Kim Hazel

Knockout Walk Cycle

kim — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:00:51 +0000

Just finished up this walk cycle with Greg Peltz’s awesome Knockout rig from his Ringling short, “Hit N Run.” He was kind enough to let me use it for some tests at home. (Thanks Greg!) Comments and critiques welcome!

An Animation Sketch

kim — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:21:24 +0000

I did this over a few free after-work hours when I was on Cats & Dogs 2. I had never animated a quadruped before, so I wanted to try something small to see if I could get a handle on it. It’s not finished by any means, but it was a fun little test!

(PS. If you have trouble getting the video to play, try opening it in a new tab or window. Some browsers are being a bit sassy about the embedded video!)

RIP, Old Website

kim — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:19:42 +0000

If for whatever reason you’re wondering what my website used to look like, and my older portfolio images, you can still take a peek at kimhazel.com/old. I still like those talking birds.

Animal Character Design Class

kim — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:27:00 +0000

It’s been a while, blog-o-mine. I figured it was time to finally post up some of the doodles I did in an animal character design class I took summer 2008 from David Colman! I still don’t have a scanner, so once again it’s cleaned-up iPhone photos. (Sorry! :<) There’s a lot of things wrong with these drawings, but I learned A LOT in the process. . . that’s all that counts!

Sketchbook doodles!

kim — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:27:00 +0000

Thought I’d post some of my stuff from my sketchbooks around the time of “Cloudy.” Sorry for the cruddy image quality, I’m still looking into a decent-but-not-overpriced scanner!

Some thumbnails for Steve licking his lips.

WEREWOLVES ARE AWESOME.

The two variations of snakehorse. Note the tiny neckless snake head embedded in the horse body.

Freelance 3D Work!

kim — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:28:00 +0000

I just finished up a little freelance gig modeling and texturing some low-poly Disney villain masks for an augmented reality company, and now that it’s online I can post! Here are a few images of the masks I made for the client. Each one of these was modeled in 1-2 days, and the realistic human head was used as a stand-in to see where the viewer’s face would be. (This will make more sense when you see the final output.)

If you’d like to take a look at the final game they were used in, click here. You’ll need a webcam and a sense of humor.

My "Cloudy with A Chance of Meatballs" Reel!

kim — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:51:00 +0000

I was lucky enough to work on this project for eight months as a junior animator. My work there was split between doing my own shots, and working on background characters for other animators.

Here are the shots that I was fully responsible for – except for the slow-mo hamburger eating shot, where I only did the two people in the left foreground, and the mayor on the TV by the amazing Zach Parrish. Don’t watch if you haven’t seen the movie yet! :)

Final Character Model!

kim — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:39:00 +0000

Here he is! I was responsible for the face and hair modeling. Textures and body model by the illustrious Sean Coleman. Can’t wait for blendshapes!

A wild post has appeared!

kim — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:05:00 +0000

In my new found free time, I’ve been helping my friend Sean out with modeling a new character rig. I made the head (based off a maquette he made) and he did the body.

Meet Beardyface, WIP:

It’s an interesting change from my normal style of work. I can’t wait to get to blendshapes!

Make sure you have sound on . . .

kim — Fri, 01 May 2009 09:09:00 +0000

When you check out my modeling demo reel + song. I’ve been wanting to do this mashup since junior year of college.

Nothing really new here, just compiling what I’ve done into a modeling-specific reel.