Aug 22, 2012 | Animation, Behind The Scenes, Blog
Before coming to work at Moonbot Studios, where I am now, I was working at psyop in LA. It was a bit surreal because I can remember only a few years ago I found their website with all of their work and was very impressed. It was at a time when I had no clue how that...
Jun 24, 2012 | Animation, Featured Content, Portfolio
Lucas Ridley Animation Reel v2 from Lucas Ridley on Vimeo. Used Maya, Nuke, Zbrush, After Effects, Photoshop, and Premiere shot_01: From my student short film “Growing Up.” I’m responsible for everything in this shot. shot_02: Responsible for all...
Jun 24, 2012 | Animation, Featured Content, Portfolio, Portfolio2, Video
While between jobs in San Francisco and Los Angeles I wanted to make sure that I continued to animate and improve. That’s why I joined the ‘body acting’ class at AnimSchool. My animation above is the result of that class. AnimSchool maybe the only...
Apr 16, 2012 | Animation, Behind The Scenes, Blog, Portfolio, Video, Video Contests
I recently won a contest over at Tongal in a new format they’ve created. This contest was only open to pitches from the top 100 members of Tongal (based off of previous winnings). I was 42nd at the time I submitted my pitch but now I should jump up a couple...
Mar 6, 2012 | Animation, Behind The Scenes, Blog, Featured Content, Portfolio2
I placed 15th out of 189 entries in February’s 11 Second Club competition. This was my second time entering this contest, last time I placed 18th. The voting period is always at the beginning of every month and on a scale of 1-11. It’s usually a fairly...