Bimbo
While at Janimation in July / August of 2010 I worked on some tool development for this project. Custom Synoptic view, Pose / Animation library. I'll be posting tool breakdown shortly.
XSI Base Article
A little while back XSI Base asked me to do an interview and they posted the article on their front page. Was pretty cool to have that experience under my belt!
Florida Times Spot
Worked on a spot for Florida Times Union. We used Softimage 7.01 with the emFluid3 and emRPC plug-ins for the particles. I was responsible for the particle simulations and renders. See the spot on vimeo:
ET Pickup
http://www.ethivierge.com/reel/ET_PickUp_Demo.flvAn artist friendly constraint work flow plug-in. This plug-in consists of 3 commands which allow the animator / user to pickup objects, put them down, and remove a pickup while animating.
The script doesn't remove the transform keys laid down by the script on the object being picked up to ensure that no animation is lost throughout the pickup process. Simply delete the unwanted keys after you remove the pickup.
Rotary Spot
Responsible for modeling puzzle pieces, UV mapping of pieces and animation on various shots in the spot.
Community Title Sequence
http://www.ethivierge.com/reel/COMMUNITY_1012_QT_PORNO_960x540_Soren_HQ.flvRigged and modeled the base Cootie Catcher / Fortune Teller while at SpeakeasyFX.
You can take a look at a little bit of a Cootie Catcher Rig Demo:
http://www.ethivierge.com/reel/Community_demo.flvGonk’s Workshop
This is a short film I created while I attended Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario Canada.
I used Softimage XSI 6.5, Maya 2008, Pixologic Zbrush, Adobe After Effects, Adove Premiere, and Adobe Photoshop. I was responsible for all visual elements and animation.
This film won 3rd place in the Siggraph Student Space Time animation competition in 2008.
http://www.ethivierge.com/reel/EricThivierge_GonksWorkshop.flv