How To Train Your Dragon
       
     
Looking Out from Berk
       
     
Establishing Berk At Sunset
       
     
The Northern Lights
       
     
Hiccup and Toothless Bond
       
     
More Berk
       
     
How To Train Your Dragon
       
     
How To Train Your Dragon

Various matte paintings and CG environments of Berk Island. Built pipeline to handle the mountainous island's geography at different times a day. It was an enormous challenge roping in a proprietary legacy pipeline with the latest versions of third party software which we needed to realize our unique world.

© 2010 - DreamWorks Animation

Looking Out from Berk
       
     
Looking Out from Berk

© 2010 - DreamWorks Animation

Establishing Berk At Sunset
       
     
Establishing Berk At Sunset

© 2010 - DreamWorks Animation

The Northern Lights
       
     
The Northern Lights

It's always fun to wear the generalist's hat. Dynamics and particle effects (all kinds of FX really) are always a fun challenge (as you might see in my blog), and watching the lights shimmer in space was pure joy when I finally got it to work right.

© 2010 - DreamWorks Animation

Hiccup and Toothless Bond
       
     
Hiccup and Toothless Bond

© 2010 - DreamWorks Animation

More Berk
       
     
More Berk

© 2010 - DreamWorks Animation