Ferris Webby -- 3D Production

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2008-05-31
Beetle Blasphemy Screening
Twin Rivers Media Festival

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2008 Demo Reel and SIGGRAPH 2008

2008-08-07

In lieu of my trip to the 2008 SIGGRAPH, I have produced a new demo reel. Click on the image below to view the reel.

I'll see you at SIGGRAPH.

Pixar Facility Visit on the Horizon

2008-08-07

Last week I was invited to the Pixar Education Symposium which is taking place the Monday after SIGGRAPH at Pixar Studios in San Francisco, CA. The all day event will include a guided tour of the facility as well as a breakdown of their pipeline and various sessions covering all the major elements of a production. There is also a session covering what they like to see in demo reels. It should be a total blast and I'll be posting pictures of the event (we're only allowed to take pictures in the atrium) when I get back.

Beetle Blasphemy On Unicorn Media

2008-05-16

Unicorn Media has accepted my film to display on their site. Basically I get a certain percentage of the ad revenue from users that view the film. So if any of you have time, go to Unicorn Media and search for Beetle Blasphemy. Here's hoping for some revenue.

Beetle Blasphemy 8th Place at Twin Rivers

2008-05-08

So apparently this festival has already taken place since I was informed that I won 8th place in the Animation category there. Why do they go all the way up to 8th place you ask? I figure either they received a massive amount of films and they couldn't with all honesty only pick three for the placings or, and this is much more likely, they want everyone to feel good about themselves and there were only 8 animated films. I'd like to think the former but the latter is more probable. Anywho, I got these funky laurels to show off so that's cool.

Beetle Blasphemy Accepted Into the Twin Rivers Media Festival

2008-05-06

I have recently received word that Beetle Blasphemy has been accepted into the Twin Rivers Media Festival held this May in Ashville, North Carolina. I'm not sure exactly what date or time it will screen but there will be updates at http://www.twinriversmediafestival.com. I will post details when I get them. For now enjoy the laurels.

Loopy Locators added to Code Section

2008-04-23

I've added another script to the code section of the site. This is a python script which, based on a selection of various edge loops and edge selections, will create a locator or joint chain through the center of those said selections. This script really helps with laying down joints for fingers since they are usually at odd angles. Loopy Locators makes it a simple task.

Click here to go to my Code section.

New Character in the works...

2008-04-02

Just wanted to post this new character I'm modelling. He's part of a film idea I've been brewing in my head called "The Burrows". I finally have all his appendages modelled so I did a few test renders. Here's one of them.

Phoenix Film Festival update

2008-03-12

I just wanted to post an update on the Phoenix Film Festival. They have updated the film list interface so now you can see more info about Beetle Blasphemy as well as some fancy screenshots. This seems like it will be a really great festival. Sadly I will be teaching at RIT during it. Oh well. Click here to see the page and also to get more info about the festival.

Jitterbug stablized!

2008-02-26

Jitterbug is no longer in beta form (crosses fingers) and has been updated to 2.4. I've simply worked on making things a little more stable as well as adding prefixes to all my global variables and functions so that they don't interfere with other scripts. I still have a few ideas for additions but for now it's working and is pretty stable. Enjoy! Click here to go to my Code section.

EdgyCurves v.1.0

2008-02-21

I updated the code section of my site with a new version of my Edgy Curves script. I've added a GUI and made the wire deformer creation a little more efficient. I've also added the ability to select not just edges but face or vertices to create the edgy curves. You can even have a combination of component selections. For that reason, I am calling this version 1.0. There are still more that I will be adding to this script but right now it's pretty stable. Click here to go to my Code section.