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Sat, 12 July 2008 An art student on his way to school is about to encounter aliens.Revive Productions Velez Graphics Velez Arts Demo Reel by AJ Velez Google Base Payloadz Santa Cruz Community TV Revive Productions on iTunes Demo Reel by AJ Velez on iTunes Blip TV Comments[0] |
Mon, 9 June 2008 Matte painting made with Vue and Maya.Revive Productions Velez Graphics Velez Arts Demo Reel by AJ Velez Google Base Payloadz Santa Cruz Community TV Revive Productions on iTunes Demo Reel by AJ Velez on iTunes Blip TV Comments[1] |
Mon, 9 June 2008 Matte painting made with Vue and Maya.Revive Productions Velez Graphics Velez Arts Demo Reel by AJ Velez Google Base Payloadz Santa Cruz Community TV Revive Productions on iTunes Demo Reel by AJ Velez on iTunes Blip TV Comments[0] |
Tue, 3 June 2008 Here is a challenge entry for the pixelcorps matchmove greenscreen track.Revive Productions Velez Graphics Velez Arts Demo Reel by AJ Velez Google Base Payloadz Santa Cruz Community TV Revive Productions on iTunes Demo Reel by AJ Velez on iTunes Blip TV Comments[0] |
Mon, 21 April 2008 ![]() Handheld DV footage tracked with Matchmover. Spaceships instanced to particle object with random speed control in Maya. Color passes composited in After Effects. Revive ProductionsVelez Graphics Velez Arts Demo Reel by AJ Velez Google Base Payloadz Santa Cruz Community TV Revive Productions on iTunes Demo Reel by AJ Velez on iTunes Blip TV Comments[0] |
Sun, 23 March 2008 Here is a sample of scene 1 from my thesis project.Revive Productions Velez Graphics Velez Arts Demo Reel by AJ Velez Google Base Payloadz Santa Cruz Community TV Revive Productions on iTunes Demo Reel by AJ Velez on iTunes Blip TV Comments[0] |
Fri, 22 February 2008 Here's this week's texture assignment. Pick a movie (I chose King Kong0 and create seamless textures based on that. 1024x1024 applied to a plane with 2x2 uv coverage. Also the first podcast created with the appleTV codec.Revive Productions Velez Graphics Velez Arts Demo Reel by AJ Velez Google Base Payloadz Santa Cruz Community TV Revive Productions on iTunes Demo Reel by AJ Velez on iTunes Blip TV Comments[0] |
Sat, 16 February 2008 ![]() Create textures using different parts of pictures. Revive Productions Velez Graphics Velez Arts Demo Reel by AJ Velez Google Base Payloadz Santa Cruz Community TV Revive Productions on iTunes Demo Reel by AJ Velez on iTunes Blip TV Comments[0] |
Sun, 10 February 2008 Stock footage tracked in Matchmover Pro, spaceship and explosions in Maya, laser and composite in After Effects.Revive Productions Velez Graphics Velez Arts Demo Reel by AJ Velez Google Base Payloadz Santa Cruz Community TV Revive Productions on iTunes Demo Reel by AJ Velez on iTunes Blip TV Comments[0] |
Sat, 2 February 2008 Shot 4 detailed in Vue and Maya, with a soundtrack.Revive Productions Velez Graphics Velez Arts Demo Reel by AJ Velez Google Base Payloadz Santa Cruz Community TV Revive Productions on iTunes Demo Reel by AJ Velez on iTunes Blip TV Comments[0] |
Fri, 1 February 2008 Zoom in from space to Monster Park in San Francisco.Revive Productions Velez Graphics Velez Arts Demo Reel by AJ Velez Google Base Payloadz Santa Cruz Community TV Revive Productions on iTunes Demo Reel by AJ Velez on iTunes Blip TV Comments[0] |
Mon, 14 January 2008 Stock footage tracked in Matchmover Pro. Maya PFX hotel and grass. Shadow plane added.Revive Productions Velez Graphics Velez Arts Demo Reel by AJ Velez Google Base Payloadz Santa Cruz Community TV Revive Productions on iTunes Demo Reel by AJ Velez on iTunes Blip TV Comments[0] |
Sat, 12 January 2008 A 3 second matchmove shot using stock footage and a model car. Tracked in realviz Matchmover. Aligned, textured, lighting and shadows in Maya, comped in After Effects.Revive Productions Velez Graphics Velez Arts Demo Reel by AJ Velez Google Base Payloadz Santa Cruz Community TV Revive Productions on iTunes Demo Reel by AJ Velez on iTunes Blip TV Comments[0] |
Fri, 11 January 2008 Here's the final matchmove project shot on mini DV, tracked in Matchmover Pro, checkerboxed in Maya and comped in After Effects.Revive Productions Velez Graphics Velez Arts Demo Reel by AJ Velez Google Base Payloadz Santa Cruz Community TV Revive Productions on iTunes Demo Reel by AJ Velez on iTunes Blip TV Comments[0] |
