Ken Ackerman
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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