Nov 20 - 2008
A whole slew up updates:
Larger Then Life!, Unannounced Pitch, Royal Caribbean, Amtrak. Check'm out!

Nov 11 - 2008
Tutorial for attaching a walk cycle to a motion path added to the Tutorials section.

Nov 10 - 2008
New Tip added for adjusting all the keys in your scene.

Nov 9 - 2008
A quick Fish animation created for a tutorial on how to rig up a basic fish for ambience and background work.

Nov 4 - 2008
I voted.

Nov 4 - 2008
Vote today (Tues the 4th). Be a part of one the the most important elections of our time.

Oct 27 - 2008
Recently did a Questionare from a student on various animation related topics. Check it out. (Should be up in the press section soon, direct link for now)

Oct 26 - 2008
Improved the Orb Motion Test with a more complex model, design, rig. Thanks to Schuman for the feedback.
And a splash page for a recent Pitch

Oct 21 - 2008
Whole Bunch of Updates:
- Orb Motion Test
- Blackjack End Tag
- Mercenaries Previs
- Hand keyed Swarm test
- Skrull Suit Playblast
- Orb Character Sheet

Enjoy!

Oct 20 - 2008
Congrats to Adam Schuman for his Penquin entry being chosen as part of the 3d Rockstar: 26 Amazing Inspirirational CG characters!

Oct 14 - 2008
Fun with Google:
"Freelance Animator": 4th 0f 1,121,000
"Kiel": 6th 0f 41,000,000
"Figgins": 3rd 0f 1,140,000
"Kiel Figgins": 3,080 results

Oct 14 - 2008
New Domain names: KielFiggins.com and KyleFiggins.com now mine.

Oct 14 - 2008
Bunch of Mercenaries links:
Making Of Web site
3DWorld Magizine Article
Motionographer Plug
3dTotal Plug

Oct 14 - 2008
Added 3 new splash images in Broadcast for upcoming spots!

Oct 14 - 2008
New Tip added for adding new objects to existing lattices.

Oct 14 - 2008
Reordered the Broadcast gallery and update my bio.

Oct 10 - 2008
New Tip added for adjusting values and times with equations in Maya.

Oct 6 - 2008
Digital Apprentice Workshop is releasing some great content for up and coming animators. Tutorials, dvds and rigs. Great stuff, check it out.

Oct 6 - 2008
New Tip added for connecting the scale of joint to its distance from another object. Used in stretchy IK type setups.

Oct 3 - 2008
New Links Added:
Eric Ehoff (Edge of Reality) - Lead Concept Artist
Tamir Sapir (Shilo East) - Lead 3d
Grace Lee (Freelance) - Generalist
Imagitorium - Contract
And some organizational changes in the Links page.

Oct 3 - 2008
New Tip added for writing information from Maya to a text file.

Oct 1 - 2008
Zero Punctuation (Hilarious video game reviewer), recently reviewed Mercenaries 2! Kinda fun since I did the commerical for the title. This is his second review of a product I've been involved with, the first being Tabula Rasa.

Sep 29 - 2008
New Tip added for inserting key frames on a curve without disrupting the existing tangents.

Sep 26 - 2008
Apparently I'm Gaining Strength...

Sep 26 - 2008
New Tip added about getting mel help from online forums.

Sep 22 - 2008
New Tip added about presenting your work on online forums.

Sep 22 - 2008
Started a Tips and Tricks section on my site. It seems that everyday I learn something new about either program, function, shortcut or workflow, and figure this would be a great way to share those little gems. The larger sections will still be in the tutorials page, where as these are just more of a snippet. Check it out!

Sep 22 - 2008
Kirean Yanner (Concept Artist I used to work with) has an Interview over at 3dTotal.com.

Sep 12 - 2008
Wow! Amazing Fanfare of the Mercenaries spot I worked on. Speechless, thats great guys.

Sep 3 - 2008
WOO! Way to go Schuman! His Penquin got 3rd place! Congrats man, well deserved.

Sep 3 - 2008
PAX was great! Really cool hanging out with Lico, Ricardo, Sean, Myron, Jason, Frobose, Allan, Daniel and all the cool cats from SCAD! See you all next year!

Aug 28 - 2008
FINALLY! Huge updates in Broadcast, Game Work and In Progress galleries. Along with Resume and some other small site tweeks. This is about half of the remaining content I still need to get up on here. Enjoy!

Aug 28 - 2008
Hefty Resume Update.

