Probably one of the funnier projects that I got to work on...for this "Rock Opera" I got to work with Andy Boyd on creating the look of "Milkquarious City". This was also the first time I worked with Christine Verzosa, who helped out on matchmoving/tracking. I modeled the city in Maya and Andy did an amazing job on lighting / rendering it in Houdini. We were fortunate to have some creative freedom in terms of adding our own bits of detail to bring more to the city. The original Milkquarious was actually a practical miniature set that didn't have as much detail so we decided on replacing the opening shot with a full cg version. We added a few elements such as the Blimp, monorail system, and elevators to bring a bit more life to it. I also did the animation of 'Bovina', the unicorn cow's wings and sliding door retraction, which saved us from integrating the wings in about 20 other shots. I also designed / rendered the lair of "Nasterious", the villain of White Gold. Link to official website and video.
One of the 3 spots for Scion we are doing...Got to do a lot of different things on this campaign, from modeling, setting up shaders, and lighting / rendering. We are all excited about how things turned out.
Here's one of the recent projects that I worked on for TheLadders.com. It's a funny spot with a bunch of tiny monsters...mix of practical and cg. Another chance for me to work with Andy Boyd and learn many things in the process. I got to create the tiny rock that the monster throws at the window hehe. I also did some 3d roto for shadow interaction.
Our parent company Ascent Media had put out an internal logo redesign contest which I had entered. Here's the final logo from the Ascent Media logo contest. It was a wonderful opportunity to be involved with the changing of the new logo. I honestly had no idea that it would come this far and am very grateful to have the logo chosen to represent Ascent Media Group. Throughout the design process, I was able to meet / collaborate with some really amazing people, Jose Royo (CEO of Ascent Media) & Teresa Jimenez (Creative Director of Ascent Media).
This is a :60 sec spot for the Xbox 360 karaoke game, 'Lips'. It was a really fun project to be a part of and had everyone in the studio singing 'Take On Me' while working. I did a lot of tracking/matchmoving, modeled the gums & teeth, and got a chance to play with Mudbox for some detail modeling of the wrinkles on Gomez's (the lips character) legs. The last shot where Gomez is sitting on his shoulder, was handtracked as well. Link to video / credit list.
