5th Wall VFX update

Developments on the VFX front for the intro sequence of  Fifth Wall. I have now added dust particles to the air and flicker to the electric light in shot 5 (below), ok, I admit it’s hardly riveting but nice for me to have a record of how things are progressing. I will put a tutorial for creating 3D dust particles in After Effects when I get a few hours free.

Film in 1 day – from concept to execution in 5 hours!

Sadly I can’t include any images or video clips in this blog entry for child protection reasons. On Monday this week I went into Alt Bridge School to work with the children there in planning, writing, filming and editing a film as part of our annual film challenge (last years film was about time travel).

This year the kids decided to have ‘interactive tv’ as the theme and took it to the nth degree with clips of live-action Spongebob Squarepants, Britains got talent, football on Sky Sports and the history channel. Bearing in mind, we started at 9am by talking ideas through with the kids and by 2:30pm we were watching the film together at the wrap party it was a pretty intense day. The final film was 8mins long and planned/acted by the kids with teachers supporting them with costumes and Jojopops Ltd offering the filming and editing.

Elvington Scarecrow Competition 2009

We were in Yorkshire this weekend visiting family and friends and were fortunate enough to catch the ‘Elvington Scarecrow Competition 2009′ which was actually a good laugh. The weather was really warm (a bit too warm for me to be honest) which made touring the town and scarecrow spotting a lot of fun. The winning scarecrow was of Thomas the Tank Engine but my favourite was a transformers scarecrow which was great. If you’re ever in the Elvington area then you should really get down to the Scarecrow festival – slightly random but a lot of fun! Take a look at the photos below…

View from the Bruntwood Building in Liverpool

Here is a photo-merge of images taken from the 12th floor of the Bruntwood Building in Liverpool, looking out over the city and down to the forecourt.

Maersk Squid

Here is a b-move / watercolour inspired wallpaper that I designed for Maerk Line, Liverpool. The image (incase your eyes aren’t working properly today) sees the Maersk Emma being attacked at sea by a giant squid. Nice.

ZBrush Blog launched!

Pixologic have just launched a blog at: “http://www.pixologic.com/blog” As i’m sure you’re aware, i’m a bit of  a fan of their work (for many reasons) and think their tools are completely revolutionary from a capabilities and UI perspective.

Check it out for some great articles:

Fox Crime Titles

Really nice titles for Fox Crime here

Mr Scruff’s Recession Advice

Cartoon goodness from the Scruffster himself, oh and if you Ninja Tunas are reading my blog i’m thinking of painting the nursery with a Mr Scruff mural for our soon to be born child – would you exchange a Child Trust Fund Cheque for a few scribbles? I’ll throw photos your way if you do. What a deal! (Only joking, i’m spending the cheque on biros!)

Keep the apple sauce away!

I am now the worlds biggest fan of Apple Sauce!

LINK HERE

Great Sculpting and Facial Expressions

If i’m ever in the need for inspiration the ZBrush Central forums are always a great place to start. Here are a couple of pics of a character built in Maya and sculpted to a finish in ZBrush, the expressions are (mostly) spot on and if you have the time i’d head on over there to take a look. Here is a link to the thread.