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Happy 4th of July

Posted under General Friday, July 4th, 2008

Wall-E Crying Girl

Posted under General Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

After some Pixar employees saw this, she was invited to the Wall E wrap party. Watch it, and then try to watch the original teaser without pulling a stupid face.

Quantum of Solace Trailer

Posted under General Monday, June 30th, 2008

The new James Bond movie, Quantam of Solace, has a trailer out. I’m working on the opening sequence, which there are quite a few clips of in the trailer. There’s very little cg in it though. Really impressive stunt work. Watch it here.

Hugo

Posted under Photo Blog Sunday, June 29th, 2008

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We were waiting for the train on the way back from Hampstead Heath. Used a wide angle lense to get the big nose look.

Thailand

Posted under Photos Sunday, June 22nd, 2008

I just spend 2 weeks in Thailand. After Narnia it was a much needed break on the beach. I’ve stuck some pictures up on Facebook. Click the photos below to see the albums:

Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

Posted under Projects Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

We finished up working on Prince Caspian a few weeks ago. I was the initial shader writer and lighting lead on the Rivergod, who then left for Germany (a long story that I can’t really talk about on the web). I ran a few Aslan shots after, which was a nice break from the technical intensity of the Rivergod. In the last 5 months or so I did the lighting and lookdev for a Dryad (woman made of flower petals), the “magic door” (a tree which rotates into a portal at the end of the film), and some assorted arrows and a sword. Lots and lots of work, but the end result was good. Here’s the trailer:

UPDATE: Quint from Ain’t It Cool News digs my tree:

Points for the (SPOILER) magical vagina tree at the end of the movie.

LOL

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