I’ve been re-watching Stargate Atlantis again recently and really enjoying myself. The show sparked my interest to attempt some of the iconic visual effects on my own. I started with the Stargate Event Horizon. These are some of the reference images I pulled for inspiration. Using my trusty weapon of choice, After Effects, I started with…
In my early days of using Photoshop (back in version 7.0, before Creative Cloud, before Creative Suite!) I enjoyed the challenge of making pieces of art from scratch. Among my favorites were creating planets and other science fiction landscapes. Here are some other tests but this time in After Effects. AE recipe Planet…
Same cast, same location, 13 years later. Based on our first short film “Demise of the Republic” in 2003 comes this impromptu 2016 remake. We shot this in two half days during my little sister’s wedding while all of us were in town together again. Finally Finished! Please enjoy Demise from 2016! A Look Behind the…
In the spirit of school starting up again, here’s a few thoughts on taking notes in class. I’ll be the first one to admit that I don’t particularly care for going to school, although I love learning. Now that I am finally almost done I’m starting to find bits here and there that make the…
This is just me messing around with the 3D features in Photoshop. I wasn’t trying to make anything specific, I just started the recording and experimented with things. Here is a link.
Just messing around in After Effects. This is just a circle cut into 4 pieces, each parented to the next. Here is a link.
Playing around with Adobe Sketch for iPad and a stylus.
So it begins… Here is my obligatory first post. I guess this means I will have to start writing stuff now…