I have now moved to Sydney to start my new visual effects adventure with Animal Logic on The Great Gatsby.
Dear visitors, Belated Christmas and Happy New Year 2012 to you (or it is Happy End-of-the-World?)!
Last month, all ILM employees in Singapore finally received their complimentary hardcover book “Industrial Light & Magic: The Art of Innovation”. What a splendid Christmas gift!
The sweet icing on the cake is that I have a few works featured on the cover and among the inner contents! Please do check it out on Amazon.com or at a local bookstore near you.
Have a great and productive year ahead!
-Jerome Moo
For a non-Star Wars related news today, let me share with you a tutorial video on Painting Dynamic Water Effects that I came up with for ImagineFX magazine issue 43.
This is just a small clip of the entire painting session, showing an idea of how I will paint the water effects from scratch. The emphasis of the entire painting workshop was not placed on the characters and background, so they are kept simple.
Here is the finished work.
About 2 years ago, I worked on a few Digital Matte Paintings for Star Tours 2.0. Being a theme park ride (exclusive to Disneyland in California, I think) instead of the big screen, I thought I will never see my work again unless I make the trip there.
Thank goodness for Youtube, someone took a recording of the Star Tours 2.0 theme park (of which there are many) and I finally caught a glimpse of one of my matte paintings. You can see it at 1:27 in the embedded video below:
Now, it is a matter of time (and money) before I see the entire thing in person!
Sorry for the lack of news lately (has it been almost a year since?!), but I hope to change that from now on. To start with, let me share with you this good news:
After almost 5 years, Hasbro finally came up with a new Star Wars The Clone Wars toy based on one of my own designs! There are some minor tweaks and additions for the sake of playability, naturally.
This marks the first ever toy that I designed (for the most part anyway)!
Please head over to this gallery at Yakface Toyguide to see more of this product. I’m still waiting for this toy to come out at the local toy shops!
The reviews seem very positive about it. I couldn’t be happier! 
