Category: Legacy Effects

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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:

Snickers Godzilla design- headSnickers Godzilla design- three quarterSnickers Godzilla design- frontSnickers Godzilla design- profileSnickers Godzilla design- back

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:

Beats Music- Three Bears concept v01_008 Beats Music- Three Bears Bear concept v01_005 Beats Music- Poppa Bear concept v01_003 Beats Music- Big Bad Wolf concept

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:
http://youtu.be/bNO4gQU3-X8

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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.

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Working on Tom Cruise suit for Oblivion

While at Legacy Effects, I had the opportunity to help create the shoulder pieces for Tom Cruise’s suit in Oblivion. 

Left image: Me at Legacy modeling the shoulder piece. Right image: a 3D printed kneecap piece from the suit (modeled by Jim Charmatz).

Left image: Me at Legacy modeling the shoulder piece. Right image: the 3D printed piece.

Here is the suit after the shoulder and chest pieces were 3D printed, molded, cast, painted and then attached to the suit:

Oblivion final suit

Here is the official Oblivion poster displaying the shoulder pieces that I worked on:

Oblivion movie poster

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Character designs for Orbit Commercials

Here are some designs I did for the recent Orbit- Heights and Orbit- Polo commercials. I helped Legacy Effects design the Nachos, Salisbury Steak, and the Mashed Potato characters. The script changed a bit since I saw the storyboards, so the characters are doing different gestures in the designs than they are doing in the final commercials.

Here are my designs:

Orbit Nachos Character v01_003Orbit Nachos Character v01_003 surprised.Orbit Nachos Character v02_012 human scale.Orbit Salisbury Steak and Mashed Potato Characters v01_003.Orbit Salisbury Steak and Mashed Potato Characters v03_001.

 

 

Check out the commercials here:

http://youtu.be/u1eBPHflgng

http://youtu.be/JHoNMWBGoQk

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Legacy Effects 2012 Christmas Card

In November of 2012, I had the opportunity to design Legacy Effects’ 2012 Christmas card. Legacy requested a decorative, somewhat tribal snowflake design with “Legacy Effects 2012” integrated into the snowflake.

Below is the final back and front design:

Legacy Effects 2012 Christmas Card

 

 

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Fluzone Hedgehog Commercial

This is the last design I created while working at Legacy Effects. We went through a few variations as you can see below. In addition designing the hedgehog, I also sculpted the hands and feet in Zbrush. These were then 3D printed, molded, cast, painted and used for the final puppet.

Fluzone hedgehog designed for Legacy Effects.

A talented crew at Legacy built and puppeteered the character as seen in this video. (For some reason the volume is very low).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zmsc0zHXeXE

 

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Geico Piggy Zip Line Commercial

I also had the opportunity to design and 3D model the zip line helmet for Maxwell the piggy. My 3D model was milled out of foam and used as a vacuform buck for the final helmet.

Here is my design:

Geico Piggy zip line helmet design.

Check out the commercial:

http://youtu.be/XFxllgA32ug

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Geico Piggy Street Luge Commercial

I had to the opportunity to design and 3D model the luge helmet and the luge nose for the Geico piggy street luge commercial. My 3D models were milled out of foam and used as vacuform bucks for the final pieces.

Here are my designs:

Geico Piggy street luge helmet design.Geico piggy luge nose design- front.Geico piggy luge nose design- profile.

 

 

Here is the commercial:

http://youtu.be/0fSyx3wZXzM