Spent a bit more time playing with the Rayfire plugin for max, adding a secondary particle system for a bit more oomph.

Poor Dalston getting blown up again. This is in a draft render because this number of smoke particles would take aaaages to render.

Just messin’. Particle systems, biped motion and a bit of a comp in AE

Still spending valuable cheese-eating time trying to nail this tracking business. This is getting closer, but I think using the tripod is cheating.

Just purchased a new HD camera and this is my first test with it. Using PFHoe to track the motion here; pretty basic but just feeling my way for now.

Having some fun with the Rayfire plugin. Rendered with *proper* DoF, not a Z-Depth pass, and you can really see the difference. Love it.

Playing around with my new copy of CS5 and shiny new Trapcode plugins. Very impressed with Form.

OK, so the spider rig is getting milked a bit. Added laser gun and stock effects.

More arachnids. Or should a say *an* arachnid, singular.