such a shame, we had such an
amazing team and one rockin' Tranformers 3 demo!
But perhaps it was time to move on... onward and upward! :)
I've put up a compilation of Cinematics, QTEs and Animation
I did for Kung Fu Panda. Check it out in the Animation section
or for the surprisingly decent Youtube version, simply click HERE!
Hoping to do the same with my Transformers 2 work soon.
Transformers 2, Revenge of the Fallen: The GAME, has wrapped!
Game should release June 23, 2009. One day before the film hits theaters.
Here is the NEW "Reveal" trailer that was just released. Lots of my work is shown. :)
Kung Fu Panda The Game was nominated for
'Best Animated Video Game' in The 36th Annual Annie Awards!
I was lucky enough to attend the ceremony and just so happened... we WON!
I found a video of our segment, click here:
The 36th Annual Annie Awards (Best Animated Video Game)
My name is mentioned in the acceptance speech!
Still at Luxoflux... Still character animating for a video game,
but this time, it's giant robots... Transformers 2!
We're already pretty far into production. Game releases Summer 2009,
along with the movie. More updates will be coming...
Kung Fu Panda, the game, got great reviews with an
average score of around 7.5/10.0. Superb for a supposed kids game.
I have been animating over at Luxoflux/Activision for
a little over 1 year now. Character animating on the video game
for Dreamwork's upcoming feature animated film,
"Kung Fu Panda", set to release 2008.
To see the first new trailer for the video game,
(with lots of my work featured!) Click Here! :)
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