Legend of Pheonix from Dr.Buzz on Vimeo.

Giantstep did an excellent job with this nike spot.

My new year’s resolution is to update this site every work day (M-Fri). But, it’s tough to find worthy posts. So thats why I’ve decided to offer free posts in the Featured section to anyone that offers a link to their work. Ideally that means everyday there will be a new “Featured” contributor in the 5 rotating featured section at the top of the home page. Even if you’re a big company, if you send me you’re work, you go straight to the top of this blog.

So send me you’re demo reel, player intro, in-game feature or edited tribute video. Or better yet, upload them to Vimeo or Youtube and send me the link. That way, if for some reason you’re asked to remove your work, you have control over your videos. (*cough)

I can’t wait to see you’re new work, good luck in 2009.

Psyop created this really cool spot for sprint. I love this tiny scale/tilt-shift lens look.

Garus Booth – MLB Playoff Edition from Garus Booth on Vimeo.
Gotta love that Ambient Occlusion.

Game Day Package for Indianapolis Colts from Keyframe on Vimeo.

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Chris DiNicolas Reel 2008 from Chris DiNicolas.

I stumbled upon Chris‘s work while searching Vimeo. I recognize his NFL network interstitials. Beautiful glossy, reflective, lens flares… he’s got it all. I’m guessing Maya, what do you guys think? Fantastic work.

www.chrisdinicolas.com

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Old news here, but my buddy Ben just found out that mfactor did those sweet lower thirds on Fox’s NFL sunday. Unfortunately, the site is all flash so I can’t link to any of there work directly. But check out it.

Anamorphic Lens flares galore. I (much like sports graphics) am a huge fan of lens flares. So, seeing something like this, that uses them elegantly, is great. I especially like the tiny pieces of particulate matter floating around each scene. Nice stuff.

Really nice process from Justin Bates. Check out his site. I love these kinds of “how-to” or “our process” videos. What the technical term for that? Check out Justin’s C4D section for some great thinking particles inspiration. 

Credits:

Design and 3D Visual Effects – Justin Bates

Senior Flame Visual Effects Artist – Matt Butcher

BskyB Creative

Sorry I haven’t posted in a while. In the down time, Adobe officially released CS4. So, over the next week I’ll be posting new features in CS4 that can be of some use for creating sports graphics.

3D objects in Photoshop & AE. (Linked video may require flash video upgrade)

While 3d postcards are nothing new in AE, importing .obj (and a few other flavors) into AE is. In a round about way of importing into photoshop and then opening your psd with “live 3d layers” enabled, users are now able to use an After effects camera in conjunction with 3d models. It’s a very small step, in some what of a surprising move by Adobe. (more…)