Saturday, May 8, 2010

My New Animation Reel

Hello everyone, this semester is coming to a close which means I have an updated demo reel for you all to see. You can watch the video below. But I highly recommend you click here to see my reel in all its HD goodness. I hope you enjoy.

Animation Reel Spring 2010.2 from Matt Parker on Vimeo.



Shot Breakdown:

-Obstacle Course (Spring 2010)- I animated the character in Maya, designed the course, made the obstacles, and lit the scene.

- "Nervous" Dialogue piece (Fall 2009)- I animated both characters and both horse's walk cycles in Maya, as well as picked the dialogue.

-Character Flip Cycle (Fall 2008) - I animated the character in Maya.

-Unreal 2004 Cutscene (Fall 2009) - This was part of a group project for a games cutscene class. All animation was done in Maya.
-"Oh Crap" - I animated the soldier and lit the scene.
-"Jump!" - I animated the soldier, ship, and missile.
I also lit the scene and created the explosion using
the Maya visor.
-"Falling" - I animated the soldier and ship, as well as
created the fire and lit the scene.
-"Crash Landing" - I animated soldier (falling) and
the two monster guards. I also animted the flying
debris and lit the scene.
-"Roll 'n Shoot" - I animated the soldier and both
monsters. I also lit the scene and created the
explosion with the Maya visor.

-Unreal 2000 Cutscene (Fall 2008) - This was part of another group project in a games animation class. All animation was done in Maya.
-"Run and jump" - I animated both characters.
-"Lookout!" -I animated all three characters.
-"Beating" - I animated all three characters.

-Walk cycle (Fall 2008) - A walk cycle I animated in Maya for a games animation class. Character rig was from Unreal 2000.

Monday, February 22, 2010

My First Blog Post!!!

Hey everyone.

So I just set up this blog here for free internet access, which means I'm one step closer to world domination. And as a side bonus I'm free of any monetary concerns. Oh yah, baby... it's all coming together.

But for my first post I've decided to feature the videos of me introducing 3D animation for those of you not familiar with how it all works. So enjoy my brief, but fascinating tale of the wonderouse software that is Maya. And if you don't like it then you can LEAVE MY PAGE, jerk! >(

Also, if you'd like to watch the videos in a little larger format so you can actually see what's going on then you should go here.