"Déjà Vu" premieres in NYC!

My senior thesis animation is complete. It had its premiere screening at the new SVA Theater on April 10th, 2009, and it was a delight to see it on the second largest screen in NYC!

Starting to render...

A composite of the characters in the theatre environment.

Early credits

I have been extraordinarily blessed to have had the support of two amazing cg artists. Rogelio Olguin (co-creator with Chris Haniszewski on their thesis "Abyssus" (http://thesisabyssus.blogspot.com/) has produced this wonderful theatre for "Deja Vu". He modeled, textured and lit the environment.




The matte painting of Central Park was created by Jesse Flores (http://jesseflores.blogspot.com/), and it is equally spectacular in scope and execution. This small version does not do it justice.

Awesome work.

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This is one of the longer shots in the project. 35 shots total. Lots more to go.

MacAlistair & Chester

The thesis is in the home stretch! The two characters are nearly finished with texturing and animation. The theater sequence is jaw-droppingly gorgeous (pictures to come soon). The sound track is almost done. The park environment is still a challenge to complete, and the last truly big dragon left to slay is the rendering of this huge project. This is going to be a BUSY, crazy month. But what a trial by fire! If this doesn't get one ready for the demands of professional cg production, I don't know what does.

From concept to 3D render

Here's a side-by-side comparison of the early concept sketch of MacAlistair, and how he is presently looking.

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This little section really flowed for me. The dog running to get under the hat was fun to time. Hard, but fun.

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