Thursday, September 20, 2007

Really in Production!


I've actually started rendering shots!

Friday, September 7, 2007

Jason Diorio - Thief!

http://jasondiorio.blogspot.com/

Much of the artwork on Jason site is ripped of from artist at Nickelodeon. The prick has the nerve to put the work in a gallery, and have his smiling mug photographed with it.

His deception is premeditated. He posts drawings and then several days later post the paintings. The sketches were done by Mike Dougherty and Jen Woods. The paintings were done by Bill Dely.

I've seen people do this several time in my career and I'm blown away that these idiots think they can get away with it.

Bye bye Jason. Have fun with Viacom's Lawyers.

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Robot Fuel


On Vacant Planet robots were made to run on the most abundant fuel source: burgers. Burger Monkey is the only form of food on the planet. If you go to the movies Burger Monkey provides the snacks; if you have a fancy night out with the girl of your dreams; a Burger Monkey value meal is what awaits you underneath the silver cover. Whatever the guise Burger Monkey is inside.


Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Tak and the Power of Juju


Hey everybody,


Tak Premieres this Friday on Nickelodeon. This is the project I've been working on for the past 1.5 years. Its cost me (or gave, depending on my mood) two tips to Hyderabad, India. Hyderabad has had two bombings while our people have been there. Fun.


I was Supervising Animator on one of the 11 minutes cartoons, The Woodifest. The supervising animators on this show are responsible for making sure the show is do-able during the script/board stage, and after the animatic is locked we guide the show to completion. This is really wrestling the animation from India into submission using a lot of notes and drawovers.


I'll post some of these drawovers later.


Tuesday, July 31, 2007

More Bots


Organ Grinder Monkey Robot
I'm always debating what to show, I don't want to spoil the fun, the shock, the whatever.

Here's some samples of the boards from The Birth of Balbar Yog. I'm doing the boards in Alias Sketch Book. The animatic is being cutin Premiere Pro. Its a nice setup; if I need to change anything I justRight-Click and hit Edit Original. As soon as I save it it updates in the edit.


This is a QT of shader tests for Balbar. All the renders are the Max Scanline.http://www.mcsteed.com/forum/Balbar.mov

This is a picture of Balbar Yog's control room. The textures on the purple Bully-Bot are not final.


Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Welcome to the Vacant Planet production blog.

I've decided to keep a Production Diary of my work on part two of the Vacant Planet series, 'The Birth of Balbar Yog.' I make no guarantees about posting something daily but I’m hoping to give people some indication of progress.