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Condemned 2: Bloodshot is finally out, and here's my animation contribution to the project! (click on the picture above to view my latest animation reel - 17 years or older please) I'm really pleased with what team Yeti accomplished with this game. What a pleasure it's been working with such an outstanding group of people. The amount of tallent working on this game was immense, and I'm very thankful for having had the opportunity to be a part of it. Beyond animation lead, I had a heavy hand regarding gameplay creation and combat design. If you get a chance to play the game, I sincerely hope you enjoy it.

Animation Reel Breakdown:

Opening work - Little Deviants for Shilo - Modeling & Rendering by Shilo Design.
Shot 1: Animated headless Sheeple chasing Scion (Keyframe)
Shot 2: Animated deviant covered in goo on the right side of the screen (and in the playblast following) (Keyframe)
Shots 3 & 4: Animated butt-scratch deviant & Pole slam sheeple (Keyframe)
Shot 5: Animated deviant emerging from the storm drain (Keyframe)
Shot 6: Animated sheeple searching for his missing head. (Keyframe)
Shot 7: Animated all 3 wrestling deviants. The rendered footage has them in the background, so I used this playblast. (Keyframe)

Various work: (Shots 8 & 9)
Fun-Gow short: Model by William Vaughan. Animation & Rendering by me. (Keyframe)
Tofu the Vegan Zombie: Model by William Vaughan. Animation by me. (Keyframe)

Condemned 2: Bloodshot: I animated all Condemned 2 content on this reel. Models, Textures and environments were done by other members of team Yeti. Mocap acting was performed by myself, and various other team members who felt the need to wear spandex. (Keyframe & Motion Capture animation as noted in the reel.)

Tofu the Vegan Zombie was thought up by my friend William Vaughan. He's making a line of toys out of this little guy, as well as more animated clips. Here's my contribution to his dream. I did this as a fun side project to help get the ball rolling for him. Model was created by Will, the rest is my work. Animation is all keyframe, done using character studio. To see more Tofu, stop on by the official site, www.tofutheveganzombie.com.

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 Video Collection 2006 - Condemned: Criminal Origins - The first half of the reel is all keyframe animation. The second half is animation using mocap, which was a first for me at the time. I've included a before and after to make it clear how much keyframe animation went into the "cleanup" process. I didn't want to bog down the reel with too much of this, so the comparisons are only in the first 4 clips in the mocap section. As a side note, the cloth on the dual stick character, and all the weapons were hand keyed by me (no physics simulation). The cloth animations for the staff character were animated by a co-worker (Thanks Ron!). Anyway, I hope you enjoy the ride! Please feel free to give feedback or ask questions! foofinu@yahoo.com As a side note for anyone interested on how I went about "cleaning" the mocap, check out issue 9 of HDRI 3D Magazine. I explain much of the process, as well as get all motivational in that issue! A big thanks to Proton for the hook-up with that!

Demo Reel 2005 - This reel's been constantly updated since my first job out of college. You'll find plenty of Xmen: Legends, Jedi Academy, Duke Nukem, and various other games and side projects. It's a collection of my best works leading up to my previous job with Monolith. But you guys must be sick of this one. Check out my new reel at the top of the page!

Fun-Gow!! I began this as a 10 second club clip, until I discovered the site was dead. I decided to complete it anyway because the sound clip was so damn cool, and I needed a personal animation outlet. Working on realistic and violent video games for so many years had me craving something more... smiley/sunny! Thanks to William "Proton" Vaughan for the great Giraffe model. Total creation time about 25 hours. Character Studio/ 3DS Max 7 for animation and non-giraffe models. Crayola & paper for background. My son, Caid drew the clouds, and the smiley face on the sun.

After the original Condemned was over, we were given some time to try out new ways of doing things. I wanted to try out Motion Builder, and how it handles keyframe animation. I found some good reference material, and went nuts. It's not perfect, but considering Motion Builder is new to me, I'm proud of the results. The cloth is keyframed as well (in Maya though).