Tue, 11 December 2007 Here's a result from my final project in MEL scripting. Everything was created by the script and includes nurbs, polys, emitters, particles, softbodies, fields, joints, expressions and keyframes. All with the push of a button!Revive Productions Velez Graphics Velez Arts Demo Reel by AJ Velez Google Base Payloadz Santa Cruz Community TV Revive Productions on iTunes Demo Reel by AJ Velez on iTunes Blip TV Comments[0] |
Fri, 7 December 2007 This is the updated version of shot 4.Revive Productions Velez Graphics Velez Arts Demo Reel by AJ Velez Google Base Payloadz Santa Cruz Community TV Revive Productions on iTunes Demo Reel by AJ Velez on iTunes Blip TV Comments[0] |
Fri, 30 November 2007 Soundtrack to follow...Revive Productions Velez Graphics Velez Arts Demo Reel by AJ Velez Google Base Payloadz Santa Cruz Community TV Revive Productions on iTunes Demo Reel by AJ Velez on iTunes Blip TV Comments[0] |
Tue, 20 November 2007 Another scene using the same camera data as the other two. 65 hours rendered in camera at 1200x400. About 3 hours to design.Revive Productions Velez Graphics Velez Arts Demo Reel by AJ Velez Google Base Payloadz Santa Cruz Community TV Revive Productions on iTunes Demo Reel by AJ Velez on iTunes Blip TV Comments[0] |
Tue, 20 November 2007 Here's a result of a MEL script I wrote for class.Revive Productions Velez Graphics Velez Arts Demo Reel by AJ Velez Google Base Payloadz Santa Cruz Community TV Revive Productions on iTunes Demo Reel by AJ Velez on iTunes Blip TV Comments[0] |
Tue, 20 November 2007 Maya camera data export to Vue.Revive Productions Velez Graphics Velez Arts Demo Reel by AJ Velez Google Base Payloadz Santa Cruz Community TV Revive Productions on iTunes Demo Reel by AJ Velez on iTunes Blip TV Comments[0] |
Sat, 17 November 2007 Export camera data from Maya into Vue.Revive Productions Velez Graphics Velez Arts Demo Reel by AJ Velez Google Base Payloadz Santa Cruz Community TV Revive Productions on iTunes Demo Reel by AJ Velez on iTunes Blip TV |
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Wed, 7 November 2007 Here's a simple scene using the production render settings.Revive Productions Velez Graphics Velez Arts Demo Reel by AJ Velez Google Base Payloadz Santa Cruz Community TV Revive Productions on iTunes Demo Reel by AJ Velez on iTunes Blip TV Comments[0] |
Mon, 13 August 2007 Here is the plasma tunnel. It's a simple foreground over background composite with each element rendered separately out of Maya. The scale is a little off, but that's how it goes. Rather than try to perfect this shot, I am going to move on and come up with something better! Next up will be the second half of my final last semester, the 300 Field Scene. Then I will start some serious yet flexible R&D on the opening shot for my thesis, the creation of light.Revive Productions Velez Graphics Velez Arts Demo Reel by AJ Velez Google Base Payloadz Santa Cruz Community TV Revive Productions on iTunes Demo Reel by AJ Velez on iTunes Blip TV Comments[0] |
Sat, 7 July 2007 Hi folks! Here is a shot that I came up with in the last week. I have been working on more of a film resolution look and I settled on 1440 x 600. The ipod compression knocked it down to 640 x 266. I also worked on compositing seperate layers but was having some issues with the geometry mattes so I just rendered it straight out of Maya. This is more research for the look of my thesis, so keep an eye out for my next shot, a plasma tunnel fly through!Revive Productions Velez Graphics Velez Arts Demo Reel by AJ Velez Google Base Payloadz Santa Cruz Community TV Revive Productions on iTunes Demo Reel by AJ Velez on iTunes Blip TV Comments[0] |
Tue, 12 June 2007 Hi Folks! This shot is half of my final assignment for a compositing class at the Academy. I downloaded a trailer for the movie 300 and then shot some greenscreen footage of myself. The assignment was to key and motion track using high definition video. the original BG plate we 1920 x 800 and my foreground element we 1920 x 1080. I pulled multiple keys on the hair, arm, guitar, shirt and motion tracked garbage mattes to pull them in. It's a little goofy but I was going for a music video based on the soundtrack for a movie kinda look. Of course, color correction played a big part. I addedd a fake snow over the top and adjusted the final resolution. It's only 50 frames so don't blink!Revive Productions Velez Graphics Velez Arts Demo Reel by AJ Velez Google Base Payloadz Santa Cruz Community TV Revive Productions on iTunes Demo Reel by AJ Velez on iTunes Blip TV Comments[0] |
