Brian Escribano

2010-08-30T03:54:42Z

Brian Escribano Demo Reel from Brian Escribano on Vimeo
High quality downloadable version of my reel can be found below
BEscribano.m2v 75.78MB BEscribano.mp4 84.51MB (No right click needed)

Download my resume here: BEscribano_resume.doc

Brian Escribano :: 1044 Elm Ave Unit B :: Glendale, CA 91201
407-267-7753 :: brian@meljunky.com

Also available for streaming...

The TV commercial I worked on while I was at Motion Teory is now available to be viewed online at Motion Theory's website. Click on the image to view the streaming video or read about my involvment by reading the full entry here. (new window)

Also, had the luxury on working on Katy Perry newest music video "California Gurls" as a Character Rigger. I worked on the Gummy bear, snake, and Ginger Bread Man making rigging and weighting adjustments. Click on the image to view the streaming video

Deformer base plug-in written in Python that will deform a mesh using a 2D texture that includes image sequences. The deformation is based off the vert normals. Click on the image to view detailed description and the streaming video. (new window)

meljunky has gone international!

2010-08-16T22:49:01Z

meljunky is now available for international travel outside the US for employment and/or freelance. I applied for my US Passport at SIGGRAPH 2010 in Los Angeles and it only took 2 1/2 weeks to arrive. Use the contact page to discuss any possibilites.

A Better Bullseye

2010-08-04T01:47:59Z

The TV commercial I worked on is now available to be viewed online. Once I get a digital copy of the piece I will update my demo reel.

The entire spot can be viewed at Motion Theory's website by clicking on the image to the right.

I was 1 of 3 Character Riggers on the project for the 15 second commercial and was 1 of 2 riggers for the 30 second spot.

Continue reading "A Better Bullseye"

Motion Theory Freelance Character Rigging (cont)

2010-06-20T08:13:00Z

Finished up 2 gigs at Motion Theory in beautiful Venice, California couple weeks ago. The commercial was delivered and it looks fantastic. Will put up a link to the commercial once it has been made available. Worked on a huge cast of characters that included scripting sections of the rig, facial rigging, skinning, and minor pipeline support.

Motion Theory Freelance Character Rigging

2010-04-09T23:07:00Z

Started working at Motion Theory in Venice California as a Character Rigger for a 15 and 30 second commercial for Target.

Guest Book

2010-02-05T20:26:42Z

The Guest Book may soon be coming to an end. The last person to sign the Guest Book was from February 28, 2008! Almost two years since the last post and to honor the event February 28, 2010 will mark the deletion of the guest book unless I get 10 people to sign the Guest Book before midnight of the 28th. After all, I average 20 unique visitors a day to visit my site.

~~Save the Guest Book by signing it!~~

Update: The guestbook has been pulled down. That doesn't mean there is no way to let me know what a great job I'm doing. You can always send me an email. Comments are always appreciated.

Character Rigging Class at GCC

2010-02-01T19:39:00Z

The spring semester is almost upon us at Glendale Community College where I will be teaching Character Rigging on Saturdays from 2-6:30 starting on February 20.

Need to fill my class with at least 15 students no later then the 11th so the class can continue. Registration ends on February 11 and late registration ends on the 20th.

Heading to part online format and lecture format using an Course Management System that will only be available through onsite at the GCC campus.

So, if you live in the area the class is very reasonable and should check it out.

Facebook

2009-08-14T06:42:38Z

I created a Facebook today to expand my creative network to keep in touch with people and find out about events in the Los Angeles area. There is just one thing that's keeping be for doing so. I have no idea on how to use Facebook??

New Resume

2009-08-08T05:33:28Z

A new resume has been uploaded. View it Here!

Glendale Community College

2009-08-05T06:00:01Z

Had a great time over at Nickelodeon but nothing lasts forever. I recently accepted an job offer with the Glendale Community College teaching Character Rigging this coming semester. Will be writing my own curriculum for the class in the coming weeks. The campus is beautiful and so easy to get lost. May have to use the GPS in my iPhone just to get around the first couple weeks. During my stay there I will continue to develop my skills, working on freelance projects and keeping my options open.

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

2009-04-15T02:31:28Z

I accepted a new job working with Nickelodeon as a Character Rigger starting at the end of April. I will be working with an talented team of artist (few of them I taught myself) and exciting television projects for the network.

On April 10, I took my last steps out of the Computer Animation building at Full Sail where I been teaching Character Rigging and Scripting for the past 5 1/2 years. I had the pleasure with working with many passionate instructors dedicated to sharing knowledge and experience to their eager students. With that in mind "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish".

Did not realize how much work it takes to move across the country, packing an entire house and dragging it in a small trailer. Will be making the long haul this Friday and looking to arrive in Burbank on the 21st. Returned emails will be hit or miss during that time... will be tired and a little bit cranky from the move.

Plugin: renameSequence

2009-03-06T22:12:22Z

Renames a sequence of nodes using a defined prefix, increment variable(INC), and suffix.
The INC can consists or numbers, lowercase letters or uppercase letters.

Benefits:
Nodes will be named correctly if the name already exist later in the selection.
For example given the nodes ['spam3','spam1', 'spam4', 'spam2'] parented under the world
to be named spam[1-4] will be named correctly without additional increments. Normally
the nodes will be named ['spam5', 'spam6', 'spam3', 'spam4']

Selection: nurbsSphere1, nurbsSphere2, nurbsSphere3, nurbsSphere4, nurbsSphere5
Python: cmds.renameSequence(prefix='mel_', alpha=True, suffix='_junky')
MEL: renameSequence -prefix "mel_" -alpha true -suffix "_junky";
Will rename the nodes to:
mel_a_junky, mel_b_junky, mel_c_junky, mel_d_junky, mel_e_junky, mel_f_junky

Download for Python 2.5.1 ( Maya 2008/2009) Here!

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Real Time Mesh Displacement

2009-02-05T06:42:51Z

I finished another plug-in for Maya back in November that will displace a polygon's vertices in real time. The plug-in moves the vertices in their normal direction based off a grey-scale 2D texture.

The node is based off a deformer which will allow a change in the set membership. During each frame, the active vertices in the set membership will have their UV coordinates queried based off a given UV Map. Then, using the color input of the displace Mesh Node, a color is retrieved that will be used to displace the vertices in their normal direction.

Currently the node only works with 2D textures, which does include image sequences. In the example video all the polygon meshes has a high density for a more accurate representation of the 2D texture. the example in the bottom right corner is 150 by 150 vertices.

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Update 2: MIA Presets for Maya

2008-12-06T23:01:51Z

Few of the presets were referencing a texture map causing an error when trying to use them. They have been fix and a new version is available. Also, I renamed the folders to "mia_material" and "mia_material_x".

Keep the comments coming.

Read the current discussion here!

Tampa Bay Lightning!

2008-11-30T22:22:04Z

Worked on a freelance project with DXD for the Tampa Bay Lightning's jumbotron. I did the character rig for all the characters. Technically, I did one rig and it was duplicated four more times for this shot. Finished the entire rig in a day and a half with very little sleep. The piece lasted about 15-20 seconds and was shown before the game started. Was a very exciting project to work on considering the Lightning is my favorite hockey team.