LUMINOUS CITY
Lead 3d • Previs • camera • layout • animation • modeling • rigging • look dev/lighting • post
MAYA • PHOTOSHOP • NUKE
VFX SHORt • OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN 2012
In-house film made to promote the studio • Onsite work in NYC
In-house film made to promote the studio • Onsite work in NYC
Directed by JON WATTS (SPIDERMAN) Illustrations by Katy Horan were adapted for use as textures • The actor in the video is by Cat Stevens’ son Yoriyos, who also wrote and performed the soundtrack • Onsite work in NYC
The Dr Everything IP was created by Mike Webber • I performed all production tasks based on a rough storyboard by Mike
The AI used in this project was shown photographs I took personally of graffiti in the famous Batman Alley in Sao Paulo Brazil, in order to inform the aesthetic • The voice over text is by Alan Watts • Any resemblance to real people is strictly coincidental • I performed all production tasks
I was inspired to do this by my work on a pitch for a 3-D VFX film version of Wind in the Willows, that was made for Spiderman franchise director Jon Watts using traditional CGI • This literally took hours instead of weeks for the pitch that we made back in the day, which was also not nearly as dynamic • I performed all production tasks • Remote work
Created in collaboration with the IP’s creator • adaptation of a best selling comedy book • I performed all production tasks
The story is about psychology • This project involves compositing 3-D animation with AI generated video, which as far as I know was a world first in 2024 • I performed all production tasks
Vimeo staff pick • This project was shot on 8mm B&W film • The actor is Cat Stevens’ son Yoriyos, who also write and performed the soundtrack • Remote work
True story based on photos taken in real life at the event depicted • I created the video using CHAT GPT IMAGE and SEEDANCE for the car shots • PIXVERSE for the other shots • I performed all production tasks
This video became the basis of a hugely popular meme • The official Youtube upload has hit over 150 million views • Work was performed remote/onsite hybrid in NYC
What if Kafka directed a film adaptation of Shakespeare's sonnet 18? I performed all production tasks
The project was a studio promo animated short intended to achieve Western CGI production values for the Vietnamese local market • It was fully pre-visualized and animated in 3-D then AI was used as style transfer to create the final render based on a single fully realized frame with 3d fur groomed and full geometry foliage with volumetric light in the background • This was a vast time savings because the single frame took an hour to render • I performed all production tasks • Remote work
MAYA • PFTRACK • AFTER EFFECTS • PHOTOSHOP
This song became a certified Platinum hit, the video went viral and has over 200 million views on Youtube • I did invisible VFX to fix issues on 20 live action shots • EG In the poster frame there is a BG replacement because the band was just in the backyard of a house • Onsite work in NYC
The story is about psychology • using Jungian theory to embody memetic warfare as a magic battle • I performed all production tasks
A quick test of multi shot prompting • I performed all production tasks • Remote work
I made this project out of frustration with the character designs in Pixar's “Cars” • In my opinion, the front of a car already forms a face without putting eyes on the window • I performed all production tasks • I entirely 3D modeled this truck from scratch and used multiple 3D renders as references to create the consistent AI generations of the truck.
This project is based on a real 3-D model that I designed and built • I created the video using NANO BANANA and KLING 01 to style transfer video captures of me driving a “real” Lancia rally car in a simulator • VEO for the other shots • I performed all production tasks
Dir. Marc Forster (James Bond) • I worked on the sequences with pyramids • Remote work
The story is about psychology • using Jungian theory to embody the inevitable transition from evening into night as a dragon battle between heroic underdogs and a corrupt monarch • I performed all production tasks
Onsite work in NYC • This video went viral and has been viewed millions of times on YouTube, despite being for an independent artist.
A quick test of multi shot prompting and consistent audio • I performed all production tasks • Remote work
Remote work
Onsite work in NYC
This was directed by Marvel director Jake Schreir (Thunderbolts) and stars Marvel director Jonathan Watts (Spiderman) • Remote work
I was the post production supervisor on the live action shoot, and I overrode the DP to shoot on black scrim instead of green screen because of the reflecting spill, saving the project • I rotoscoped most of the outer space shots, as well as doing all the 3DVFX • Onsite work in NYC
Inspired by a real Reddit discussion • I performed all production tasks
Remote work • A bootleg of this video taped off of MTV Headbangers Ball went viral and was viewed millions of times on YouTube, but was taken down
Onsite work in NYC
This clip was made to support a pitch for a feature film, updating “The Wind in the Willows” classic animation using CGI but retaining a stop motion feel • Some of the shots use 3-D composited into live action and other shots use AI • Remote work
This is just a fun project, which was mainly intended as a test of Seedance for generating anime style • The story is about psychology
This project was based on a traditional 3d render that I made, edited and animated with AI • I performed all production tasks
Any resemblance to real IP is strictly coincidental • I performed all production tasks
I performed all production tasks
Remote work
NSFW. This film has screened in numerous festivals and museums worldwide, including the Louvre in Paris, the Berlin IFF, the Melbourne IFF, the Brooklyn Art Museum, and the NEXT festival in Romania, in various formats including a 2 screen installation. Remote Work.