This week on Embedded, The Silversun Pickups, K’Naan and Arcade Fire.

Another great episode. Check it out at 11pm ET/PT, 10pm CT/MT.
Current TV can be seen on: DirecTV 358, Dish 196, Comcast 107 or 125, Time Warner 103 or 142!
If you’re a total douche (or your cable sucks), you can also watch it on Hulu. So no excuses.

So I’ve been working at Current TV since this past July and I was immediately thrown into the chaos of a burgeoning new show being created called Embedded. I’m one of two artists/animators on the project (the other is the talented Mike Beynart). Mike and I have been on the project since inception working on the graphics, animations, transitions, extras, you name it.

The best way to sum up the question of “What is Embedded”, would be to go to the source. Pulled directly from the show’s descriptor:

“Embedded is a six part special that puts you on the ground and behind the scenes with unrivaled access to your favorite musicians. We’ve traveled the world, going beyond performances to bring you the most intimate and unfiltered moments in artists’ lives. When others stop the cameras, we capture the real story of today’s top musicians.”

Here’s the trailer for the show:

This show is good. It’s a documentary, but not in the whole lame and intelligently barren MTV style “documentaries” on music and musicians. Whereas most TV docs will try to sell you something, or try to promote something, Embedded just focuses on the artist. It’s unhosted, meaning the artist is speaking freely of his/her/their mind(s). This show is for people who really love music. And not that mainstream Britney Spears crap, but real artists. I’m very proud to have been apart of this show.

In the three months I’ve been working here, my friends and family have been asking to see what I’ve been working on, but I haven’t been able to show anything since there hasn’t been an aired episode yet. Here’s a clip of something I did for one of the outtakes on the Silversun Pickups Episode: A sing-a-long to the song “Panic Switch”.

I hope you all get to check it out tonight. Embedded airs at 11pm (ET & PT) and is preceded by Vanguard, a show I also have been spending a lot of time working on for the new season. Check them BOTH out with Vanguard starting at 10pm (ET & PT), followed at 11pm by Embedded! It’s intelligent TV.

Current TV can be seen on: DirecTV 358, Dish 196, Comcast 107 or 125, Time Warner 103 or 142!

So I felt like sharing a little bit of one of the projects I’m currently working on. This piece is a work in progress for a current client. Can’t really say TOO much about it until the piece is done except for the fact that it’s an abstract 3d piece that said company is going to use in it’s 2009 demo reel intro sequence. This is just the first scene of three scenes. The other scenes are rendered, but aren’t really polished yet. This scene is the first scene, and it’s the furthest along. Still a little tweaking to do, but for the most part I’m happy with where it’s going. Thoughts?

Turns out the work I did for Air Force was featured on the Favorite Website Awards at one point. Very cool. Check it out!

Here it is. I finally finished my reel and got it posted. I haven’t put it on my portfolio site yet because I still need to write up a shot breakdown and update my resume (and the site too!), but I wanted to get it up here first.

Enjoy!

So I’m putting the finishing touches on my reel and I should have it up and posted within the next couple of hours. I’m only going to have it here until I can finish writing up my reel breakdown, and update my resume so I can officially post it on my portfolio site. Stay tuned. It’s rendering as I type this.

…but with good explanation. I actually have a contract job I’m working on that’s paying, so I shelved the reel until this weekend. Toughed it out through a bit of a sinus infection. Haven’t been sleeping much since I’ve been working on finding a job AND doing the job I’m currently freelancing on. I’ve also been doing some smaller pieces here and there as well. Been hella busy lately (I’m getting more west coast everyday) so yeah, I know my demo reel isn’t up yet…but it will be…soon.

In the meantime, here’s a video I just finished. This is a piece I did Thursday night thru Friday night for my friends at Whisper Entertainment for a party they threw at Cinespace in Hollywood last night. This bad boy was playing on all the screens for a few hours (it’s a loopable clip).

Enjoy. (I’ll also try to update this blog more frequently)