ICM Studios helped Everlast Decking develop their new website

We worked closely with Everlast Decking and helped with developing a new and updated website showcasing their Read more

Posted At: 2018-04-05 00:00:00

ICM Studios helped Pickled. launch their Cloud Post Production website

ICM Studios has had the pleasure to work alongside Pickled. on

Posted At: 2017-07-24 14:00:00

Fracture FX Key Features video series

We had the pleasure of working with the guys over at Fracture FX and helped them

Posted At: 2015-07-27 08:17:39

Ambleside Footage

Posted At: 2014-10-20 14:40:17

Bathroom Visualisation for Design Scheme

ICM Studios was asked to help out and produce a visualisation of a bathroom suite for Interior Designer and project manager

Posted At: 2013-10-04 19:58:33

FX Tools - A Tool to help speed up set up times when using dynamics within Maya

I have decided to release ICM Studios FX

Posted At: 2013-02-21 20:53:02

Developing a Maya Bubble Generator using nParticles & scripting

This little script helps the user gain control over the nParticles and animate them. Alternatively, you can place the

Posted At: 2012-12-28 20:58:41

Quick FX, A tool to speed up Maya Particles

This tool helps speed up the steps involved in setting up dynamics is in a Maya scene.

Posted At: 2012-12-11 17:54:23

Some Old but New Additions to ICM Studios

I have acquired some second hand BOXX render nodes - they came without an OS and

Posted At: 2012-10-15 23:18:09

Exploring Tunbridge Wells Gas works

I recently enjoyed the sunny weather in Tunbridge Wells and took the opportunity to take some photos of the Gas Works - A

Posted At: 2012-07-23 17:40:14

Latest version of Fracture-FX Simulation

Here is my latest version of the shot. I have added the impact simulation, added in more cars and tweaked the animation.

Posted At: 2012-07-21 08:33:08

A Little Bit of Destruction!!

A 200 frames per second Simulation of a building. Done with Maya and the great Fracture-FX plug-in !

Posted At: 2012-06-29 13:52:42

Testing the Raspberry Pi

I received my Raspberry Pi earlier in the week, just getting used to the seeing a computer so small!!!

Posted At: 2012-06-22 15:26:27

3DArtist Article

Devils Angels and dating has had an article printed in 3DArtist!!

Posted At: 2012-06-17 19:03:28

New 2012 Showreels

I have recently updated my showreels here they are :)

Posted At: 2012-06-12 21:18:09

Evil Head Texturing in Mari

Here is a little time-lapse footage of some of the texturing that has gone into my Evil head model.

Posted At: 2012-06-01 11:56:00

My Last Day at Ragdoll Productions

It was my last day at Ragdoll a couple of weeks ago. We had just completed the childrens TV show ' Read more

Posted At: 2012-05-25 22:06:20

Fracture-FX Latest Rendered/Composited shot

Here is the latest version of my Fracture project. I have added more intense lighting to the shot. The bus has been textured

Posted At: 2012-05-18 17:09:11

Devils Angels and Dating is finished!!

The long awaited short animation by Michael Cawood and many other Artists from around the world is finally on line.

Posted At: 2012-01-04 22:19:26

Latest Previs Shot - Ground Shatter - Fracture-FX

Here is the latest version of the ground shatter project. Fluids have been added as well as a few more tweaks on the models

Posted At: 2011-12-23 21:09:46

Short Film - "Devils Angels & Dating" - IndieGoGo Crowd Funding Campaign

Please check out this video out. If you like it, post about it and include this link: Read more

Posted At: 2011-12-10 19:06:35

Ground Shatter Previs_v07 | ICM Studios | Fracture-FX

Latest version, debris and sprite particles added. Fluids and dust still to be added.

Posted At: 2011-11-30 00:02:27

Little Blue Zebra.com Is Now Live!

Check out this brilliant new website (www.littlebluezebra.com).

Posted At: 2011-11-13 19:01:16

Devils Angels and Dating Trailer

Here is the latest version of the trailer - enjoy :)

Posted At: 2011-08-02 22:49:21

Fracture-Fx - Ground Shattering - Previs Render Test

Latest work with Fracture-FX, Maya, Mental Ray, Renderman, and After Effects.

Posted At: 2011-08-02 22:24:14

Fracture-Fx - Ground Shattering - More Previs

Here is the latest pre-visualisation for the fracture project. A little bit of additional modelling and texturing has been

Posted At: 2011-07-13 23:44:33

Reverse shatter using Fracture-FX on ICM Studios Logo

Simulation done with Fracture-Fx, Nuke and After Effects was used to composite it.

