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Jacob Gaines
Jul 18, 20231 min read
2023 Animation Demo Reel
This is my demo reel from the 2022-2023 school year. It includes shots from Computer Animation 2, Computer Animation 3, and the student...
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Jacob Gaines
Apr 21, 20231 min read
2023 Rigging Demo Reel
This is my rigging demo reel from the 2022-2023 school year. It includes the character rigs that I made for Bad Timing, as well as the...
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Jacob Gaines
Apr 21, 20231 min read
A Step Into the Paper Tower Prop Rigs
These are prop rigs that I made for the student VR experience, A Step Into the Paper Tower. The rigs were made in Maya before they were...
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Jacob Gaines
Dec 16, 20221 min read
Bad Timing Student Short
All of these shots are for the student short Bad Timing. It was part of the Animation Lab Course at UTD. The animation for these shots...
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Jacob Gaines
Apr 6, 20221 min read
Bad Timing Final Rigs
These are the final version of several rigs that I made for the short Bad Timing. They all have standard IK and FK controls, finger...
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Jacob Gaines
Jan 12, 20221 min read
Rigging 2 Final
This was my final for my Rigging 2 course. I had to create an advanced human rig in Maya. It includes the standard FK and IK controls,...
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Jacob Gaines
Oct 18, 20211 min read
Lighting 2 Final
This was my final in my Lighting 2 class. Based off a scene from Alien, my team and I lit, animated, rigged, and surfaced this entire...
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Jacob Gaines
Oct 18, 20211 min read
Car Tracking
This was an assignment for my Lighting 2 course. I took real life footage and tracked a car using Nuke and Maya into the scene. I also...
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Jacob Gaines
Oct 18, 20211 min read
VFX Final
This was my final assignment for my Visual Effects course. It is a fire simulation made in Houdini. After completing my final, I worked...
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Jacob Gaines
Mar 22, 20211 min read
Modeling Final
This is my Modeling 1 final project. I modeled a simple robot in Maya before cutting the UVs for it and painting it in Substance Painter.
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Jacob Gaines
Mar 16, 20211 min read
Lighting 1 Final
This was the final project for my Lighting 1 course. I was part of a team of four tasked with lighting and compositing these shots. I lit...
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Jacob Gaines
Sep 16, 20201 min read
Lighting 1 Tiny Assignment
This is an assignment that I did in my Lighting 1 class. It is based off a reference image from Pacific Rim. It was lit in Maya and...
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