Call of Duty: Ghosts “Cinematics”

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While working at The Mill in Culver City I was selected to be part of the Call of Duty: Ghosts “Cinematics” team. It was a small team comprised of designers, cg artist, houdini fx artist, compositors and several producers.

My …

Nike FlyKnit Max

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Working at Logan in Santa Monica, CA I was asked to work with the cg department to come up with a set of rendered passes that could mimic the print design that had been completed for The Nike Flyknit max …

Cheverolet “Find New Roads”

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Cheverolet has recently been releasing commercials under there new campaign “Find New Roads”.  A lot of the commercials take place within a white warehouse environment. This warehouse changes slightly to better show off the unique traits each Chevy car has …

Stereo Artist on Wreck-It-Ralph

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This year was a big one! I was hired on at Walt Disney Feature Animation Studios to work on the new film Wreck-It-Ralph. It was an amazing adventure. One I will never forget.

I was hired onto the show as …

Star Wars Episode 1 in 3D

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Today Star Wars Episode 1: the Phantom Menace is released into theaters nationwide. Its the first of the franchise to be converted into stereoscopic 3d. Prime Focus did most of the conversion work here in Los Angeles, Ca.

I, along …

Compositing on The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

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David Fincher’s newest film A Girl With a Dragon Tattoo is full of surprises. If you haven’t seen it, please take a moment and watch it. It’s a great film with some big visual effects sequences and some small ones …

CenturyLink “Solid Deal”

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CenturyLink took over Qwest recently, and they started a new ad campaign to move into the western market. It’s an internet offer called the “Solid Deal” for $19.95. The campaign has a series of commercials with a host set in …

Penny – Visual Effects

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Penny is a short film, written by Benj Thall and Albert Bugoff. Penny is a story about an expert plumber, on a quest to save an aging city fountain. He learns that with a little faith, a single penny can …

Nike “Spotlight”

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Another posting about a basketball spot? I know, I know, I work for a52 and they do the vfx for the Nike campaign. So, from time to time I get to help on some of the Nike commercials that are …