Welcome! My name is Jonathan Kaplan. I am a Designer, Animator, 3D Artist, Graphic Specialist, Web Guru, Illustrator, Painter, and overall Creative Consultant. Currently I work in the Architecture and Interior Design Industry as a 3d Artist and Animator but I am also interested in Marketing, Special Effects, Game Design, Film, Animation, and Music. This is my work and inspiration. Checkout my company website www.kaplandesignlabs.com or email me at jonakap1@gmail.com :)
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Monday, December 28, 2009
Challenger Version 2.1
Challenger Version 2.1- I realized how little I knew about car modeling after watching a demo reel that was circulating around my school for a while. I decided to revisit the car I did a while back having made a decent environment but had a bad model at the time. Here is the progress on the Revamp so far. I think I have come far compared to the previous version.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Inspiration
Combo, really amazing and inspirational film, go watch it, now!!!
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Ancient Modern- Egypt
This is a project I began working on for
hard surfaces and organic modeling, but
the theme has kind of inspired me. I am
currently trying to gather a descent portfolio
together by December to apply for Cal Arts, or
Vancouver film school. Something along those lines for my masters degree. Think of stuff for me
to add. I am thinking about adding a old school
Mercedes parked outside. Im gonna keep going
with this one, but probably render a fly through
or turn around for the portfolio this week, so
that will come soon.
10at215 Intro Material
This is the 10at215 animation ive been working
on with Team Who? This is my progress on the portion
I'm responsible for, the intro. There is still alot to be revised
on this short 30 second sequence but I feel like Im getting
better at Flash and Compositing CG everyday which
makes all this work well worth the experience. And,
I really like the direction this whole thing is headed.
go to 10at215.blogspot.com to check out more.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
TAX MAN!
http://www.knpr.org/audio2009/SON-mp3/090929_irs-investigations.mp3
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Body Movin
Friday, September 25, 2009
Late Night Inspiration
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Challenger Project
I have been working on this project for a long time in my free time. I started off just modeling a Dodge Challenger for fun because I worked at a Chrysler Jeep Dodge store for four years and had long admired this ride. Only recently has the car started to look right and take detail. I am already jumping ahead though planning a city for it to race in and experimenting rigging it myself. Wish me Luck! status to come soon.
Push Push
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
PRODUCTION TEAM!!!
These are the models I have been working on for our production team class. Follow that blog at 10at215.blogspot.com to see what its all about. We're all havin lots of fun messing with Toonshading.
Quadruped
This is a 4 legged walkcycle I made for my advanced 3D animation course. I used this mammoth rig i got from highend3d.com Once i got into the groove it took me a few hours of tweeking. Check out this playblast, You'll get to see it rendered out soon. Im also considering making a heard
The Villa
This quarter i really feel like the quality of my 3D work is improving. This was a piece for my advanced lighting and texturing class. I think some of the modeling can still use some work, but I impressed myself with the quality of the fabric and the realism of the sun light coming through the windows. Still a work in progress, give me some critique yo!