Demo Reel: Jason Taylor's new demo reel!

[Zappa]

HeY!Jason,
I love that your cartoony style of work...this is something im trying to emulate in my animation work too!!

I just love the characters from Myopia, and especially the craneing of the neck from side to side....makes me laugh every time i think of it!!

I hope i can get to work on a project with Keith Lango sometime too!!This is the kinda work i would love to be doing :drool:

Well all the best to you, and i enjoyed watching your awesome reel...Im sure you are not gonna be short of work .

Cheers

:thumbsup:

[RedSilas]

Great reel Jason! I've seen your work on the 10 sec. clubs site. I like your style of characters. You have great facial expression and your timing for lip-sync is on the money! Nice work! <><

:beer:
:thumbsup:

[Taoizm]

Jason, Jason, Jason. Some really fantastic animation there my friend. Great to see some new stuff in there too. Can you say "front page" :applause:

[secretasianman]

man has skill.:D

[gaitkeepah]

I love you fluid animation style, really high quality work.
Pixar should be uhcawlin.

[ed209]

Some really great stuff. I'm sure you'll get one or two bites when you start sending it out to studio's. ;)

[onlooker]

Damn your good. :thumbsup:

[Nikodemus]

:applause: great work

[War Destroyer]

Holy Shit Jason!!!! I didn't know you where a member here. It's me Abdul!!!!! What happened to TPH???

btw the reel looks great!!

[strick9]

Hey Jason did you by any chance to a film with Blue fairy like creatures for your senior thesis at UARTS?

[cutepixie]

JASON!!!!!!!!! i'm a big fan of your stuff at your website...fantastic work :thumbsup:

[BrainFaucet]

Heya, Jason!

Great stuff ( as usual :P )

[McSpirit]

:beer: Great work. You got some nice skills mate :D

[SheepFactory]

Love your work Jason.

:beer:

[dutch]

who did the music in ur video?

looks good btw :) i love yer pear lookin guy:D

[AWAKE]

yeah man...


sweet reel

[AVTPro]

Jas,

Youre one of my favorite top ten animators. I have all your samples except maybe the new stuff with Keith who is also one of the ten.

Much Success.

[rasmusW]

hey taylor!!!

love your characters. so plain and simple. great.
-well, of course i love your animations, very funny and well made...

keep up the good work:thumbsup:

[policarpo]

really nice work Jason!:thumbsup:

[Slurry]

Jason,

Looks really great. I like your stuff a lot. I have you linked on my site with a few others whose work I admire.
Good luck with the job hunt!

S :thumbsup:

[Zero314]

great stuff!

[oxyg3n]

Great Job

[squeezestudio]

Hé Jason ! i like your work and all your animation!, specialy the last new sequence (yellow character) ....verry funny !

awsome!

[samartin]

*Jumps on the bandwagon*, that was awesome indeed, sure you will have no probs getting hired, good luck :thumbsup:

[m-greenwood]

Awesome work!
I loved the sequence at the end. Really nice to see so many traditional animation techniques applied to cg work.
Good luck with everything.
Vheers.

[UnlikelyCorny]

Great stuff. Good to see how you're able to swap the characters convincingly with different texts and voices. Fluent animation and funny in a very sympathetic way!!!

Did I already mention that I like it?

:thumbsup:

[ee01akk2]

wow u guys are really plugging this guy. how come iv never heard of him. Could someone please tell me about JASON??

sounds like i NEED to know

[puddlefish]

Originally posted by dutch
who did the music in ur video?

that's yo la tengo, great track, pity he didn't include the cool piano riff at the end.

nice work!

[cbutlerc]

Spectaculat work :bounce: :bounce:

The character animation is some of the best I have seen.
You gave the character the proper emotion based on the performacne of the actor.
I could easily picture Jim Carrey from Dumb and Dumbmer with that little skit you did.
All of your performances were right on the money.

You should have no problems getting a job, if you do then I am in a world of trouble.

