The story behind this song is there's a tormented individual who has some kind of problem in his head. As we progress through the song we get deeper into his head and discover that all this dementia is caused by a search for inner peace.

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Here is the final installment of The Sketch Boys. Reggie is mysteriously transported back to the age of chivalry. The next podcast will be the "Inside" music video I've been talking about all summer. Subscribe now so you don't miss it!

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Hi folks, welcome to Demo Reel. This is the fourth episode of "The Sketch Boys". In it, Jim, Reggie and Carlos engage in a deep space intruder chase. Featuring an original musical interlude by Jim. I got the idea for this video after purchasing some spaceship models, then there's the play on words.

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Hi folks, this is the mp3 for the upcoming music video "Inside". I recorded it exclusively with Garage Band. Guitars, bass and vocals were recorded live - yes that's my voice! The drum tracks were stock loops. If you heard any of the music that accompanied some of the previous posts I've made then you should really dig this.

The video is almost done, just a few tweaks here and there. The VFX that comprise the video are just as fiery as the music!

I have been playing guitar and writing songs for about 24 years and I have a music degree. I decided to integrate my musical and VFX skills because the music gives me a good story to work with. Once the music is done then I start visualizing elements that would go well with a certain section of music.

The story behind this song is there's a tormented individual who has some kind of problem in his head. As we progress through the song we get deeper into his head and discover that all this dementia is caused by a search for inner peace.

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Here is the third installment of The Sketch Boys. Thanks to Robert Spriggs for letting me use the song "Ejector Seat". Please google him and check out some more of his work. The initial title for this cartoon was The Spam Bandit, after I was pegged for spamming the Adobe After Effects and Premiere forum boards. Through feedback from another 3d animation forum I decided to change the title to El Spam Bandito and introduce Carlos. I was encouraged by a former co-worker to include a female character. All voices, animation and editing by yours truly. Don't forget the big "Inside" music video coming up. Subscribe so you won't miss it!

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This is the second Sketch Boys animation I came up with. Inspired by a trip to San Francisco, CA. I took once when I worked for the County of Santa Cruz. I hardly ever went to SF and I misjudged the timing. Next thing I was stuck in heavy traffic and going the wrong way! I was extremely late for my meeting, which was a luncheon/pow wow of local government audit managers. No, I wasn't the audit manager, I was supposed to meet the audit manager there (and get 8 hours of education credits). Anyways, it was an embarrasing moment and the audit manager actually wrote me up for being 4 hours late! Ironically, the meeting was held in the Veteran's Hall across the street from one of the Academy of Art buildings, before I ever thought of going back to school! Shortly thereafter I quit that job and now I travel to SF on a regular basis to attend classes at the Academy of Art! Is that weird or what?

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This is the first episode in a five part series called The Sketch Boys I made last year with a few inexpensive programs like Poser 4, Acid 4.0 and Mimic. In it, Jim and Reggie can't decide whether to lounge around the house or go out for a snack. First I wrote the script and then recorded the voices into Acid. I used Mimic to create the lip sync files and applied those files to 3d models and rendered them out of Poser.

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One of the first narrative animations I created using Poser 4 and Mimic lip sync software. This is based on a true story. I was inspired to do this after observing the behaviour of a 6 and 7 year old one day.

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This shot was a bonus assignment from my VFX 1 class at the Academy of Art, Fall '05. I was supposed to shoot a video background with deep shadows and show a CG element moving out of the shadows in a realistic way.

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This is a shot I worked on to experiment with effects in Maya. I needed to learn how the ocean shader works and I thought I would have a little fun with it as well. This shot represents a lot of CG work that I will later on combine with live action footage. Specifically the "Inside" music video.

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This is a really popular shot. I took a still image from "The Maltese Falcon" and painted out the parts I didn't want the audience to see. I filmed myself lip synching the dialog and after I composited the whole thing it matched up pretty good. I added noir elements, shadows and old film effects to seam it all together.

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I used a child's action figure I bought from Toys 'R Us and Knoll Light Factory 2 to make a light sabre face off.

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This shot shows how you can make a still image look like a movie by compositing different effects such as rain, clouds and lightning.

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A 10 second shot featuring miniature bluescreen action and particle effects.

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Here is the shot breakdown for the Demo Reel 01 011506 post.

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Here is my demo reel as of January 16, 2006. It is a collection of the best visual effects (VFX) and computer generated (CG) animation shots I completed last semester. I did all the animation, compositing and music except for the last scene. That is a collaboration with an actor named Ryan Cox who spoke the words of Job. Stay tuned for the shot breakdown where I show you how step by step how I made the shots. Adam

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