Brand new Antropus community on Facebook.
There you will find some of my new works in progress along with some of my old work.
Enjoy,
-Kris

For the past weeks I received a good amount of emails asking me for freelance work services. As much as I appreciate your interest in my work, I have to say that I do not take any freelance work at this point. I'm under a sponsored Visa and a single freelance work can put my Visa at risk (along with deportation...). So, as much as I like the subjects of some of the projects offered, the risk is just too big. If I become available at some point, I'll make sure the information is shared here in this very same site. I hope you understand.

Thanks again,
-Kris

Update: the results are in: http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=208&t=675762
Congrats to everybody who managed to finish their works and thanks again for stopping by my thread and for your votes. I see you next time!

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Today I finished my entry for the recent hardcore modeling challenge at CGSociety. It was fun to create a bunch of models as a homage to Stan, who greatly inspired me to be a SFX/VFX artist back in the day (I made to VFX but never got to be a makeup artist though). T2 and Jurassic Park are probably the specific reasons. Stan Winston and ILM were just a killler combo. In about a month and a half, I created four models from the scratch but could not finish one of them for lack of more free time (Predator). You can check the whole process and see way more pictures by visiting: http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=208&t=663654

Some samples:

Stan caricature, based on the amazing Sebastian Krüeger's painting:




T-Rex:




Pumpkinhead:




-Kris

Last week I bought my very first pinball machine ever. Happens to be the "Monster Bash", considered by many one of the top 10 pinball machines of all time! Only 3,361 units made ( 1998 ) and the very last great machine from the legendary Williams before they closed doors. It was a great coincidence but a perfect fit for my home. Just a few months ago I started modeling the Frankenstein monster and his bride. This must be a sign!
The machine is in great condition. I found only one light/bumper not working so far. My plan is to get it fixed by myself, since I already started the learning process on how to deal with those babes and will start the cleaning/polishing process soon, also fixing and tweaking a few things as I go. It plays and looks great and it's a funny funny game, with lots of jokes and some great moments, with a 4 ball multi-ball craziness! I love this thing

Here's the new member of the family:






-Kris

Edit: new video added:

RabbitHoles 3D Motion Holograms @ SIGGRAPH & Gnomon Gallery from douglas johnson on Vimeo
I'll be part of the group of artists featured on the brand new Gnomon Gallery. Here's a preview of my work that will be displayed there and the poster/release:




If you are in LA, be sure to check it out!

For more information, visit:
www.gnomongallery.com
www.rabbitholes.com

-Kris

I'm very happy to announce that I got hired as senior artist at ILM's digital modeling department.

It's impossible for me to express in words how happy I am right now. Being a long time fan of everything that ILM does and having the respect that I have for the artists and the work involved in such mind-blowing VFX that inspired a generation of CG artists like myself, this is really an honor and a dream coming true, as stated in my previous post just a few days ago.

I like to thank everybody at Lucasfilm Animation for making me feel so welcome, keeping me around for the past 8-9 months. Working on the TV show was a great experience. I had the chance to meet an amazing team over there. I can't wait to see (on the big and small screens) the results of all that hard work. You guys are awesome and deserve just the very best, from the bottom of my heart.

To everybody at ILM, specially to the digital modeling team, I can only say: THANK YOU SO MUCH for having me aboard! I have a lot to learn with all of you. I feel great knowing about the challenges I will face, that will push my limits and will make me grow immensely as an artist. I'm also scared (in a good way) to work with such AMAZING artists. I'm so excited and inspired with the opportunity. I assure you I'll do my very best to help the team on any project you put me in.

To my wife Celinha and all my friends, thank you very much for the constant support. I love you all (Celinha first!)

Sincerely,
-Kris

Links:
http://www.youtube.com/v/WQLNXEQhpQc&hl=en
http://www.youtube.com/v/J7JBRNULPko&hl=en

Some people ask me about my name. They ask me "are you Indian? Your name is Indian...". The fact is, I'm Brazilian and my roots are in Portugal and Spain and I'm not related to India (other than my name, of course). My name Krishnamurti was a "gift" from my father. The meaning of my name is "the sacred image of Krishna". My father was very interested in philosophy and his favorite philosopher was "Jiddu Krishnamurti", an Indian man born in 1895 who passed away in 1986. He is considered by many the most important philosopher of the 20th century.

So, today surfing on internet I had a very good surprise. I found out that a good amount of videos showing the old master (who didn't like to be called a master at all) are hosted on youtube. I found them fascinating for the simplicity of his thought that, for a lot of reasons, seem so complicated to a lot of people to understand. Probably because we really like to complicate things for not understanding anything that goes beyond the obvious comprehension. I could connect to what he was saying instantly. It's interesting how similar is his line of thought when compared to some texts of Shunryu Suzuki and Meister Eckhart. I mean, the root of most of all religions is the same and things said by Jesus Christ, in essence, are not any different from things said by Buddha, for example. So, it's not a surprise to see how different bright people have such similar approach when talking about the human being and the "mind" that goes way beyond the thought.

The brain is not the mind, they all say. I really truly believe this. They all say that the "mind" can be listened only when the brain stops the thought process, only achieved by meditation process. It's interesting to notice that the mind is global, not part of the individual but shared by the whole. The video gave me more inspiration to go back to Meister Eckart, Christian/mystic/philosopher from the 13th century that is used as an example very often by some Buddhists, because of the way he approached the same subjects concerning the Mind, God, human suffering etc. Google "Meister Eckhart" if you like philosophy/theosophy. Also, google "Shunryu Suzuki", a Zen Master that wrote some very important books on the same subjects. Try "Zen mind, Beginner's mind". There are some amazing insights on it. They have it at Amazon.com for about 10 bucks.

Anyways, I hope you enjoy the videos. I did.

-Kris