Joe Russo - 3d artist | animator » after effects

2 Box Tops

Joe — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 16:37:11 +0000

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More Box Tops! I was the 3D Artist & Animator on this one, once again!

Pixel Farm Credits

Director
Tony Mills

Designers
Alicia Reece
Robert Mostoller

3D Artist + Animator + Compositor
Joe Russo

Additional FX Simulation R&D
Matt Pearson

Sound Designers
Ken Chastain
Jesse Marks

Twins Baseball Stadium Graphics – Pre-Game Spot

Joe — Tue, 11 May 2010 05:01:54 +0000

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3 weeks before the opening game and we need an animation that not only brands Pixel Farm but shows the relationship between Pixel Farm and the Twins. Can we do it? YES! And we did, and this is what is the result from those 3 weeks of quick milestone turnarounds, little exercise, and a lot of consumption of Chinese food.

This plays 40 minutes before the game starts, on the big screen. So if you go to a Twins game, look out for it! Enjoy!

Pixel Farm Credits

Director
Kurt Angell

Producers
Bill Kruse
Paul Sadeghi

Designer + Animator
Amanda Nelson

3D Modeling Artists + Texture Artists
Amanda Nelson
Joe Russo

FX Artists
Eric Schulist
Joe Russo
Rich Haesemeyer

3D Lighting Artists
Amanda Nelson
Joe Russo

Compositors
Amanda Nelson
Eric Schulist
Joe Russo

End-Tag Animators & FX Artists
Chad Retrum
Eric Schulist
Kurt Angell

Sound Designer
Ken Chastain

Winter Ice

Joe — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:49:59 +0000

Here is my submission for The Challenge. The topic was Winter. I chose to mimic micro photography with showing a small section of ice found in a cave or something.

Ninja Squirrel Character Animation Tests

Joe — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:58:41 +0000

Hero Squirrel

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Steve Glutton

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Ah, finally some personal stuff! Here are animation tests for the characters of my next animated short: Ninja… Squirrel?!

These are mostly for motion timing / flow and acting. There are obvious intersections with cloth and skinning that will be addressed on a per shot basis (although skinning has been fixed now). These also have allowed me to set up my render layers and make master character files so that I don’t have to worry about render layer setup once my shots are done, for the characters at least.

Enjoy!

H&R Block Spot

Joe — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:16:26 +0000

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Breakdown

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Ok, this update isn’t anything visually spectacular, and it’s not supposed to be. I want to show the technical process of something that is fast and looks simple, because there are still a lot of steps that go into live action tracking / integration.

The spot needed a 3D grapple with a rope to be tracked in, so I modeled the grapple, hand tracked it in maya using the footage as a backplate, simulated the rope using nCloth, and simulated the smoke using FumeFX.

Pixel Farm Credits

3D Artist + Animator + FX Artist
Joe Russo

Compositor
Tom Doeden

It’s a Trap!

Joe — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:01:03 +0000

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A quick animation for the challenge. That silly Admiral Ackbar…

Stretched

Joe — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 22:10:06 +0000

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Another animation for the physics challenge. The principle was elasticity.

A Traveling Nightmare

Joe — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 22:06:17 +0000

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A concept I developed after traveling on a plane with an annoying kid kicking my chair. This animation expresses what the situation felt like and what I wish I could have done.

The Magnetgician

Joe — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:02:28 +0000

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Another animation for my school’s physics animation challenge. This time the topic was electro-magnetism. Therefore, the piece is entitled, “Magnetgician.” Enjoy!

Credits to Peter Starostin for the character rig.

Emergency!

Joe — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:58:41 +0000

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Created for a physics challenge held at my school. The concept was to show how rockets placed on the ship moved it around. Although I only got around to rendering the main engine rockets…

Rooftop Showdown

Joe — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:50:47 +0000

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An animation inspired by all things that are action and little story. I focused mostly on color, composition, and timing rather than character development. The music is from Perfect Dark by artist Grant Kirkhope.

Squirrel Retaliation: Training!

Joe — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 21:01:58 +0000

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The second installment of my Ninja Squirrel shorts. It focuses in on the squirrel training hard to one day get revenge on Steve, the very large obnoxious man who ran over his parents. Is this training too brutal? Find out!