Reel

Shot Breakdown:

1. “Fade Away”
All animation, camera animation, lighting, rendering, and compositing done by me. Rig provided by Josh Sobel. Keyframe animated in Maya.

2. “Mr. President”
All animation, lighting, rendering, and compositing done by me. Suit provided by Turbo Squid, then modified to fit rig and attached via a wrap deformer. Medals, flagpole, and flag modeled by me. Rig, table and chair provided by Animation Mentor. Keyframe animated in Maya.

3. “Pounce”
All animation, camera animation, lighting, rendering, and compositing done by me. Rig provided by Animation Mentor. Grass, rocks and tree done with Maya Paint Effects. Keyframe animated in Maya.

4. “Dragon Flight”
All animation, lighting, rendering, and compositing done by me. Clouds were created by me using Maya 3D Fluid Containers. Rig and plate provided by Animation Mentor. Keyframe animated in Maya.

5. “Chase”
All animation, camera animation, lighting, rendering, and compositing done by me. Rig provided by Animation Mentor. Keyframe animated in Maya.

6. “Rock Out”
Animation test for Oruga Animation Studios. The character belongs to Fanta, a subsidiary of Coca-Cola. All animation, texturing, lighting, rendering, and compositing done by me. Rig provided by Oruga. Keyframe animated in Maya.

7. “No Hand”
All animation, camera animation, lighting, rendering, and compositing done by me. Rig provided by Sean Burgoon. Keyframe animated in Maya.

8. “Brother-in-law”
All animation, camera animation, lighting, rendering, and compositing done by me. Rig provided by Animation Mentor. Keyframe animated in Maya.

Special thanks to Charles Alleneck, Nick Butera, Arslan Elver, Dan Forgione, Mike Nassar, Mark Oftedal & Jeff Zikry.