Production Management Tools

ReelFX Creative Studios

Production coordinators want to know that a project is on schedule. The ReelFX web team and I created numerous internal tools to give them data on a whole project down to individual renders. Select tools that I spearheaded:

• App for batch review and categorization of pre-viz & concept artwork
• Interactive console for managing artist and department quotas
• Drag-and-drop interface for assigning shots to artists

Animation Review Tools

ReelFX Creative Studios

Animation supervisors want to give animators great feedback. I created web-based tools to allow a supervisor to cue up an animator's work, watch and seek frame-by-frame, draw annotations, and record it all along side his webcam feedback.

• Additionally, I've created slideshow tools for quickly flipping through, zooming in/out, and commenting on high resolution artwork.

iCanDraw? - M.S. Thesis

Sketch Recognition Lab (SRL)

Texas A&M University

For my Masters of Science in Computer Science, I created a proof-of-concept methodology for a computer to provide direction and feedback for assisting a user in learning to draw a human face as accurately as possible.

• CHI 2010 Paper
• UIST 2009 Poster

Online Training for Students

Information Technology Issues Management (ITIM)

Texas A&M University

In 2007-08, I worked on a small team to develop engaging, online, information security training for students at Texas A&M. The state requires each student to complete this training each year and prior years have received much criticism. Our goal was to create entertaining yet informative training, and the user response proved that we were successful.

Interactive Campus Map

Office of Information Technology

Auburn University

A Flash application I developed in 2004-05 for use by countless Auburn University students, faculty, and visitors. The application remained in service until late 2011.

• Won the 2005 NACIS Web Mapping Competition
• Helped me win the 2006 Auburn University On-Campus Student Employee of the Year

University Website Redesign

Auburn University

In 2005, I served on a committee to create a conceptual design and then acted as lead developer to turn it into code for mass implementation across the entire Auburn University website. Created templates and documentation for department webmasters to use, as well as helped redesign main pages.

Streaming Media Website

Eagle Eye News

Auburn University

Eagle Eye News is Auburn's student television news station, for which I served as the technical director from 2003-2006. I developed and maintained a site with streaming stories, shows, podcasts, RSS feeds, and viewer statistics.

Particle Simulation

Visualization Lab

Texas A&M University

As an assignment for a Physically-Based Modeling class taken in 2007, I created a flocking simulation to animate particles in a fluid-like motion along targets following a hidden generated spline. The program had a series of parameters to stylize the look, including color.

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Hickory Dickory Dock

Visualization Lab

Texas A&M University

For a 2008 assignment to produce an adaptation of a nursery rhyme, I created a one-minute twist of Hickory Dickery Dock without the traditional mouse or clock. This was developed and animated over a semester while I formally learned how to use Maya.

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News Intros & Graphics

Eagle Eye News

Auburn University

Over my three years (2003-2006) as Technical Director for Eagle Eye News, I created two show openers, multiple motion graphics, and countless other fun videos using the entire Adobe Video Production suite.

Danger of Dangerous Things

As a semester project in 2006, three classmates and I took a short story and adapted it into a short film. The process included development meetings, storyboards, scripts, location scouting, casting, shooting schedules, recording of voiceovers, post-production, and more.

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Aubie, the Auburn Mascot

Auburn University

I created opening sequences and motion graphics for the video submissions of the AU mascot, Aubie, for the 2005 and 2006 UCA National Mascot Competitions. Additionally, I made a few spots for Aubie that made it to the jumbotron at AU football games.

• The 2005 video won Aubie a first place bid before going to the competition, where he eventually took first place.
• The 2006 video won Aubie a third place bid before going to the competition.

Introduction to Computing

Office of Information Technology

Auburn University

A video and web presentation created in summer 2004 and then revised and reshot in spring 2005 for all new students attending Auburn University's Camp War Eagle (orientation) to learn about all the computing resources available to them and how to get started.

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A Monster Attacks Auburn

A two-minute, hilarious cartoon that I co-created in the spring of 2004 about Auburn University's beloved mascot, Aubie, as a superhero that saves AU from a huge monster.