Quotes

 The following are a series of quotes I picked up while listening to TED talks.  These are the ones that registered with me and have made it to my blog.  I think as artists we become consumed by the idea of failure and the idea of just being a hack.  It's important to realize that they are all normal thoughts and that the best way to kill these thoughts is with action, by doing and trusting who u are.

If you're not prepared to be wrong you'll never come up with anything original.

 

Fake it till u become it.

 

People don't buy what u do they buy why u do it.

 

Have the courage to be imperfect.

 

Have compassion to be kind to yourself first and then to others.

 

Have a connection as a result of authenticity - be willing to let go of who you think u should be in order to be who u are.

Fully embrace vulnerability be willing to invest in something.  Say i love u without guarantees.  Vulnerability is the birth place of joy, love, creativity of belonging.  We are worthy of love and belonging -were not perfect but... I believe I'm enough.

Sony - H2 "Going Off Model"

Whoa!!! Look at the SMEEEEAARR Frame!!!  Really cool to see this.  Gennedy's goal to really push these rigs is awesome.  Click the image to read the whole article - trust me its goooooooood.

NHL Super Card 2K

 

I recently finished up a project with Wahoo Studios.  Working with 6 separate card animations and choreographing a camera into what had to be 70 different short but readable animations was challenging.  And then making sure the engine played it correctly - with all the bells and whistles of fx and audio triggers was something new. I really had a great time with the crew there and enjoyed working on NHL Super Card 2K.  Thanks to everyone at Wahoo and Cat Daddy Games.

Andreas Deja - The Nine Old Men

Andreas Deja recently put out his book titled "The Nine Old Men".  I just received mine and am really having a great time reading it.  The insight on acting and choices made by these giants accompanied with spectacular examples of their work is inspiring and very humbling.  Really beautifully done.

Infinity 3.0

Just posting some character posing and rendering work I helped out on with Infinity 3.0 Campaign.  I worked with ichi Worldwide for this project.  BTW, their a great group and had a great experience working with them.  Main work was mostly done in zBrush and Maya.  Some of the characters were brought into Keylight for texturing, lighting and final rendering.

RedBull Entry - "Art Of The Can" 2015

Here's a recent project I helped co-direct, rig and animate.  All animation includes: intro cuts with mechanical pieces, the Bull and the end can animation.  It's for "Redbull Art of The Can" Media Entry.  It was a quick project done between work and at night.  My buddy/co-director Eli Guerron was also responsible for all VFX, Lighting, and Comping.  He killed it(as he always does) with some really beautiful frames throughout the piece.  This project was a blast for me because of the work Eli was doing with the FX and lighting.  I felt that the animation had to hold up to what he was doing on his side - so great synergy.  Please tell me what you think and thanks for visiting!