3D Animation & Data Visualization course
Learning 3D animation can be a daunting prospect. I know because I did it not that long ago. So I created a course that is a great introduction to 3D and Autodesk Maya and structured in a format that's my favorite: project-based learning. I hate classes that bore me...
Create Stylized Bokeh – New Class!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=568hYhtOAAQ I recently published a new class on Skillshare where my classes have taught 1,500 students! The new course is exciting because I share a very unique technique that will make your photos stand out. This effect can be achieved...
One Dollar Vegan Burger Recipe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4WuZSRBnDk Ingredients: .99¢ = can organic black beans .40¢ = 3 carrots .59¢ = sweet onion $2.49 = multi-grain slim buns .10¢ = oats* .20¢ = soy sauce* .20¢ = spices (cumin, coriander, curry, chili powder)* Total = $4.97 Price per...
Travel Photography Class
I recently took a trip to Machu Picchu and it was amazing! I might create another post just about the trip later.While I was there I filmed a short class on Travel Photography! Check it out here! In the course I cover the following topics over 26 minutes: Gear Post...
How I Make 1/3 of My Freelance Income
In my new Skillshare course I will teach you how to animate an explainer video in After Effects! The skills I teach in this course generated one-third of my freelance income last year. I'm giving away my secrets about how I approach creating an explainer video. I...
February 2016 Books – Cognition, Cancer, and Islam
This is a great book that dives very deeply into understanding the systems of our cognition and decision making. It illuminates many biases and explains how many irrational behaviors exist. One of the main ideas of the book is we divide our cognition into two systems,...
Journey to India
I visited one of my best friends in India recently and had a fantastic trip through Bombay and Kerala. Evan has written a great entry about our travels on his blog here. THE CAMERA I brought the Sony RX 100 iv for testing and it is by far the best travel camera I've...
January 2016 Books
Elon Musk is changing the world for the next generation the way Bill Gates and Steve Jobs have. He's been appropriately compared to a real life Tony Stark (Iron Man) and this book is a great insight to understand him as a person and the way he thinks. The only thing...
2015 Wrap Up
Every year I take a minute to reflect on what I did, I hope you do as well so you can make sure you're constantly pushing yourself. Read a book every 1.5 weeks and wrote reviews for most of them Here's my favorite non-fiction and fiction of the year Created 6...
Hang Gliding on a Razor’s Edge for Braun
This was one of those dream projects: get paid to hang glide. But it started with frustration. They were looking for a 17-24 year old who does something cool that would fit with the mobility and convenience of their new electric razor. That was the gist of their...
October 2015 Books – Comedy, Romance, Adventure
I recently animated characters for a virtual reality project so I frequently checked my work in the Oculus goggles. I heard about this book from working on this project and then I learned Stephen Spielberg is already making this book into a movie so I had to read it....
September 2015 Books – Sex, Genes, WWII
Apologies to anyone who actually reads this stuff about missing last month's book review. I moved to LA for a short animation contract and have been incredibly busy with work. Here are three books I recommend: This book will challenge the way you view...