updates

Well as with most people lifes been busy lately. But heres something for the non facebookers.
Loaded a couple videos online to Vimeo and AWN. One is an animation of the evil KFJR head spinning and the other is a short logo animation. Look online and search for "kungfujackrabbit" should be too many of those around....lol

Otherwise working on normal day job work in Cry engine - gamelike. And in my freetime im working on some film effects, video and 3d compositing, RED camera footage of my car in one of the projects, and another animation project. Pretty busy not to mention the wifes surgery and my daughter learning zbrush and one of the boys learning to ride a bike ....whew. Its a whirlwind, but completely unhectic right now. Seems like all is going well.

Thanks for checking in.

Good Vs. Evil

Here is some progress ive had on a new series of models entitled Good Vs. Evil.

Lots to update

Here is a more recent pic of the car. (Its on the left)

So Talon my son also wanted his car painted like the charger and that was a blast. He already had lights and a stereo so that little mini charger (pontiac solstice) is really a cool toy!

Okay moving on The car is getting lighting and interior details which im working on along with my slew of various other project like cutting the emblems for the front and back out of aluminum and building the car in 3D.

Regarding the 3D version im making it pretty accurate to what the vehicle actually looks like. Takes a bit of time but its cool I dig it. Plus im also making additional layers to turn on all the mods I want to make on the real car so the model is a little elaborate. Here is a pic of the model in progress now....Its not done, so ..... I have alot more to do, but I felt like a test render today to show some progress.

Topic change - New Car - Charger R/T

Just bought a charger R/T and its great. Lets start with a visual

Im also on the chargers forum so here are a couple of cool videos of chargers at show. I'll add some video of mine next. But first i have to start making some mods!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uj1H43WhJs&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHp3ziKwrwc&feature=related

Eidetic memory

I just happened across this in wikipedia and its interesting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photographic_memory

I remember things all the way back into childhood. Concentrating I fully see the horse field by my tree house where I lived when I was 4-6 years old. Not just the place but details like the way the yard was sloped. I still remember most of whne I fell out of the tree house on the barbed wire fence there. Looking down I remember it. I dont remember hitting the fence though. Probably better not to remember that. I remember conversations from college, and with old friends, most everything up to conversations at lunch yesterday with the guys from work. Remembering the waitress putting forks on the table and everyone using the chopsticks instead is easy. But think hard can you look around and see where people placed the wrappers from their chopsticks after they opened then? What direction did everyone lay the chopsticks on the soysauce dipping dish? Who took off their coat? I did, but ben didnt as he sat across from me.
Now I have to admit these details are not for everything I see, and the more hectic and stressfull life is, or work is, the less I notice. I guess there is only so much space in there to store useless data.
Whats all this mean? Nothing... Try me sometime though and see what i recall of a specific time you pick to test this out on.

Something random

Something random for today. I used to love this HBO intro when i was a kid. The tune is still in my head today. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1NKoMNy5bY&feature=related

That is all.

WEBSITE IS UP!!!!

Okay so I had the website down several times since I became art director for fats.
Its been up recently and really going through major growing pains. So Im finally pretty happy with the layout, the style, the general way all the portfolio is presented. And of course the ease of use.
Please visit the main gallery page and anything else in the site youd like. There will be more updates esopecially in the travel area as I show some of the cool places Ive seen in the past few years.

www.kungfujackrabbit.com

Right brain vs. Left brain

Right Brain vs. Left Brain
I'd like to credit where this was found in the original artical from Herald Sun http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22556281-661,00.html

THE Right Brain vs Left Brain test ... do you see the dancer turning clockwise or anti-clockwise?
If clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain and vice versa. Most of us would see the dancer turning anti-clockwise though you can try to focus and change the direction; see if you can do it.

LEFT BRAIN FUNCTIONS uses logic detail oriented facts rule words and language present and past math and science can comprehend knowing acknowledges order/pattern perception knows object name reality based forms strategies practical safe

RIGHT BRAIN FUNCTIONS uses feeling "big picture" oriented imagination rules symbols and images present and future philosophy & religion can "get it" (i.e. meaning) believes appreciates spatial perception knows object function fantasy based presents possibilities impetuous risk taking