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I've join Weta FX since 2020. Glad this teaser is out, so proud of the work everyone did in the film. Its going to knock your socks off.

Commitment

It takes commitment to be in the VFX business. For digital characters and creatures, its a battle field only the cream of crop company are qualified to compete. For AF, they haven't seen the battle field yet. I am here to help them get there. But the reality is cruel, you may already bleed out all the money before getting there. You may have internal conflict causing the band to collapse. It all takes one thing to hold it together, Commitment Will they ever commit fully?

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Ballast Point

Lagunitas

Founders

10 Barrel (AB-InBev)

RateBeer  (AB-InBev)

GooseIsland  (AB-InBev)

BlueMoon (MillerCoors)

Shocktop (AB-InBev)

HopValley (MillerCoors)

Terrapin Beers (MillerCoors)

 Elysian (AB-InBev)

Devil's Backbone(AB-InBev)
Blue Point(AB-InBev)

Four Peaks(AB-InBev)

Golden Road(AB-InBev)

Breckenridge(AB-InBev)

Karbach Brewing(AB-InBev)

Wicked Weed (AB-InBev)

FireStone Walker (Duvel Moorgat)

Ommegang (Duvel Moorgat)

Boulevard (Duvel Moorgat)

Animation supervisor for AF

I've left ILM after 4yrs and 7month of stint there. I joined Atomic Fiction as animation supervisor, helping them to establish creature animation offering. very excited about the new adventure.

Kai Hua Lan Creature Animation Reel

Kai-Hua Lan Creature Animation Reel 2017 from Kevin Lan on Vimeo.

Cinefx 152 cover

my squid shot is on the cover of Cinefx. After reading it I feel like I need put more info about animation out there
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- I have never seen the old boy eating squid reference.

-The shot was turned over to me with just a concept drawing. Then I found this footage to study how gorilla eat:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTq_ZhhQLTM

- Initially I requested we need more extreme lip shape for this shot but was told our shape and texture won't hold up for the extreme stretching. Plus they will sim the lip.So I animate loosely on the lip, with jaw doing most of the work.

- months past they realized the sim and mcor are not going to work. I jumped back to the shot.

-after several back and forth. I went all out on our lip shape anim, tweaker and whatever pushing way beyond limit.

-Lana Lan did a lot of mcor work to make sure lip and squid stick together and have correct deform during interaction.

攻殻機動隊

Ghost in the Shell 2017

- a much simplified version from original material. Roughly based on 1995 anime film.
Several key plot changes made this new movie completely its own, but missing the spirit

-  I actually enjoyed the viewing experience in 3D. Several low angle shots with camera pushing into the lush environment were very effective.

- I appreciate the effort to recreate several iconic scenes from the 1995 film. It brought back nostalgia.

- 1995 film was far more realistic.

-In 1995 action scenes, you could SEE and HEAR bullet shell  falling all over the place; Major Kusanagi needed to change over heated gun barrel; the trash truck hacker swapped armor penetrating ammo and planted his foot for recoil......1995 hand drawn anim completely beat out the 2017 cgi here

- The spider tank scene was crucial in 1995 film.

- In 2017 version, the moving tank took away the suspense and unpredictables.

- All those static shots in 1995 tank scene created space for viewer to think, and take deep breathe.

- Cyborg doesn't blink.