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Remember all of those MonsterQuest videos I posted a while back? Well now it’s all in one tidy package. This is basically everything I’ve already posted with a few more shots from the show, but condensed into a short edit.

Here’s a quick recap of this project:

At Pixel Farm, we worked on History Channel’s MonsterQuest Season 4, creating CG elements for 9 episodes over a course of 5 months, starting back in October 2009. It was around 30 seconds – 1 minute of animation per episode, depending on the content of the show.

Enjoy!

Pixel Farm Credits

MonsterQuest Season 4 Creature FX

Creative Director + Lead Compositor
Tom Doeden

Lead 3D Artist + Animator
Joe Russo

Reel

Edit
Joe Russo

Title Graphics
Chad Retrum
Joe Russo

Sound Designers
Jesse Marks
Ken Chastain

HillBilly Beast
Joe Russo

Mothman

3D Character Artist + Texture Artist
Jim Van Den Bogart

3D Character Rigging Artist + Character FX Artist (Fur & Dynamic Wings) + 3D Environment Artist + Animator + 3D Lighting Artist + Compositor
Joe Russo

Shark

3D Artists + Animators + Compositors
Amanda Nelson
Joe Russo

Piranha

3D Character Rigging Artist
Matt Pearson

3D Artists + Animators + Compositors
Amanda Nelson
Joe Russo

Snake

3D Character Rigging Artists
Chad Retrum
Llyod Travis

3D Artist + Animator + Compositor
Chad Retrum

Lizard Monster

3D Character Artist
Billy Thiex

3D Character Rigging Artist + 3D Environment Artist + FX Artist (Smoke) + Animator + 3D Lighting Artist + Compositor
Joe Russo

America’s Wolfman

3D Character Artists
Jim Van Den Bogart
Matt Pearson

3D Character Rigging Artist + 3D Character FX Artist (Fur)
Joe Russo

Animator + 3D Environment Artist
Amanda Nelson

3D Lighting Artists + Compositors
Amanda Nelson
Joe Russo

Sierra Sasquatch

3D Artist + Animator + Compositor
Joe Russo

3D Environment Artists
Amanda Nelson
Joe Russo

Additional Animator (Background Sasquatch)
Amanda Nelson

Additional Compositing On Every Episode
Tom Doeden

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Holodeck creature animation for MonsterQuest.

The final animation I worked on for the show. I reused & altered the sasquatch I created for the first episode, and added a younger version.

Pixel Farm Credits

3D Character Artist + Animator + Lighting Artist + Compositor
Joe Russo

3D Environment Artists
Amanda Nelson
Joe Russo

Additional Animator (Background Sasquatch)
Amanda Nelson

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Holodeck creature animation for MonsterQuest.

Pixel Farm Credits

3D Character Artists
Jim Van Den Bogart
Matt Pearson

3D Character Rigging Artist + Character FX Artist (Fur)
Joe Russo

Animator + 3D Environment Artist
Amanda Nelson

Lighting Artists + Compositors
Amanda Nelson
Joe Russo

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Holodeck creature animation for MonsterQuest.

Pixel Farm Credits

3D Character Artist
Billy Thiex

3D Character Rigging Artist + CG Environment Artist + FX Artist (Smoke) + Animator + Lighting Artist + Compositor
Joe Russo

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Another holodeck creature animation for MonsterQuest.

Pixel Farm Credits

3D Character Artist
Jim Van Den Bogart

3D Character Rigging Artist + Character FX Artist (Fur & Dynamic Wings) + 3D Environment Artist + Animator + Lighting Artist + Compositor
Joe Russo

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We wrapped up production for The History Channel’s MonsterQuest TV series recently at Pixel Farm, creating cg elements for 9 episodes over a course of 5 months, starting back in October 2009. It was around 30 seconds – 1 minute of animation per episode, depending on the content of the show.

This particular piece is called The Creature Holodeck which plays early in the show, describing the creature through V.O. and motion.

Pixel Farm Credits

3D Artist + Animator + Compositor
Joe Russo