Category: Legacy Effects

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2015 Honda Fit commercial alien design

Here are some alien designs I created for the 2015 Honda Fit, Yogis, Carpets, Yachts and Aliens commercial. The alien is a digital sculpt that was 3D printed, molded, cast, painted and then puppeteered.

Here are the designs:Honda Fit alienHonda Fit alienHere’s the commercial:
http://youtu.be/V8y6AdGnurI

 

 

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Bodock- Giant Creature designs for Comic-Con 2014

I am super pumped to have been able to help design Bodock, the Giant Creature for Comic-Con 2014. The project was sponsored by Stan Winston School, Legacy Effects, Stratasys and Wired. Alan Scott, co-founder, partner and project supervisor at Legacy Effects, came up with the concept and tasked me out to create the visuals to sell the beast. The crew at Legacy did an amazing job bringing this giant creature into the real world. It is the largest puppeteered creature that Legacy has ever built! The 13-foot, 6-inch tall creature is 9-feet, 9-inches wide, 13-feet, six-inches deep and weighs a hefty 2,000 pounds. His armor was manufactured using the 3D printing solutions from Stratasys.

You can see the making of the Giant Creature at Legacy Effects on the WIRED channel.

Here he is on Jimmy Kimmel Live:
http://youtu.be/plmBWOL5LBw
Here are my designs:

Here is the winning design I created of the Giant Creature for Comic-Con 2014Here is the winning design I created of the Giant Creature for Comic-Con 2014Here is the winning design I created of the Giant Creature for Comic-Con 2014

Here is a gallery of some of the earlier versions of the creature and his pilot.

Here's a close-up of the alien, Ja'naar in the cockpitHere is a version with a giant plasma gun, but it was vetoed, because it would've blown the budget out of the water!Initially Alan asked to to make a beast that was part Bantha and part Ludu, These were my initial designs. Personally, I liked this direction a bit better, but Wired thought that it needed to be more like a dragon, less steam punk and more high tech.Initially Alan asked to to make a beast that was part Bantha and part Ludu, These were my initial designs. Personally, I liked this direction a bit better, but Wired thought that it needed to be more like a dragon, less steam punk and more high tech.Initially Alan asked to to make a beast that was part Bantha and part Ludu, These were my initial designs. At first Alan asked me to try a steam punk version of the the beast, so this is one pass at it.Initially Alan asked to to make a beast that was part Bantha and part Ludu, These were my initial designs. At first Alan asked me to try a steam punk version of the the beast, so this is one pass at it. The guy in the cockpit was initially going to be like a carnival barker, like P.T. Barnum, so this was a quick pass at the guy on top.

Here are some of the graphics I created for the Giant Creature campaign.

Here is the official graphic I created for the creature. Blippar turned this into a cool animation for the cards they will be handing out at Comic-Con. This will also be featured on all of the Giant Creature crew t-shirts at Comic-Con.This was an early poster/ graphic I created for the Creature, but it was decided that the detail wouldn't read as well in various formats and scales.Here is the logo I created for the four sponsors of the Creature!

This is gallery of my final Zbrush sculpt of Bodock, right before he was printed as a maquette:

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Check out this video of how Bodock was brought to life for the first time on an Objet 3D printer bed:

Finally, here is a gallery of Bodock and Ja’naar roaming the streets of Comic-Con!

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CDG statuette for Comic-Con Masquerade Ball

I recently had the opportunity to sculpt the Costume Designers Guild statuette for the Comic-Con 2014 Masquerade Ball. Jay Stuckwisch of Legacy Effects came up with the design and I was tasked out to sculpt the piece. The statuette was 3D printed and given to the winners of the Masquerade Ball.

Here is my sculpt:

CDG Statuette for Comic-Con Masquerade Ball

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Contour from Cox Commercial Concepts

Here are some designs and digital makeup concepts I did for the Many Sides of Me Contour from Cox commercial. The agency ended up going a different direction with the alien character, but I thought I’d include some of my preliminary designs, nonetheless. I included a before and after shot for the alien and the zombie.

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Here’s the commercial:
http://youtu.be/Yt_v2EXS418

 

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Cars.com Swollen Face Design

This is a swollen face design I did for the “Try Something New” Cars.com commercial. I couldn’t find a photo of a puffy face that was happy with- or that would work with the actor’s face, so I decided to sculpt the bloated face digitally and then composite it onto the actor. Here’s the result.

Swollen face design for the "Try Something New" Cars.com commercial.

