Project: "Countdown", a short film by Jeffery Wang.
Software used: 3D Studio Max, Photoshop, After Effects.
Description: Rockets ferry refugees from a dying Earth, in the film's final shot. I modeled and animated the rockets in Max, and composited them behind the skybridge in After Effects.

Project: "Touch", a short film by Jeffery Wang.
Software used: After Effects.
Description: Protagonist waits at a bus-stop in the rain, and imagines herself arriving at a party. I keyed and color corrected the source footage in After Effects.

Project: "Nija Slayers: From Dawn to Dusk", a comedy by Adam Burgett and Mike Harris.
Software used: Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere Pro, Cakewalk Sonar.
Description: A Ninja Master attempts to catch a bullet fired by his mortal enemy, in the film's final scene. I used After Effects for the muzzle flash, image stabilization, motion blurs and compositing. I used Premiere Pro for editing and color correction, and mixed the sound effects in Cakewalk Sonar.

Project: "Lost in Zombieville", a film by Matthew Brewbaker.
Software used: Photoshop, After Effects.
Description: This is a sample of the DVD menus I created for the commercial release of a low-budget horror film. The composite backgrounds were created in Photoshop, and animated in After Effects. They were based on location photographs, and elements from the film.

Project: "Robotmedia Davis VI Intro", by Adam Burgett.
Software used: Premiere, Photoshop, After Effects, Illustrator, Cakewalk Sonar.
Description: This is an intro I made for one of the quarterly student film showcases at UC Davis. It involved day-for-night effects, motion tracking, and rotoscoping. The audio collage was made in Cakewalk.

Project: "Matt's Typical Morning", animated short by Adam Burgett.
Software used: Premiere, Flash, Cakewalk Sonar.
Description: A caricature of my roommate, Matt, given to inexplicable behavior on even the typicallist of mornings. Made as a midterm project for my Interactivity and Animation class at UC Davis, which required a sixty second animation made in Flash.

Project:"Touch", a short film by Jeffery Wang.
Software used: After Effects, Photoshop.
Description: A plastic bag covering the camera made its way into the frame and had to be removed. The director also wanted the tree darkened, to put more emphasis on the center of the frame.

Project:"Robotmedia Davis IX Intro", by Adam Burgett.
Software used: After Effects, Illustrator.
Description: I made this Tarantino-inspired intro to suit the showcase themes "Going Away" and "Revenge", at the height of Robotmedia Davis's popularity. The graphics were drawn in Illustrator* and animated in After Effects.

*Except for the airplane... I'm pretty sure that was a Wingdings character.

Project:"As Icarus Fell Music Video", by Adam Burgett.
Software used: Premiere, After Effects.
Description: A raw, performance based video for Davis hardcore band Unless, shot in the garage/studio where they practiced. It involved numerous fast edits, and the condensation of about two hours of footage. It has no real "concept" aspect, and 90 percent of the population finds the music insufferable. I grew to enjoy it.

Project:"Goblin Market", a short film by Kristi Uribes.
Software used: Flash, After Effects, Premiere.
Description: I created the animation for these segments of a USC student film. The director wanted the goblins to look hand animated, as if they were taken out of a storybook illustration. They were drawn in Flash and composited with the live-action footage in After Effects.

Project: Robotmedia Davis XX Intro
Software used: Maya, After Effects.
Description: Robotic machinery forges components for a mysterious final assembly. A clip from an animated intro I made for Robotmedia Davis Showcase 20.

Project: CBS13 Logo Demo
Software used: Maya, After Effects.
Description: Animated CBS13 logo made in Maya and finished in After Effects.

Project: Tractor commercial.
Software used: Maya.
Description: Animated TYM Tractor logo for use in a dealership commercial.

Project: n/a
Software used: Maya.
Description: Trebuchet throws glowing orb at bowling pins. Made while experimenting with the Maya physics engine.

DivX version (higher quality)

Project: "Hypercauseway Commercial", by Adam Burgett.
Software used: Maya, After Effects.
Description: CGI sequence from a mock TV ad, demonstrating a proposed Hyper-causeway, to supliment the existing Yolo Causeway between West Sacramento and Davis.