FEATURED PROJECTS

Character Face Rig

This piece is a project I created to teach myself more about facial rigging in 3D. I modeled, textured, and rigged the character in Maya, with a bit of the texture painting done in Mudbox. To the right is an animation test I created to showcase the different expressions that the rig is capable of. It also has a behind-the-scenes segment to show how the user interface works.

Weird Places in Minnesota

This is a motion graphics piece I created about a few bizarre tourist attractions you can find in Minnesota. I had a lot of fun with this project both in the research phase and the production phase, as this state has some really interesting places to visit. I created the assets for this project in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, and animated it in After Effects.

Einstein Bros Bagels

This is a speculative ad I worked on with two teammates to advertise Einstein Bros bagels. The commercial features their two mascots catapulting bagels at one another to create the Einstein Bros logo.

We did lots of sketching as a group to nail down the stylistic direction for the commercial and get the feel of the characters. Here are some of my sketches, including some life drawings of my groupmate to provide reference.

Another one of my responsibilities was to create a photorealistic 3D model of a bagel with cream cheese on it. We wanted the bagel to be realistic, rather than hand-drawn like the rest of the short, to mimic the style of existing Einstein Bros ads. I modeled and textured it in Maya with a little extra sculpting done in Mudbox.