A small tiny update with some fun news. I started working at CAOZ in Reykjavik a couple of months back. (Before that switch I animated two frog-filled Vodafone spots for Miðstræti).

I’ll be working on the first Icelandic CGI-feature Thor – the edda chronicles which is a co-production between CAOZ in Reykjavik, Ulyesses in Hamburg, Germany and Magma Productions in Galway, Ireland.

I’ve been working on the storyboards (editing them together and such) and writing some rigging scripts and soon I’ll move over to some pipeline tools and some more rigging scripts. And of course animating once animation starts. Fun times ahead.

So expect fewer posts than usual. (There is something less than 0?)

I’m back from Siggraph, which was a blast (although a bit hot). Met some fun people and it was unreal seeing my film on the big screen.

At Siggraph I saw some clips of Sony’s Cloudy with a chance of meatballs (in 3d, which I don’t find all that exciting) and this looks like it’s going to be a really fun movie. I’m really digging some of the animation choices made on this film. For example I find the way Flint walks toward the garbage can on the pier in the ‘burger rain’ sequence (you might know what I’m talking about, if not you will in a couple of weeks) awesome. It’s just a fantastic walk!

Anyway, I can’t wait to see this film.

Leaving for New Orleans (via New York) in roughly 6 hours.

In the meantime you can check out my ‘almost’-new reel on the work page

I updated my resume a little bit. I’ve also updated my reel, but I’ve yet to upload it. I’m sure it will turn up here in the near future

These are all small parts of the great “going-to-siggraph” plan.

Well, it’s settled – I’ll be going to New Orleans this August to attend Siggraph. Now I just have to decide what to do and when to do it while I’m there.

We should definitely grab a beverage of some sort if you are going.

Back in the day when I started messing with 3d I was usually planning crazy shorts, and I think this one takes the cake: Ducks at War.

I think I only modeled a few assets for it, and If it looks a bit like Band of Brothers it’s no accident.

Those were the days.

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If you haven’t seen this already, I got nominated for an award at the siggraph 2009 computer animation festival, in the WTF (Well told fable) category.

Official press release

So I guess I’ll be going to New Orleans in August, or at least trying to.

Yup, all the rumors are true, I’m a father now and by the way, it’s the best! This awesome boy was born Feb. 25th which makes him almost 10 weeks old. Man, time sure flies when you’re having fun (and animating for Framestore here in Iceland (a two week gig on Sherlock Holmes)).

Seems VFS has decided to put my film on Youtube, just to let the world know.

Link to Friends? on Youtube

Two weeks until I hand in my final reel. Two weeks.