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I have been working on an After Effects project for a company to show off some of the possibilities we could implement with their training video.  I am creating the introduction for it and it will involve a lot of heads up display (HUD) elements similar to those seen in both Iron Man films.

I am going to be compositing both 2d and 3d elements onto a physical 3d grid that the actor will unfold from his hands.  Right now I am just in the early compositing stage and am creating all the elements to the scene however I wanted to show my patriotism for America’s birthday in the best (and the most nerdy) way possible; by color coding my layers appropriately. …

My first freebie is a collection of 9 seamless, high resolution textures that can be used on any 3d models and tiled horizontally or vertically without any visible seams or edges. They are available in .jpg format at a resolution of 2k and up, so download them now! …

So for those who don’t know I currently work for a video production company, Beholder Productions as a full time Digital Media Artist outside of Philadelphia.  I create VFX and motion graphics animations, design websites and even shooting or editing footage when the need presents itself.  Tomorrow marks a big step in a positive direction for me and my company. We are traveling into the city to begin rolling on the first shoot for our new TV series that Beholder is producing.  I am very excited at the opportunity to collaborate with our graphic designer and come up with an awesome motion graphics and branding package for the show which he has already begun designing.  It will be the first time that my work will be available to be seen by a large scale audience and I am very proud/scared of what this has in store (those fears are for another post all together). …

Back in school I had a teacher who taught mainly thru tutorials and books while another took more of a hands on approach.  I enjoyed both and liked the option to learn in different ways.  One major thing I will say is that both teachers made it a point to drill into our heads that due to the fact that technology is ever changing, we must stay current on our crafts.  That means that we as professionals would still always be students in a way; always looking for new things to learn, new techniques, new tools that are released with higher version numbers and so forth.  Learning is never over, if you want to stay a top in the field …

Hello all, so it has been some time since my first “attempt” at blogging.  Obviously many things have been ever changing since my first post back in last July.  So there is much to get caught up on. I am back to designing my site and am setting more realistic goals for myself that I can set and attain.

So this update will be more for me to kind of set the groundwork for what I hope to accomplish, both through my blog and my website as a whole. …