A work in progress...

Below is a quick test clip - I'm building an existing house (interior as well as exterior) in 3D and compositing the CG footage I render with actual Super8mm footage of the same house. The trick is to match the camera attributes such as focal length of the real world camera with which the original footage was shot in 1966 for some hopefully seamless transitions. This clip is entirely CG to which I added some noise/grain in post. Just a work-in-progress in the embryonic stage - obviously there are a lot more things to model and texture, but I'm pretty excited about how this is turning out so far.

Space chase

Just having some more fun in Maya. Here are three "beauty passes" edited together...

Art Auction

The art auction was on November 7th. I stayed up all night finishing my submission. The thing was practically still dripping when I hung it up. Anyway, great show. I'm happiest with the frame since I'd never made anything like that before. Below are some photos of the finished product...

More than a thousand words

The Quahog Zone

I'm submitting a "piece" (sorry for how pretentious that sounds) in a "Family Guy" art auction. The entry must be based on a specific television series and incorporate "Family Guy" characters. Hopefully, it is obvious that I've chosen "The Twilight Zone." My drawings below need some cleaning up before I can begin painting them onto transparencies. There's also a frame that I'm in the middle of assembling - a recreation of the door seen in the main titles of season three. Fingers crossed that the six episodes depicted below are recognizable; each is based on a specific shot. (Click on a photo to enlarge it.) I'll post pictures of the finished product upon completion.