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		<title>Overhaul</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 03:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teksetta</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So much to talk about and no time to do it in.  Really quick, launching a new site soon with tons of content from past work done and cool stuff to show off.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So much to talk about and no time to do it in.  Really quick, launching a new site soon with tons of content from past work done and cool stuff to show off.</p>
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		<title>Updates</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 06:15:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teksetta</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So much to talk about and so little time to do it in. First I&#8217;ve finally jumped on the Twitter band wagon thanks to Proclaim telling me to get my act together. Great application, just always down all the time due to server overload. I&#8217;m curious how frantic those guys over there are when trying [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So much to talk about and so little time to do it in.  First I&#8217;ve finally jumped on the Twitter band wagon thanks to Proclaim telling me to get my act together.  Great application, just always down all the time due to server overload.  I&#8217;m curious how frantic those guys over there are when trying to always upgrade their system.</p>
<p>At the nine to five have worked on so many client projects, everything from the Paris Air Show, <a href="http://spotfire.tibco.com/Demo/Default.aspx" target="_blank">applications for Tibco Spotfire</a>, marketing for Dunkin Donuts, and a micro site for <a href="http://www.sustainabilitythatpays.com" target="_blank">Sika Sarnafil</a>.  Need a vacation to recover from three intense weeks.  Plus working on 4 internal side projects for <a href="http://www.bostongroup.com" target="_blank">The Boston Group</a>.  Can&#8217;t wait to show these four projects off encompassing stuff like motion graphics, software development, portal creation, and urban interactive.</p>
<p>Personally, too much to describe.  Working on probably one of the best sites to date that I&#8217;ve developed that is totally flash based and encompassing a multitude of social media network feeds, the flar toolkit, and video publishing.  Also working on two medical field websites, one food franchise that&#8217;s exploding in numerous chains, and a couple of portal sites all with big names.  Three of the projects run on WordPress and I&#8217;m excited about figuring out how to configure this application.  Also learning about integrating data with SWX, the Flar toolkit, playing with the Gaia framework, writing expressions within After Effects and creating my own plug ins, <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">creating my own CRM with some pretty cool math that does some predicting</span>, and learning about sound spectrum in order to create a live VJ system.</p>
<p>So much to do, so little time to talk about all the fun stuff.  Plus almost done with my transformers project, just not in time for the movie premiere.</p>
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		<title>Transformers Experiment</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 01:43:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teksetta</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I came across this video that debuted recently for Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2.  Insane, at least in my opinion.  I know the guys on IGN didn&#8217;t like it all that much, I think they called it boring.  But for a motion graphics person like myself, it&#8217;s eye candy overload.  It reminds me [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So I came across this video that debuted recently for <a title="Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 teaser trailer" href="http://www.gametrailers.com/player/47178.html" target="_blank">Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2</a>.  Insane, at least in my opinion.  I know the guys on IGN didn&#8217;t like it all that much, I think they called it boring.  But for a motion graphics person like myself, it&#8217;s eye candy overload.  It reminds me of Daredevil a little bit too, but more edgy.</p>
<p>So I figured I&#8217;d put my other <a title="Personal project Naruto FMV" href="http://tofua-animation.com/naruto-personal-project/" target="_self">personal project</a> on hold and do an homage to this commercial with Transformers as the theme, especially with <a title="Transformers the movie" href="http://www.transformersmovie.com/" target="_blank">Transformers the movie</a> 2 right around the corner.</p>

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<p>I&#8217;ll update this post as more goes on.  I think I&#8217;ll pull a little <a title="Stan Bush" href="http://www.stanbush.com/" target="_blank">Stan Bush</a> out of the wood works for the soundtrack.  I figured while I was at in making this post I&#8217;d do a quick teaser for my homage.  I used the Mutemath theme song version used in the movie.</p>
<p>Update:</p>
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<li>Did another test integrating video footage from the movie into the project.  Need a few more tests, but think I&#8217;ll have the settings and what not worked out soon enough so I can just cut together a cool looking piece.</li>
<li>Did a full render of one layer with particles on it masked by another with audio waveform.  Pretty happy with it after twenty minutes of work and fifty minutes of render time.  Not a bad test if I do say so myself.  Oh there&#8217;s a little glitch half way through it, maybe I should have given it more power, another 3.1 jigawatz I think.</li>
