This spot is for The Royal Bank of Canada, directed by Tom and Mark Perret, Produced by Nexus productions.

To get the stop motion feel many techniques were employed; over bulky modelling which helps give a small sense of scale, animating on 2's for the jerky motion, and subtle shallow focus and grading to look like dated stop mo film.

It was my job to model and rig all 90 or so characters, which was a huge challenge, requiring some hefty planning and pipeline improvements.


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Coca Cola Beijing Olympics spot Directed by Smith & Folkes, Produced by Nexus Productions. Agency:W+K Portland

I oversaw character development, designing and modeling the Lebron James and Yao Ming hero characters.

I also modeled and rigged the chinese dragon, the panda and Grizzly heads, did their fur setup and rendering, and modeled and textured Santa Claus. (who you may just spot if you pay vvverryy close attention..)

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Some in-production tests here

Full HD 1920x1080 still here

Thought it would be nice to show off some 'work in progress' production stills for the 'Coca Cola Unity' spot, just to show the attention to detail.