This morning I started getting a bunch of "congratulation" messages from my LinkedIn account. Maybe I had won the lottery and the Lottery people were surprising me...on...LinkedIn?
Nope it was "congratulations" messages for my work anniversary. This month marks 10 years that I've been at ReelFX. My actual start date was Aug 2.
Looking back its crazy how much has changed at the studio as well as how many projects I have been involved in. I won't list them all as that would be a longish list; hop over to IMDB if you're curious. I've worked with some super talented people in the those 10 years. Some have moved on to other studios but a few are still around which warms my tiny Grinch heart.
I guess you get a gold watch when you fully retired? Yes?...Maybe you get a plastic one at 10 years...I will investigate this....
Showing posts with label animation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label animation. Show all posts
Monday, August 08, 2016
Sunday, December 07, 2014
The Book of Life Animation Reel
Here are several of the shots I animated on The Book of Life!
Ray Chase - The Book of Life animation reel from Ray Chase on Vimeo.
Ray Chase - The Book of Life animation reel from Ray Chase on Vimeo.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas
Shots I animated for the Christmas special....I will add the clips to the animation section but for now....YouTube!
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Foombi
Man oh man have I been busy and as such my poor blog has been severely neglected. What have I been doing you ponder? Well animation wise I has been super colossal busy working on projects I can't really speak of yet under penalty of death.....ooooo mysterious. But I have also been super busy working on a app for iPhone/iPod with some buddies: Animation Trivia: Disney Edition
Over 1000 questions with 3 different levels of difficulty and two modes of game play. Over 200 True and False questions, beautiful original artwork, original music........ I get goosebumps just typing about it. We would love for everyone to check it out, give us a rating/review and tell all their friends to do the same. A lot of blood, sweat, tears, love and more blood went into creating this app and we hope everyone enjoys it.
And we'd love to hear your feedback, comments, suggestions as well: visit us at www.foombi.com
We are also on the Facebook and the Twitter, if you'd like to like us, friend us and/or stalk us. And ya know....we'd love you to do all three.
Ok, now that the infomercial is over let me mention that I saw Pirates 4 last night and thought it was a lot of fun. Not as good as Black Pearl but still fun. We saw it in 3D which I swore I would not do anymore. And let me again swear that I will not watch films in 3D ever again! The projection was dark to begin with (a buddy complained to no avail) and once the glasses were on it was like watching a black and white film. Booooooooo to you!
Over 1000 questions with 3 different levels of difficulty and two modes of game play. Over 200 True and False questions, beautiful original artwork, original music........ I get goosebumps just typing about it. We would love for everyone to check it out, give us a rating/review and tell all their friends to do the same. A lot of blood, sweat, tears, love and more blood went into creating this app and we hope everyone enjoys it.
And we'd love to hear your feedback, comments, suggestions as well: visit us at www.foombi.com
We are also on the Facebook and the Twitter, if you'd like to like us, friend us and/or stalk us. And ya know....we'd love you to do all three.
Ok, now that the infomercial is over let me mention that I saw Pirates 4 last night and thought it was a lot of fun. Not as good as Black Pearl but still fun. We saw it in 3D which I swore I would not do anymore. And let me again swear that I will not watch films in 3D ever again! The projection was dark to begin with (a buddy complained to no avail) and once the glasses were on it was like watching a black and white film. Booooooooo to you!
Saturday, February 05, 2011
Open Season 3 reel
I posted some of my shots from Open Season 3 on the Animation page under DVD. OS3 is available on DVD and Blu-ray right now!!
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Shrek 4 commercial
This is a McDonald's commercial I worked on for Shrek Forever After. I animated Shrek and Donkey only.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Looney Reel
My shots from the theatrical Looney Tunes shorts can be found on the Animation page under Film. This a larger version than the YouTube version below. It was an honor and a privilege to work with these classic characters.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Rabid Rider Clip
Here's a clip from our next Looney Tunes short! It will play in front of Yogi Bear.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Fur of Flying
Here is a clip from Coyote and Road Runner: Fur of Flying...I did the last shot! You can see the entire short in front of Legends of the Guardians opening Sept 24!
Friday, August 06, 2010
Tuesday, August 03, 2010
Sunny D Commercial
This is a Sunny D commercial I worked on last year. I did all the animation of the Sunny D bottle and the soccer ball.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Wile E. Coyote
The New York Times has an article on new Looney Tunes. The CG shorts we have been working on at ReelFx got a mention, along with the first released image from the first short!
Wednesday, April 07, 2010
Featured Mentor
I'm this month's "featured mentor" in the Animation Mentor newsletter...read my words HERE!
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Bedrock Studios
Big news today!! Here is the press release from the Hollywood Reporter!
