Aaron's Hard Work

Easter's Reason

2012-04-06T08:08:00.000-06:00

Recently I have had the humbling opportunity to start a new job working in the Visual Effects Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I have been working on various tasks like sky replacement, equipment paint out, additive digital makeup, and even some digital set extensions.

I studied the field of animation and visual effects because I am passionate about animations and visual effects that are created to educate, encourage and uplift.

I hope you will enjoy this short film celebrating the reason for Easter.

You can find more videos like this here.

It's Finished

2012-02-15T06:46:00.000-07:00

This has become old news now, but I wanted to post it despite.
Here is the official press release for the Lizard and the Ladder...

UVU Press Release

Here is a short blip with Jordan and myself on Good Morning Utah, I don't think any one saw it live, but at least now you can check out the video.

Animated History of Aviation

2012-01-27T09:22:00.000-07:00

This has been my main project for the last 9 months at UVU Aviation. Last Friday was my last day and I hit render just as I walked out the door.

I hope you will enjoy this piece portraying some of the history of aviation; leading up to were the school is today.

Rob Guest, Preston Powell, Paris Miller, Nathan Stoker, Michael Batie, and Adam Evens also contributed, from planning to rendering; it was definitely a collaborative piece.

Twin Star Landing

2012-01-09T08:59:00.002-07:00

When I first finished this render, but boss asked, "Have you rendered this scene yet?" Probably the worst thing any one could say. After Doing some revision and trying a few new things I re-rendered it. When I showed it to my family my brother asked, "Was this shot filmed at the airport?" Probably the nicest thing any one could say to me!!

I know its not perfect but I'm glad to know I'm making progress.

more from History of Aviation

2011-12-21T11:54:00.000-07:00

Smoke/Fire Render

2011-11-15T11:43:00.001-07:00

An other test render for the Hindenburg Disaster scene.

Hindenburg Disaster

2011-11-07T11:31:00.001-07:00

I've been trying to get some decent fire for the Hindenburg disaster I've been creating at work. This was a render test that I really liked. I had a co-worker create the silhouette for me, my work is just the fire.

Lizard Trailer 2

2011-10-14T19:58:00.000-06:00

Lizard is all but in the bag, stay tooned for the premeir date to be in November or December. I put together this trailer to get some excitement about it circulating.

Wind Tunnel Lighting

2011-10-05T09:24:00.000-06:00

Here are a few stills from a `history of aviation` animation I'm doing.

It was modeled and textured by Preston Powell. I tweaked some of the shaders and did the lighting. I also simulated the fluid effect smoke stream.

What do you think?

More From Humbugs

2011-08-29T21:40:00.000-06:00

For the first two images, the far left is the concept art I had to go off of. Then the subsequent images is what I came up with. They desperately need to be posed... that is soon to come

This is a close up with the fur that I also have been working on.

Humbugs - Lady

2011-08-26T18:02:00.003-06:00

This is a model I've been working on for my inturnship. Its from a book called "Humbugs".

Lady

2011-08-22T17:09:00.002-06:00

This is Lady, she is part of a crew of bugs, I'm modeling for an internship I'm doing, I was working on her ear muffs today

New Page Added For Art

2011-08-21T13:21:00.000-06:00

I have added a new page to my blog that will be dedicated to my "analog" artistic skills, and to start it off, I'm posting a video of my progression through a painting a I just completed. Let me know what you think.

Make it Large Please

2011-08-03T08:28:00.000-06:00

Not that I'm trying to bring back old work, but at work they asked me to "up-res" a shot from my WWII work. So I thought I would post it here as well, there's nothing cooler than larger-than-HD footage! ENJOY

The Twin Star Model

2011-06-27T12:10:00.001-06:00

I'm about 90% done modeling this plane. I haven't posted for a while so I just wanted to get something up.

Modeling and Generalist Demo Reel March 2011

2011-03-30T06:08:00.001-06:00

UVU Aviation Work From 2010

2011-01-21T11:12:00.003-07:00

World War II

2011-01-12T09:34:00.004-07:00

Here are some stills from my latest animation created for an UVU Aviation web exercise.

The Wright Flyer

2010-10-14T17:36:00.005-06:00

Here is the Wright Brothers 1904 flyer. I used paint effects for the grass, and I got lucky with the sand texture.

Wilbur In action

2010-09-29T12:20:00.005-06:00

Here is some still frames of the project I have been building Wilbur Wright for.

Final Sculp

2010-09-22T10:49:00.003-06:00

I'm now going to move onto the pose.

Wilbur Got Younger

2010-09-17T13:25:00.004-06:00

Tried making him look younger. What do you think?

More Progress on Mr. Wright

2010-09-16T14:36:00.002-06:00

Here is his whole out fit, now I just need to get the clothes to line up correct.

Wilbur Wright

2010-09-10T17:58:00.004-06:00

Here is a WIP that I am doing for work. It's my best work yet in Mudbox, but I hope to improve a hole lot more!!!

My 3D Modeling Demo Reel

2010-03-11T06:40:00.000-07:00