obj drag and drop
here is a tool a wrote a while back, for dragging and dropping .obj files into your xsi scene.

objDnD

the new softimage|net website is great for hosting tools now, it will probably be my main method for distributing tools.

my tools at softimage|net... look towards the bottom

enjoy!

starting a cg/vfx business
marc bourbonnais, long time senior cg artist extraordinaire well known for his work at hyrbide, has a great blog about his adventures in setting up his own vfx house. take a look...

People, Pixels, and Production

good luck marc!

xsiblog article
i posted my first article at xsiblog about facial rigging check it out...

facial animation, the static kinestate, and dorritos?

lucifer the movie
lucifer

finally there is something to show of the work done at cafefx. the site has a few min trailer of the short film we worked on.

new job
my time at cafefx was fun, they have a great group of guys that are very talented and i wish them the best. after wrapping up there i started looking again and got in touch with blur studios. i am starting there tomorrow! i will be moving to the venice area and will be closer to many of my old barnyard buddies. later

updated resume
I took a few minutes to bring my resume up to date for 2007...

resume

LookThroughSpot
here is a little tool to make your lighting life a bit easier...

LookThroughSpot

contact me with any comments, suggestions or bug reports. enjoy!

new job
last week i accepted a position as a lighting td at cafefx. its a short project running about four months. looking forward to working with a professional visual effects crew on a live action film.

this has also given me reason to work with python, since cafefx uses this language. i hope to post some tools i have been working on sometime soon.

scultping
playing around with a more femine shape for sydney... lots of work to be done though. this is just a 2hr sculpt using a really low poly mesh

demo reel time...
so here is some of the work i did on the barnyard, i am on the job hunt again.

small QT

big QT

music credit goes out to American Analog Set, Hard To Find from their album Promise of Love. Also here is my resume

resume 2006

sydney
here is a character that i have had been wanting to bring into the computer for a while now. this was also an excuse to work with hair. i had sculpted and designed sydney in college. i did all of this in a day so her face is quite generic cause i wanted to get straight to the hair. i am going to revisit her face to make it more feminin, explore some more shapes. also i will revisit the hair with a different technique

going to siggraph...
yep, i am leaving tomorrow morning for siggraph in boston. should be fun.

new barnyard website
http://www.barnyardmovie.com

this new site has a bunch of games and other media. it also has both of the trailers in flash format. if you would prefer seeing the trailers in quicktime format check out apple trailers...

http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/barnyard/trailer/

enjoy!

launch!
here we go, i have finally learned php and mysql inorder to make my very own blog. i plan on keeping it in a minimalist style, but do plan on adding more functionality. like archiving, gallery section, downloads section, maybe a commenting feature... but the core is in place and ready to go