Gears of War 3 – What Have I Become? (fan trailer)

*This is not an official trailer.* This trailer was a collaboration between: TheDuoGroup, Kootra, Treadster Media and Sound Wizardry with pre-production help from Eric Hibbeler. Treadster Media was responsible for all the non-game character animation of Cole and Baird. I ...
Gears of War 3 – What Have I Become? (fan trailer)

Treadster Media, makers of cool, fun, high quality Unreal Engine machinima. Created by Dave Tyner.

Gears of War 3 – What Have I Become? (fan trailer)

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*This is not an official trailer.* This trailer was a collaboration between: TheDuoGroup, Kootra, Treadster Media and Sound Wizardry with pre-production help from Eric Hibbeler.

Treadster Media was responsible for all the non-game character animation of Cole and Baird. I would like to thank Graham Cornell and The Duo Group for letting me contribute to [...]

Creating cinematics in the UDK – 7 part tutorial

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I recently created a series of tutorials for a graduate school assignment my wife is working on. I am happy to share them out and hope some people get some good use from them.

UDK Cinematic Tutorial Part 1 – The User Interface – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYiKV5xDdSE
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UDK Cinematic Tutorial Part 2 – The Content Browser – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08oFP2R6-qM
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UDK and corporate America, machinima goes commercial

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Something I have been working on for The Shaw Group, Inc. The entire animation is 35 minutes long and up to 16 participants from anywhere with an internet connection are simultaneously able to walk through the animation as it plays. The ability to do that is kind of a big deal in the construction sector.
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Gears of War – 3D

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Hey all! Sorry things have been a little quiet here lately. I have been battling some health stuff lately that has all but zapped my energy. When I can however I have been doing some tests to see if I can make my next GoW movie in glorious 3DS max. I think [...]

Hello Unreal Development Kit!

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I am moving from the UT3 editor into the wonderful new world of the Unreal Development Kit. There are many, MANY enhanced features that I am excited to check out. I am also working with it full time at work for the next month or so on some VIZ stuff. Overall it’s [...]

The Fate of the Union

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I have released our latest short film called “Fate of the Union”  - Enjoy

click image to watch!

Special thanks to:

President Obama for being a good sport and knowing that the ONLY thing that matters right now is getting people back to work!!

TermiATT for the score idea.
http://www.youtube.com/user/TermiATT

deucer for the great title!

Ricky Grove
http://rgrove.com/

Phil Rice
http://z-studios.com/

Antipathy scores 1M youtube views, and there was much revolting

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When you post a video other people think is cool on youtube, you can expect 3 things to happen.

You will get a lot of views
Your video will be republished
Some of your republished videos will be rick roll bait

The Antipathy trailer was just such a video.  It received numerous awards for which I am eternally grateful [...]

Treadster gets spot in Xbox World Magazine UK

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Imagine my surprise when I got an email from Xbox World UK magazine asking me if they could put my movies on the DVD that accompanies their magazine. Well low and behold it has released and god damnit…WE’RE IN IT!! or on it whichever you prefer. In any case, hate to brag but I [...]

The Seed – concept homes

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So I decided maybe concept modeling was more my speed. Tonight, I began to create what may be the homes the settlers will live in. Each dome will be modular and depending on how much money you had on the start of your trip will depend on how big a home you can buy. [...]

The Seed – concept sketches

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Let me preface this post with…”I am a shitty drawer, or drawing artist, pretty much the opposite of a REAL artist” Which will be readily apparent in the sketches below.  In fact, up until a few years ago, I thought you spelled it “Scetch”…yeah, exactly.  That said, I did manage to whip up a decent [...]

Hey all! Sorry things have been a little quiet here lately. I have been battling some health stuff lately that has all but zapped my energy. When I can however I have been doing some tests to see if I can make my next GoW movie in glorious 3DS max. I think I can I think I can I think I can. Here are a couple renders for you to chew on! Hope you guys are great!





Gears of War – 3D

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