Here is a compilation of various animation and look development tests collected during the creation of the Puscifer "DoZo" music video. Created using Maya, Zbrush, and Boujou.
Concepts and Story: MJK
Song: Puscifer (DoZo video edit)

 
The DoZo video can be found at Puscifer.com

I created a couple of fully rigged digital sculptures of a Copper man and woman for a surrealistic Levis Jeans campaign. I worked with BBH Singapore on this project.

The upper region.

Rigging test "Meat"al Sculptures. Patrick in background. Click image above to play. Jingle by Lustmord.

I've re-cut my animation festival award winning short "The Future of Art" and released it on YouTube.   I cut more than five minutes off of it.

This was my first independent animation that I ever created.  I quit my job designing video games (Beyond Games) and spent the  next six months in my basement creating 9 minutes of animation.  It took a bit longer then because my main workstation was a 750 mhz PC with one gig of ram.  I think that's what my cell phone has now.... 

The original won "Best Animation" at the SlamDunk film festival in Park City, Utah (2001).   The standards were lower for 3d animation then. ;)         A detailed interview about this animation is available <here>.

Now with the song "Metavoid" by Lustmord.   I did the crappy sound effects.

YouTube comments <Here>

I was to asked to create the main image for the 2008 Siggraph Animation Festival.   I worked with Jill Smolin, the conference entertainment director of the festival this year on both the 3D digital sculpture and a holographic RabbitHoles version for the Nokia Center.  Created with Maya 2008 and Groboto.  Groboto is an amazing program that I am currently studying.  It is created by  Braid Art Labs and is worth a look.

Black and white version

Click Image to read a feature story on the image itself and to see the festival preview trailer on CGsociety.org

The creation of the image "Arm Upgrade" was originally screen-captured real time, finishing with a total of around 21 hours of footage. It was then edited down to 323 minutes of lecture and detailed explanation for the Gnomon Workshop training dvd - "Zbrush for illustration".  In the dvd, I explained my techniques for using Zbrush 2 (!) to create a high resolution illustration from scratch. I build the 3d elements directly on the canvas and then arrange them into an composition and render the final image using the internal Zbrush renderer.  This DVD is out of date now, most of the techniques that I used don't even work anymore in the new version.

I've created a version for people with really low attention spans, now the entire video is under five minutes.  I've also added music by Lustmord so that blind people aren't completely left out.   This version is also great for robots or aliens that can scan through web or book pages in an effort to quickly understand a concept over the course of a single quick-cut montage.  No learning will occur during the viewing of this video for standard humans.

It's Art Magazine has re-released the interview that I did with them last year.

"Here is an opportunity to discover this protean artist and experimental genius who constantly re-invents an art form which is just coming into being."   Interview Here.

I've also been selected to be on the jury for the upcoming IT'S ART 3D and 2D contest - June 1st - October 15th - "We, Humans"

It'sArtMag.Com 

 I had the pleasure of working with Maynard James Keenan again on another video for his side-project band Puscifer.  This time it's for the song DoZo, which is one of my favorites on the album "V is for Vagina".
The video, which combines live action and 3D animated characters, was about 50 % hand-animated and 50% motion captured acting from Maynard, which was done at the Nexus Digital Studios stage.  I have to hand it to the guy, I had him jumping around like a crazed ninja for a few hours, and then not much later that night he performed for a sold out TOOL concert in the Los Angeles Nokia Center. 

The Video can now be viewed on YouTube:

The DoZo video single will be out soon and can be purchased on the Puscifer.com website.

It contains several bonus features, including a holographic commentary featuring Mjk and myself.

I also designed the front, back, and inside graphics for this DVD single.
 
 

Major thanks to my friend Patrick Surace, who really helped me out and made it possible to get it done on time.
Also, props to Benjamin Dean who modeled some...... props!
 

I did a live airbrush painting of a little pig baby painting while the legendary band "Green Jello" rocked out for the crowd at the Alexandria Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.  The show was sponsored by Amoeba Records and called undergrounDNUOS.
 

The live song "The Three Little Pigs" in this video was used by permission from Bill Manspeaker. 

 
Also shown at SketchTheatre.com    (Thanks Lily)