Intro to my film, Play Ball! To practice directing, I decided to make a short film and bring another animator on board for me to lead. I wanted to make a film that was fun and playful, which led me to make Play Ball!  Here is my process for making the film. Brainstorming I wanted to make an animation with simple characters. A simple character is made with simple shapes, and no shape is simpler than a circle or sphere. I began to think about what kind of characters I could mak

How missing a deadline helped me make the first animated short for the studio Petatini, my main character, is resting on a tree limb. In...

A Review of ' Bad Guys 2' I was able to see an early release of 'Bad Guys 2' before it is released in theaters this Friday. I am sharing...

One of my first commissions as an animation artist was to animate an intro for My First Job in Film , a network for those working to...

A review of 'Wallace & Gromit : Vengeance Most Fowl' Part of 'Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl' poster from aardman.fandom.com...

It was Wednesday , it was cold, and it was raining outside. I was on my way looking for a lighthouse at a pier and I was getting...

In the last blog post in the Basic Lighting in Maya series I explained Rembrandt and butterfly lighting. This blog will focus on badger...

For a 3D Modeler one of the most fun things to model is a character and what is the most expressive part of a character? - the face. If...

This is the first blog post in the Basic Lighting in Maya series. I will explain why a 3D modeler should learn the basics of lighting and...

Hi my Polygon Primitives! Today is day 5 of the 3D Animal Sculpt Challenge ! Continue to read to learn what you will be doing today. Read...

Hi my Polygon Primitives! Today is day 4 of the 3D Animal Sculpt Challenge ! Continue to read to learn what you will be doing today. Read...

Hi my Polygon Primitives! Today is day 3 of the 3D Animal Sculpt Challenge ! Continue to read to learn what you will be doing today....

Hi my Polygon Primitives! Today is day 2 of the 3D Animal Sculpt Challenge ! Continue to read to learn what you will be doing today....

Hi my Polygon Primitives! Today is day 1 of the 3D Animal Sculpt Challenge ! Continue to read to learn what you will be doing today....

When you decide to do 3D modeling for a living it is easy to think about movies and gaming as the two fields to use that skill in and as...

1. It is going to be hard to get clients and work at first. When you take that leap of working on your own instead of for a studio,...

When you are a beginner 3D modeler you try to do everything in your power to learn what you need to improve. You pull late nights working...

As a 3D artist there are obvious skills that you need, 3D modeling, texturing, and more to become successful in your field. As important...

After I got the basics of 3D modeling down and could model simple things such as tables and chairs I could not wait to touch the harder...

1) The Skills Are Transferable Between Programs Most of the courses in this program will focus on modeling in Maya. Though the skills...