Sneak Peek...

So progress is going great on my short film.. There are still some thing I don't like about the film, but there are a lot of things I really enjoy about it. It's been a lot of hard work, but the end is coming near. We only have a week and a half left at Animation Mentor.. I'm going to try to final as much shots as I can before that, but I'm sure there will be some additional polishing afterwards. (and then off course texturing and lighting the damn thing.. I really hate doing that, so I'm not looking forward to it). Anyway, just wanted to share a sneak peek of the film with you..


Also really looking forward to explore San Francisco next month and going to the graduation there... I got nominated for the 'student choice award: best walkcycle with personality', which I'm truly excited and honoured about.

Anyway, that's it.. see you guys around. Cheers!

Short film (first blocking pass)

Wow.. it's been a while since I last posted something. Anyway, no excuses.. I was just lazy and didn't had anything worth while to show you guys.

So I've started the the last class of animation mentor. I got my layout done for this film last term (my mentor was Mike Gasaway, who I still knew from my time at DNA..) and now I'm actually animating this sucker.. My mentor this time is Keith Sintay and he is probably one of the funniest mentors I've had so far.

This is my first blocking pass and there are a couple of things that are going to be changed/fixed.



So the things that need to be changed:
- I really don't like the final expression/emotion change in shot 12 (so linear and crappy), I still need to work a lot on that one..

- The cut from shot_09 to 10 isn't working to well yet, I have to go in there and see how I can make that better.

- I'm really starting to dislike the straightening of his shirt on shot_03, and I'm actually thinking of cutting that and going directly in pushing up the glasses. It all feels a bit to forced to me.. to much going on.

- I want to have a bit more of a dissapointed moment after he hangs up the phone in shot_05.. it feels a bit to rushed at that moment. So the frames that I'm going to cut from shot_03 will be added to this shot..


I've only got 8 more weeks to finish it, so wish me luck :)
I know I can't get all these shots to the quality that I want in 8 weeks, but I'm pretty happy with the amount of blocking I've got done in only 3 weeks.

Anyway, thanks for reading and hope to have a new update on this sucker soon.. C ya!

Killzone 2 - final trailer

Ok, for you people that have been following my stuff you might know I'm working on Killzone 2 at the moment. Over time there has been a couple of trailers and gameplay footage on the net, and today the final single player trailer finally hit the net. It's nice to see a lot of people getting excited about the game.. I just hope people will have a great time playing it. We're working hard to get the last things polished so the game can hit the stores in February 2009... Anyway, here it is! (p.s. the last shot with the big machine is animated by me.. just wanted to point that one out :) sorry!)

Killzone 2 - helghan - PlayStation 3
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So.. finally a progress reel!

Ok, so I've been ignoring this blog for way to long now. It was supposed to be a weekly update with Animation Mentor stuff, and ended up not being used at all for almost 6 months. It's kind of hard working at the game studio day time and working on AM in the evenings and weekends. Between this I also need to find some time to spend with my girlfriend.. Oh well things will change from now on. I'll be sharing my stuff more frequently again. Let's start with my progress reel from the first two classes of AM.. It's been a blast working with all the people at the site, and I'm learning tons of things. Click on the picture below and let me know what you think, thanks!

(p.s. Sorry for the crappy color quality, I still need to export a new copy for myself in good quality)

A new year, a new look...

First, let me start by wishing everybody all the best for the year 2008....

So what is new for this year? Well.. Animation Mentor finally started last Monday!
I'm pretty excited about it.. My mentor for Class 1 is Jalil Sadool and he's a really cool guy. He used to work at Rhythm & Hues and is now animating at WETA Digital. We had our first Q&A this Thursday and I was nervous as hell speaking in front of the webcam... but I guess I'll get used to it.

Anyway, since I'm going to this Animation Mentor thing I decided it was time for a new look for the blog and my website. From now on I'll be updating regularly again with the stuff I'm doing for AM, so hopefully you guys can give me some good advice and pointers on how to improve my work.

Well that's it for this week.. next week we'll just be doing sketches and a pose, so keep an eye out for that!

Have a good one..