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2014 Projects

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2014 was a great year. I had a lot of fun making things with cool people. I backed off of sculpting for a bit to focus on directing and producing some live action short films. A group of friends and I collaborated on a 48 hour festival short film project called “This Boy,” and on two additional shorts called “Voice Memo No. 5” and “Reconnecting.” I’ve learned a lot throughout those little productions and hope to keep creating things in 2015!

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Environment Fun

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Hey all, I haven’t posted here in a bit, but I have taken on some small projects in my spare time. I have a longer term project coming up and wanted to begin creating a library of environmental assets and some procedural tools to help me generate assets a bit faster, since I’ll be creating some of the work on my own initially.

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Modeling Minute (New 60 Second Tutorials)

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I’ve had an itch to make some more tutorials recently and have been considering a more unified format for them. Since we live in an age of immediate gratification, I’m attempting to create some modeling tutorials that give quick tips in 60 seconds or less. They’re super low commitment to watch so hopefully modelers have time to check them out as I post them to Twitter, etc. I’m planning on covering some basics first, then I might get into some more advanced topics.  Here’s the first set:

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Creative Closure: The Wanderer

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I’ve reached the end of my free time set aside for this character, and I’m generally happy with the results. I’m calling this one complete, though there are some great notes received from various forums that I’ll be keeping in mind for my next projects. Let’s take a look at the final steps from my last blog post here.

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