Current Project

New Poster, What I've been working on for the past 5 months.

The Dark Night

For all you batman fans, here are some new images from The Dark Night. I think the reason I like Christan Bale is because he reminds me most of Michael Keaton. He does a good job, and Heath Ledger as the joker!! Batman rocks! You can check out all of the images here.

What u know bout dem Chipmunks!

This is the first movie poster and first images of the Chipmunks online. Lemme' tell ya, these guys are gangsta. They actually look a little different in the film but, more or less, here they are. They are alot of fun to work with, im looking forward to seeing it all finished. Back to tha' money...

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Ratatouille

Tonight a group of us went to "El Capitan Theater" in Hollywood for opening weekend of Ratatouille. I have been waiting for this film for a long while and it definitely did not disappoint.
The colors, the characters, the story, the animation was ALL beautiful. I felt great when the movie ended, like I had not felt in a long time after seeing an an animated film, or even any film. And the whole El Capitan experience was pretty good too. A bunch of Disney characters showed up on stage before the show and they danced to past and present classic Disney tunes. I hope everyone gets a chance to see it. I'm looking forward to more films like this. Wishful thinking!

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Disneyland Weekend

This weekend we took a fun trip to Disneyland for the opening of the Finding Nemo submarine ride, and I actually rode it with old John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton, who was making the "mine, mine, mine" seagull noise throughout the whole ride. Nice work all you guys who worked on it!! It was my first trip to Disneyland, so I got the full on experience and enjoyed all the awesome rides. I think space mountain was my favorite. I wanna go back..

Opening Day

Go see Pirates 3, It opens everywhere today!!!
In other news... I am finally all settled here in LA. I will be animating on "Alvin & the Chipmunks:The Movie" . It should be cute. Deuce.

Ratatouille Trailer in HD!

This is WICKED! I just had to post this. How clean does this film look? Amazing...

New Pirates Trailer!

Check out the new trailer for Pirates 3! It looks awesome!! You can watch it in HD too. NIICCEE

Fun Video Clip

I added a short video clip of me wakeboarding to my "Fun Stuff" section of my website. Cuz HEY, thats some FUN STUFF right der.

Click here to go to the page!

Pirates Images

I found a few new movie poster images from Pirates 3 over at Aint it Cool. Do you think they are cool?

Click here to see the posters

Andrew Stanton and Brad Bird Interview

I came across this interesting interview with a few pixar guys talking about the begining of computer animation and the first time computers were used to create film. Its very long, But i thought i would share it. Just click the picture and enjoy!

Hero's in a Half Shell

New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Poster! I can't wait to see this movie!

Moving!

Yes, It's been a while. But Hey, I'm back. It was only a matter of time before I made the move to the west coast. Starting the new year I'll be moving to San Francisco to work for Industrial Light & Magic on Pirates of the Caribbean : At Worlds End. I'm very excited to get a chance to work on this movie, I've always been a fan of the Pirates movies, so I'm pretty excited about this one. Plus I'm excited to live in California for the first time, especially the Bay Area!!

Go See It!

This Friday, July 28th, The Ant Bully will open in theaters all across america! Make plans and get to the theaters and check it out. I hope you all enjoy it! :)

The Unofficial Truth About the Industry

So are you trying to break into the industry? Are you looking for your first job? At CgTalk there is a great read, written by a senior character TD at Sony Imageworks. All kind of good FAQ and TIPS for everyone looking for that first gig! Check it out..

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=372592&page=1&pp=15

The Ant Bully Premiere

This past Saturday was the first crew premiere of The Ant Bully in Dallas. It was great to go back and see all my old friends from DNA and finally see the movie. The movie turned out really nice I think everybody was pretty impressed with the final product. The overall pacing of the film was great, and the lighting and the renders were beautiful to look at. I think this film turned out better than most people expected, so lets hope it does well in the theaters! The Ant Bully hits theaters and IMAX on July 28th. Make sure to go check it out! As for me, I have been enjoying a LOOONNNGGG summer vacation and am still unsure of what will be happening next. I should know within the next month, and i'll be sure to post about it! Until then, happy animating!

Time for a break...

Well i know its been a while since a post. Not that ANYONE reads this at all! But we have been finishing up animation on The Ant Bully and may 5th is my last day at DNA. It was a great experience and I met some wonderful and talented people there. I will be going on an extended vacation to do some traveling and stuff. Im actually looking forward to this after crunching on the last 2 films I was on. It will be a nice break. Im not sure what will come next.... a short film? Some painting? practice some 2d animation? I dunno, we shall see... Whatever it be, I'll be sure to post about it. Untill then, Addios...

Reference!

So i've been wanting to write about this because i think its a helpful topic. Reference! So why use reference? How do you get good reference? Personally I use it on almost every shot I animate.

Now dont get me wrong! There are always your masterminds who lock themselves away for 5 days and emerge with this beautiful peice of work. But if your like me and use reference all the time you realize how helpful it can be! After all, the idea is to get the best possible performance that you can!

So how might you get some good reference? Here is what I do.... Usually, when I go in to shoot reference for an acting shot I usually loop the audio (if any) a bunch of times. I actually try to forget that I will be eventually animating this shot, and I act it out naturally, without thinking about it to much. The point is to get something fresh, and see what comes naturally instead of trying to think about what guestures you might be able to use. Usually I'll grab at least one more person to act it out for me as well, so I can get a new and different perspective on it. If it is a shot with multiple characters I'll get a buddy to act it out with me. Then maybe I will switch roles, all to get some different ideas flowing. I also will use life action movies or even animated movies to gather up ideas, just so i can have all kind of options when it comes time to animate.

Its not a bad idea to gather up as much as you can, get alot of ideas to work with. I think its a great step in planning your animation to get the most out of your shot. Using reference is OK! Get different people to act it out for you as well, see what you can come up with! Its a helpful step to finiding out that special something to throw in your shot that will make it MONEY! So try shooting more reference if you can during the planning of your shot and see if it helps!

New Ant Bully Trailer

New Ant Bully Trailer is out! This will give you guys a little better taste of the actual film. This is the trailen for the IMAX version of the film. Man its looking GOOD!

Click Here To Watch the Trailer!

New Movie Posters

CHECK out the new movie posters for Ice Age! March 31st!