T.O. by Lipton: Making Of

December 30, 2015

The Mill have posted a fantastic “Making Of” showing the huge amount of work that went in to making “A Revolution in Tea” for Lipton, from the initial practical FX RnD, to the rotomation, sims and seamless compositing. Full descriptions and explanations can be found here: http://www.themill.com/millchannel/617/behind-the-scenes-of-lipton-‘the-revolution-in-tea’ Here’s the “Making Of” Behind the Scenes: Lipton … Read More

T.O by Lipton

November 15, 2015

This was my first job working with Houdini, creating smoke and dust for this commercial for Lipton. Using setups from my Leads we used Houdini’s smoke solvers and advected particles to create the powdery, inky effects seen in the red and yellow shots. Here’s a “Making Of..” from Lipton, too.

SSE: Solid Angle Interview

March 7, 2015

My Lead on this job, Alex, has been interviewed by Solid Angle about our use of their Arnold renderer on this ad. Find it here: https://www.solidangle.com/news/sse-maya/

SSE: VES Awards

February 5, 2015

We won! Three! SSE: Maya has won three awards at the VES awards. Outstanding Animated Character in a Commercial or Broadcast Program Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal/Live Action Commercial. http://www.themill.com/news/2015/february/5/sse-maya-wins-3-ves-awards.aspx http://deadline.com/2015/02/ves-awards-winners-2015-visual-effects-society-award-winner-list-1201366460/ Congratulations to all the people that worked on this job. I am very proud to have been a … Read More

SSE: Maya

October 19, 2014

The latest job I’ve been working on has now aired.  “SSE – Maya” – ironically named as the bulk of which was made in Softimage! SSE have also uploaded a “Making Of” http://www.themill.com/work/sse-orangutan.aspx

Audi: Dominos

July 3, 2014

Our latest offering for Audi.  Domino Road Effects and Light-Effects (ICE), Rigging, CAD-Wrangling and Workflow Tools http://www.themill.com/work/audi-domino-race-track.aspx

Pepsi: Soundcheck – “Behind the Scenes”

March 16, 2014

We’ve recently uploaded a “Behind the Scenes” for the Pepsi: Soundcheck Superbowl halftime commercial. Here it is: Behind the Scenes: Pepsi “Soundcheck” from The Mill on Vimeo.

Pepsi: Soundcheck

February 9, 2014

I had the fortune of working on this spot for Pepsi which aired at halftime for Superbowl XLVIII. Plenty of simple ICE setups on smoke and lighting enhancement with a smattering of modelling and texture work. http://www.themill.com/work/pepsi-soundcheck.aspx

Comfort: Summer Rain

January 4, 2014

Another job I’ve been working on at the Mill – this time working with the “Comfees” of Comfort for their Vietnamese campaign. I worked as part of a small team creating all the particle effects http://www.themill.com/work/comfort/summer-rain.aspx