Vancouver 2010...

I have relocated to Vancouver for the next few months to work on some really cool stuff! I cannot disclose what the project is yet but I am super stoked to be working on it and I can’t wait to see it up on the big screen. The 2010 Olympics are in full swing here and I am loving every second of it! So much to see and so much to do with thousands of people from all over the world! I will be here until June so my freelance availability is low currently but come June I will be ready to rock again! So if you have any projects coming up in the next few months be sure to...

FumeFX Tests...

I have had a bit of time before I head back to vancouver to work on a couple more feature films so I started playing around with some more FumeFX setups. One I have been wanting to try for a while now is to come up with a sort of vortex effect that could be developed further to create a tornado, dust devil, or any other type of swirling effect. The basic setup uses a relatively simple Pflow setup to give a swirling mass of particles that can be used by FumeFX to create velocities for the smoke. The video you see below uses the same particle setup with a few adjustments to...

Happy New Year!!!...

Just wanted to wish everyone a great holiday and all the best to 2010! Things have been slow to update since the arrival of our little boy Benjamin on Dec 9th, 2009 but I am eager to chomp at the bit in 2010 and get some more work and tutorials online shortly. Until then all the...

Inspiration : Signalnoise...

Growing up through the late 70’s and onto the 80’s subjected me to many things as a child; sounds, sights, color, and thoughts, which still influence me to this day. Whether it was flipping through my uncle’s record collection and admiring the album art, watching countless movies, or getting up early every Saturday morning to watch my ‘weekly allotment of television credits’ in the form of cartoons, there were certain colors, shapes, and forms that stuck with me. Browsing through the art of James White (Signalnoise) takes me back to to that...

New site...

I have taken some time to redo and rethink things over the past couple months in regards to this site. I have gone back and forth on the design trying to create something that was both easy for visitors to navigate, and easy for me to update and upload new content.  After much debate I have decided to stick with wordpress as it is simply the easiest framework to build upon. Updating it is far easier than having to use Flash, and I can do it from both home and on the road without having to worry if I have the right software installed. Please pardon any broken links or...

Twilight : New Moon...

I recently had the pleasure of with Prime Focus in Vancouver under our company Delicate Machines, to help develop some fx for the soon to be released feature, “Twilight : New Moon”. While there I got to meet some really great people from the max community and learn a lot of new things. Shouts out to Ian (Solitude), Mark (PartiallyFrozen), Martijn(magicm), BRitz, Belina, Tetzlaf, Mintenko, Rui, Chadwiebe, the rest of the crew, and of course my good buddy/associate, Jon. I learned much from you all! It was an absolute blast to work with everyone, and once the...

New site, tutorials, and demo reel…...

I have been busy the past few weeks  working on the site and completely re-doing it. It has been made more user friendly to any visitors that may drop by. I love the Wordpress framework but I find sometimes it can become cumbersome when it comes to organizing everything; so I have elected to build it again so I can have more control over updates and posting content. I am also working on a new demo reel which is looooooong overdue… last one was cut in 2006 so this one will have completely new material! Lots of cool things to show and I am excited to get it completed....

Back home!!!...

After 2 months of working out in Vancouver I have returned back home. I will be taking a few days to get settled and then its back at it with a few more new tutorials coming down the pipe dealing with both FumeFX and Rayfire . I will also be uploading a few FumeFX project files of various effects including various explosions and smoke plumes. Thanks to everyone at Frantic Vancouver; met some great people and had a...

Updates from Vancouver...

I have temporarily relocated to Vancouver to do some feature film work using lots of FumeFX and lots of Krakatoa based effects; very cool stuff! Once I am allowed, I will post some of the tests we are doing; it’s really cool stuff! I am also strainging to get my portfolio up-to-date with some of the newer projects I have worked on over the past year or so.  Getting this new site fully up and running has taken longer than expected but because of work I haven’t had much time to devote towards it. I have uploaded a few new pieces to my Flickr page which can be...

Flaming Lips and Stardeath – Borde...

I just stumbled upon this great video linked from Changethethought.com.  It’s a cover yes but they have put their own spin on it which makes it very worthy of posting. Check it out… [vimeo...