January 15, 2021
Rimowa – Gifting
The goal for this project was to create a procedural system in Houdini that could wedge many iterations of Vellum cloth simulations…
October 27, 2020
NRMA – First Saturdays
For this powerful ad campaign bringing awareness to the firefighters of Australia, I created FX elements to augment the location…
September 9, 2020
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…
June 15, 2020
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,…
February 8, 2020
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…
June 28, 2019
Mars Rover
A test I created in Houdini & Redshift to create a large scale (100km X 100km) procedural landscape.
November 27, 2018
Film VFX Reel
Some of the shots I worked on over the years as a Senior FX TD at ILM in San Francisco.
December 15, 2017
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…
March 25, 2017
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…
March 22, 2017
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…
March 20, 2017
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.…
March 18, 2017
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…
March 7, 2017
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.…
March 3, 2017
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…
March 2, 2017
Time is passing by
Every selector has the potential to have unintended side effects by targeting unwanted elements or clashing with other selectors. More…
February 18, 2017
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…
February 8, 2017
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…
February 6, 2017
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…
February 2, 2017
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…
January 30, 2017
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…
January 28, 2017
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…
January 25, 2017
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.…
January 18, 2017
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…
January 14, 2017
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.…
January 8, 2017
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…
January 8, 2017
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…
January 4, 2017
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…
December 16, 2016
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…
September 30, 2016
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…
December 14, 2015
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…
June 12, 2015
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…
December 16, 2014
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…
December 16, 2014
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…
December 16, 2014
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…
December 16, 2014
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…
December 16, 2014
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…
December 16, 2014
Sidebar Dynamic Contents
Dynamic Contents play an essential role in creating layout templates. The Dynamic Contents features let you automatically insert content…
December 16, 2014
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…
December 16, 2014
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…
December 16, 2014
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…
December 16, 2014
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…
December 16, 2014
Centered Dynamic Contents
Dynamic Contents play an essential role in creating layout templates. The Dynamic Contents features let you automatically insert content…
December 16, 2014
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…
December 16, 2014
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…
December 16, 2014
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…
December 16, 2014
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…
December 3, 2014
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…
June 27, 2014
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…
May 17, 2013
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…
May 4, 2012
The Avengers
For The Avengers I created several building destruction simulations in the huge New York battle sequence, as well as multitudes of various…
June 29, 2011
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…
July 1, 2010
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…
June 24, 2009
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…
November 27, 2007
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…