Reality Theory

While working at Exploria Productions in Hartford, CT, I had the opportunity to work on animatics, 3d character rigging and animation.  The full 4 minute version of this piece was projected on screen during motivational speaker Rob The Drummer’s 2003 stage show. While the animated Evil Rob character is projected, spaces in the character’s dialog allow real-life Rob The Drummer to “talk” to it as a mixed-media stagecraft.

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Credits

Voice: Rob “The Drummer” Gottfried 
Animatic, Character Facial Rigging, Character Animation, Set/Prop Modeling: Matt Weier 
Everything Else: Exploria Productions 
Tools: Maya 4, Photoshop 7, After Effects 5.5

Reality Theory 2.3: Here is a 3D flash arcade experiment I made in 2003 to navigate some of my older digital art, photography and animation.  I attempted to recreate some classic analog arcade controls for mouse interaction.

In 2002 I contributed to the production of Rescue Heroes: The Movie as a modeler/rigger/texturer.  I modeled heads for several of the “extras” as well as customized many of the props.  This work was performed with Faust Logic, Inc. for Nelvana Limited, a division of Corus Entertainment, Inc.

This is part of a longer piece done while working at Exploria Productions. This was featured at the beginning of a computer animated interface created for Sankyo Pharma’s Benicar Sales Training Center, also created by Exploria.

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Credits

Animatic, Character Animation, Set/Prop Modeling: Matt Weier 
Everything Else: Exploria Productions 
Tools: Maya 4, Photoshop 7, After Effects 5.5

This is a portion of a longer piece done while working at Exploria Productions. It was part of a Sankyo Pharma’s national WelChol Marketing campaign for physician education, “The Crossroads of how to Lower Your Cholesterol”. The animation portrays a humanoid representation of the drug as it tours within a cartoony human body.

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Credits

Animatic, Character Animation, Set/Prop Modeling: Matt Weier 
Everything Else: Exploria Productions 
Tools: Maya 4, Photoshop 7, After Effects 5.5

Short independent “commercial” for an imaginary product called “Femmo”. Inspired by an entire genre of serene yet cryptic commercials that baffled me in my youth. This was my first attempt at using Maya paint effects and transparency mapping. This piece has always found a place at the end of my demo reel.

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Credits
My Role: The whole shabang.
Music: Verdi
Voice: Christopher Morlock
Tools: Maya 2.5, Photoshop 5.5.