Great Job :beer:

[3DArtZ]

Hi Jason, I really liked the Dr.Evil Quote!!!
The characters move with great elasticity, which is missing from many demo reels!
Nice Job
Mike Fitz
www.3dartz.com

[Kid-Mesh]

Wow.... this was amazing

[cgwolf]

very nice lip sync and animations

[Manta]

The simplicity is the essence...

[Matt Leishman]

great work Jason, I always enjoy your style. I think you really practice well the teachings of the wise Richard Williams when he says "Keep It Simple Stupid". I hope to hear that you land something great. Good Luck! :thumbsup:

[Remi]

Nice work....particularly liked the scene with the little yellow guy falling....really nice work..../pat on the back:thumbsup:

[self_advocates]

:drool: :thumbsup: as a first year animator, I gotta give huge props. 1 word.
Damn.

[SELEVEN]

Damn your good. :applause:

[FatAssasin]

Excellent work Jason, as always. I've been following your stuff for a while now. Love those bears!

[FloydBishop]

:thumbsdow Jason Taylor is a horrible, horrible animator. His work shows no originality at all. I mean, come on, we've all seen this kind of thing a million times (mostly in the classic Disney and Warner Brothers aniamtion)!!

Oooo how exciting!! Give me a break. Animation done by the computer should be about robots and boxes and stuff like that. No one wants to see polygons and NURBS that don't stay rigid.

He has a lot of anticipation in his animation... especially during the download!! This thing's taking FOREVER!!

He frames his shots so that you can clearly see what's going on. BORING!! Where are the camera fly throughs and jerky camera moves?

What happened to floaty animation or characters who's motion is so jerky that the characters arms and legs pull away from the IK handles? This kind of thing helps make computer animation funny. This stuff doesn't have those kind of laughs.

Jason's got too much happening in his animation. It makes my head hurt! Floppy ears and tales take my eyes away from the mouth (which is too complicated anyway).

My advice? Add some lens flares and some chrome...maybe some techno.

:thumbsdow Good luck finding a job in animation... you'll need it!

;)

[FloydBishop]

Is there a mirror of the reel, by the way? The download really IS taking forever!

:)

[3DArtZ]

wow, Icepond, are you serious????
I'm totally horrified by what you wrote if you are for real.
If your not, I'm laughing about it.
So tell me, am I laughing or am I horrified?
btw, I'm currently working on that demo reel you described!!!!!
Mike Fitz
www.3dartz.com

[Qslugs]

Jason, you willing to move or just looking for freelance? Someone hire the man!!! Where's Pixar at when you need em.

Btw, I think you need a mirror for your reel it's coming down real slooooooooooowwwwwww.....

[ninjacore]

man....this reel made me laugh hard and well. really strong and inspiring stuff. it gives me that extra push i need to make something as good as this one day. great job!! you'll be working for pixar on toy story reloaded.

floyd bishop: what the hell guy! some of that sounded sarcastic, some doesnt. maybe you should try and downloaded it via something like Download Accelerator. thats what i use to download mpgs. and its super fast

go to www.download.com and get it :)

[Xilica]

sweet reel!!

[nacire]

Awesome job Jason the non verbal stuff you've got going on is really good at conveying the character's mood and emotion even without the words! Should be getting some calls from someone!:beer:

[starqueen]

Great work :) you bring life to your characters, perfect!

[nacire]

oh yeah, keep up the good work!

[keithlango]

I agree with Floyd. Jason Taylor's animation sucks. This is by FAR the worst piece of crap demo reel I've EVER seen. I mean, sheesh, look at all that cartoon action! Appealing character designs, with such nice, pastel colors, too. Puh-leeze. Where's the toon shading? Where's the robots? Where's the texture maps and volume lighting? Where are the paintFX trees? Where's the gothic dark environments?

This is clearly not what you would call good computer animation.

-k

ps: for the sarcasm impaired, the above is just a joke. I love Jason's work. He just needs a stout beating every day or he gets out of line. ;) And no, I'm not bagging on that other stuff either.

[taylor]

:eek: WOWSERS!!! I never expected this kinda response! Thank you all for your kind words. It really means alot to see all this support. Now for some specific replies...


Taoizm: Thanks for the plug man! What a response!