Granat, Reel FX form Bedrock Studios
Animated feature 'Turkeys' is its first project
March 17, 2010, 02:07 PM ET
Cary Granat's Granat Entertainment is teaming with Reel FX, the company run by former ILM exec Ed Jones, to form Bedrock Studios, with the aim of developing and producing franchise films in the range of $35 million and under.
The company also hopes to produce content for TV, publishing and digital media.
Granat and Jones have been quietly working for months on the venture, slyly acquiring and developing material and is now hitting the ground running,
It is in preproduction on its first project, the animated feature "Turkeys," has tapped Owen Wilson and Woody Harrelson to voice star as two turkeys who discover a time machine and travel back to the first Thanksgiving to take themselves off the menu. Ash Brannon ("Toy Story 2") is directing while John J. Strauss and David I. Stern wrote the script and are producing. Luke Wilson is also lending his voice, and Peter Farrelly will executive produce the project.
Bedrock has also acquired the screen rights to Madeleine L'Engle's classic young adult fantasy "A Wrinkle in Time" and William Joyce kids book "Dinosaur Bob." "Rats of NIHM," which Granat had set up at Paramount last year, has been folded over into a Bedrock project.
On one level, Bedrock continues the themes that Granat ran with when he ran Walden, which encompassed literary and family-friendly material and marries it with the resources of Reel FX, which made a name for itself producing CG animation for films such as Sony's "Open Season 2," Disney's "The Wild" and providing special effect for movies such as "Enchanted" and "Sin City." It also produced the animated companion piece to "Watchmen," "Tales of the Black Freighter."
Bedrock will continue to operate in the animated and visual effects world, where it counts almost every studio as a clients, and be based out of Santa Monica and Dallas.
The company also hopes to produce content for TV, publishing and digital media.
Granat and Jones have been quietly working for months on the venture, slyly acquiring and developing material and is now hitting the ground running,
It is in preproduction on its first project, the animated feature "Turkeys," has tapped Owen Wilson and Woody Harrelson to voice star as two turkeys who discover a time machine and travel back to the first Thanksgiving to take themselves off the menu. Ash Brannon ("Toy Story 2") is directing while John J. Strauss and David I. Stern wrote the script and are producing. Luke Wilson is also lending his voice, and Peter Farrelly will executive produce the project.
Bedrock has also acquired the screen rights to Madeleine L'Engle's classic young adult fantasy "A Wrinkle in Time" and William Joyce kids book "Dinosaur Bob." "Rats of NIHM," which Granat had set up at Paramount last year, has been folded over into a Bedrock project.
On one level, Bedrock continues the themes that Granat ran with when he ran Walden, which encompassed literary and family-friendly material and marries it with the resources of Reel FX, which made a name for itself producing CG animation for films such as Sony's "Open Season 2," Disney's "The Wild" and providing special effect for movies such as "Enchanted" and "Sin City." It also produced the animated companion piece to "Watchmen," "Tales of the Black Freighter."
Bedrock will continue to operate in the animated and visual effects world, where it counts almost every studio as a clients, and be based out of Santa Monica and Dallas.
Monday, February 01, 2010
Beep! Beep!
Today we start animation production on the first of three, Coyote and Roadrunner shorts for Warner Bros. Huzzah! It will be super fun and a little intimidating to work with such iconic characters. I gotta say it's been awhile since I've been this jazzed for a project. I can not wait to start!
The shorts will be playing in front of Warner Bros. films later this year and will be shown in stereoscopic 3D. Neato!
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Christmas Time is Here!
Yes with Christmas just five days away you may be in a mad scramble for some last minute Christmas gifts; especially if you are in the northeast and are snowed in. Why not give the gift of animation? How about The Very First Noel! On DVD and available at Amazon, just click HERE.
I finally caught Prep and Landing tonight, which was awesome by the way, and it made me wish our little Christmas show had made into the yearly holiday circuit on TV and cable....tears. If you are some big shot TV exec..could you make that happen please? I will send you a cookie...seriously I will.
I finally caught Prep and Landing tonight, which was awesome by the way, and it made me wish our little Christmas show had made into the yearly holiday circuit on TV and cable....tears. If you are some big shot TV exec..could you make that happen please? I will send you a cookie...seriously I will.
Friday, October 23, 2009
Webosaurs: Battle Arena
This is the other webosaurs spot I co-directed and co-animated with Eric Drobile; I did the big ass fight at the end. I wanted this one to be different that the other spots; more like the Marvel comics version of Webosaurs and I'm pretty jazzed with how it turned out. Huge thanks to everyone who made an extra effort on this one. Amy, Chris, Liz, Julie and Frank..big thanks to you guys!
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
More Animation Tips and Tricks
I have a couple more blog postings up at Animation Tips and Tricks. What steps do students often overlook was one from a few days ago. Pose to pose or straight ahead is the latest. Check em out!!
Sunday, October 11, 2009
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