Check out the commercial:
http://youtu.be/TgguuEsT4Vw

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Giant Creature Build for Comic-Con 2014

I recently had the opportunity to help design this year’s Giant Creature for Comic-Con. Alan Scott, co-founder, partner and project supervisor at Legacy Effects, came up with the concept and tasked me out to create the visuals to sell the beast. The crew at Legacy are doing an amazing job bringing this 14′ creature into the real world. It’s going to be pretty amazing when it’s fully assembled and operational.

I hope to post my designs soon. In the mean time, you can see some of them in the video below- along with my happy mug when I found out we won the design contest 😉

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Hay Day Commercial Animal Models

Here are a few 3D models I sculpted for the recent Hay Day commercial. Myself and another artist at Legacy Effects created digital models from the 2D game character designs. These were then 3D printed and then the practical crew at Legacy applied their magic to make them appear as they do in the commercial. What they created were reference characters for the VFX teams, since all the characters in the commercial are digital- except Craig Robinson, of course!

Pig 3D model for Hay Day commercialSheep 3D model for Hay Day commercial

Here’s the commercial:
http://youtu.be/ojfKYQwOh84

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Old Spice Mandroid designs

A few months ago I was asked to come up with some mandroid designs for the latest Old Spice campaign. The director wanted to steer the mandroid away from “sci-fi slick” and push the designs to feature the simplicity and the crudeness of an M.I.T. robot, where his features and anatomy are awkward and quirky, yet somehow endearing.

Old Spice MandroidHere are the commercials:
http://youtu.be/Jbegu2dRLQc
http://youtu.be/J2NdcPP0G34

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PACIFIC RIM Behind The Scenes: The Conn Pod

While working at Legacy Effects, I had the opportunity to work on Guillermo Del Toro’s Pacific Rim. In addition to being a 3D modeler on the suits, I also was a “test pilot” for the Conn Pod. I wore one an early version of a stunt suit as they tested the range of motion and articulation of the hydraulics of the Conn Pod arms and foot pedals. It was sweaty and tiring being in the suit strapped to the machine, but it was nothing compared to what the actors had to endure during the grueling shoot!

Here I am donning an early pilot suit in PACIFIC RIM Behind The Scenes: The Conn Pod produced by Legacy Effects.

Here I am donning an early pilot suit in the PACIFIC RIM Behind The Scenes: The Conn Pod

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Godzilla designs for Snickers commercial

Here are some designs I did for the Snickers Godzilla commercial. Legacy Effects gave me a rough scan of the 1954 Godzilla toy and I ended up re-sculpting the whole thing. The sculpt was then milled out of foam, and then the effects gurus at Legacy turned it into a large suit.

Here are my designs:

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Check out the commercial, it’s pretty funny.
http://youtu.be/0bpwmiuwjLo?list=RD0bpwmiuwjLo

 

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Beats Music Super Bowl commercial character designs

I recently had the opportunity to do some animal character designs for the Beats Music Super Bowl commercial, starring Ellen DeGeneres. I was hired by Legacy Effects to create concepts for the Three Bears, the Big Bad Wolf, as well as a number of other animals.

The Bears went through a number of wardrobe changes. Initially, they were all going to be in pajamas, but I was then asked to try a few different options that would reflect the individual musical taste of the Three Bears.

Here are my designs:

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Believe it or not, the frog made the cut early in the commercial. He’s on the far right hand side of the screen and you only see him for a split second.Beats Music- frog concept

I created the following character designs using Legacy Effects’ assets:

Beats Music- Pig conceptBeats Music- Owl conceptBeats Music- Bull conceptBeats Music- Black bear concept

You can check out the commercial below:

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Lebron James Suit Design for Nike Superhero Elite Collection

This past year I was tasked out by Legacy Effects to create Lebron James’ suit design for the Nike Superhero Elite Collection. We were asked to take visual cues from the shoes and create a whole suit. Lebron’s suit needed to look strong, powerful and angular, so I designed the suit to have a lot of sharp angles, and also to incorporate the carbonfiber elements from the shoe.

After my 2D concept was approved, I 3D modeled and rendered the the suit in Maya and composited it onto Lebron. Here is the final image:

Lebron James Nike Superhero Elite suit final concept.

Although it was never used in the marketing campaign, I was asked to create a full suit. Here is a render of the back of the suit:

Lebron James' Nike Superhero Elite suit back render.

I started the design process in photoshop. Here is my 2D illustration composited over Lebron:

Lebron James Nike Superhero Elite Suit 2D design

Here are the some images from Nike’s Superhero Elite campaign also featuring Kobe Bryant and Kevin Durant.

Superhero Elite line-up with Kobe Bryant, Lebron James and Kevin Durant. Image from Nike's ad campaign.Superhero Elite suit details. Image from Nike ad campaign.