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MOONBASE ALPHA'S LEGACY - February 2012: Created a number of illustrations for this new science fiction endeavor from Retcon Studios. Illustrations created using Poser, Blender 3d and Photoshop. To see more please visit the official web site at SPACE2099.com.

 

ANIMATION DEMO- February 2012: A brief example of my more traditional styled animation.

 
FEBRUARY PROMOS - January/February 2012: Here are a few on-air promos created for My Pittsburgh TV. Two are for the evening lineups, one focusing on Seinfeld, and the other a combo spot for The Simpsons and Seinfeld. The third is for our station's web site promoting the new sports page. Editing in Premiere, graphics in After Effects and Photoshop, and 3d created with Blender.
CAP. EPISODE 3 - January 2012: ***WARNING: MATURE CONTENT*** The latest episode of the online animated series of shorts produced with Harland Williams. Contains some language and violence, as it is a series aimed toward the South Park, Adult Swim type of audience. This latest episode has some surprise guest stars show up... and the craziness ensues. All the animation created using Photoshop and After Effects, with final edit in Premiere.
HOLIDAY IDS - December 2011: A couple quick station IDs for the holiday season.All modeling and animation in Blender 3d 2.60. Some additional effects and audio in After Effects.
LOGAN'S RUN - ENHANCED - December 2011: A project for Retcon-Studios presenting an enhanced version of the film "Logan's Run". I created a CGI city in Cinema 4d to replace the outdated model shots of the film. Additional effects and compositing in After Effects.
ALIEN MODEL - November 2011: A 3d model created and textured with Sculptris,rendered in Cinema 4d. Model render was used for a game poster design.
FALL 2011 PROMOS - November 2011: A couple new promos for the fall season. One is to let viewers know of the new time and channel for Seinfeld, joining The Simpsons and Family Guy on My Pittsburgh TV. The other is for the new FOX 53 line-up of Two & A Half Men and The Big Bang Theory. The FOX 53 promos include a regular :30 sample, and a :20 client sponsorable sample.

FOX TALKS - November 2011: Interview segments with various stars of Fox Network shows. Used for on-air segments, and in long form for web and social media sites.

Additional interviews: Martha Plimpton of "Raising Hope" & the Guys of "New Girl"

GALL-BLADDER RAP - September 2011: The second animation for Mikey and Big Bob / 96.1 Kiss (Clear Channel Radio). Animation created around a rap song written by Mikey for Big Bob's soon to be gone gall-bladder. Created with Photoshop, After Effects and Premiere.

EILEEN GAGA ANIMATION - August 2011: An animation for Mikey and Big Bob, the 96.1 Morning Freak Show (Clear Channel Radio, Pittsburgh Morning Radio Show), based off one of the show's regular callers, "Eileen from Blawnox." Here she does her best Lady Gaga. Created with Photoshop, After Effects and Premiere. Plans are to do a series of these from their various audio recordings.
ANIMATED LADY GAGA INTERVIEW - July 2011: An animation created for a radio phone interview by D.J. Bonics with Lady Gaga (96.1 Kiss Radio, Pittsburgh). A method to give some visual interest to an audio based interview. Created with Photoshop, After Effects and Premiere.
C.A.P. CARTOON - April 2011: ***WARNING: MATURE CONTENT*** Here is the first animated short created with Harland Williams. This series is aimed toward the South Park / Adult Swim audience. A second short is completed and the third script is written and ready to start. The show has already been presented to Adult Swim and Comedy Central, and time will tell where it goes. Harland came up with the concept, wrote the script and recorded the voices. From his character sketches and audio I built the characters and animated the story. I used Photoshop for all the image elements, After Effects for the animation, and Premiere for editing.
TOON WARS - April 2011: A promo for My Pittsburgh TV's Simpsons and Family Guy lineup based on the original Star Wars movie trailer. 3d animation created with Blender 3d, compositing in After Effects and edited in Premiere.
PET TIPS - March 2011: A few samples of a client tie-in promotion offering helpful tips to pet owners. Video shot on P2, edited on Avid, and graphics created using Photoshop and After Effects.
LATE NIGHT GRAPHICS - March 2011: Been a while since an update. Working on a few things that I don't want to post until finished. However I'd like to share some graphics I'm creating for a late night on-air promo. Created in Blender 3d 2.5, with the only light sources being indirect ambient light from the object materials themselves. There are no separate lights in the 3d scene. Graphics shown here without sound.