2010 Oscar Naminations for Best Animated Short

Here are the 2010 nominations for the Best Animated Short. I'll keep my vote to myself.

French Roast:
Fabrice O. Joubert, director (Pumpkin Factory/Bibo Films)


Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty:
Nicky Phelan, director, and Darragh O’Connell, producer (Brown Bag Films)


Logorama:
Nicolas Schmerkin, producer (Autour de Minuit)


A Matter of Loaf and Death:
Nick Park, director (Aardman Animations Ltd.)


The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte):
Javier Recio Gracia, director (Kandor Graphics and Green Moon)
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2010 Show Reel Intro

Here is the intro for my 2010 motion graphics show reel. I used a couple of new distortion effects on this: Flo Motion, CC Smear & Displacement Map.

Joseph's Rhino Man

Joseph sent me a rough model he was working on in Maya at home. He said he wanted to stay "sharp" on his Maya skills. So I brought it into Max and started playing with VRay's SSS2 shader. We talked about the character being a Rhinoceros Samurai. Here's a simple test.

Virgin Millionaires Album Art

Recently, I received an invitation to design the album art for the Virgin Millionaires' new CD. We ended up going with a DigiPack layout which is more friendly to design. Here is the outside cover (front, back and inner art). I don't typically do print, but I must say, there is something about holding my work in my hand. The CD is now in stores at Best Buy and FYE.

Artifical Paradise

Here is an inspiring short film from JP Frenay.


This is from the Vimeo page:
Artificial Paradise, Inc is an experimental film anticipating a future where a major corporation has developed an unique software, based on organic virtual reality, which holds all the lost memories of humankind. A user connects to this database of the forgotten…what is he searching for?

Selected at the ONEDOTZERO festival in the WOW+FLUTTER 09 category onedotzero.com/programme.php?id=373&event=31216

Selected for the Autodesk 2009 Siggraph Show Reel
youtube.com/watch?v=Gj5tLOMxLOU&feature=player_embedded :


Production : Condor
Director / editor / compositing : Jean-Paul Frenay
Main 3D artist / compositing : Sandro Paoli
3D artists : Sylvain Jorget and Sébastien Desmet
Additional 3D operators : Otto Heinen and Okke Voerman
Sound Design : Seal Phüric feat. Neptunian8

PSST!3 Indianapolis Screening Trailer

Here's the offical event trailer:

PSST!3 Indianapolis Screening 9.11.09

After months of preparation, I can finally announce the event and provide solid details!!! PSST!3 is a series of 17 collaborative short films in which a different group of artists work on the beginning, middle and end. It's an animated version of an Exquisite Corpse. The screening is on Friday, September 11th at Big Car Gallery on Virginia Avenue and costs $5. The film will screen twice; once at 8PM and again at 9:30PM. This film has been screened in many cities including New York, LA, London, Tokyo and Amsterdam. This will be the first screening in the Midwest. Please come out and enjoy this surreal animated experience with me.