tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67154482024-03-13T12:35:53.415-07:00THE WALSHMAN CHRONICLESUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger277125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715448.post-35687009876979615922013-03-01T22:07:00.000-08:002013-03-01T22:07:16.112-08:00This is a fixed bid...
With all the reported "turmoil" going on in the VFX world these days... I was reminded of this oldie, but goodie.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715448.post-29663634200227146422013-01-11T19:54:00.000-08:002013-01-11T20:42:50.521-08:00The Death Star
My son Mateo just asked my wife Meg:
"Is the Death Star like a community centre for bad guys in Star Wars?"
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715448.post-32071255082186390272011-10-17T20:29:00.000-07:002011-10-17T20:35:51.037-07:00Kino CitiusSo the other night on-set I met this dude named Guy Roland who is a set dresser working on feature films in Vancouver and he's behind this cool little short all constructed out of digital still photography and a formalist idea of framing objects in the camera. An interesting way to explore a place and certainly shows off Vancouver well. Guy had his personal copy of "District 9" on DVD with him Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715448.post-79925960188595633222011-09-06T08:31:00.000-07:002011-09-06T08:42:44.123-07:00Inspiring Little Short for BBC World ServiceBBC The Iraqi Oil Minister from Mato Atom on Vimeo.I came across this video while I was reviewing artist portfolios and thought it was a really well conceived little piece. Amazing and fun to marry the imagery to the voice. Especially the use of a wide, open space with the wind blowing as a back-drop for the abstractions that are placed within it! Such a sad reality this fellow has lived and to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715448.post-90995454327853969162011-08-17T22:25:00.000-07:002011-08-17T22:26:24.433-07:00Trying Hard Not To Be EVIL!Google "Trying not to be evil" from Patrick Clair on Vimeo.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715448.post-18628069753107648702011-04-14T08:02:00.000-07:002011-04-14T08:10:31.727-07:00Cumpleaños Feliz!GRACIAS LUISMA! Que fantastico! Ya tengo 41 años, y todavia soy un niño!! JA! JA!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715448.post-55141329157287886632011-01-01T15:54:00.000-08:002011-01-01T15:59:13.651-08:00BIUTIFUL: The Best Film You'll See This YearUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715448.post-297681635502778742010-06-04T23:12:00.000-07:002010-06-04T23:14:13.001-07:00The Eastenders Special Effects ArtistPossibly the greatest explanation of visual effects shooting methodology I have yet to see... Watch and learn!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715448.post-32522567383267770782009-12-04T22:45:00.000-08:002009-12-04T23:18:38.229-08:00This is pretty cool...One Minute Soundsculpture from Daniel Franke on Vimeo.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715448.post-53606414614298044192009-05-30T20:05:00.000-07:002009-05-30T20:17:29.998-07:00My Work Life as a SkitOkay, so this skit is basically my work life to an alarming degree of accuracy. In fact, it is so accurate I can't even come up with a quick-witted humorous comment of my own to up the anti! As the point man for client negotiations at a visual effects vendor I have simply lost count of the number of times I have had someone boldly say in one way or another "you are going to do this for free for Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715448.post-42657827337339476602009-05-08T23:06:00.000-07:002009-05-08T23:08:33.871-07:00New District 9 PosterHere's a new "District 9" poster! This fella is looking pretty brawny - for a prawn! I think the PR folks actually used one of Image Engine's renders of the mother ship back there! Looks like it anyway... Cool!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715448.post-6441135044840299502009-05-08T22:57:00.000-07:002009-05-30T20:18:00.857-07:00Le Tour Visual OverviewI know it is still two months away, but with the not so subtle hints of summer everywhere you look these days (and the certain knowledge that I will be up at ungodly hours all summer with a new born!) I am drawn to check in on this year's Grand Tour. Last year's tour was some amazing cycling and outstanding entertainment. Especially when you're up so early you can catch all of it live before workUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715448.post-26560151191694998322009-05-01T07:22:00.000-07:002009-05-30T20:18:40.991-07:00District 9 Teaser Trailer!In late January of 2008, I got a call from Neill Blomkamp's assistant Victoria Burkhart about bidding on the visual effects for Neill's directorial debut. At that time it was a loose story entitled "Project X" that really only existed as a treatment and a whole lot of concept designs executed for the most part at Weta Workshop. Neill and I had crossed paths many times having been in the VancouverUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715448.post-77607902830789307432009-04-29T23:58:00.000-07:002009-04-30T00:05:25.565-07:00Chad Vangaalen - Clinically DeadSo, I was in one of my local "video rental stores" recently (that statement probably dates me, but who cares... God, I did College Radio back in the day, and Chuck's are still cool, but I digress...) and immediately as I walked in heard some amazing, sophisticated, lo-fi recording. I know that sounds like a contradiction in terms. Lo-fi is not supposed to be sophisticated. But, I don't know, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715448.post-84971244990636794762009-04-10T23:53:00.000-07:002009-04-10T23:56:01.029-07:00Someone to Cheer for...