One Month In Tokyo

I spent the month of July, 2010 working as an animator at Shirogumi VFX in Tokyo. I had a great time living and working in Tokyo and I wanted to share my experience. Please enjoy! Thanks to Shirogumi and my uni (Kyoto University of Art) for this opportunity. Music: Quruli – Rose Flower Also live [...]

Toji Peace Exhibit

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Toji Peace Exhibit
Here is a photo I took today at the exhibit. Ill be working the front desk again on friday so come and say hi! The exhibit is based around the theme of “peace” and also to mark the 65th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. There are photos from Yasu Suzuka, and a collaborative short [...]

goodbye…

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goodbye... . . . friend goodbye... . . . turtle goodbye. eric bates ©2010

rigging screengrabs

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I’ve been rigging this character charles since I wrapped up a second pass on the turtle rig last week, the main body parts are finished. I tried out an idea to put a layer of FK over top of the IK system. The idea is that you can add fk animation to your ik animation [...]

Turtle Animation Test

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This is the first animation test for my next project...

Charles Sketch

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Click to see full image... ...First official sketch with my new cintiq.

Ayumi by the fridge

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Sakura Season

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The cherry blossoms won’t last long but I wanted to get out and shoot some of them. I think they are the most interesting at night, there is so much depth and color, light and shadow. The lamps in the park gave off a great pink lens flare that worked really well with the cherry [...]

Osaka Sumo

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We had a great day watching Sumo, here are a few pics from our day out. Thanks to Rulo’s advice we sat up front in the beginning during the lower ranked fights. It was amazing to see them up close. As the day progressed the better fighter’s came out, each rank has different clothing, hairstyles, [...]

How Aliens Are Born

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It's true, this is actually how aliens are born. Go ahead, ask your mom!

Tetsujin 28

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Ayumi and I had a fun night walking around Kobe. It was freezing, but there were so many interesting things to check out.

Kiyomizu Temple

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A lively mix of old and new can be seen in this single photo.
I had a great walk around the Kiyomizu Temple today. It was a great day, lots of sunshine and fresh air. OK, I’m ready for autumn now!

Peace and Introspection

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Tomorrow begins the Peace and Meditation show at the Shina Gallery in Kyoto, Japan...