Chris P. O'Connell

Over the past several months I've been whipping my digital 3D art skills into serious shape, and recently I've shifted my focus to animation. Over the years, it seems I've taken a crack at every kind of animation-oriented software you can imagine, be it from Milkshape to 3DS Max , or from Clickteam's products to those of Adobe … but now as I tinker and familiarize with the animation idiosyncrasies of Lightwave Layout , I find that the challenge of my focus is not simply on what or where to click . Ad mittedly, what a lot of people don't know about animation is for it to be truly effective, as with any art, established time honored principles must be acknowledged. Animation has to to maintain a performance that represents elements of reality through the building of image sequences that the viewer seamlessly interprets as motion, regardless of artistic style. While it's very important to know or understand the varying features and functions of any modern tool...

I hope everyone had a safe and happy time this past New Years Eve. With luck, 2009 will be way more prosperous and sexy than '08 was. Feeling a little under the weather the other night, I actually didn't do much exciting to usher in the new year. However, in the interest of keeping people posted on what I've been up to over my current holiday break, aside from beating MK vs DC at least once a day on the 360 and working on an illustration project for a good friend, I've also been continuing my quest to beef up my 3d art skills. The images below represent recent works in progress and are pretty much just for fun... but feel free to enjoy and offer feedback nonetheless. :) Gundammit all! :P Breaking down the concept: "pretty boy" Gotta get him some better hair plugs. :) .

This year, I'd like to extend fun and wacky holiday wishes in the form of a classic Robot Chicken skit... Enjoy! =)

I know it's kinda odd I start yet another new blog when it's only recently that I have time again to give any attention to the ones that I already write, but after looking at some of the videos and news articles certain friends have been sharing on Facebook recently, I had a strange and sudden urge to give my cynical side a new outlet, much at the expense of certain wackiness and idiocy that just don't fit the feel of this blog. http://zombiedarwin.blogspot.com

It's always an incredibly good feeling to watch your friends follow their dreams. Below is a film trailer for a movie that was produced and co-directed by my buddy Tommy Indratama. Tommy had a creative desire to make a very modern Indonesian war film, and on the 27th of this month, theater-going audiences in southeast Asia will get a chance to see his vision come to life. Unfortunately, I wont be anywhere near Indonesia at that time, but being the really cool guy that he is, Tommy said he'd do what he can to get a subtitled copy of the film to me here in the US. =)

Sorry my updates and random cyber-babblings have been more and more sparse of late, folks. I have been super busy; which although tiring, is a good thing. I hope everyone had a safe and happy Turkey Day last week and hopefully I'll get both the time and inclination to get back to blogging a bit more as we get deeper into X-mas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and whatever else floats people's boats in the coming month or so. In the meantime, for your viewing curiosity, here's a few images from some of the 3D art projects I've been working on recently.