Here’s a sketch for a new character that I have a few plans for.  Surely the sight of this fluffy monstrosity stomping down the streets of the city would cause widespread panic… pandemonium, even!

These are my first test animations using Realflow – two different attempts at glazing a donut, followed by a flood sim.  At this point, I’m really just trying to get used to the application, and doing some test simulations and renders to check my progress.  Many miles to go…

Background track is Tortoise “Gigantes”… because everything is cooler with some Tortoise.

Batch of photos from a recent trip to the National Aquarium in Baltimore.  They have a really cool jellyfish exhibit right now, and I tried my best to capture some shots of the little guys in action.

Click on any of the images to view a larger version, or click here to see them all as a slide-show.

I’m lovin’ the new workspace in the basement. When our house was renovated at some point, the past owners moved the original (1950s) kitchen counter and cabinets into the back-basement. Makes for a perfect painting area. I’m planning to do some stop-motion back there as well, once I get my hands on a decent tripod. In any event, this little bird is the first product of my new studio space… soon to be hanging on my son’s wall.

This is a quick edit of some footage from the Canon HV30.  I’ve been playing around with some different treatments of my footage in AfterEffects, and I thought this turned out looking pretty good.

Click on the vimeo link above to view a larger version, in HD.

We made a trip to Baltimore’s Sherwood Gardens this past weekend, just in time to catch the height of the tulip bloom.  Every once in a while my son paused long enough for me to stop chasing him, and catch my breath.  I tried to take advantage of these brief rest-stops, and take a bunch of photos.  Click either of the images to see the whole set on Flickr.

With Spring now officially here, I guess it’s about time I posted a couple photos that I took this past Fall. The first two are from our pumpkin pickin’ trip, and the third is from one of our many weekend trips to Loch Raven.  Only about 5 or 6 months behind here… I’m working on it.

I just recently created a new animation & motion graphics album on vimeo, and I’m now in the process of uploading some more of my work. You can already find most of these pieces either in the animation portion of my site, or in my blog archives, but this is just another great way to make these available for easy viewing in one central location.

If you aren’t already familiar with Vimeo, do yourself a favor and browse around the site – there’s a ton of great inspiration to be found.

‘Rilla wants to be your valentine! The Dude has been a huge fan of gorillas lately. I have to chase him around the house – dragging my knuckles, making gorillla sounds, beating my chest, etc – at least once a day lately, so there had to be a gorilla on his Valentine’s Day card for his buddies and grandparents.

I’m pretty happy with the way that it turned out, but I’m definitely still partial to the one that my son and I collaborated on. he loves the Wacom tablet…

just a couple of gorilla sketches. stay tuned.