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		<title>The Boston Group &#124;&#124; HD Test</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teksetta</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I was sitting at my desk today and trying to figure out a couple things out as the day got started.  Was also wishing I had me a venti berry latte, mmm yummy.  Had nothing really on the horizon that had to get done for any clients immediately.  So I was curious about doing [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So I was sitting at my desk today and trying to figure out a couple things out as the day got started.  Was also wishing I had me a venti berry latte, mmm yummy.  Had nothing really on the horizon that had to get done for any clients immediately.  So I was curious about doing a HD video test and here&#8217;s what I came up with.  Let me know what you think&#8230;and no it&#8217;s not as easy as &#8220;1 &#8230; 2 &#8230; 3&#8243;.</p>

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		<title>Personal Project Naruto FMV</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 03:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teksetta</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;ve been a fan of all these fan made videos (otherwise known as AMVs or FMVs for short) for anime and video games and a fan of anime itself for a long time.  I figured its time for me to contribute my two cents to this wonderful world of homages.  So I&#8217;m going to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="size-full wp-image-150 alignleft" title="fhqf7v4gwo0m1uqdukc4cw" src="http://tofua-animation.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/fhqf7v4gwo0m1uqdukc4cw.jpg" alt="fhqf7v4gwo0m1uqdukc4cw" width="269" height="151" />So I&#8217;ve been a fan of all these fan made videos (otherwise known as AMVs or FMVs for short) for anime and video games and a fan of anime itself for a long time.  I figured its time for me to contribute my two cents to this wonderful world of homages.  So I&#8217;m going to make my own based on the anime Naruto, but one that took more time than just simple jump cuts and dissolves.  So far I&#8217;ve gotten some good ideas on paper on what I want to do to tell the story and have some great music which I thank <a title="Television Tunes, theme songs to tv shows" href="http://www.televisiontunes.com/" target="_blank">TelevisionTunes.com</a> for.  There&#8217;s a lot of techniques I&#8217;ve always wanted to try and couldn&#8217;t until this personal project, so it kind of gives me an excuse to try them out.  I&#8217;ve been around the block a few times and I think this is a <a title="AMV Gundam Wing music video" href="http://www.toonamiarsenal.com/features/kryptonite/index.html" target="_blank">great example of AMV</a>.  It&#8217;s Gundam Wing being shown to Kryptonite.  It tells the whole story in course of the song and matches the words to a point or at least the theme.</p>
<p>Oh and I&#8217;m doing my FMV with Shippuden footage just because of the availability of it.  I know a lot of people out there have opinions on the series and what not, curious to hear what you think if I should just stick to Naruto.</p>
<p>For those interested in Naruto Shippuden, Viz is showing all the episodes online for a limited time.  <a href="http://naruto.viz.com/" target="_blank">Check it out</a> while you can.</p>
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		<title>New Site, New Look, About Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teksetta</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well I figured it was about time so I&#8217;ve started to do my own site comprised of case studies, images of works past, current projects I&#8217;m working on, and any new techniques that I&#8217;ve found helpful in my process to create better work. If you need to see a list of client work, then head [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well I figured it was about time so I&#8217;ve started to do my own site comprised of case studies, images of works past, current projects I&#8217;m working on, and any new techniques that I&#8217;ve found helpful in my process to create better work.</p>
<p>If you need to see a list of client work, then head on over to the <a title="Tofua Animation Client List" href="http://tofua-animation.com/?page_id=9" target="_self">Client List</a> page to see everything I&#8217;ve ever done or at least everyone I&#8217;ve ever worked with.  I&#8217;ll be adding in tons of other info as time goes on like my resume and skill set.  In the mean time enjoy, comment on stuff, let me know what you think as time goes on.</p>
<p>Right now I&#8217;m currently busy working on projects for <a href="http://www.mutualofomaha.com" target="_blank">Mutual of Omaha</a>, the artist known as <a href="http://www.proclaimmusicnyc.com" target="_blank">Proclaim</a>, and <a href="http://www.dakotahomestead.com/" target="_blank">Dakota Homestead</a>.</p>
<p>Also I am working full time for this rag tag group of guys located in Boston by the name of <a href="http://www.bostongroup.com" target="_blank">The Boston Group</a>.   A great design firm, a talented group of people, doing the work of larger design firms with only a handful of people, and I get to be one of them.  I got to do an <a href="http://tofua-animation.com/?p=58" target="_blank">interactive holiday card</a> for them that was featured on their <a href="http://www.bostongroup.com" target="_blank">home page</a>.</p>
<p>I am available for freelance work obvsiouly so take a <a href="http://www.tofua-animation.com" target="_self">look at my work</a>, see <a href="http://tofua-animation.com/?page_id=9" target="_self">whom I&#8217;ve done work for</a>, and <a href="http://tofua-animation.com/?page_id=28" target="_self">contact me</a>.</p>
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