Rimowa – Gifting

The goal for this project was to create a procedural system in Houdini that could wedge many iterations of Vellum cloth simulations…

Hello world!

NRMA – First Saturdays

For this powerful ad campaign bringing awareness to the firefighters of Australia, I created FX elements to augment the location…

Kia – Sorento Luxury

For this project I created a realistic burnout smoke and gravel simulation, that was art direct-able, could be run in ultra slow-motion…

UNIQLO Park

This was a fun and creative project to work on, as the goal was to use state-of-the-art modern technology to simulate stylized, playful,…

Car Crash

For this documentary-movie I was tasked with creating two fully CGI car destruction simulations; a high speed car crashing and rolling out…

Mars Rover

A test I created in Houdini & Redshift to create a large scale (100km X 100km) procedural landscape.

Film VFX Reel

Some of the shots I worked on over the years as a Senior FX TD at ILM in San Francisco.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

For my last project at ILM (before leaving to start my own freelance business) I worked mainly on the salt planet battle sequence, creating…

Calm over the horizon

Many years ago, I worked for my parents who own a video production company. Because it is a family business, you inevitably end up wearing…

Inspired by clouds

Last year I wrote about why booking too far in advance can be dangerous for your business, and this concept of margin so eloquently…

Make it clean and simple

Just the other day I happened to wake up early. That is unusual for an engineering student. After a long time I could witness the sunrise.…

When you are alone

When you are alone for days or weeks at a time, you eventually become drawn to people. Talking to randos is the norm. After a long time I…

Real time design tools

Just the other day I happened to wake up early. That is unusual for an engineering student. After a long time I could witness the sunrise.…

The details make the design

Last year I wrote about why booking too far in advance can be dangerous for your business, and this concept of margin so eloquently…

Time is passing by

Every selector has the potential to have unintended side effects by targeting unwanted elements or clashing with other selectors. More…

Hey DJ play that song

Many years ago, I worked for my parents who own a video production company. Because it is a family business, you inevitably end up wearing…

Me Myself and I

Many years ago, I worked for my parents who own a video production company. Because it is a family business, you inevitably end up wearing…

My tech travel setup

One of the easiest ways to improve travel photos is shooting in better light, and the best light is often in the hour after sunrise and…

Learn the rules first

I was recently quoted as saying, I don't care if Instagram has more users than Twitter. If you read the article you’ll note there’s a big…

The new brand identity

When you are alone for days or weeks at a time, you eventually become drawn to people. Talking to randos is the norm. I’ll never forget the…

Sounds from the streets

Last year I wrote about why booking too far in advance can be dangerous for your business, and this concept of margin so eloquently…

A day alone at the sea

Just the other day I happened to wake up early. That is unusual for an engineering student. After a long time I could witness the sunrise.…

Some amazing buildings

When you are alone for days or weeks at a time, you eventually become drawn to people. Talking to randos is the norm. I’ll never forget the…

Working from your home?

Just the other day I happened to wake up early. That is unusual for an engineering student. After a long time I could witness the sunrise.…

Awwwards best websites

I was recently quoted as saying, I don't care if Instagram has more users than Twitter. If you read the article you’ll note there’s a big…

Trust in your intuitions

When you are alone for days or weeks at a time, you eventually become drawn to people. Talking to randos is the norm. I’ll never forget the…

Top Deejay headphones

Many years ago, I worked for my parents who own a video production company. Because it is a family business, you inevitably end up wearing…

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

I created FX elements (explosions, smoke, pressurized gas, space particulates, debris) for a hero sequence of two Star Destroyers and a…

Deepwater Horizon

This project was all about pushing the boundaries of current technology, and creating photorealistic CGI fire! I was a lead FX artist in…

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

It was a dream come true to work on my first Star Wars movie! I created FX elements across multiple sequences including the climactic base…

Jurassic World

This project was a dream come true. Since seeing the original Jurassic Park in the cinema when I was ten years old, I knew I wanted to work…

Centered Gallery Full-Width

We are excited to launch our new company and product Ooooh. After being featured in too many magazines to mention and having created an…

Sidebar Stack

We are excited to launch our new company and product Ooooh. After being featured in too many magazines to mention and having created an…

Sidebar Slides Full-Width

We are excited to launch our new company and product Ooooh. After being featured in too many magazines to mention and having created an…

Centered Slides

We are excited to launch our new company and product Ooooh. After being featured in too many magazines to mention and having created an…

Sidebar Gallery Full-Width

We are excited to launch our new company and product Ooooh. After being featured in too many magazines to mention and having created an…

Sidebar Dynamic Contents

Dynamic Contents play an essential role in creating layout templates. The Dynamic Contents features let you automatically insert content…

Centered Stack

We are excited to launch our new company and product Ooooh. After being featured in too many magazines to mention and having created an…

Centered Slides Full-Width

We are excited to launch our new company and product Ooooh. After being featured in too many magazines to mention and having created an…

Sidebar Page Builder

We are excited to launch our new company and product Ooooh. After being featured in too many magazines to mention and having created an…

Sidebar Stack Full-Width

We are excited to launch our new company and product Ooooh. After being featured in too many magazines to mention and having created an…

Centered Dynamic Contents

Dynamic Contents play an essential role in creating layout templates. The Dynamic Contents features let you automatically insert content…

Sidebar Gallery

We are excited to launch our new company and product Ooooh. After being featured in too many magazines to mention and having created an…

Centered Stack Full-Width

We are excited to launch our new company and product Ooooh. After being featured in too many magazines to mention and having created an…

Centered Page Builder

We are excited to launch our new company and product Ooooh. After being featured in too many magazines to mention and having created an…

Sidebar Slides

We are excited to launch our new company and product Ooooh. After being featured in too many magazines to mention and having created an…

Centered Gallery

We are excited to launch our new company and product Ooooh. After being featured in too many magazines to mention and having created an…

Transformers: Age of Extinction

For my third Transformers movie I was a lead FX Artist, in charge of creating multiple FX setups to be used by many members of the team. At…

Star Trek Into Darkness

I was tasked with creating a multitude of various FX for this show, including a giant volcano smoke simulation used throughout an entire…

The Avengers

For The Avengers I created several building destruction simulations in the huge New York battle sequence, as well as multitudes of various…

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

On this huge show I started to focus much more on FX simulation work rather than lighting, although I did light several big shots and won…

Avatar: The Last Airbender

This show was my first foray into FX simulation. I was one of the FX artists using the very first version of ILM's award winning…

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

This was my first show at ILM in San Francisco, and I remember being extremely excited to be working on such a huge project at the famous…

The Golden Compass

This was my first major film project after I left Australia to pursue traveling interests around the world. I worked on The Golden Compass…