New 2009 Reel HD!

Finished

I got laid off from my workplace yesterday. It feels like I've graduated from school again because I learned so much. But I'm ready to get out there again... just need to prepare some stuff first. Reel. Update site. Update resume. Update this. Update that. Try to increase online presence that I couldn't otherwise have spent my time. It's all in how you look at it, and I'm hoping that this is the start of something much better.
There's an awful lot of cynicism entering the job market again especially in this economy.
Been a while but just in case, here's the....
Resume!

Loathing

New Iron Autopsy Graphics

Been very busy last month. Iron Autopsy is an HD show, therefore 16:9 and these graphics have to have a letterbox to accommodate Google/Blogger's video viewer thing.
Graphic depicting the difference between weathered and galvanized steel.
1. Movement Test

2. Shading Test

3. Final (was actually broken into two parts for the editor)

Graphic depicting how rainwater is collected on the Hearst Building's roof and then stored in a tank in the basement for the building's internal use.
1. Extended

2. Shortened

Graphic depicting where the host of the show is on the 9th floor of the Hearst Building.

Graphic depicting moving through the stoplights of 8th Avenue. (used some tricks from the Grid show which seems to have fallen through)

Graphic depicting the Roosevelt Tram movement from Manhattan side.

Graphic depicting how the Roosevelt Tram moves into Roosevelt Island side and transitions into graphic of motor that drives the Tram. (went onsite to get reference, very interesting stuff, too bad they're taking it down)

Graphic depicting the pouring ofcement into a metal beam of the Hearst building. Didn't get to improve shading on this graphic unfortunately.
1. Movement Test

2. Shading Test (ended up being final)

Graphic depicting the main lines of Metro-North and how they lead to Grand Central. (and visa versa)

Depth photo depicting the old Hearst Building before it's additional constructions.

Older 3D Work

Worked on this a while back but forgot to post it. The company was doing a deal with a certain bathroom fixture designer and I was given a CAD file of the spout design to put in a setting and render to simply show that we could provide them with 3D graphics if they needed them.
The CAD file was incredibly difficult to convert to a normal 3D file because it contained so much data. I had to delete some unnecessary stuff, model a handle for the spout, model its chord and then, place it in a bathroom setting. Combine that with rendering it appropriately and camera movements like turnarounds or whatever to show the clients, and the project swells to a week of work. Knowing what I know now, I believe I can get things done much faster.