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Andrew A. Kaufman

Canada:    Box 266 | 6335 Thunderbird Crescent | Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T2G9 |
U.S.A.:      1961 W. Hidden Reserve Court | Mequon, WI, USA 53092 |                     
 

Part 1: Musculotendon Simulation for Hand Animation

		·        Automatic technique for generating the motion of tendons and muscles under the skin of a traditionally animated character ·        Published and presented at SIGGRAPH 2008 ·        Project Webpage

Part 2: Animated Shorts

Scene 1: Information

		·        All visual aspects, from story to render ·        Modeling, animating, physical simulation, cameras, shading, lighting, and rendering all done in Maya ·        Project Webpage

Scenes 2 & 3: Mime & Punishment

		·        Co-wrote story ·        Co-instructed a class of novice animators: taught students to use Maya, to use the rigs, animation principles, and directed them in creation of the 3 minute short ·        Modeled and rigged businessman character, facial blend shapes, set design ·        The rigging overview plays after Shot 3. Note: facial UI based on script by CG Toolkit from “The Art of Rigging” ·        Project Webpage

Part 3: Physical Simulation

		·        Co-created a Balance Controller for autonomous animated characters ·        Stabilizes the character’s center of mass ·        Simulation framework is in C++, using OpenGL and Tcl/Tk ·        Project Webpage