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Dragon in Flight

AUG
15
2010
Posted in category Finished animations | 407 views
Tags: dragon  character  animation  model  special effects  effects  rigging  texturing 
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View in HD An animation of my dragon model in flight. The animation could've done with some more work, especially on the neck, tail and front legs, but it'll do for now.

Composited in After Effects as a bunch of layers to edit in the environment, clouds, dragon model and other effects in separately, to control the motion blur and depth of field independently.
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Highlights video

JUL
24
2010
Posted in category Finished animations | 828 views
Tags: highlights  after effects  animation  special effects  modelling  texturing  camera match 
 
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Black Hawk Crash

APR
17
2010
Posted in category Finished animations | 3315 views
Tags: special effects  black hawk  helicopter  crash  animation  effects  environment 
 
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A special effects animation of a crashing helicopter.

Click here for some of the work in progress videos View in HD
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Website introduction video - April 2010

APR
16
2010
Posted in category Finished animations | 3199 views
Tags: web  after effects  text  intro  site 
 
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This is the website intro video I used in April 2010.
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Animation cycles

MAR
20
2010
Posted in category Finished animations | 3910 views
Tags: animation  cycles  loops  character 
 
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Character animation loops.

Other cycles:
Walk
Monkey walk
Polar bear walk

More... View in HD
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Lego BBC F1 Intro

MAR
07
2010
Posted in category Finished animations | 4738 views
Tags: animation  lego  bbc  f1  vehicle  car  rig  legof1 
 
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This is a version of the BBC F1 intro I made in Lego-like bricks.

Click here for a raw render version without additional effects for comparison.

The actual version can be seen on YouTube. You'll notice I've focussed on the first section of it, despite the second part containing car motion, which I have done a lot... View in HD
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Demo Video 2009

OCT
04
2009
Posted in category Finished animations | 5204 views
Tags: demo  2009  after effects  character  vehicle  car  rig  animation  special effects  montage 
 
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A compilation of some of the videos on the site.
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Earth

SEP
26
2009
Posted in category Finished animations | 3973 views
Tags: special effects  earth  effects  meteor  smoke  particles  after effects 
 
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An effects animation of the Earth in the process of being destroyed. It's based on layers, with each effect just being a new layer, so the thing could just go on being added to forever - but at some point I had to declare it finished, and although there are still plenty of things that can be added, I think it's a decent enough final piece. View in HD
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Motorway

SEP
19
2009
Posted in category Finished animations | 5201 views
Tags: car  rig  motorway  f1  car  mental ray  vehicle  special effects  foliage  environment 
 
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Demonstration of my improved car rig, updated to include a driver, oversteer and wheelspin options. It includes a blend of reactor for when the car needs to bounce, and the rig. The transition could be more subtle, but it works well enough.

Also an expansion of mental ray rendering, with glow effects and lighting systems. I also developed some After Effects skills, adding lens and video effects and manipulating time, as well as creating some extra special effects to... View in HD
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Careless Kid

SEP
10
2009
Posted in category Finished animations | 3195 views
Tags: character  animation 
 
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A quick character animation in which the challenge was to demonstrate the word 'careless' in 10 seconds. The character is actually stationary, with the environment moving to easily create the motion blur on the background while retaining camera movement in the opposite direction. View in HD
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Indestructible Squidgy Thing

AUG
19
2009
Posted in category Finished animations | 3571 views
Tags: mental ray  render  squidgy  special effects 
 
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A short animation to test mental ray texturing, effects and rendering, as well as caustics and soft body simulations. View in HD
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Scripted Car Rig

JUL
19
2009
Posted in category Finished animations | 4627 views
Tags: rig  car  demo  script  simulation  vehicle 
 
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An improved car rig, with enhanced scripted physics effects, the ability to have a driver added, with arm motion and head lean, and the option to have oversteer and wheelspin. These extra parts can be seen in the Motorway F1 video.

The car rig is intended to be easily adaptable to suit a variety of cars, and give options for dynamic speed, steering, weight transfer physics and other car...
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Bullet Impact Effects

JUN
19
2009
Posted in category Finished animations | 3426 views
Tags: special effects 
 
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A quick effects animation, with a breakdown of some of the techniques used. It starts with the bullet model, and a morph target manipulation for when it hits the wall, and then the bullet animated. From here the other effects such as smoke, shock waves and lens flares are added.

The main steps taken are as follows:
Models and textures | Bullet, wall, bullet decal, shock wave models were required
Morph targets | of bullet to...
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Reactor Physics

MAY
19
2009
Posted in category Finished animations | 3334 views
Tags: reactor  physics  simulation  scripting 
 
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A reactor simulation, created in one simulation pass. The reflections would have probably been nicer to have been rendered in mental ray rather than scanline, but this was rendered on my old processor so decided to go with scanline just for time. View in HD
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Bugatti Veyron vs Eurofighter Typhoon

APR
19
2009
Posted in category Finished animations | 4196 views
Tags: car  rig  vehicle  veyron  eurofighter  smoke  special effects  environment 
 
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A vehicle animation using my scripted rig, and smoke effects. The plan was to enhance the explosions afterwards, but I decided to move on to do other things instead, although I may return to this if I find time or a need to. View in HD
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Monkey Lift Animation

MAR
13
2009
Posted in category Finished animations | 3623 views
Tags: character  monkey  weight  anticipation  reaction 
 
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Character animation to demonstrate a sense of weight, anticipation and reaction.
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Angry Monkey

FEB
12
2009
Posted in category Finished animations | 3943 views
Tags: character  monkey  animation  rig  unwrap  model  environment 
 
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Here's one of the monkey animations I've been working on. See a small version of the video on the right, or use the links below for higher quality ones.

It's intended to go on the home page as an introduction, and hopefully demonstrates some character emotion and interaction, as well as some cinematic effects. View in HD
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Red Bull Air Race

JAN
12
2009
Posted in category Finished animations | 3151 views
Tags: red bull  smoke  special effects  vehicle  environment 
 
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Vehicle animation with smoke effects, created in the old city environment that I developed while learning 3dsmax a while back. View in HD
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The Lego Matrix

SEP
15
2008
Posted in category Finished animations | 3712 views
Tags: matrix  effects  special effects  character  animation  lego  environment 
 
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Just because I wish this game would be made.
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Man vs Machine

SEP
14
2008
Posted in category Finished animations | 2915 views
Tags: machines  character  effects  animation  environment 
 
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Part of a university assignment that took place in character animation, sound design and games design modules.
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