Aug 26 - 2008
MetLife. A soon to be aired commerical for MetLife.

Aug 26 - 2008
Cows / Vow. Recent Game contract work. Content released when games are.

Aug 17 - 2008
New Links:
Chris Mead (Vigil) - Lead Animator
Kieran Yanner (Freelance) - Concept Artist
Stock Photos

Aug 17 - 2008
Check out Adam Schuman's Penquin villian from Batman and Justin Albers's Captin Planet!

Aug 17 - 2008
Headin to the Penny Arcade Expo! See you there, hit me up if your going.

Aug 17 - 2008
Huge FTP rework. Hit me up ( kielfiggins22@gmail.com ) if you find any broken links. Thanks!

Aug 12 - 2008
Got an IPhone? Then head over and buy Wurdle! Support Independant Game Studios and Artists!

Jul 11 - 2008
Completely crushed under this current Shilo project. Though my part comes to a close on monday. Hopefully toss up some work mid week.

Jun 18 - 2008
Lady Bug image created for a friend of mine. Photoshop to create.

May 27 - 2008
A whole Slew of updates in Broadcast, Game Works and In Progress sections. Check them out! Should all be featured on the front page over the next few weeks.

May 27 - 2008
Interview on CGChannel with David Weinstein (very talented animator and great guy). Check it out.

May 27 - 2008
Cody Smith Lead Modeler here at shilo added to the Links.

May 27 - 2008
Resume updated.

Apr 29 - 2008
The very talented Kelly Harland (Designer here at Shilo West) added to the links page.

Apr 21 - 2008
Seems at the end of Tabula Rasa, we had a number of job shifts, so congrats to:
Jorma Auburn: Senior Animator at Junction Point
Bren Wilson: Lead Animator at NCsoft
Chris Mead: Lead Animator on Unannounced NCsoft title
Justin Albers: Concept Artist for Vigil (New TR concepts!)
Richard Lico: Lead Animator at Bungie (New Demo Reel!)

Apr 21 - 2008
I no longer work for NCsoft. I recently took up a Lead 3d Animator position with Shilo Designs out here in San Diego, CA. Best of luck to Jorma, Bren, Chris, and Justin back at NCsoft.

Apr 21 - 2008
Updated Links, Contact and Bio pages.

Apr 14 - 2008
Wow, fell off the map for a bit there. Ramping back up now with a whole slew of updates on the way. For now though, my new contact email is KielFiggins22@gmail.com . Stick around, fun stuff coming up....

Feb 3 - 2008
Buried under projects at the moment. Should have some fun things to show here soon.

Jan 21 - 2008
Go Go Gadget Rocket! Some initial tests for a snippet I'm working on. Gonna need a lot of work, but a nice starting off point.

Jan 18 - 2008
Emotes I did in Character Studio for Tabula Rasa.

Jan 18 - 2008
TV Spot waiting to be aired.

Jan 18 - 2008
Eric Spitler added to the links page, he's a character artist I work with at NCsoft.

Jan 15 - 2008
Wow, almost 2 weeks with no updates. Got a lot of stuff going on, just not web ready. Until then, have a Fish.

Dec 29 - 2007
TV Spot ramping up. (And a fun new splash image that I'm pretty proud of...)

Dec 25 - 2007
Game Image create for my Lady. (Bonus points if you can name the symbol on the left...)

Dec 25 - 2007
Happy Holidays! from Shilo Design.

Dec 24 - 2007
Happy Holidays everyone, best wishes!

Dec 20 - 2007
I did a short interview for a student's thesis, you can check it out Here.

Dec 19 - 2007
TV Spot Pitch done up.

Dec 15 - 2007
A fun Project picking up for the holidays.

Dec 8 - 2007
Another Spot in the works.

Dec 8 - 2007
Added some secondary content to the Deviant Spots:
- Deviant Pit Stop Stills
- Deviant Pit Stop Motionographer Plug
- Deviant Cinema CgChannel Plug

Dec 3 - 2007
Scion xD - Pit Stop, a 30 sec spot featuring the Little Deviants. I handled Animation, Setup and supervising four other animators. Enjoy.

Dec 3 - 2007
New Anims (walk cycle and land pad turn around) and page layout for Judas from Dominance War. Project by Adam, Justin, Chris, and myself

Dec 2 - 2007
If your heading to the movies over the next two weeks, get there early and you might see the latest Scion spot I worked on featuring the Deviants. (look for a green car...) (I saw it in front of Beowulf)

Dec 1 - 2007