Pooya Gharahgozli

New personal project

2009-06-05T03:30:00.006-04:00

My contract is pretty much over, one week left.
In the meantime I have already started working on my own piece because there is nothing to do at work.

Here's a picture, Sneak preview of my new work. It is in key posing stage right now.
I'm using two characters. Andy and Alfred. I'll be posting the work as soon as it's done!

French River

2009-04-18T20:47:00.002-04:00

Short saturday trip to French River, Ontario

Digital Painting: Skull

2009-04-11T18:55:00.003-04:00

I have had a few extra days of free time on my hands so I thought about learning how to paint, using a tablet!
Here's what I have so far

Candle Light

2009-02-08T17:03:00.003-05:00

Just a couple pictures

2009-01-10T02:02:00.005-05:00

As the title says, I have a new picture and other than the fact that I'm just posting it so my blog gets a new look I found the Squirrel very "Cute"

Steampunk Challenge! Concept 1

2008-11-28T02:49:00.005-05:00

I recently entered the latest challenge on CGSociety(our old CGTalk) with a few other New and old Classmates of mine(5 to be exact)

I thought I should post my share of work here.

Sorry for the bad capture quality. hopefully I'll get a tablet soon enough :)

This is a rough Idea of how one of the Secondary Characters will look like.(Head is not shown in there)
I'll upload more once I'm somewhat happy with the results.

Update: Internship

2008-10-29T23:37:00.005-04:00

I have worked On Rollbots for the past 7 weeks(my internship), I've included the Teaser which is one of the only things I can show on my blog.
The Show is set to air on 7th Feb 09. hopefully I'll upload what I have worked on then.
My Internship with Elliot Animation will be over This Friday(November 7th) ; I'm currently Seeking employment.

11 Second Club Update

2008-09-17T05:14:00.002-04:00

small update

11 Second Club Blocking Update

2008-09-16T01:37:00.003-04:00

just a small update...things are getting eXciTiNG.

More to come tomorrow! :)

11 Second Club Blocking

2008-09-15T04:04:00.002-04:00

I found some free time and energy to do some blocking. I still have no clear idea what I should do for the bird singing part.

below is a render test that I just wanted to share.

I'll probably change some poses as I go along in the process so I improve the timing.
Thanks for watching and let me know what you think :)

11 Second Club Acting Reference

2008-09-12T00:28:00.003-04:00

and here's the full reference

Oh Yes!

2008-09-11T23:14:00.004-04:00

I'm working on 11sec club this month's challenge and just wanted to share part of my progress here.

An example of how tedious yet fun an animator's life can be:

it's my work flow, might seem a little boring to people watching it but it's a lot of fun for me.
I basically divide the clip to small durations, then think about a concept and after that I'll film myself acting each part separately mainly because it makes it a whole lot easier to act since there are different characters in the clip and I can focus on a smaller parts and do a better job.
I will post the full acting later tonight or tomorrow.

Photography

2008-09-09T02:38:00.001-04:00

Some of my photographs. more to come....

Game Design

2008-09-09T02:20:00.003-04:00

Visual Communication project, Game design.
everything done by me from concept to print.

Click on the pictures for higher resolution.

Life Drawing

2008-09-09T01:49:00.002-04:00

Each sketch took about 30 seconds

Minicooper calender pop-up Design+Mechanism

2008-09-09T01:43:00.006-04:00

freelance for Minicooper through Slipknot Ad Agency

Old Works - Traditional media

2008-09-09T01:27:00.002-04:00

some more of my traditional works. charcoal and water color mainly.

Old Works - Figure Drawing

2008-09-09T00:54:00.004-04:00

Each sketch takes usually about 4 to 5 hours some less some more.

Old Works - Sculpture+Design

2008-09-09T00:41:00.005-04:00

These are the main chess set pieces(all pieces are done), King and Queen, i designed as part of my Design Course i took mid 2006. I did everything from design, sculpture, paint to clothing them.

Demoreel 2008

2008-08-22T04:29:00.004-04:00

YES, here it is;
compilation of my best works during close to 12 month study in Centennial college(only 3 months included)
I'm currently looking for Placement in GTA.
Hope you Enjoy! :)

RockLifting

2008-08-22T04:15:00.005-04:00

a weigh lifting exercise i did using a video by Trakester3(youtube).
software used: Autodesk Maya 8.5, Adobe Premiere CS3
Thanks to James Hunt for the Max Rig.

This project was finished early August 08.

Final Project

2008-08-22T04:08:00.005-04:00

Final Project, done during the 10 weeks last semester in Centennial College.

Storyline: Moom is acting in a movie when a monster(lil' Fart) comes in and forcefully takes the camera from the camera-man. Moom gets chased by Lil' fart until he loses his balance and consciousness...
Applications used: Autodesk Maya, Adobe After Effects, Premiere and Photoshop
Thanks to Ramtin Ahmadi for the Moom rig.

i'm hoping to revise this work soon to make the story slightly clearer and fix some animation/technical issues.

This project was finished in July 2008.

Character Design

2008-08-22T03:57:00.004-04:00

i am responsible for everything including design, model and rig of this character.
it was finished early February 2008.

VFX Project

2008-08-22T03:42:00.005-04:00

This project was done as part of Centennial college's Second semester.
Great experience, i learnt a whole lot doing the project(application called, Realflow)
hope you like it and Thanks for watching!

This project was finished in April 2008 after one month work.

Handgliding

2008-08-22T02:56:00.005-04:00

First attempt on Character animation.
i really enjoyed doing it and i'm looking forward to do more :)
Sound clip from the movie "Wedding Crashers"
thanks to Jason Baskin for the Great rig!

Will Ferrell:
"Dude died in a hang-gliding accident. What an idiot! 'Ohhh, I'm hang gliding! Honey, take a good picture-- I'm dead!"

this work was done February 2008

Broadcast Design, MTV

2008-07-10T00:31:00.003-04:00

Done during Semester 1, Centennial College.