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cloth simulation playblast using Maya ncloth, from my animation, "The Traveler Has Come" www.youtube.com

Tags: Michael Taflove Autodesk Maya Kilgore Trout Gnomon workshop Meier ncloth alien weird bizarre horror HP Lovecraft Pixologic ZBrush 2d3 Boujou matchmoving camera tracking Nathan Winchells Dunkin Donuts 3d animation squid rigging IK Quality Meats Flesh Straight Jacket velvet acid christ The Traveler Has Come creature Linda Vista Hospital abandoned building Los Angeles

www.taflove.com On All Hallows Eve, The Disciples of Kilgore Trout gather in an abandoned mansion to conduct a dark ritual. As the seance progresses, something goes awry - They mistakenly summon an unexpected traveler a voracious eating-machine bent on devouring all flesh! The raw video footage used in this piece was filmed in an actual abandoned hospital - Linda Vista Hospital in Los Angeles. music: Nine Inch Nails - "The Downward Spiral (The Bottom)" off the album "Further Down the Spiral ...

Tags: Michael Taflove Autodesk Maya Kilgore Trout Gnomon workshop Meier ncloth alien weird bizarre horror HP Lovecraft Pixologic ZBrush 2d3 Boujou matchmoving camera tracking Nathan Winchells Dunkin Donuts 3d animation squid rigging IK Quality Meats Flesh Straight Jacket velvet acid christ nine inch nails downward spiral bottom further down creature Linda Vista Hospital abandoned building Los Angeles

Here is the most recent version of my demo reel as of 10.07.09 I keep uploading different versions of this, because I keep updating it, and my website links to it: www.taflove.com

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www.taflove.com Ah yes, Kilgore Trout strikes again! Wikki wikki wikki!! The Beast is back, and this time, he's itching to satisfy a wicked donut craving. Accompanying The Trout are his fellow brethren from planet Karnak to partake in an orgiastic feast of human flesh!! Woe unto those who consume cheap generic pastries in Hollywood today -- misery has descended upon Winchell's Donuts!! Music: "Floyd" (also known as "Thoughtless") by Korn, off their album "Untouchables" Lyrics: "I GOT MY ...

Tags: Michael Taflove Autodesk Maya Kilgore Trout Gnomon workshop Ryan Kingslien Meats Meier ncloth alien weird bizarre horror HP Lovecraft Pixologic ZBrush 2d3 Boujou matchmoving camera tracking Nathan Winchells Dunkin Donuts 3d animation squid jiggle deformer rigging IK Quality Flesh Straight Jacket Korn Floyd Thoughtless velvet acid christ

when 3d animation goes awry this is how it looks and this is how it feels

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A typical Sunday afternoon in Kilgore Trout's Living Room... Meet Kilgore Trout: an outworld mutant beserker born of demonic flesh. Kilgore is the next big Hollywood super-star in a series of short animations I am creating. This video features Kilgore Trout wearing his Sunday finest....

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My new logo. check out my newly built website: www.taflove.com

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Taflove zbrush Turntable Reel All zbrush models sculpted by Michael Taflove 2009 nothing new here, just re-edited my other turntable reel for my new website: www.taflove.com

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Michael Taflove Demo Reel 2009

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I sculpted this centaur-esque creature in Zbrush, fusing human with horse and fantasy anatomy. I spent a long time trying to accurately replicate the human and horse musculature. Behold the trapezius, the greater trocanter, the rectus femoris! I created this creature from scratch, literally starting with only a polygon cube in Maya. However, I heavily based the creature on a pre-existing concept design by Mauro Patrizi, using his work as a visual reference. The music is "Gelfling Song" by ...

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