Cassidy Curtis s splendid display of colorful things.
Fresh off our official world premiere at Tribeca Festival, our next stop is SIGGRAPH 2026! We re doing a Production Session about Dear Upstairs Neighbors on Thursday, July 23 at 11:15am, and the film itself will be showing immediately after our talk, in the Computer Animation Festival, Animation Theater 4 at 12:30pm. Also, some members of Continue reading Tribeca was amazing. Next stop: SIGGRAPH!
We just got some fantastic news: our short film Dear Upstairs Neighbors will have its official world premiere in competition at Tribeca Festival! We couldn t be more proud or excited. For those who have asked when they can see the film, if you ll be in New York June 6th or 13th, now s your chance!
Here s some exciting news: we made a short film! I worked on this for much of last year, alongside a multitalented and diverse group of artists, engineers, researchers, and musicians. Everyone wore several hats on this project, and for me it was a welcome return to character animation. I got to supervise a small but Continue reading Dear Upstairs Neighbors at Sundance Story Forum!
At the Palácio das Artes in Belo Horizonte, we saw an exhibit of the paintings of Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato, a self-taught Brazilian modern artist. Most of the paintings were figurative, or semi-abstract. But tucked in among them was this unique piece: an arrangement of colored rectangles, each labeled with a letter, spelling out the phrase Continue reading Was Lorenzato a synaesthete?
THU was an unforgettable experience. If you ever get the chance to go, I highly recommend it! I don t have time right now to do a writeup of the full event, but I can tell you about one slice of it: my demo of Big Wet Pixels was a lot of fun! One big concern Continue reading Big Wet Pixels Live at THU 2024
I pointed the camera at the TV while we watched the debate. Here’s what my watercolor simulation did with what it saw.
Raquel practices guitar while my watercolor simulation paints her portrait. Here you can also see a first glimpse of the GUI I m building for live performance. This was my first dry run of the whole system, including webcam and external monitor. Still could use some optimization: the frame rate dropped to 16fps, I think due Continue reading Big Wet Pixels 14
Finding new shapes and textures. Who ever said pixels had to be square?
Spent some time refining control of the instrument: a richer parameter space for stroke planning; new colorspace mapping that handles poor camera conditions (over- or underexposure); two new types of limited color palette (inspired by the gorgeous plein air experiments of my friend Susan Hayden). I ve also exposed a bunch of fluid sim parameters so Continue reading Big Wet Pixels 12
Okay here s something fun: this goofball will be speaking at the THU Main Event 2024 in Tróia, Portugal! For those who don t know it, THU is an annual gathering of artists working in film, games, comics, and more. Or, as the organizers describe it: a 6-day event designed to be a transformative experience filled with Continue reading Trojan Unicorn 2024!