Web Site Announcements

Sketchbook Coming Soon

Hello everyone, I wanted to let you know that I will be releasing an online sketchbook soon onto this site.  It will contain one or more new sketches per week to start with and perhaps move up to one per day!  I want to get in the habit of releasing something new onto this site on a regular basis in order to get my butt into gear to continue to create.  I have several projects going on right now but feel that this site has stood stagnant for quite a while.  Releasing these sketching will not only foster my own thinking but will show you what is going on with me and that

Happy New Year - New Website!

I have upgraded my website and am using Drupal to allow for easier updates and more community forum.  This is the first major upgrade in many years.  I hope to add quite a bit over 2008 to this site to help both my clients and the design community.  I look forward to 2008!

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Industry News

 
Summer 2008: VFX Gets More Animated
Vfx in animated features takes center stage this month on VFXWorld. So, let's open with a little quiz.
 
Maya 2008 Character Modeling and Animation: NURBS Surface Tools
In this fifth of six excerpts from Maya 2008 Character Modeling and Animation, author Tereza Flaxman explains how to create NURBS surfaces from construction curves, using Maya's Birail and Boundary tools.
 
Wanted: Bending VFX for a Killing Machine
Alain Bielik gets the lowdown on Wanted from Stefen Fangmeier and Craig Lyn.
 
Hancock: Off-the-Cuff VFX
Tara Bennett talks to Ken Hahn and Carey Villegas of Sony Imageworks about the unconventional yet satisfying demands of Hancock.
 
UBISOFT acquires Hybride Tech
Creator of video game brands moves in on renowned special effects studio.
 
Evolution!
SIGGRAPH 2008 is full of surprises. Here are some ‘Hits’ and ‘Don’t Misses’
 
Floating Fish
Another ‘Strange Behavior’ CGChallenge entrant rises to become a Master Award winner in EXPOSÉ 6.
 
Mark Stetson Steps Up To Meet Dave
Ellen Wolff gets deeper into Meet Dave with VFX Supervisor Mark Stetson.
 
Homage to Sidonio Porto
Marcelo Eder shows his process for creating the cover image of Ballistic Publishing's newly released ELEMENTAL 3.
 
Jacquelyn Martino
Jacquelyn Martino is the 2008 SIGGRAPH Conference Chair and has been preparing for the big week since 2004.