Andrew: Thanks for all your advice and support!

War Destroyer: What up Dog!!! Man its been along time. I left TPH last november just to do my own freelance character animation thing. Best thing i have done in a long time! Whats up with you?

strick9: Thats me! Man that was aweful. :) what are you up too?

dutch: Thats Yo La Tengo. My musician friend is currently doing a score and folley for the last bit with the cliff. I'll post it here when he is done.

Floyd Freaking Bishop: I'm so sorry! half way threw my demo reel creation my lens flare generator broke. Its in the shop now. Just give me time... I'll have it up[ to your liking soon enough. :)

Qslugs: WOW! Everyone that i have lost touch with is coming out of the woodworks! very cool. I'm looking for freelance stuff and I'm willing to relocate for the right full-time job.

ninjacore: Thanks for the kind words. Floyd just know good animation when he sees it! ;)

keithlango: I know I know! I'm trying! man cut a me a break! Its bad enough you use me for you short films and beat me! :surprised ohh the ups guys is a t the door. maybe its my lens flare generator!

[FloydBishop]

Some more checkerboard floors and gratuitous global illumination would help it as well.

[keithlango]

Originally posted by Floyd Bishop
Some more checkerboard floors and gratuitous global illumination would help it as well.

Oh, absolutely! And while you're at it, can you go ahead and add some techno music? And don't forget caustics. Caustics are definitely in. Yeah, that'd be good. Thanks.

-k

[Remi]

Dont forget murder death kill....just a suggestion...it might add to it. :D

[3DArtZ]

So I guess I should be laughing.... that's much better than being horrified!
So I've been enjoying the demo reels that have been posted over the last couple days... are there any sites where I could view some more of peoples work?
Thanks
Mike Fitz

[taylor]

Thanks to the kindness of Tito and Hugh I have two mirror sites to help this the downloads. Thanks alot guys!

http://www.bouncytales.com/jt_anim/jt_reel.mpg

mirror sites:

http://www.3dfestival.com/tmp/jt_reel.mpg

http://www.vfxtalk.com/demoreels/jt_reel.mpeg

Thanks again guys!

[War Destroyer]

Originally posted by taylor
:eek: War Destroyer: What up Dog!!! Man its been along time. I left TPH last november just to do my own freelance character animation thing. Best thing i have done in a long time! Whats up with you?

A whole lotta work and a whole lotta sun. Cali's been nothing but fun so far and I've learned a lot since I started work at Black Isle. It's good to hear you left TPH, you were very overworked and under appreciated there.

[erilaz]

Beautiful stuff. Real heart.:love:

This isn't a criticism, but I was wondering for your next set of great animations, could you use some original scripting? The problem I find with seeing lip sync done to a movie line is I think too much about the character that originally said the line, rather than feeling the true character the animator is trying to portray.

You mightent be a voice actor, but I'd love to see some of your own short segments of wit coming out of your characters' mouths. Maybe you've got a friend that could do it.:D

Again, this isn't a criticism, I really do love the way you do it, and the characters contrast well with the voices they're speaking, but you obviously have a good sense of humour, so it would be interesting to see what else is up in that talented brain of yours!!:D

[liquidhalf]

Originally posted by erilaz
Beautiful stuff. Real heart.:love:

This isn't a criticism, but I was wondering for your next set of great animations, could you use some original scripting? The problem I find with seeing lip sync done to a movie line is I think too much about the character that originally said the line, rather than feeling the true character the animator is trying to portray.


hey dude.. you should check out www.10secondclub.org. Thats why he has those clips. They are from that.

[dutch]

Yo La Tengo eh. its really nice, what cd is it on or what is the song name so i can buy it?

[kr3ml]

Very nice , very nice indeed :applause: :thumbsup:

[JDShaffer]

Hey, Jason! Been a while. Downloading your reel now. But still, I like the stuff you keep cranking out for the 10SC.

:D

Drop a line sometime and say hi!

Excellent work, as always.

Cheers,
Jds

[taylor]

dutch: It's on a cd called I can hear the heart beating as one. Its a great cd!

