Any Zombies Out There?

Any Zombies Out There? from Nathan Bolton on Vimeo.

A short dialogue to a clip from Universal Pictures' Shaun of the Dead, which is an awesome movie if you haven't seen it. Actually it's an awesome movie even if you have seen it. Animated in Maya!

Digital animation reel 2009!

Nathan Bolton digital animation reel 2009 from Nathan Bolton on Vimeo.

Here is my graduate animation reel from Capilano University's Digital Animation program. It was a lot of work to complete in four months, but I had a great time doing it. Now it's into the industry! All visual elements created by myself. Huge thanks to Seng Lau, Craig Simmons, Adam Sale, Eric Do, Adam Garland and everyone at Capilano University.

Software used:

XSI 7.0 (rigging, animation and particle systems)

Maya 2009 (modeling)

Photoshop CS3 (texturing)

Zbrush 3.0 (normal mapping)

After Effects CS3 (compositing)

Premiere CS3 (sound)

Particle Illusion 3.0 (dust effects)

Thanks for watching, I hope you enjoy it!

Demo Reel 2008

Weight Lift Assignment

Our first assignment of second year! We had to make Bill Sr. (Skip), from Family Dog, walk over to a heavy and fragile box at waist height, pick it up, turn and place it on the ground and then push it off screen.

Effects Animation!

A collection of my effects animation.