VFX Mechanic

Honda Interior Love

VFXMechanic — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:32:47 +0000

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The 2 spot campaign shows the new features of the interior and exterior of the Civic and photo real CG balloons showcase the love given from all major publications about the new model. I was tasked with, 3D Nuke Tracking, integrating cg balloons with live action, and some beauty work.

Check out the spot in HD at King & Country’s Vimeo page Honda Interior Love

Honda Exterior Love

VFXMechanic — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:27:56 +0000

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Check out the spot in HD at King & Country’s Vimeo page Honda Exterior Love

AT&T U-verse™

VFXMechanic — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:59:10 +0000

This has been an ongoing project at Digital Kitchen that I have been on for almost a year now, from Setting up Nuke and AE scripts, to Optimizing other artist scripts, to refreshing content of media. Each time this project was updated, I had to adjust, glows, blurs, reflections. As well as updating After Effects animations to pass through Maya scenes and run Render Layer Passes. This is the content from the work I did in November. Check back soon for updates on this Ad.

Questlove Sonos Commercial

VFXMechanic — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:31:27 +0000

I was the lead compositor on this commercial at Laundry TV in May. I did a lot of VFX cleanup, UI animation, UI Comps. Questlove makes me laugh in this commercial. Enjoy.

Deadmau5 Sonos Commercial

VFXMechanic — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:14:36 +0000

I was the lead compositor on this commercial at Laundry TV in May. I did a lot of VFX cleanup, UI animation, UI Comps. The music is pretty cool in this commercial. Enjoy.

Game of Thrones – One the best TV Shows ever made

VFXMechanic — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 07:05:32 +0000

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I had the exciting opportunity during the month of February to work on season 2 of Game of Thones with the team of artists at Baked FX.

Lady Gaga: Marry The Night

VFXMechanic — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 07:34:04 +0000

I worked on a number of shots at Baked FX

Who is VFX Mechanic?

VFXMechanic — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:36:10 +0000

VFX Mechanic is me, Mike Boden. I am a Visual Effects Artist specializing in compositing for film, tv, commericals. I chose the name “VFX Mechanic” as I was entering my career into Visual Effects (VFX) and wanted something that wasn’t too cheesy or obvious and made sense to the VFX industry. The word mechanic means, of or relating to manual work or skill. Typically a mechanic is a craftsman or technician who uses tools to build or repair machinery. Many mechanics are specialized in a particular field. Just as your auto mechanic works on your car, with his tools to repair or improve your car. I sit at a desk working on sequences of images to repair or improve the images given to me . I consider my self to be an artist technician as visual effects is a blur of computer skills, traditional art and photography. I also found the word mechanic to be appropriate as in creative and entertainment worlds directors and producers have a saying that keep VFX artist busy to no end. The saying is “We’ll fix in post”. If you read that and chuckled then you are probably working in the indrustry. As for the rest of the you, the lost joke is that the quick pace of a film shoot today even with all the pre production planning, will still have mistakes in the frames that will need to be fixed when the images go to post production. Fixing things in post is the lifeblood of the VFX industy. Visual effect is more than just fixing mistakes made during filming. Visual effects are just like custom body shops. A custom body shop can create and upgrade your car to make it look unique and have it’s own personal style. Visual effects artist create beautiful images that give a unique style or enhance a storyline. The visual effect maybe the storyline, we’ll save this topic for another day. I truly see myself as a mechanic of visual effect. I’m just one guy fixing things in post and making movie magic.