JDS: Hey mate! Long time no chat. Thanks for hte kind words. I'll send you an email. Take care.

[devilsiojin]

:love: weldone!!ilike it.

[BryanSilva]

Great stuff man. I can really see emotion in your facial expressions even with such simple characters.:beer:

[coop]

Really great stuff!

What sort of mocap system did you use for your reel?


jeff cooperman
aminator

[JDShaffer]

I like the animation at the end of your reel. I haven't seen that one before. I like the subtle blend of real and cartoon. As always your a freakin' nut! Did you animate these full-speed ahead per usual, or did you spend more time on them?

Nice camera work too.

Somebody give this boy a fat paying job! (Before Keith overloads him with projects and sides.) :-D

Best of luck, and in case you have trouble finding my e-mail (as it's changed a lot lately), drop me a line at Jds@uta.osaka-gu.ac.jp (work)

Cheers,
Jds

[chatta]

Very good animation :bowdown:

[Jo B.]

yup, dope stuff there!
:bowdown: :bowdown: :bowdown: :surprised
greetz...

[taylor]

Haha! thanks guys!

[lildragon]

Jason, you never cease to amaze. The pillow skit was one of my favorites, it had pixar animation style written all over it. Can't wait to work with ya again.

You have received the CGtalk choice award .Please feel free to display this image anywhere you like! You know we love ya :cool:

upon receiving this award, it guarantees you a spot in the cgtalk gallery hall of fame (http://gallery.cgtalk.com) - which you are now placed

http://www.cgtalk.com/plug_award/cgtalk_award_may03_2.jpg

P.S. Please email me @ tito@cgnetworks.com so I can send you the award .psd file

salud

[War Destroyer]

There goes JT stealing the spotlight!!!

[taylor]

thx tito!

Haha! funny AB!

[JBarrett]

Sweet reel, JT! :thumbsup: I'm sure you'll land a job in no time.

[taylor]

I have accepted a Character Animation position at Blur Studios! :) So I'm off to sunny Venice, CA ! Thanks for all of your kind words and support! I really appreciate it. :thumbsup:

Take care

[War Destroyer]

Congrats Jason!!! Now I know 2 people working at blur!!! Small world isn't it???

[AVTPro]

Ahhh!!! Say hello to Keith for me.

[lildragon]

Originally posted by taylor
I have accepted a Character Animation position at Blur Studios! :)

You bum! no wonder you didn't want to say anything ;) Have fun working with Keith heh, big congrats man, you totally deserve it.


-lild

[Levitateme]

great animation, i really enjoyed the dumb and dumber bit. great stuff.

[verbal007]

Originally posted by taylor
I have accepted a Character Animation position at Blur Studios! :)

Wow, congratulations. Not too long ago I was showing your demo reel to a friend of mine after he asked me "What does it take to get into the big studios." I pointed to the screen and said "That."

Your work and modesty are inspiring.


- Jeremy

[mexus]

Ok seriously Jason.. :annoyed:


You're work amazes me. That pillow scene was my favourite along with 'what we've go here..'.

Such great timing and character expressions.
Focusing on animation and striving to express only the highest amount of animation quality along with great story telling.

But I didn't enjoy Keiths' comments...
what an as**ole!

(...laughing so you may realize that I am clearly joking in a low attempt to receive approval )

Both of you are an inspiration to me.
http://www.keithlango.com
http://www.hi-fi-lo-fi.com/taylor/

[theboykidney]

it's the style that does it for me

[taylor]

Jeremy and mexus - I think your both exagerating just a bit! Haha! But thanks for the kind words. As far as kieth goes... I'll deal with him later. :wip:

[apuente]

Hi there Taylor,

Wish I could comment on your so very niecely reviewed animation, but I get a USERNAME/PASSWORD required to view any of your animations, any help?

Congrats!!! :beer:

[unlikelyhero]

amazing reel jason, congrats on the job!

[CHARPU..]

Hello Michael,

Really good demo reel there... Just great.


:)

Carlos Fernandez Puertolas

[BrettHolton]

Good demo but thats a horrible aussie accent :D


u make us sound like wankers hehehe :_)

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