Posted At: 2011-06-19 20:35:04

Fracture-Fx & Ground Shattering

This is a quick test, a kind of X-Men stlye simulation - quite happy the with quick test.

Posted At: 2011-06-12 22:12:59

Fracture-FX & Mental Ray Render Proxies

This is the latest progress on my Fracture-FX project. I used the Read more

Posted At: 2011-05-28 12:34:12

More Devils Angels and Dating

Another great update from the Devils Angels and Dating Team. A few new shots and a new animatic to watch - all looks

Posted At: 2011-04-13 22:34:01

Devils Angels & Dating Effects Breakdown

Here is a quick work in progress effects breakdown for a shot I have been working on on the Read more

Posted At: 2011-03-27 18:59:28

Fracture-Fx Simulation Project Update

Latest Simulation, 250,000+ faces 815 break nodes :)

Posted At: 2011-02-25 17:52:16

Latest Devils Angels and Dating Tests

Well it has been a little while since I posted any updates on the film so I thought I would post my latest fluid/dynamics

Posted At: 2011-02-23 21:05:32

The Winter Olympics - I Miss The Nineties

Here is the music video I worked on by 'The Winter Olympics'. Directed by Chris Hemming and produced by Read more

Posted At: 2011-01-10 21:39:46

Another Great Render and Comp

Yet again the team @ Devils Angels and Dating.com have produced

Posted At: 2011-01-02 22:30:50

Fracture Render and Renderman

Latest update on my Fracture project. Simulation done on a 4 core Kubuntu machine with 4gb Ram.

Posted At: 2010-12-31 14:11:23

Devils Angels and Dating - Great test Comp of Death

Well, what can I say, this is a great render/first comp of death taking flight.

Posted At: 2010-12-11 23:02:46

Devils Angels & Dating Autodesk 3December Presentation

Michael Cawood has done a great job of the presentation he produced for 3December. Watch the video Read more

Posted At: 2010-12-08 21:56:08

Bubble script using Maya nParticles and Goals

I have been developing a bubble script for the film Devils Angels and Dating.

Posted At: 2010-11-15 23:12:45

Fracture Test Render

Here is a close up test of just some windows shattering and an explosion emerging from within the building. lots of work

Posted At: 2010-09-24 12:15:14

Pixie Dust - New features

Just a quick video showing the new features of the pixie dust controller. There is some interesting looks we can get with it!

Posted At: 2010-09-20 09:02:50

Another Fracture-Fx Update

Latest version. I now need to offset the explosion timing and add more randomisation and realism to the shot. It is all

Posted At: 2010-09-15 19:28:24

Hazel Diamond.com is now Live!

The website I have been working for the last couple of weeks is now live.

Posted At: 2010-09-13 14:03:06

Fracture-Fx SImulation Project Update

Here is a playblast of two of the buildings together in the scene. Playblasted at 75fps. This is only a test to help guide

Posted At: 2010-09-09 15:51:58

ICMStudios Produces Poster for the film 'The Estate'

ICMStudios has produced a poster for Funny Face Films Ltd on their latest feature film 'The Estate'.

Posted At: 2010-08-23 17:30:53

Exploding Building Test & Fracture-Fx

Latest version of the plug-in (r3218) as well as latest building and simulation. My tests are becoming more complex and scene

Posted At: 2010-08-19 23:29:44

Devils Angels and Dating Update

After a small dip in productivity during Siggraph, the team has start up again and producing some really nice work!

Posted At: 2010-08-06 20:16:29

A couple of helpful videos

Well, it has been a relatively busy week on the film, we have been concentrating more on getting some of the shots rendered

Posted At: 2010-07-16 11:07:09

Render Comp - Getting Closer

Latest render test. It is all starting to come alive. Michael has done a lot of work over the past week on tweaking the

Posted At: 2010-07-12 00:00:00

First Test Render

Here is the first test render that the Devils Angels and

Posted At: 2010-07-03 23:35:09

Exploding Building and Fracture-Fx

This test is using the latest version of the plug-in and all of it new great features. Liking the addition of being able to

Posted At: 2010-06-22 13:17:53

Latest Fracture Playblast

Latest test with Fracture-fx plug-in. This is with the floors and windows included.

Posted At: 2010-06-18 13:28:27

Latest 2010 Showreel

I have updated my 2010 showreel to include some Realflow simulation as well as a small bit of animation I have done for

Posted At: 2010-06-11 22:48:03

Cupids Wing Rig - Update

We are getting closer to having a more finished wing rig. There is still some tweaks to be done but the main rig is there and

Posted At: 2010-06-09 23:34:14

Fracture Simulation Update:

Ok, latest version, This project seems to be taking for ever - I hope the final output looks good :)

Posted At: 2010-05-14 10:55:20

Devils Angels and dating Animatic Version 51

Latest version of the animatic. More shots have been added, a few have been shortened. Loads more animation progress included

Posted At: 2010-05-10 12:46:20

Time-lapse Clouds

Some Time-lapse Clouds footage recorded on 4 May 2010 from my out of my window.

