Concept:RUIN

3DWorld Interview on RUIN

Wesball — Sat, 12 May 2012 10:49:15 +0000

Here’s another fun interview on the making of RUIN. This time by the folks over at 3dworld.com

Q&A on RUIN at the LAMUG

Wesball — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 01:18:35 +0000

A few weeks ago I attended a Los Angles Modo User Group meeting and showed an incomplete version of RUIN.

I’m slightly embarrassed by myself here (is that how I sound?), but some people may find it interesting.

We chatted about a few shots in particular and the challenges they presented along with some specific techniques pertaining to Modo. Then the conversation moved to more broad notions on filmmaking and my various inspirations.

The sound isn’t the greatest, but we did the best we could.

Big thanks to Yazan Malkosh from 9b Studios for recording the event and making it available. Also, thanks to Scott Robertson and Neville Page for opening up their shop to us.

More info on the event along with the other presenter’s demos, HERE.

RUIN Still Images

Wesball — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 06:45:08 +0000

CGSociety Interview on RUIN

Wesball — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:44:41 +0000

When RUIN first released, I got a call from Paul Hellard from www.cgsociety.com

We talked about the making of RUIN. Here’s the article.

Read the Article

Final Mix of RUIN

Wesball — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 01:56:27 +0000

SNAPSOUND and I visited Monkeyland Audio to do the final theater mix. Here’s a little snippet.http://www.conceptruin.com

Custom Bike Recording with SNAPSOUND

Wesball — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 11:05:13 +0000

We gathered up some friends, called in a few favors, and drove out to a desolate road in Palmdale to record hours worth of bike sounds for RUIN. I was there shooting video with a 5D, and SnapSound guys cut a cool little video.

Bike Rig

Wesball — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:59:14 +0000

This is the basic bike rig I created for doing animation.

First Making Of Post

Wesball — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 08:57:13 +0000

More will come now that I’m finished with the short. This video demonstrates the “auto-rig” I made in Lightwave. Everything you see there is basically procedural motion, using noise channels and the like. It was a quick way for me to add life without having to touch every frame of the piece.

Hello world.

Wesball — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 08:56:33 +0000

This is the first post of the dedicated site for RUIN. I’m going to keep it simple. A single page to watch the shorts, for credits of the artists, and a place to check out news and some ongoing making-of-type stuff for anyone interested. Cheers!