The Norman Rockwell Museum’s “Art Of Blue Sky Studios” Exhibit.
This past weekend, The Normal Rockwell Museum opened “‘Ice Age’ to the Digital Age: The 3D Animation Art of Blue Sky Studios” . My fellow treehouse members and I did an interview about the culture of...
View ArticleJules Bass visits Blue Sky.
A couple of weeks ago a representative of Blue Sky marketing came to the treehouse and asked if I could do a formal introduction for a visiting artist. I had no idea who it was, so I agreed. When I...
View ArticleAwesome Caricature Of Yours Truly
Fellow Blue Sky animator Bobby Pontillas did a demo on character design today. Since it’s my last week at Blue Sky, he decided to use me to show his process. Thanks Bobby!!
View ArticleThe End Of An Era. My final day at Blue Sky Studios.
Eight years later, my time at Blue Sky Studios comes to an end. Friday was my last day at Blue Sky Studios and it was incredibly bittersweet. It all started with an amazing comic strip by Bobby...
View ArticleOur Visit To The Norman Rockwell Museum
In an earlier post I talked about how the Norman Rockwell Museum was hosting an exhibit about The Animation Art Of Blue Sky Studios. The entire treehouse got invited to do a talk on animation this...
View ArticleMy First Stab At Game Design.
A few months ago, I thought it would be fun to create a game based off our PG-13 puppet show “Treehouse Studios“. I wanted to create a NES style fighting game so Nick and I could “fight” in front of...
View ArticleNunchucks
I can’t recall ever seeing a character from Spy vs Spy using these, so I drew it up one morning to see how it would work. Answer: Like peanut butter and jelly!!
View ArticlePAX East 2013
PAX this year was awesome for the simple fact that Bioshock Infinite got its first review on IGN with an incredible score of 9.4 (9.5 PC). I was flying high. An incredibly awesome way to start a fun...
View ArticleDuckTales Infinite
Irrational Games producer Don Roy asked me to sketch Scrooge McDuck for him. I took it a bit further.
View ArticleColor Sketches
I’ve been sketching around with some of the brushes in Sketchbook Pro. I gotta say I’ve tried a bunch of different drawing programs and Sketchbook is my favorite for the simple reason that everything...
View ArticleThank you.
Thank you all for your uplifting messages and words of encouragement in light of the closure of Irrational Games. Your support has been unprecedented and well out of the boundaries of what I...
View Article“Freebirds” Demo Reel
Around two years ago my friend and former Blue Sky’er Rich McKain contacted me to see if I was interested in joining his animation team remotely for a film with the project name “Turkeys”. He...
View ArticleBioshock Infinite- Elizabeth In-Game Cinematic Reel **Spoilers**
**WARNING: SPOILERS!! DO NOT WATCH IF YOU HAVEN’T PLAYED THE GAME** What I felt defined me as an employee for Irrational Games were my in-game cinematics. Specifically, the scenes with Elizabeth. This...
View ArticleMy Painfully Short “Ice Age Continental Drift” Reel :D
Ice Age Continental Drift was the last film I worked on during my tenure at Blue Sky Studios. When I decided to leave to try my hand at video games, the production was in its infancy. Outside of the...
View ArticleFilm Animation Highlight Reel
A collection of shots I animated that I consider my personal favorite. It is presented in chronological order from newest to oldest. Films included: - Freebirds - Ice Age Continental Drift - Rio - Ice...
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