New Overwatch Short: Dragons

Added our Hanzo/Genji animated short "Dragons" to the Animation section. Really proud to have worked on this one especially since everyone knocked it out of the park. I'm not sure if there could be anything more fun to animate than a cyborg ninja that can summon a dragon...

Change Not Always Good

My life has definitely changed a lot in 2016, and will continue to change from here on out. In January my mother was diagnosed with stomach cancer. Devastating to say the least, but thankfully she is undergoing treatment at one of the best cancer treatment centers in the United States at University of California, San Francisco. She is strong, and I am confident she will beat this, but it is very sad news to share and I still have not told very many people because it is just really hard for me to talk about. Obviously change is not always good, and I have begun to reflect more about life and what we are here for. It is clear to me now that the most important things in life are family and love. We all experience life with different attributes, but everyone grows and develops within a "family" be it by blood or not. If you are lucky enough to have a family, keep them close, love, and live.

Updated Animation Section

I just updated the Animation section for this page. There you will find a collection of Cinematics and trailers I have worked on as a Senior Cinematic Animator at Blizzard.

Baby Benson's First Year!

Here is a fun little video I made of my son's first year of life. Hope you enjoy!

Beat Manipulators

The best doing what they do best.

Keeping it graphic...

Eye flares were pushed a lot when I was at Blue Sky. Open them wide and scale them up to accentuate moments of intensity. Perhaps they should sometimes be pushed even further with eye direction. This frame from Sex and the City shows Charlotte's eyes being pretty wall-eyed right at the extreme of her "NO" moment. Fascinating!

Change indeed

I cannot help but feel that my current profession as a trader has changed me quite a bit, and I am struggling with coming to grips with that. Trusting what others say has become more difficult, and my constant internal questioning has most likely hindered my abilities as an "artist" if I can even call myself that. One thing is for sure: creating things makes me happy, and I will never stop doing that in life.