Scrubby

Are you an animator that sometimes downloads videos from the internet to use as reference footage for your animations, only to find that the compression format of the video makes scrubbing it frame by frame very difficult? All you want is to jump around between those frames with instant results, so frustrating.

Well here's a handle lil batch file for converting your video to a format that makes scrubbing between your frames instant and silky smooth.

DOWNLOAD SCRUBBY!

INSTRUCTIONS:

(WINDOWS ONLY) Put the 2 zipped files in the same location (ffmpeg.exe and Scrubby.bat) and then drag any video file onto Scrubby.bat. It uses ffmpeg.exe to recompress the video with keyframes set on every frame as a h264 mp4 file. After the command line window goes away you'll have a new mp4 file with the same name as the input file, only with "_Scrubby" added to it.

"BUTTS: The VR Experience"

With the expert guidance of Skillman & Hackett I transformed "BUTTS" into a VR experience. I gave a brief talk on it at the VR Cinema Meetup #2 today, and launched an official download website for it.

The website for "BUTTS: The VR Experience" is here: http://buttsvr.com

The brief talk is here: https://air.mozilla.org/vr-cinema-event/

Uncle Ben's - Teach Your Children

Really enjoyed working with Hornet on this 2nd Uncle Ben's spot.

Company: Hornet Inc.
Director: Gabe Askew

My Role: Animator. Sole animator on the previs and final product. Rigged and animated props.

"BUTTS"

I worked on this on and off in my spare time over the past 18 months. I handled everything visual, and I had help with sound. It's my most profound and stupid work to date.

Here are some quotes that I have collected from around the internet.

• "literally this is the greatest thing man has created. *also please note that the trees, rocks, clouds and mountains are also all butts" -.hardp!nq
• "Drama Friendship Closure Butts" - perplexingpariah
• "WHY HAVE I NEVER RELATED SO STRONGLY TO A VIDEO IN MY ENTIRE LIFE" -armin-arlert-defense-squad
• "A love story." -thelamarshack
• "This made me uncomfortable." -kingofredlines
• "Is the internet even real?" -ers--hoghet
• "First look at Pixar's follow up to the 'Cars' franchise" -AJ Jefferies
• "You, sir, are the greatest artist who ever lived." -Kevin Temmer
• "나혼자 기묘한 기분을 느낄수 없음 조금 뒤조심해야하나 암튼" -히스벌이하는 광분요정

Uncle Ben's - All Roads

Really enjoyed working with Hornet on this Uncle Ben's spot.

Company: Hornet Inc.
Director: Gabe Askew

My Role: Rigger/Animator. Rigged and animated backgrounds and props. Animated family at dining table.

Glacials Music Video

My directorial debut. A music video for "Sweet Tooth Pink Wrist" by the London based post-rock band, Glacials. http://glacials.co.uk/ I shot it with friends and did all the post work myself.

Buy the album here: http://glacials.bandcamp.com/

Nintendo Pokemon X & Y

I worked on this Pokemon commercial at The Mill. I re-rigged all of the Pokemon characters and animated the 2 shots that take place in the streets.

Playstation 4 - Greatness Awaits

I worked on this Sony Playstation 4 commercial at The Mill. Rigged Killzone vehicles, Spiders, Diablo, Knack, Mechs, skeletons, and some other misc things. Animated Diablo, spiders, mechs, and a hoard of 150 skeletons climbing the base of the ferris wheel.

Kellogg’s® Froot Loops® "Carl the King Crab"

I worked on this Kellogg’s® Froot Loops® "Carl the King Crab" commercial over at Nathan Love.

For this project I was the Animation Supervisor, overseeing the animation between me and 3 other animators. I animated the last 2 shots with the net. I also rigged and animated props.

Polly Pocket

I worked on this commercial for Polly Pocket over at Nathan Love. She turns a rainy day into a water slide, FYI.

During this project I was responsible for all the previs, layout, rigging, animation, and character simulations.

Liquid Floor

Particles

A Snippet

A snippet from a little something I've been working on.

Honey Nut Cheerios

My first freelance gig was a few months ago for this Honey Nut Cheerios thing.  I animated the bear, the camera, and some props.  I had a very pleasant and enjoyable experience with the wonderful guys at Founding Fathers.

Goodbye Double Fine Video

I spent 9 years being part of the wonderful family at Double Fine Productions. This goodbye love letter was my way of letting them know it was not easy for me to leave. It was also a good excuse to work on something creative outside of work that I felt strongly about.

Happy Birthday Korka 2011

A birthday present for my wife Korka in 2011.

Tools Reel 2012

A fast paced demo of my rigging and animation tools from the last 9 years.

The biggest of which is "Riggs", a modular automated rigging system written in Python/PyMel. At Double Fine the characters go through many stages of change so one of the focuses of this system was to facilitate that change and make it as fluid and simple as possible to make changes to full rigs.

It also had to be simple enough for animators with little rigging experience to use because the studio was too small for dedicated character riggers.

Animation Reel 2012

Samples of my animation work from the past 9 years. Most of it is from the critically acclaimed games of Double Fine Productions. The thing I'm showcasing here is JUST the animation.

Theory of Emotion

A Valentine's Day gift for my wife Korka in 2011.

Von Crunkenstein III, Esquire

A tongue in cheek music video for a crunk song that Matt Englund and I made.