SHOWREEL 2007

I have finally cut a new showreel - download the 28MB QT here or go here to check out the other size options to download.



Here is a quick shot breakdown. The full breakdown can be downloaded here

01 - Fido and straw - Animation, Lighting, Rendering
Titles
02 - Meerkat with balls - Model, Rig, Animation, Lighting, Rendering
03 - Speakers - Animation Supervisor
04 - Meerkat guy and girl on skates - Animation Supe, Animation, Modelling, Tracking
05 - Meerkat on car - Animation Supervisor, Animation, Rigging, Modelling, tracking
06 - Blobby characters - Animation, lighting, compositing
07 - Fido on beach, in fountain and at table - Tracking, Animation,
08 - M&Ms - Animation
09 - Aliens - Animation of green lizard character
10 - Kitchen appliances - Animation, modelling, rigging
11 - Meerkat on the dance floor - Modelling, rigging, Animation

Loeries 2007

The Loeries take place in Margate on Sunday and unfortunately I will be in the office working, making sure all my work is up to date before I head off to San Diego.
The Loeries have only one category for animation and VFX so its a tough competition and unfortunately Blackginger is not nominated for anything this year, lets hope next year has better luck.
Some of my colleagues are heading to the party, I wish them well and they return safely from that crazy place.
Good luck to all the nominees!

Blade Runner turns 25

UPDATE (27/07): Available to order from Amazon now.

And to celebrate they are releasing this on December 18.



Woohooo! WoW!!

Go here for full details and specs.

Mandela's 89th Birthday

Okay, so I am a day late, but I only got this QT this morning.
A great birthday wish.


M&M's Birthday wish to Madiba

SIGGRAPH 2007

While I am busy updating and posting to my site, I thought I should just mention that from the 31st July to 11th August I will be in San Diego for SIGGRAPH.

ok.. thats all, back to work.

Vodacom "Durban July"

Here's a spot we (Blackginger) did for Vodacom's sponsorship of the Durban July (07/07/07)
The horses mouth was modeled and rigged in Cape Town, I added controllers for additional bounce and nose control. Textured by mixing the camera projections with a painted texture of each horse.

We knocked out four of these in a week... as far as end result, they do the job and look great.

Right click and save as:
Lo Res 6.8MB

Vodacom DSTV Select insert

Print Billboard made with the characters

This was a short clip that Stanley Segal and myself did for Vodacom's launch of DSTV Select. The characters were designed by Sasha Perdigao and modeled in crazy clay - these were approved and then Stanley and I modeled and I rigged all 17. Some had soft bodies applied to jiggle areas, such as the chef's hat and I also added controlers to the bits that needed finer control such as CNN's helmet straps.
The whole project took us just over a week.

Right click and save as-
Lo Res 1.5MB