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2023 Animation Demo Reel

This is my demo reel from the 2022-2023 school year. It includes shots from Computer Animation 2, Computer Animation 3, and the student...

Jul 18, 20231 min read

This is my rigging demo reel from the 2022-2023 school year. It includes the character rigs that I made for Bad Timing, as well as the...

Apr 21, 20231 min read

All of these shots are for the student short Bad Timing. It was part of the Animation Lab Course at UTD. The animation for these shots...

Dec 16, 20221 min read

These are the final version of several rigs that I made for the short Bad Timing. They all have standard IK and FK controls, finger...

Apr 6, 20221 min read

This was my final in my Lighting 2 class. Based off a scene from Alien, my team and I lit, animated, rigged, and surfaced this entire...

Oct 18, 20211 min read

This was my final assignment for my Visual Effects course. It is a fire simulation made in Houdini. After completing my final, I worked...

Oct 18, 20211 min read