RGB.Machine

For my animation I need something to glow inside of a"crystal ball" so I created something based on the machine from Contact and had it leave particles behind in glorious RGB. I rendered it a couple of times with different settings, here is the result:
 

GeneraTurn

With the semester almost over I am about to go into hyperdrive to finish my animation before I start my new job this Fall. Here is a prop I need for the final scene. I could have left it out but that would have compromised the mind-matter bifurcation scattering subtext.
 

I showed the latest edit test for Scatter Brain Matter to my advanced animation students at Montclair State the other day, and one of them labeled it as very "Meta". So stay tuned!

Bring Your Own Brain

I showed a Work in Progress video at the latest BYOA and was happy with the response and got some good suggestions. Important things got in the way, but I am working again on the final scene of "Scatter Brain Matter". Here is another test:
 

Almost at the last scene...

I am approaching the last scene of my animation whose working title has been in flux but seems to want to settle on "Scatter Brain Matter". It is going to be a tough one but I have to add a strong finish!

Here is an image that emerged as I was working of the Trumbull inspired sequence that will form the transition into the final sequence:

I may also have been slightly influenced by Dinosaur Train...

Is it just me or does it show a lion with a smiley face on top?

If you happen to be in Sochi...

My animation "Seeing Red" was invited into the Echos of Eco video art screening, part of the Seventh Winter International Arts Festival which takes place February 6 - 20 in Sochi, Russia. The webpage for the competition is still rather empty, but this really seems to be happening! So if you happen to be in Sochi, and quite a few people might be the coming month, drop by to see "Seeing Red".