Month: January 2009

Huge congrats to everyone at Dreamworks who worked on Kung fu panda.. It cleaned up at the annie awards Friday night! 11 for 11 I believe! Congrats all!!!!!
Her Morning Elegance / Oren Lavie What a cool music video.. I love this!
Yes. We did. « Margaret and Helen. I occationally read this great blog called Margaret and Helen.  It’s written by two lovely and honest old women who have been friends for over 60 years.  They have no qualms about speaking however they feel, and I love it. I don’t even know how many times they […]
Today is a beautiful day. Welcome back America.
I love this post in the New York Times by Christoph Niemann about his absolute love affair with coffee.  Partly because the images are so cute, and partly because I, too, have an intense love affair with the amazing beverage. Yes, I am a coffee fiend. I love the stuff. I think it all started […]
Animation Tips & Tricks. My good buddy Kevan Shorey posted some great content on the http://animatinotipsandtricks.com website today.  It’s about using contrast in animation. For me, contrast is best used when trying to heighten an emotional beat.  For example.. if I’m trying to animate someone being “sad”, what do I do?  How sad do I […]
Oh wow.. talk about a great book that every animator should get. Amazon.com: Drawn to Life: 20 Golden Years of Disney Master Classes, Volume 1: The Walt Stanchfield Lectures: Walt Stanchfield, Don Hahn: Books. As a 3d animator, I’ve had many people ask me what software they should learn, or what school they should go […]
I love the game lux for the iPhone.. It’s just like risk, only better because the game only takes 5 or 10 minutes instead of 7 hours :). I do wish there were a multi player option though… I’ve included snaps of my last game. I am blue..
Originally posted: Monday, 19 March 2007 Someone at work found this video from Autodesk (previously Alias) on YouTube about weta’s use of Maya.. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMM_-rYc1T8 I remember the time of this shoot… it was right after we had finished Lord of the Rings, Return of the King.  I had finished my contract at Weta and was […]
Originally posted: Monday, 02 April 2007 So I think I’m just the luckiest guy around. Seriously.  I couldn’t have wished for a better day yesterday.  It all started a few weeks ago as I began to get prepared for hitting the big “34”. Yeah.. that’s right.. on tuesday I turn 34.  That’s 1 year closer […]
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