Character Animation Showreel

Music by Jan Morgenstern, extracted from Bassam Kurdali's rigging DVD, the Mancandy FAQ

Visual Effects and Compositing Reel

Shots Breakdown: I was responsible for all post production Visual Effects and Compositing for this project.  This included Tracking, Masking, Placement and Compositing of Visual Elements.  The Visual Elements themselves are mostly used from Video Copilot's Action Movie Essentials DVD.  Most of the images used in the background plates were found online.

The Tank in Shot 8, and the Helicopter in shot 9 are both downloaded models.

Maya and After Effects

 

Character Rigging Reel

Character Rigging reel as from 2008.

The Character was rigged as part of my final thesis project.  It is based on Jason Schleiffer's 'Animation Friendly Rigging series' and Jason Osipa's 'Stop Staring'.  It was to be built for lip sync.

Shot Breakdown: Character Animation Reel

Shot 1: From my 5minute final thesis project in college.  I was involved in all visual aspects of its creation, from the set to the character, lighting, compositing and anmation.  Maya and After Effects

Shot 2: 11 Second Club entry for April 2009.  It received a rating of 5.2, and came 32nd out of 160 entries.  It was a generic character rig which I kitted up and animated.  Maya

Shot 3: From my 5minute final thesis project in college.  I was involved in all visual aspects of its creation, from the set to the character, lighting, compositing and anmation.  Maya and After Effects

Shot 4: 11 Second Club entry for April 2009.  It received a rating of 5.2/10, and came 32nd out of 160 entries.  It was a generic character rig which I kitted up and animated.  Maya

Shot 5: An animation I did to play around with body movement, using some tumbling experience.  It is a generic character rig which I kitted up and placed in the set.  Maya

Shot 6: 11 Second Club entry for March 2009.  It received a rating of 4.58/10 and came 23rd out of 117 entries.  The characters are from the Open Movie, Big Buck Bunny.  Blender.

Shot 7: 11 Second Club entry for May 2009.  It received a rating of 4.52/10 and came 83rd out of 191 entries.  They are both generic character rigs which I kitted up and placed in the environment.  The background plate is from Big Buck Bunny.  Maya

Shot 8: 11 Second Club entry for August 2008.  It received a rating of 5.15 and came 25th out of 71 entries.  I did the animation.  Pencil on Paper.

Shot 9: 11 Second Club entry for May 2009.  It received a rating of 4.52/10 and came 83rd out of 191 entries.  They are both generic character rigs which I kitted up and placed in the environment.  The background plate is from Big Buck Bunny.  Maya

Shot 10: 11 Second Club entry for November 2008.  It received a rating of 4.07/10 and came 52nd out of 95 entries.  I did the animation.  Pencil on Paper