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Embers - Senior Thesis
Rule of Rescue - SDGM Winter 2020
Basalt Waterfall
Triple Helix Wave

Jan 12
4 min

Senior Thesis - "Embers" - Week 2

Hi guys! Welcome to week 2! I had some time over the weekend to get a couple more firepit layout iterations in and get it to a place wher...

Dec 27, 2020
3 min

Senior Thesis - "Embers" - Week 1

Welcome to the beginning of my final VFX project at Savannah College of Art and Design. The goal of this project is to further my castabi...

Mar 11, 2020
2 min

Rule of Rescue | Work in Progress Deer Groom and Slap Comp

Groom Reference: I groomed the rigged and animated deer model in Houdini. I referenced photos of white-tailed deers. Below is the work in...

Feb 24, 2020
3 min

Rule of Rescue | Completed Quadruped Rig, Production and Beginning Stages of Post

Since the last blog post, filming has been completed with a rough cut of the short film and I have finished the quadruped rig and found a...

Feb 6, 2020
3 min

Rule of Rescue | Filming Location and Deer Rigging RnD

These past two weeks were largely focused on getting a filming location. I scouted about five or six different places before finding the ...

Jan 29, 2020
3 min

Basalt Waterfall | Work in Progress

FLIP simulation in Houdini with procedurally modeled and textured rocks. This post documents my work in progress with this piece. I was i...

Jan 23, 2020
3 min

Rule of Rescue | Story Development and Concept Art

For winter quarter 2020 at SCAD, I am a part of one of the School of Digital Media collaboration classes. I was selected to be the writer.

Jan 1, 2020
5 min

Triple Helix Wave | Complex Animation Breakdown

A recreation of Reuben Margolin's Triple Helix Wave kinetic sculpture using procedural modeling and animation techniques in Houdini. Text...

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