If you can’t shoot it on camera, digital “visual effects” come into play.
“A journey into the depths of a human soul that was forced into stagnation: A young voyager meets an aged downshift in a solitary paradisian cabin, which soon unfolds its mysterious aura. The fate of the old man slides like a sling around the neck of the adolescent… and forces…
– For english subtitles, click on the “Gear”-symbol! – “Die Geschichte einer Legende” – a 40-minute short – tells the tale of two boys who become friends after taking playful trips into their world of fantasy. Their parents, however, do not agree with their activities… To bring said childhood fantasies to life,…
This post refers to my Animation Breakdown. For the full movie and more details on the project (like a VFX-Breakdown, a Making-Of and awards), go to “Die Geschichte einer Legende (Movie)“. I was the lead animator for the Scarecrow-Character “Rupert”, animated the first half of the Stag Beetle scene (Beetle only)…
Meta is a short, metaphorical VFX-experiment that shows a surreal, humanoid creature. The strange entity with two upper bodies gets shot with an extraordinary, black liquid which leads to the growth of mechanical sprouts. These seedlings slowly develop into mor complex machines which start to overgrow the body. Said being is a visual…
Two practice projects for the University of Applied Sciences Salzburg, MultiMediaArt. The first was a simple example for Maya-particles. The timing for the movement was mandatory. Since it didn’t look “realistic” without an external source to make the particles move and stop I added a “supernova” in After Effects to make…
Lame But Superior Inc. demonstrates how trash can be used to catch little, furry creatures. A short Fur- and Hair-Dynamics-Practice with Maya for the FH-Salzburg, MultiMediaArt (2012). Music: “paramount” by Alastair Cameron slightly edited to fit the animation.