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    Extreme Life of the Sea
    Ken Ackerman
    • Jun 24, 2018
    • 1 min

    Extreme Life of the Sea

    Back in 2015 I created the animations for this episode of Science Today, highlighting some of the interesting research of Dr. Steve Palumbi.
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    Animation Rig: Ant
    Ken Ackerman
    • Jun 24, 2018
    • 1 min

    Animation Rig: Ant

    Here is a breakdown of the ant rig I created for Habitat Earth. This is the fancy looking render, unfortunately I didn't create a...
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    Animation Rig: Cleaner Shrimp
    Ken Ackerman
    • Jun 24, 2018
    • 1 min

    Animation Rig: Cleaner Shrimp

    There's nothing terribly unusual about this rig. I used some expressions on the antennae to give them that nice offset motion. I did end...
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    Animation Rig: Hummingbird
    Ken Ackerman
    • Jun 24, 2018
    • 1 min

    Animation Rig: Hummingbird

    Here is a hummingbird rig that I built. I noticed after watching some slow-mo video of hummingbirds that they seem to be able to hold...
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    Selam Exhibit Breakdown
    Ken Ackerman
    • Jun 24, 2018
    • 1 min

    Selam Exhibit Breakdown

    I'm sorry this video doesn't have any narration, I put it together for a live presentation. But you can see some of the different aspects...
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    Animation Rig: Forster's Tern
    Ken Ackerman
    • Jun 24, 2018
    • 1 min

    Animation Rig: Forster's Tern

    Here is a demo video showing some of the features of the rig I built for the Forster's Terns I animated in Habitat Earth. The rig was...
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    Behind the Scenes of Expedition Reef
    Ken Ackerman
    • Jun 24, 2018
    • 1 min

    Behind the Scenes of Expedition Reef

    Here is a peek behind the scenes on our latest production Expedition Reef, now playing at the Morrison Planetarium.
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    Ken Ackerman
    • Jun 24, 2018
    • 1 min

    Interview for SF Chronicle

    https://www.sfchronicle.com/entertainment/article/Team-works-in-twilight-zone-to-bring-reef-to-12823719.php I was interviewed in April by...
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    Animating Life
    Ken Ackerman
    • Jun 24, 2018
    • 1 min

    Animating Life

    I had the honor of being featured on Science Today! Here I am discussing some of the creature work I helped out with on Habitat Earth,...
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    Fun with skeletons
    Ken Ackerman
    • Jun 24, 2018
    • 1 min

    Fun with skeletons

    I found these animations recently on an old hard drive. After completing some very rigorously developed animations showing the locomotive...
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    A few different ways to handle fish animation
    Ken Ackerman
    • Jun 19, 2018
    • 2 min

    A few different ways to handle fish animation

    On our most recent production, Expedition Reef, I was tasked with figuring out how to populate our CG coral reefs with thousands of fish....
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    Houdini User Group at the California Academy of Sciences
    Ken Ackerman
    • Jun 19, 2018
    • 1 min

    Houdini User Group at the California Academy of Sciences

    On October 6, 2016 I helped co-host the Bay Area Houdini User Group at the California Academy of Sciences. We had a great turn out of...
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