tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24054503885947701062011-07-28T22:47:17.737-04:00Ben Cnoreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405450388594770106.post-39514067016124975102010-01-12T01:11:00.013-05:002010-01-15T17:23:40.719-05:00<object height="300" width="400"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8703782&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=8703782&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="300" width="400"></embed></object><br />Just finished cutting together a new reel, the quicktime .mov can be viewed <a href="http://bencolbourn.com/bencolbourn_reel_jan2010.mov">Here</a>. Right click to save.<br /><br />In other news, a few months ago my teammates and I got interviewed by Animation Reporter, regarding our winning entry in the GameJam! Competition held at Siggraph in September. The magazine with the interview arrived in the mail a couple of days ago and the scanned article can be viewed <a href="http://bencolbourn.com/gamejam_article.jpg">Here</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2405450388594770106-3951406701612497510?l=bencolbourn.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ben Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405450388594770106.post-49634651178277916722009-08-10T23:18:00.005-04:002011-07-12T14:56:05.005-04:00<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Just got back from Siggraph this year and my team for the gamejam won best animation and most lifelike character. The competition was to create, rig and animate a character for a sidescrolling game in 24 hours. more info <a href="http://www.siggraph.org/s2009/contests_competitions/game_jam/index.php">Here</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>The run animation can be viewed <a href="http://bencolbourn.com/sirthomas-run.mov">Here</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2405450388594770106-4963465117827791672?l=bencolbourn.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ben Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405450388594770106.post-54727749471623846022008-12-13T02:45:00.007-05:002009-04-11T13:22:00.507-04:00Here's a render of my juicebox animation done for practice.<br /><br /><a href="http://bencolbourn.com/colbourn_ben_juicebox_final_lo.mov"><img style="width: 326px; height: 184px;" src="http://bencolbourn.com/juicebox_preview.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Animation:<br />720x405(9mb): <a href="http://bencolbourn.com/colbourn_ben_juicebox_final_lo.mov">Click here</a><br />1280x720(15mb): <a href="http://bencolbourn.com/colbourn_ben_juicebox_final.mov"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Click here</span></a><a href="http://bencolbourn.com/colbourn_ben_juicebox_final.mov"></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2405450388594770106-5472774947162384602?l=bencolbourn.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ben Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405450388594770106.post-45080057855610940312008-11-24T06:21:00.011-05:002008-11-28T00:34:31.723-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bencolbourn.com/CSF_Final.mov"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 227px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Tkg7KTFYpiM/SSqOsRPJmWI/AAAAAAAAANk/Qs-bgL-kco4/s400/csf.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272183204982921570" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Watch <a href="http://bencolbourn.com/CSF_Final.mov">Here</a><br />Final project for November's compositing class.<br />Made by Harold Novella and Ben Colbourn.<br /><br />I was responsible for the lighting, materials, animation and compositing in shake.<br /><br />Shot breakdown is available <a href="http://bencolbourn.com/CSF_Breakdown.mp4">Here</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2405450388594770106-4508005785561094031?l=bencolbourn.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ben Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405450388594770106.post-40867775389399491772008-10-01T23:00:00.009-04:002008-11-28T00:31:25.945-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bencolbourn.com/alewife_revised_credits.mov"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://bencolbourn.com/Untitled-1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Watch: <a href="http://bencolbourn.com/alewife_revised_credits.mov">Here</a><br /><br />This was my group project for the month of September. We were instructed to use specific mocap data and design a character and a scene around it.<br /><br />my responsibilities included the scene concept, materials, cameras, lighting, and rendering.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2405450388594770106-4086777538939949177?l=bencolbourn.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ben Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405450388594770106.post-34373468150646921312008-09-24T03:59:00.009-04:002010-03-12T13:21:40.717-05:00Ben Colbourn<br />802.355.9002<br />BColbourn@gmail.com<br /><br />Resume available in PDF form:<br /><a href="http://bencolbourn.com/bencolbourn_resume.pdf">http://bencolbourn.com/bencolbourn_resume.pdf</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2405450388594770106-3437346815064692131?l=bencolbourn.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ben Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405450388594770106.post-4657001276719827312008-09-24T03:50:00.006-04:002009-04-08T21:24:39.153-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Tkg7KTFYpiM/SNnxsll3L4I/AAAAAAAAALo/1DEFJMqOmw8/s1600-h/DM_Twilight_by_Notha.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Tkg7KTFYpiM/SNnxsll3L4I/AAAAAAAAALo/1DEFJMqOmw8/s200/DM_Twilight_by_Notha.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249492588984479618" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Unreal Tournament 3 level made for my advanced game techniques class.<br /><br />Made by:<br />Edwin Brown<br />Ben Colbourn<br />Chris Culverwell<br />Charles Searight<br /><br />Full map is available <a href="http://bencolbourn.com/dm-agt0807-twilight.zip">here</a><br />Youtube walkthrough <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s75Nf1xmPc">here</a><br /><br />Also, this is an individual project from the previous month's intro to art creation for games class.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Tkg7KTFYpiM/SNnysfYqvtI/AAAAAAAAALw/BOYmNObAtWg/s1600-h/BC_Project2_Screenshot1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Tkg7KTFYpiM/SNnysfYqvtI/AAAAAAAAALw/BOYmNObAtWg/s200/BC_Project2_Screenshot1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249493686830153426" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2405450388594770106-465700127671982731?l=bencolbourn.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ben Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405450388594770106.post-5048078492304561972008-09-22T10:57:00.001-04:002008-12-03T16:29:52.741-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Tkg7KTFYpiM/SNezH3-NNzI/AAAAAAAAAK4/g53Heo_R5Hg/s1600-h/phone_raw0055.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Tkg7KTFYpiM/SNezH3-NNzI/AAAAAAAAAK4/g53Heo_R5Hg/s200/phone_raw0055.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248860838588921650" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />simple object studio-lit in 3ds max.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2405450388594770106-504807849230456197?l=bencolbourn.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ben Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2405450388594770106.post-91406783906643352052008-09-21T06:13:00.001-04:002009-04-08T21:26:21.646-04:00These are the result of my Animation Production class.<br /><br /><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-f073c1341ecdd5ae" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v3.nonxt8.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Df073c1341ecdd5ae%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330407232%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D5665345CBEC9551E752DAD80B1BBF60ACF838A53.38BA617D139F1D3AC1605DD3737AF4F565968F19%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Df073c1341ecdd5ae%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D1NUQt3iuUUsFD1TmhJGECoeNLrE&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v3.nonxt8.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Df073c1341ecdd5ae%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330407232%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D5665345CBEC9551E752DAD80B1BBF60ACF838A53.38BA617D139F1D3AC1605DD3737AF4F565968F19%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Df073c1341ecdd5ae%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D1NUQt3iuUUsFD1TmhJGECoeNLrE&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><br /><br /><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-f0cdb69cd365ea8e" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v7.nonxt3.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Df0cdb69cd365ea8e%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330407232%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D4E6596ABE005E1A9F92D37FB93871F10D58816CF.3A1A80FEC30699C34C4FE9647D093D848416A9EF%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Df0cdb69cd365ea8e%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DagMx2NNBh21vhnHWEKIhnrHWQIY&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v7.nonxt3.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Df0cdb69cd365ea8e%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330407232%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D4E6596ABE005E1A9F92D37FB93871F10D58816CF.3A1A80FEC30699C34C4FE9647D093D848416A9EF%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Df0cdb69cd365ea8e%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DagMx2NNBh21vhnHWEKIhnrHWQIY&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2405450388594770106-9140678390664335205?l=bencolbourn.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Ben Cnoreply@blogger.com