Animation Bureau

Slimfast CG spot

Mike — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:47:39 +0000

I think there’s some irony here – a CG spot for a product like this? Maybe I’m the only one who sees it…

This was only a test, and never used anywhere, but nice enough to show. This was modeled, animated and rendered in Maxon’s Cinema4D.

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Opening for Showtime show

Mike — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:23:35 +0000

An all-CG opening I did for Ed Wiseman from Rocket Science, for a Showtime show he was producing.

This was modeled, animated, and rendered in Maya.

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Granny lives!

Mike — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:26:50 +0000

Here’s a cartoon created when I first started on my own, back in 1994 or so. This was for Corbitt Design for a children’s CD-ROM.

Corbitt Design did the CG background. I animated Granny traditionally (pencil on paper), scanned the drawings into Photoshop where they were cleaned up and painted, and then everything was composited in After Effects.

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Photo wallpaper

Mike — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:27:05 +0000

I’m not usually a fan of photo wallpapers, but I shot this with my iPhone and it works well.

Replacing a physical prop with a CG prop

Mike — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:38:53 +0000

Sometimes it’s easier to replace a prop in post rather than rebuild a practical set. Such was the case here — this situation was well-suited for CG replacement. The camera was locked down, the scene was fast, minimal tracking was involved…all in all, much simpler than reshooting everything.

This was modeled, animated, and rendered in Maya, and composited in After Effects.

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Trek Wallpaper

Mike — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:55:45 +0000

What kind of a geek would I be without a Trek reference?

papers 2

Mike — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:25:29 +0000

I wish I could remember where I got the palette from...

papers

Mike — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:24:40 +0000

This is a book cover I created for the first edition of "Acting For Animators" by Ed Hooks.

iPhone Wallpapers

Mike — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:20:08 +0000

This one's my favorite.