Trip To San Francisco

I spent this past weekend up in San Francisco and I can say it was easily one of the best times I've ever had. I took my camera and snapped some decent shots, the Bay area is really nice to photograph.


More to come soon!

EDIT: Here're more!
Steam powered motorcycle?!

Cinema 4D Test

Ddone back in July

Smart Phone Mockup

Glass Test

Trying to keep my Maya skills up by testing glass shaders.

Generalist Reel

CChristian Generalist Reel from Craig Christian on Vimeo.

More work on Smudge

Getting there....

Thesis Prep - Smudge the Puppy

Junior year has come to a close, and senior year is looming it's great shaggy head. I've planned out my summer to basically prepare for my thesis; I'm setting up some custom rigs, planning shots and animating to keep my skills up.

This is the first of the rigs that I'm setting up. His name is Smudge. He was designed by the very talented Kate Laird (http://katelaird.blogspot.com/ Go there!) some months ago, and only now am I able to work on him.


There he is in ortho beauty. He's adorable, now I just need to do him justice in the translation to 3D.




Here's the work-in-progress. It's still very rough, but it's starting to come together. It's much trickier to model something with correct edge loops! I'll upload more as the rig comes together.

Box Lift Animation! Update

The latest and greatest! Okay not really, but it's fun. The idea for my latest animation is a traditional 'box lift,' but there's something in the box!



- The fun ideas


- First thumbnails


-More thumbnails, really planning out the motion

- Video reference! Woooo!