Aussie Rules Football

ADELAIDE CROWS FAREWELL FOOTBALL PARK from Dan Thompson on Vimeo.
I'm not much of a fan of the sport, but I made this video of the Game on the weekend. It was a fun day out for the whole family and a good subject matter for me to test some slowmotion on my hacked GH1.

The VFX Pipeline

Here's my visual interpretation of what a VFX pipeline might look like. This is definately an oversimplification, but it gives you an idea of what goes into one. Click to enlarge.

Light Painting Experiment

A friend and I went out the other night to do some timelapse of the stars. While we were out there, we thought we'd try our hand at some light painting.

Camera: Panasonic Lumix GH1
Lens: 14-140 (Stock Lens)
Music By: Little Scale (re-cut for video)

Hong Kong Panorama

Here's a stitch I didn't even think would work over looking the harbour towards Hong Kong. Not the best conditions, but it gives you a sense of the city. I have been putting together a slide-show (and learning lightroom at the same time) of the trip. I think I may need to widen my blog to fit in all the vistas :)

openMoco Icons

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Just a quick update on some maya to moco related stuff. I'm very close to releasing something. I've been spending a bit of time on user interfaces of late. Here are some icons I've been working on. They start as 3D models in maya. Then I render them out in vector format for Adobe Illustrator.

Something tells me that I will have to go and "macify" them to make them more pretty. I'm a sucker for slick glossy graphics. But I always go full circle and make them simple again in the end :)

First Light Robot Designs

These were the initial sketches I did when trying to come up with some characters for the film.

Anatomy Studys 001

I have been trying to better understand human anatomy. This has helped me immensely with my rigging techniques in 3D. Understanding where to place joints in a 3D character is half the battle to recreating realistic movement.

I have been trying to study on the train on my way to work each day. Here's a link to the tutorials I've been using. Amazing value for money and first class teachings by Riven Pheonix. the-structure-of-man

Pay Per View Concept Art

Craig Bunker and Julian Austin's original concepts for the short. Colours by yours truly.