Hasta La Motion!

Even though it’s a week into 2009, here’s my best (finished!) work from 2008 . . . in 3D that is.

http://www.vfxjake.com/3d_artist_reel.html

C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures located in downtown Toronto is currently looking for experienced Scene Setup Artists to work on a dynamic new pre-teen animated series that will be aired on a major U.S. television network.

The company was founded in 1994 and is one of Canada‘s leading digital visual effects and animation studios. Over a decade later, C.O.R.E. has successfully built three divisions: C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures, C.O.R.E. Toons and C.O.R.E. Feature Animation. Over the years, with the underlying philosophy that a studio designed by artists for artists fosters the best creative environment, C.O.R.E. has produced award-winning work for more than 55 Feature Films, 24 Television Series and 24 Movies of the Week.

C.O.R.E. offers an exciting work environment; our open work structure allows for creativity and fun at the same time. The continuous flow of interesting new projects that are awarded from major studios and production companies makes working at C.O.R.E. a unique and fulfilling experience.

Qualifications and Skills:
·Advanced knowledge in Maya
·Strong ability to problem solve independently
·Excellent knowledge of directory structures, databases, specific naming conventions, and file management
·Excellent knowledge of professional animation processes and terminology
·Superior posing skills and an ability to create well timed reference animation where required – often using library elements
·Professional camera knowledge and framing awareness
·Ability to create background art or 2D designs
·Post grad diploma in animation preferred
·Training/knowledge in 3D animation
·3-5 years professional experience
·Must be legally authorized to work in Canada

Job Duties and Responsibilities:
·Create required quotas of finished shot layouts per week on professional grade animated productions
·Required to check in with Directors and Production Managers, review notes and instruction regularly
·Post completed work internally and communicate progress to managers
·Make timely corrections to work when required
·Assist in establishing workflows concepts and toolsets for the team
·Additional duties as assigned

Qualified applicants can send their resumes, demo reels in DVD-R format including shot breakdown to:

C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures Recruiting
461 King St. West
Toronto, Ontario
M5V 1K7

We would like to thank all applicants for their interest however only those under consideration will be contacted. No phone calls please.

Hey Guys,

Got a little housekeeping question for ya that will make my afternoon much more enjoyable if I can figure this out. It’s a simple, but HUGE, stamp task for previs with the frame sequence file name needing to be written onto the frame. So far they’ve had to just manually type in the name of each sequence, and that’s a big waste of time. So what I would like to do is figure out an expression to be placed in the message knob of the text node that would grab the file name from whatever Read it’s hooked into.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks,
Doug

A friend of mine who is an animation student created some characters for me this , and he did a fantastic job. But one of the models is not properly rigged. I will post some screen caps, although I’m not sure how to show what’s wrong with it in screen caps. I will pay someone $50 via paypal if they can fix this model and properly rig it for me.

MRA