My students and I made a short film, The Flock of Forgotten Faces. They spent a year crafting this wild and expressive story. It's great to see their hard work is being recognized. Congratulations, team.

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The trailer for the Flock of Forgotten Faces is here. An animated short created by the students of Augusta University's Animation program. Using an experimental 2D/3D hybrid approach, we're excited to premiere the film on April 25th.

I recently hopped on the Speaker of Higher Ed podcast to discuss teaching animation at Augusta University. We talk about everything from generative AI, setting up students for industry, to gamification in education.

Check out the podcast on Spotify and YouTube here:

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In celebration of the New Year, here's a poster for the short animation I'm co-directing with Emily Hogue. The Flock of Forgotten Faces.

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Right season to throw this out here: I modeled Santa for my thesis animation. 5 years ago I remade Santa as an excuse to try out Xgen for the beard and fuzz.

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Augusta University is #hiring for an in-person Lecturer in Animation. We're a thriving department that focuses on staying on the cutting edge. Check out our program reel here:

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This is TipToe, a character I sculpted ages ago for a talk at MomoCon years ago. She's definitely mischief!

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The Xerces Blue was a stunning butterfly species that went extinct in the 1940s.

This is part of my series of digital art called "Stylized Extinction" that highlights extinct creatures from manmade causes. More details in the thread that follows.
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What if a landscape painting changed over time?

Here's a clip from the experimental ambient landscape I made years ago to explore the concept. An oily rain triggers a fresh start.

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Years ago, I got experimental and created these 3D models. The idea was to create an ambient landscape that evolved over time. After an oily rain, a robot desert with metal sunflowers blooms to life. Will post a clip of the Animation later.

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Random highlight on an upcoming game, Mina the Hollower. It's a gorgeous throwback to things like LOZ: Link's Awakening on GBC by the people behind Shovel Knight.

You can tell a lot of love and polish is going into this. Can't wait!

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Introducing Lacuna from our film, The Flock of Forgotten Faces. Lacuna is a young bird-girl who finds herself on a mysterious train with passengers who wear masks.

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The second film I'm co-directing with a very talented student in my Production Animation course. It's called "The Flock of Forgotten Faces." Here's a fun teaser of the character rig on our main character.

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It's time to ditch the Wilhelm scream in movies. It's overdone and breaks the immersion every single time.

Making an animated short is a ton of work. For some reason, I'm currently directing two simultaneously. Here's a 3-second teaser from one film, Iridescent.

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For my first post, I can think of no greater honor than sharing this classic 3D Demo Reel masterpiece. Gasp in amazement!

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