Instructors
Clients Include: Imaginary Forces, Prologue Films, BLT and Associates, Yu and Company, The Syndicate
Projects include: The Invasion, Chase Bank, Sony Imageworks, O2, American Idol, Time Warner Cable, Proctor and Gamble, Lexus, Nim’s Island, Dragon Wars, ESPN, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance and Enchanted.
Work experience: Scientific animator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute from 1998-2005. Using Maya since version 1. For seven years I created animations for lectures series for the world's top researchers including Nobel prize winning scientists. I moved to Hollywood in 2005 where I have been a freelance animator creating animations for feature films, commercials, and TV shows. I continue to create animations for scientific visualization which is a passion of mine. I have been a guest lecturer at Harvard Medical School's Maya for Molecular Biologists and I have written several lessons for Harvard's scientific visualization courses. I authored three books: Maya Visual Effects: The Innovator's Guide, Introduction to ZBrush, and Mastering Maya 2009. I'm contributing a chapter to Scott Spencer's upcoming ZBrush Digital Sculpting Human Anatomy.
Education: Bachelor of Arts in Music from Florida State University. I studied drawing at the Torpedoe Factory in Virginia and sculpture at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington DC. I have been an extension student at Gnomon since 2005 studying with Neville Page, John Brown, Puddnhead, Scott Spencer and many others.
For more of Eric’s work, visit:
www.bloopatone.com
