Hi I'm James Kimball, and welcome to James Studio Gallery. All images are © James Kimball . I’m very excited to announce some big changes! I’ve recently accepted an offer at a well established company. The team I’ll be on is very warm, dedicated to the resulting product and each other. I see this as a long term job, and hopefully it was the last interview of my life. At this job I will be back in a development environment between 3D design and the technology; much like I was for many years at a company in California that made real-time 3D video technology. What does this mean for James Studio Gallery? Good news! It’s been fairly dormant since I moved to MN. Due to the short term nature of 3D production work I needed to post my 3D work, shifting the focus of the site from fine art to 3D. Once I settle in at the new job, my plan is to get back into photography; reverting my website back to its original state and purpose- creating and selling fine art photography. This will not happen overnight. The new company will spend significant money to relocate my wife and I. As a result, my conscious (and I suspect the team) requires I move from “newbie” to “asset” as quickly as possible, so that is where my focus at for now. Additionally, I’ll take time to find a home where I can set up a small hobby studio, update to a new camera body, printer, and develop an improved work flow. I look forward to getting involved with the local professional photographer community as well. Of course I’m not a workaholic; I still have to play, and frankly that is what this site is about… I do this for fun, my family and work come first… but in terms of play I look forward to finish tuning the car; Join the local AutoX club to race at; Get on the Busa to make up for the lost riding during MN winters; Build that arcade cabinet I been saying I’ll do for the last 10 years; Maybe even get back into salt water reef keeping and dabbling in music. I look forward to taking the wife and dog out kayaking in mountains again. The MINI Cooper pictured here is a 3D rendering of a car modeled by Nigel Schutte. Surfacing, lighting, set design, post processing fx, and camera rendering are by me.

 

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Demo Reel Click Here for the Demo Reel 125MB, 720x480, Sorenson 3 30% compression, Mace 3:1, 44khz Stereo. Almost everything was procedurally textured, very few image maps used.

 

The Moodsters Congrats to Wet Cement Productions for pulling off the impossible! The production staff produced a half hour pilot of 6 fully furry bipedal creatures for The Moodsters Company. - Animators created over 50% of the show in 2 weeks! - Technical Directors lit and rendered over 70% of the show in 2 weeks! - Compositors finished over 50% of the shots in one week! The teams pushed harder than ever and deserve a big THANK YOU! Their spouses and children do too for all the support! The team had a difficult deadline and delivered the show on time. Thank you to the entire staff at Wet Cement Productions! Image courtesy of The Moodster Company ©2006

 

Wet Cement Productions wins 4 Emmy's on the Auto B Good PBS series (Season 2) Best Graphic Arts / Animation Best Children / Youth Program Feature Best Audio Post Production Best Musical Composition / Arrangement My part in this was texturing the new objects and evnironments used in season 2. Credit goes to about 30 people for the whole product. Yay!

 

Fine Art Photo Gallery Over time I will be releasing limited editions (very low quantities) in large format. Please check out the gallery and let me know what your favorite prints are. Feedback is most appreciated.

 

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