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VFX REEL: A compilation of various CGI effects work.

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 I created a CGI city in Cinema 4d to replace the outdated model shots of the film.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.

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.
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.
MARTIAN CHRONICLES REMASTER EARLY TEST - October 2010: A quick VFX replacement test for Retcon-Studios.
"FUDGY" AT BURBANK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - September 2010: Harland Williams' film "Fudgy Wudgy Fudge Face" will be screened as part of the Burbank_International_Film_Festival September 19th at noon! I had the fun of creating several shots for this film, including a crashing ufo, stock film footage of the crash site, opening logo & title sequence and some hallucinatory images involving donuts and maybe a cow or two. Below is the raw video (without audio) of what I created for the film.

SPACE: 2099 BLURAY- August 2010: Actually this was done a few months ago, but forgot to add it until now. An animated open and close for a Bluray Space: 2099 "Moon Rise Edition" teaser promo.

ROBOT SIZZLE - February 2010: The robot returns in another FOX 53 promotion featuring a montage of the station's programming. Included here is a :30, followed by :15 versions focusing on certain genres of shows.

POSTAPOC-ROBOT - January 2010: Taking that post apocalyptic look from the freelance project, and adding in my like of robots, I came up with this little promo for our late night comedies. Pittsburgh destruction created in Photoshop, the robot created in Cinema 4d and compositing in After Effects.
ANIMATED WEB SERIES - November 2009: Started an experiment to see if I can produce a short animated story for the web in a relatively short period of time. This was done in my free time from work, freelance and family, and if a project of this type was done for an official online production I can see doing a few of these in a year. As this was done for a test I used a subject that I enjoyed from back in my childhood... the original Battlestar Galactica series. The final product runs about 17 minutes in length and is split into two parts as youtube has a 10 minute maximum. Hope you enjoy.  
ITC LOGO - February 2009: Created an HD version for the old ITC logo that used to open before shows like Space: 1999 and The Muppet Show. This is for a presentation to Granada demonstrating how a property of theirs like Space: 1999 can be remasted and updated, in a similar way CBS has done with the original Star Trek. Below is a sample showing the original version (from an old recording) and the revised/remastered version (as remastered as it can look with the flash video compression).
CLASSIC TELLY AWARD: For their 30th anniversary the Telly Awards held a special category for any outstanding work done over the past 30 years. I submitted a Seinfeld Pinball promotion I created about 5 or so years ago which was awarded a Classic Telly. The promo was modeled and rendered in 3D Studio MAX, with additional effects in After Effects and audio edited on a Media 100. Below is the spot with two additional spots created in the 3d Game Theme I was going for.