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my animation.
NEWS
June 24,
2008
I’ve started to work on The Wonder
Pets! third season!
May 15, 2008
I’ve begun work on season one of Little Airplane Production’s newest animation
project 3rd and Bird for
the BBC.
I will be working on the show for about five weeks until The Wonder Pets! season 3 enters the
animation phase.
May 1, 2008
I’m working with the computer science department at
in After Effects at Little Airplane, I welcome this chance to continue my
3D work in Maya.
April 30,
2008
The second season of The Wonder Pets! has come to a close. It ended with a double special
Christmas episode that will be available on DVD.
June 15,
2008
I’ve begun to collaborate with the computer science department at
October 17,
2007
My thesis
“Ready or Note” will be touring with the Optronica Cinema Programmes.
It will be
screened at the following festivals:
October 18 – 27, 2007
Roma
Festa Del Cinema, in the Brancaleone
cinema,
http://www.romacinemafest.org/romacinemafest/
http://www.brancaleone.eu/brancaleone.htm
November 22
– 25, 2007
STRP Festival,
November 30,
2007
AVion screening
series,
(you
can see “Ready or Note” on the Animation page)
October 16, 2007
Starting
this week, Nick Jr. will begin airing the episodes of Wonder Pets! that I
worked on. Wonder Pets! airs weekdays at
10:30 on Nickelodeon.
Click here for the most
current Nick Jr. schedule: http://www.nickjr.com/home/tv_schedule.jhtml
October 9, 2007
The project summary
for TRACKS has now been posted.
This is a
SIGGRAPH research paper from researchers at the Computer Science Lab at
I
collaborated with them in the beginning of 2007 as an animator and had a lot
fun testing their method.
You can
peruse the results here:
http://www.cs.columbia.edu/cg/publications.php
(TRACKS is listed as the last journal of 2007)
I will post
a slimmed down QuickTime of my work only from the project soon.
July 18, 2007
The ABC special “Last Days on Earth” has been nominated for
an Emmy Award in the News and Documentary Division.
The Emmy
category is Outstanding
Achievement in a Craft: Graphic and Artistic Design.
You can view
the entire list of nominees here: http://emmyonline.org/mediacenter/news_28th_nominees.html
(the
special effects artists and I are listed for “Last Days on Earth” near the end
of the document)
My
reel for this project can be seen on my animation page.
February 5, 2007
My
Master’s Thesis Film “Ready or Note” has been selected for the “hybrid film and
music festival” OPTRONICA in
It
will be included in the Optronica On Screen program. “Ready or Note”
is also featured in one of the online promos on OPTRONICA’s Myspace page.
You
can find out more details on their website www.optronica.org,
or on their Myspace page: www.myspace.com/optronica
January
2, 2007
I’ve
recently joined Little Airplane Productions as a character animator for the series
“The Wonder Pets”.
Since
I am still doing some work with
December
20, 2006
I
have begun collaborating with the Computer Graphics lab at
It
is focusing on harmonizing character animation with physical simulation.
December
24, 2006
The
ABC Special I worked on, “Last Days on Earth”, is being aired again on the History
Channel.
The
reel for the work I contributed can be found on my animation page.
October
31, 2006
My
most recent work can be seen on the “Election Night 2006” special on CBS that
airs on November 7, 2006 at 10PM
I
am continuing to work on the “CBS Weekend News” airing on each Saturday and
Sunday.
October
30, 2006
I
have FINALLY edited a reel together of some shots I did for the “Last Days on
Earth” ABC special. You can find it here
(14.9 MB).
Unfortunately,
since the program was rendered in Hi-Definition, the reel had to be greatly
compressed in order to fit on the web.
August
7, 2006
My
work can be seen on the 20/20 special presentation of “Last Days on Earth” on
ABC that airs on August 30
Click here to go the official site and see the
trailer
Click here for a clip
from the ABC News Website
July 17, 2006
“Ready
or Note” was selected for the Metro CAF 2006 festival!! The screening is on
September 26 at the Fashion Institute of Technology.
June
12, 2006
My
thesis project, “Ready or Note” was featured on Brett Larson’s Technology
segment on WCBS TV New York.
(you
can see “Ready or Note” on the Animation page)