robot tests

doing some tests for an upcoming project. these are .png's exported into AE and made into this faux3D - which i think is pretty cool considering the fact that they are flat flat flat

robo test

i'm doing some tests for a project that i am collaborating on with some friends - i still need to do the hand of the robot and the chick in it but it's a start - and the whole thing is just a test so i may not get around to actually doing it

mental ray

playing around with mental ray and dynamics.

aug reel

i finally got around to getting the rest of the goods onto the end july reel - i wanted to get some 3D work in there including some dynamics / mental ray things i have been going over in maya

visual resume

i also have a traditional paper version but i hear these one's are all the new rage. call now and not only will i include the traditional resume - but call within the next twenty seconds and i'll include this limited edition signed resume!!

Coke

I helped out on this web banner while at Juxt Interactive

LA Dodgers

i'm doing some work for the LA Dodgers - hopefully it turns into some more work. this is the thought process i had - basically it took about two days to get my thoughts together. the first draft - i liked the style but not the movement so much. the second draft - i liked the movement but not the style. the third one - i combined the style of the first and the movement of the second and i'm pretty pleased with it (test 2)

Robotron!

modeling in maya. like it, love it, gotta have it.

raw sketch

i wanted to keep it simple with the original line work. no over-rendering. just two colors. UHhhHHHhhh son. 

oyster collective

logo design for a fake band and a poster for said band. i was thinking of messing with the curves/contrast of the poster but because i was going for a stylized old look i thought it looked better this way.

 i have a strange obsession with lens flares - there is this dope plug in for after effects called 'knoll light factory pro' - it's nothing but tons and tons of sexy lens flares. yesh please.

dogtags

dinking around with some new fonts i got my hands on

August 5th

They say elevators are one of those few places where strangers will stand this close. Is it different when there are mirrors? We try to follow the rules and stare straight ahead, but I keep catching her eyes in the reflection and now I want to see them for real.

a really talented friend of mine keeps a site where he makes entries of fifty words exactly. every post. fifty words. cool. 

generally on blogs that are updated regularly, the first thing that i do is look for an entry on my birthday... just to see what they were up to on my big day. apparently sam and i were partying it up on my birthday and never got around to making a post... it's okay though. the nearest post to my birthday is perhaps my favorite out of all of his entries. write your novel already sam!

check it out at: www.fiftywords.com

July Reel

combination of my more recent smaller projects

abstract

an acquaintance was sharing with me their views on how in their mind outer space is like an extension of the earth's atmosphere and when you break through that thin layer you're in heaven. it's a very interesting minimalist interpretation. this is my minimalist interpretation of how those words look as a picture 

sketch

finally got my scanner working. i have had some downtime between animations and my booming social life (not.) got my wacom tablet from utah this week and wanted to put it to work. i love doing work.

Website Redesign

I was going to make a big post of all the stuff that I did during my internship at Juxt Interactive... but I have to wait until the work that I did there is published by the clients before I can publicly post it here. sorry folks. soon though. until then - here is some redesign work that I am doing on my website. I picked up a lot of Flash while working at the web ad agency... hmmm.... imagine that. Once this bad boy is up and good to go I'll post it here so you know where to see all my neat professional stuff.

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somethin somethin

a little somethin somethin i was playing around with in 3D - the plan is to animated the letters tearing out of the glassy crystal thing... when i get around to it

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Juxt Motion Reel Intros

Intern Motion from eric armstrong on Vimeo.

Intern Motion 2 from eric armstrong on Vimeo.

these are some concepts i whipped up for a motion reel at Juxt Interactive - i didn't design the logos but everything else was me... my favorite part is in the second one right before the energy beam shoots out - all the particles come to a gradual stop and then take off when the beam fires: i don't the vimeo does frame by frame so you may have to look close

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prepare.

fat post coming by the end of this week

* until i was told i wasn't legally allowed to post the work that i did at juxt for another few weeks/months

FITC REEL

eric_armstrong_reel from eric armstrong on Vimeo.

i'm being featured at FITC in canada later this month - i'll post a link to the site once they get it updated: this is a low res version of the mini reel i submitted

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