Posted At: 2010-05-08 22:17:07

Latest Devils Angels and Dating Animatic

Here is the latest animatic of the short film I am working on.It is all starting to come together really quite nicely. I

Posted At: 2010-04-16 09:03:14

Tiger Painting in Photoshop

A little time-lapse video of painting the eyes of my tiger in Photoshop. overall it took 20 mins to paint. Obviously a little

Posted At: 2010-04-08 18:13:55

Cupid Shader Tests

Here is the latest test for Cupids cloud shader. Made with Maya fluids and rendered with Mental Ray.

Posted At: 2010-04-07 09:47:10

Latest Persona Available

Click here to wear the new Persona for Firefox.

Posted At: 2010-03-26 10:07:15

Dynamic Demon Hands

After a few animation tests with the demon hands we felt it would work out quicker adding the dynamic option to it. So I have

Posted At: 2010-03-24 21:47:37

Dynamic tool in action

Here are a couple more videos of some great animation from the film devils angels and dating also with my dynamic hair tool

Posted At: 2010-03-14 22:47:52

Fracture Simulation Update:

Well it has been a while since I have posted anything about my progress with Fracture-fx. I have only just had some spare

Posted At: 2010-03-12 12:29:50

More and more videos :)

Here is some more videos done by the Devils Angels and

Posted At: 2010-03-09 13:24:13

Just a quick Update

here is some animation blocking done by Marcus Tee Jin Liang. looks really nice, I am really liking the turn and the camera

Posted At: 2010-03-05 13:28:14

It Is All Coming Together Really Well!

This is a shot that has been animated by Rafael San Gregorio. He has

Posted At: 2010-02-26 00:18:43

Jungle Cupid :)

This is a test for the jiggle on cupid, I just couldn't resist making him dance badly to some drum and bass :) Check out the

Posted At: 2010-02-23 19:27:00

Donate to the Film Production

As the film picks up speed and we get ever closer to having our first shots finished we need to start to think about

Posted At: 2010-02-22 18:41:18

Valentines Day Music Video

This is a video that shows some of the progress of the film and a credit list. accompanied by a lovely piece of music written

Posted At: 2010-02-14 00:06:35

Offical Animation Introduction Videos

Below are two videos that Michael Cawood has put together to help animators understand the film more and work their way

Posted At: 2010-01-15 17:49:04

Update Blog Style

I have just updated the look and feel to my blog. It now fits in better with the rest of the site. Also, I have slightly

Posted At: 2009-12-31 17:06:05

Break, ICMStudios Second Persona

Check out the ICMStudios new Persona here made

Posted At: 2009-12-29 15:40:39

Let the animation Begin!!

We have started animating on the film finally!! The first

Posted At: 2009-12-01 19:48:42

ICM Studios First Persona

just uploaded ICMStudios first Persona. Check it out Read more

Posted At: 2009-11-21 01:36:06

MKK Sports Website Up and Running

The new website that I have been building is now available to the public. visit it Read more

Posted At: 2009-11-16 20:57:31

First Podcast

I have now done my first podcast. I get Interviewed by Michael Cawood about my participation on the animated short Devils

Posted At: 2009-11-01 18:59:15

Home - the Documentary

This is a documentary about the world and its dwindling resources. Great watch. Beautifully filmed with some scary ideas,

Posted At: 2009-10-25 01:11:31

2nd Place!

I entered into a t-shirt designing competition and came second winning 6 months free subscription! to see what my entry

Posted At: 2009-09-07 15:26:58

Getting There

Devils Angels And Dating is starting to pick up pace now.

Posted At: 2009-09-04 12:25:43

Entered CG societys 'Secret Agent'

I have entered into yet another CG Society competition. I hope I will have time to complete this one as it looks like it will

Posted At: 2009-06-12 11:43:46

Evil Creature

I have added a new image to my CG Society

Posted At: 2009-05-05 16:57:11

Devils Angels and Dating Short

I found this short film that was being made by Michael Cawood that

Posted At: 2009-03-24 10:14:21

Imogen Whyte

Just finishing the final touches of my girlfriends website.

Posted At: 2009-03-23 15:04:28

New Art Website Nearing Completion

My new site selling beautiful Art work will be available to the public soon!

Posted At: 2009-03-23 14:46:14