Syzygy FX - 3D animator

The following is a short list and description of my most recent/notable animation projects. Some projects had specific compositing needs and the descriptions are on that page. Where applicable, click on the picture to see a clip.
Project - Spongebob’s Truth or Square Client - Nickelodeon Programs Used - SynthEyes, Maya, After Effects What I did - Made at Redhead, the footage was matchmoved, manually at times, and imported into Maya. Later comped with AE. The logo was comped using the plates blue channel as a depth matte.	Project - Histoire Client - CA Square Programs Used - Maya, After Effects What I did - Designed and created at CA Square, particles were generated in Maya using scripts and expressions, and comped in AE. Of the 16 spots, 10 were completely different particle animations.
Project - El Stupendo vs. CA Square Client - CA Square Programs Used - Maya, After Effects What I did - Designed and created at CA Square, this was made for the Promax convention in Prague. I layed out, modeled, rigged, animated and comped this 2 min spot in a only a few weeks. An exercise in production, this was delivered the day before the convention.	Project - Promax BDA Client - Promax BDA Programs Used - Maya, After Effects What I did - Designed and created at CA Square, this was used for the Promax convention. Based on a single image and a music track, I layed out, animated and rendered the whole spot.
Project - Pen Vs. Pencil Client - Personal project Programs Used - Maya, After Effects What I did - For this 60 sec animation, I designed, modeled, animated and shaded all objects, including all 11 characters. Every aspect of the production except for music and score, for which I had help, was done by me.	Project - Animated Alias: Tribunal Client - ABC Programs Used - Animo, Maya, After Effects What I did - For the season 3 DVD set of "Alias", I layed out the camera based on specific storyboard panels. Then animated and rendered the backgrounds in the "elevator sequence" using previously modeled and shaded objects.
Project - The Worm Client - Personal project Programs Used - Maya What I did - A study in facial character animation, specifically the eyes. The bird was animated after observing the local NYC wildlife.	Project - Wireman - Lift Client - Personal project Programs Used - 3DS Max What I did - Weight study in 3ds Max.
Project - The Herd (Geezer) Client - in-house project at TH Toons Programs Used - 3DS Max, After Effects What I did - The heard was created using MAXScript. While waiting for the 2D man to be finished, I created this 3D version from the same storyboards.	Project - Walk Client - Personal project Programs Used - 3DS Max What I did - Walk study made in 3ds Max. I did not like the control of biped, so I made this to see how I can handle simple pose to pose keys.
Project - Lizzie McGuire (series) Client - Disney Channel Programs Used - 3DS Max, Animo, After Effects What I did - All of the 3D elements that animated Lizzie interacts with in this series were modeled and created by me. Most of the comps, especially the 3D ones, were done by me as well.	Project - Beaker Client - Personal project Programs Used - 3DS Max, After Effects What I did - A study in reflection, refraction and multiple element composite. 100 percent CG, this was created in 3DS Max 2.5 and comped in After Effects.
Project - Episode 2 Teaser Client - Personal project Programs Used - 3DS Max, After Effects What I did - For the second Star Wars film, I just wanted to see lightsaber fights. I didn't want to know anything else. So, I created this dual in 3D and made a teaser trailer of it knowing fully well that the real teaser would have too much. I finished this a few weeks before the real one was released (but after it was announced) and fooled a lot of people. I still think this one's better.	Project - Climbing Man Client - Personal project Programs Used - 3DS Max What I did - I started it at about 1 AM on a Saturday night simply because I thought it needed to be done. A study in weight distribution.
Project - Goodnight Moon Client - HBO Programs Used - 3DS Max, After Effects What I did - Initially 2D, the client almost scrapped the project. After I redesigned this for 3D using scans from the book, the client changed their mind. All camera work, models and renders done by me. In the end, the show (of which this is the title short), won an emmy.	Project - Howard Stern Radio Show Client - CBS Programs Used - Animo, 3DS Max, After Effects What I did - For the opening, I painted the BG, modeled and animated the 3D elements, then finally comped it all together with 2D animation. I also worked on the comps of several other shorts made for the show.