“It was by far the most content I’ve ever been,” he said. “My bike was a piece of junk. I had nowhere to go, no place to be. Didn’t have anyone telling me what to do. If I felt like lying on the side of the road, I did.”Click here to read more about our man en Le Tour this year.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715448.post-22211179259637849542008-10-14T20:10:00.000-07:002008-10-14T21:50:18.450-07:00Viva Venice!VeniceUploaded by xanekomotionThe first person I met when Meg and I arrived in Los Angeles in 2005 was a friend of a friend named Raul Sanchez Ortego. "El Moro" to his amigos. The bizarre and wonderful thing was that we were introduced via cybernectic means by Luisma Lavin Peredo a great friend of mine from España. Luisma knew that both Raul and I were moving to L.A. at about the same time. More Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715448.post-57904674232900498002008-08-12T08:08:00.000-07:002008-08-14T08:31:20.212-07:00SIGGRAPH 2008 - Day 2Although today started off a bit slow (a blessing really given the late night before courtesy of Autodesk!) it really started to pick up late morning and the conference and job fair areas were really humming. I dropped by a few booths and things while it was quiet just to check things out before the madness began. I was suitably impressed with what BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT is trying to do - 2500 Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715448.post-47150026855813009622008-08-11T07:57:00.000-07:002008-08-13T08:08:07.995-07:00SIGGRAPH 2008 - Day 1I thought it might be interesting to jot down a few notes on this year's SIGGRAPH experience. Now, granted I have not been too much of a contributor over the years and you'd think that I would have been loads more, however, this will only be my third trip. However, I am excited because this year Image Engine will have a real presence at SIGGRAPH. The studio is represented by about 8 people: John Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715448.post-67122466555893354072008-08-10T14:41:00.000-07:002008-08-10T14:47:13.669-07:00August RainsNormally, the end of July and the beginning of August in Vancouver are the most reliably dry time of year. This year, something different. We had gorgeous unseasonably warm weather at the end of June and beginning of July. And thus, in late July and early August we've had some much needed rain. I am sure the crops will be better off for it! Yet, of course there is the odd bit of pooh-poohing Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715448.post-78793852836728999942008-07-17T22:13:00.000-07:002008-07-17T22:24:31.438-07:00WatchmenEvery once in a while a film trailer is released that returns me to the days when as a young teenager I "discovered" the cinema. I remember that absolute thrill of anticipation during the "coming attractions" at the theatre that ran in front of the feature presentation. What will be coming out next? Now the experience seems cluttered with "trivia" which is really moronic and dull slides. Call me Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715448.post-13640192504094682562008-07-05T19:53:00.000-07:002008-07-06T16:52:35.491-07:00Vive Le Tour!It's that time of year again! Ah yes... the storied history of the racing bicycle, the gorgeous landscape of the most cultured country on earth, the triumph of shear personal will against intolerable amounts of self-inflicted pain... And performance enhancing drugs, of course. I can remember watching the Tour de France "recaps" on CBC Sports Television as a kid, during Greg Lemond's era, and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715448.post-68093029735423883982008-07-03T23:29:00.001-07:002008-07-03T23:35:16.957-07:00Where the Hell is Matt?This is positively the silliest thing I have seen in years - and I love it. Check it out - you'll smile - I promise.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715448.post-21086352206226141892008-04-18T15:49:00.000-07:002008-04-18T15:51:26.340-07:00Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715448.post-32980549470515920542008-04-08T08:07:00.000-07:002008-04-08T08:13:35.951-07:00EugeniusD80's PhotosHey! Check out this interesting photostream. Definitely not your run of the mill web photography here folks! Some gorgeous colour work here.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6715448.post-45002170133411925762007-12-24T23:59:00.000-08:002008-07-03T23:27:45.658-07:00Hallelujah, Thank You, LeonardHere we are again at that pivotal time of year. The hard-working dark days of November and December have come and gone and the holiday season is upon us! I will be working off-and-on throughout the season, but still I am hoping for some serious R&R at times. I am not a religious man, at least not in the western god fearing Christian sense - but the mixed up Jewish, Catholic, slyly sexy "Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0