Fri, 18 May 2007 ![]() Hi folks, welcome to my demo reel! This shot is the final project for one of my classes at the Academy of Art for the Spring 2007 semester. It is a previsualization of shot 4 of my thesis called "3 Days". In this shot, we see the creation of land and plants. I also wrote and performed the guitar tracks which may sound familiar. They are based on some of my favorite Pink Floyd and CCR riffs. Keep an eye out for my finished thesis in June of 2008. It will feature a rockin' soundtrack performed by me featuring some familiar riffs and licks from Rimsky Korsakov's "The Flight of the Bumblebee", Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 4", Rossini's "William Tell Overture", the theme from "Jaws" as well as variations on the tunes heard here. The thesis is about the first 3 days of creation as told in the account of Genesis. The soundtrack will be used as a structure to build the visual effects around. It will be about 2-3 minutes long. Revive Productions Velez Graphics Velez Arts Demo Reel by AJ Velez Google Base Payloadz Santa Cruz Community TV Revive Productions on iTunes Demo Reel by AJ Velez on iTunes Blip TV Comments[0] |




An art student on his way to school is about to encounter aliens.
Matte painting made with Vue and Maya.
Matte painting made with Vue and Maya.
Here is a challenge entry for the pixelcorps matchmove greenscreen track.
Here is a sample of scene 1 from my thesis project.
Here's this week's texture assignment. Pick a movie (I chose King Kong0 and create seamless textures based on that. 1024x1024 applied to a plane with 2x2 uv coverage. Also the first podcast created with the appleTV codec.
Stock footage tracked in Matchmover Pro, spaceship and explosions in Maya, laser and composite in After Effects.
Shot 4 detailed in Vue and Maya, with a soundtrack.
Zoom in from space to Monster Park in San Francisco.
Stock footage tracked in Matchmover Pro. Maya PFX hotel and grass. Shadow plane added.
A 3 second matchmove shot using stock footage and a model car. Tracked in realviz Matchmover. Aligned, textured, lighting and shadows in Maya, comped in After Effects.
Here's the final matchmove project shot on mini DV, tracked in Matchmover Pro, checkerboxed in Maya and comped in After Effects.
Here's a result from my final project in MEL scripting. Everything was created by the script and includes nurbs, polys, emitters, particles, softbodies, fields, joints, expressions and keyframes. All with the push of a button!
This is the updated version of shot 4.
Soundtrack to follow...
Another scene using the same camera data as the other two. 65 hours rendered in camera at 1200x400. About 3 hours to design.
Here's a result of a MEL script I wrote for class.
Maya camera data export to Vue.
Export camera data from Maya into Vue.



Here's a simple scene using the production render settings.
Here is the plasma tunnel. It's a simple foreground over background composite with each element rendered separately out of Maya. The scale is a little off, but that's how it goes. Rather than try to perfect this shot, I am going to move on and come up with something better! Next up will be the second half of my final last semester, the 300 Field Scene. Then I will start some serious yet flexible R&D on the opening shot for my thesis, the creation of light.
Hi folks! Here is a shot that I came up with in the last week. I have been working on more of a film resolution look and I settled on 1440 x 600. The ipod compression knocked it down to 640 x 266. I also worked on compositing seperate layers but was having some issues with the geometry mattes so I just rendered it straight out of Maya. This is more research for the look of my thesis, so keep an eye out for my next shot, a plasma tunnel fly through!
Hi Folks! This shot is half of my final assignment for a compositing class at the Academy. I downloaded a trailer for the movie 300 and then shot some greenscreen footage of myself. The assignment was to key and motion track using high definition video. the original BG plate we 1920 x 800 and my foreground element we 1920 x 1080. I pulled multiple keys on the hair, arm, guitar, shirt and motion tracked garbage mattes to pull them in. It's a little goofy but I was going for a music video based on the soundtrack for a movie kinda look. Of course, color correction played a big part. I addedd a fake snow over the top and adjusted the final resolution. It's only 50 frames so don't blink!