The Long-Awaited Update of Stuff and Whatever

I actually have way more news than I know what to do with as far as this post goes, so I'm just gonna cover the important stuff.

1.  I have a REAL JOB.  I'm working for the Army as a CG Generalist.  Who would've guessed?  It is, however, a great job.  And I have a pretty reasonable amount of free time because of my work schedule- which leads me to...

2.  I'm starting a new short animation project in my spare time, with the help of a few other artists.  Thus far I have recruited two very talented artists, Sagan Lacy (character designer) and Ian Hubert (modeler).  The film is in pretty early development stages, but I fully intend to post progress here.  The working title is "The Urchins of 49th Station," so if you want to follow my progress use the link in the sidebar labeled "Urchins of 49th."

3.  Project London!  It's being released this year.  I am super hyped.  You should be too.  If you aren't hyped yet, go on over to the Project London Production Blog to track our progress in sound design and release preparations.  Soooo.... cloooosseeee...

4.  There is no fact #4.  Please move to the next fact.

5.  I have purchased a Canon T2i and I'm waiting for it to come in the mail.  Once it gets here, I'll be using it to make live-action short films (which will be silly), visual effects tests (which will also be silly), and I'll be practicing photography.  Of everything.  Ever.  It will probably be a little bit silly.

To the 6 people currently following my blog:  You guys rock!  Now that I've actually got a fun project starting up  and such, I would seriously appreciate any new followers.  If I fail to update often enough for your taste, feel free to stop watching my blog (and risk missing out on fantastic humdingery and whatchacallits).  :D

That is all for now!  Look for new posts about the animation project very soon.
Cheers!

Project London!

Hey everyone!  For any of you who have yet to hear about the progress on Project London, the film is essentially finished (excepting sound design)!  For anyone who doesn't already know what Project London is, find out at http://projectlondonmovie.com/.  I have been given the incredible privilege of working on visual effects for this film over the past few years, and it has been an amazing growing experience for me.  Anywho, here's the fun stuff: a sample from the first press release and some fun links and images for you guys:

New teaser clip!  Watch it.  Do it.  You know you want to.
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoQDPEt0mc8
Vimeo: http://www.vimeo.com/10370567

From the press release:
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PROJECT LONDON: A PERFECT BLEND OF NO MONEY, NO
HOLLYWOOD, AND TONS OF MIND-BLOWING SPECIAL EFFECTS
     New teaser clip about the “movie that will eat your planet” unveils today, highlighting significant storyline elements and exclusive music from Half Acre Day.
Bothell, Wash. – Tuesday, March 23, 2010: As the final touches of independent, feature-length effects marvel Project London are now underway, the film is quietly gaining attention among special effects experts and social networking communities all over the world. The virtually no-budget, live action movie features more than 650 vivid, intense visual effects and animations that help drive a compelling story about a boy battling with a moral dilemma in a present day sci-fi epic. Unique to the film’s production is the use of the open-source software, Blender, for the core of all animated visual effects in the film. As Jawbone.tv called it, Project London is likely one of the “most ambitious no-budget effects movie ever.”
     “The entire concept of Project London is enough to make anyone excited, from science fiction fans to software engineers, from movie buffs to post-production artists, and it has,” said Phil McCoy, Project London Executive Producer and founder of Spiral Productions LLC. “An undertaking like this film wouldn’t be possible without a storyteller like Director Ian Hubert, the support of many talented Blender artists, and the more than 250 worldwide volunteer artists and craft people who joined our team.”
     Progress and new reveals of Project London are chronicled on the movie’s Web site at www.projectlondonmovie.com, where, today, the newest teaser clip has been released to the public. The clip introduces fans to the world of Project London and its two significant forces: the London Underground and the Joint Command. The song showcased in the new teaser clip, “Multiply,” is a brand new song by Half Acre Day. It will be featured in the film and available exclusively on the Project London soundtrack.
*****

And a few sample images!  (You can -- and should -- check out the entire press release at http://projectlondonmovie.com/wp-content/uploads/ProjectLondon_AwarenessRelease_FINAL.pdf)

My exosuit vs. Ian's exosuit.

Telephone pole.  Acrophobia?

Hey!  Those are the tankbots I made!

Seattle skyline.  Almost.  :)

Mr. Lead Character Man (Nebraska), played by Josh Truax

Finally, don't forget to check out the rest of my site (http://nathanhtaylor.com)... there's a couple producer-approved Project London related goodies you won't find anywhere else on the web.

The Poster.

CHEERS!
Nate

I think I say this every time I wait too long to post something, but I am really inconsistent at uploading work. Hahah...

Anywho, here's news.

1. Back at SCAD! My classes this quarter are awesome. If I remember and get around to it, I'll put samples of my work from them up here. (Caricature work, 2D VisFx animation, and eventually a new website design).

2. Project London. It is going SO well. We should be done with all the Visual Effects in a few more weeks, then there's viral marketing and whatnot and then IT'S GO TIME. Visit the site. Look around. Do it.

3. I have scrapped my original concept for my Senior film for SCAD. I have to have the entire thing done at the end of next quarter. Wish me luck.

Oh, and here's the character designs for my new film:

Cheers!

Nate

An Update! Wow!

SOOOOOO I should have updated this way sooner, because my iTunes album has been live for over a week now! If you search "Nathan H Taylor" on iTunes you should find my album... make sure you don't forget my middle initial or you'll get a bunch of random results. Now, the album is only 3 songs long but if enough people buy it I'll be able to afford to post a larger one!
Oh, and if you don't use iTunes you can find the same album on Amazon as well. :D

Also, here's a quick character turnaround of another model for Sean's film, working title "EXILE."

Quicktime Version Here

Maybe the next update I post won't take me a month to get around to. Heheh

Cheers!
Nate


PS. If you haven't gone to http://projectlondon.net yet, go there now! We've been doing cool stuff and you can see some samples of our work on that site. Project London is an Indie Scifi film I'm on the VFX team for.

Stuff, Stuff, and More Stuff.

Well, it would appear that I've been pretty busy.

In fact, I have actually gotten some things done (despite my ability to be busy without being productive).

There's a couple of examples at the end of this post. One is a robot I made for Project London (which is the film I'm currently working on as a VFX artist - blog/update site here). The other is a digital caricature I did of Bruce Lee... because I felt like it. If you can't tell which picture is which, I'll be very surprised.

Anyhow, I'm going to go be counterproductively busy now.
Cheers!

Nate