QUOTES:
..."Because survival alone is not enough. Living well is the secret to true happiness: living well takes work; which is why true happiness is earned." - Frank Silas 2011

"Saving yourself could be the biggest adventure of all." - Frank Silas 2011

"Your time is your life, so it is all personal." - Frank Silas 2008

TRANSFORMERS Dark of the Moon
... I want to thank everyone at High Moon Studios for making me feel like part of the family there. It's been an absolute joy and honor to work with you guys. I especially want to thank Don Ott for teaching me how to take feature film assets and do a high poly bake down to get amazingly detailed game models and so much more. It was great to work with the Unreal Engine as well. Fans of the big robots are really going to appreciate this game. So in advance, KUDOS!! It's time for me to 'roll out'.

GAME OF THE YEAR AWARDS for Red Dead Redemption!!
... Unless you've been living under a rock you may have noticed that Rockstar Games has been picking up a ton of awards including Game of the Year for Red Dead Redemption. It's a game that I chose to work on and fought hard for while I was at the studio. Many of the people there didn't like the genre for years while working on it, but from the start I kept saying "we're working on the best game ever made! It just happens to be a Western." I'm happy for thier success and I can see a lot of my ideas for gameplay and the story made it to the end along with some of my art as well. Go get'em R*!! Perhaps our paths will meet again like old friends on a dusty trail.

I need to Thank the San Diego Comicon 2010! AWESOMENESS!!
... Comicon this year was truly phenominal! I gave up my seat in Artist's Alley to work as the Promotional Director for Creatorsafe.com! I was able to meet some of the biggest movers and shakers on the Expo floor. While I was doing that the amazing crew at New American Standard MPC was covering the Comicon for Sony Online, shooting actors directors comicbook legends all day and editing all night! You can see the fruits of that labor on Playstation Network! Comicon YOU ROCK!! SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!!

Red Dead Redemption is now available from Rockstar Games!
... I'm glad it's finally here! I spent a year working on that game. I'm also very happy for the guys over at the studio in San Diego: it's been number one on the US and UK charts since it came out for both Xbox 360 and PS3. Congrats to you guys! Unfortunately games are not like films. If you are not at the studio when it ships you often don't get into the credits. I do see that some of my early ideas survived the iteration process. You guys made me proud. I love a good Western!

Frank Silas is now a Producer and Director at NAS Productions!
... NAS is an abbreviation for 'New American Standard': a film, tvc, and animation studio in San Diego, Ca. We are working on projects for some studios in Hollywood at the moment which put us under a few different Non-Disclosure Agreements. We will be able to talk about the projects very soon: as well as showcase them. We have offices in Hollywood and in San Diego, Ca.

Thank you to the AWESOME crew at NAS Productions in San Diego!
... I just spent 48 hours this weekend making an incredible short film with the extraordinarily talented team at NAS Productions in San Diego. The film is titled "Cursed Ground", and is an official entry into the 48hr film competition. I provided a visual effects shot and was the boom operator for the film. Man am I exhausted! Uh, Yeah! We made a film from scratch in 48hrs this weekend. We shot at 1080p, so it looks amazing. My tiny visual effects shot was modeled, textured, rigged, animated, and rendered in 8hrs. (Sunday August 16, 2009)

Thank you San Diego Comicon!
... The San Diego Comicon 2009 was truly massive and amazing! I just want to say thank you to all of the people who stopped by my table in the Artist's Alley said hello, bought my art, and gave me kind words of admiration. I had a truly wonderful experience. See you next year...and for a small prediction 'I'll have more stuff next time just for you.' :-)

Looking for work! Hit me up!
... I'm looking to work with an amazing studio and/or crew of talented derelicts on wicked cool projects. I am also considering all contract work offers.

Hollywood! What's your dream?
...I have been teaching Concept Art and Digital Sculpting at an incredible Film School in the heart of Hollywood for the past year. What's your dream? I hope you're living it.

A Miracle Wrapped in an Enigma !!!
...Real time rendering is here! I do mean film quality rendering at speeds of 1 frame per second. It's only going to get better and better. So why is no one talking about it? On top of that it's affordable. Check out Studio GPU's 'Mach Studio Pro'. http://www.studiogpu.com/machstudio

Rockstar Games Announces...
...Midnight Club Los Angeles South Central downloadable content for the Xbox 360 and PS3. Thats what we were finishing up working on when I left for Hollywood. Congrats on getting that out fellas! Sweeeeet.

Rockstar Games also finally announced that the 'Untitled Western' we were working on is "Red Dead Redemption"! I worked on that for a year. I'm glad they finally announced it. The game is due out later this year. I love a good Western.

The Los Angeles Film School!!!
...I went to Siggraph in Los Angeles just to see the new tech and hang out at the Zbrush booth, but I ended up running into friends I hadn't seen in a while and landing a new job. I am now working at The Los Angeles Film School as a Course Director. I am in the Animation Department. Hello Hollywood. Checkout http://www.lafilm.com.

Siggraph 2008 is nearly upon us!
...I'm heading up to Los Angeles for a couple of days. This may be my last Siggraph in a while since I'm preparing to move to Atlanta. I'm going to try and soak up as much Animation and CG love as possible. I'm usually on the Siggraph Expo floor demoing animation. This year I'm just chillin'.

San Diego Comicon was GREAT!!
...This year I had my own table at comicon in the Artist's Alley. I was selling prints of my work and doing portraits and drawings on commision. It was such a pleasure to just draw for days. Thank you to all who stopped by my table to chat, as well as to buy stuff! Thanks to IDW for allowing us to party with you guys once again! I danced my butt off! It was amazing to see all those people there. I kept bumping into famous actors and comic book legends. I love being sarrounded by others who love the stuff I love. Where do you people hang out after comicon? I NEED YOU! ;-) LOL

I posted my demo reel to CGTalk!
...Thank you to the folks over at CG Society who've linked in to my personal network and for the kind words.

NEW DEMO REEL IS UP!!!
...Click on the icon of the atari joystick at top of webpage! Thank you sincerely to all the fine folks over at Rockstar San Diego. I really love you guys. After six years, though, it was time for me to move on in order to further my career in video games. I started my career as a tester there nearly six years ago. Then became a 3D Artist and worked there for five years. I am truly proud of the work we have done together. As always I wish you much success and godspeed.

Winner at DIY Film Festival!!
...Congratulations to the crew for 'Henchmen'. We've won for Best Short Film Drama at the DIY Film Festival in Los Angeles. We were screened at The American Film Institute the same weekend as the Academy Awards no less. I was the Assistant Director on the film, and have a cameo in it.

Exciting Things!!
...Lots of cool new projects are in the works, including some new additions to the website, a publising deal is in the works, and a new film is about to begin production. And I'm stoked that GTAIV now has a street date of this comming April!

New Year, New things to share!!..
...I'm a 3D Artist working for Rockstar Games in San Diego. The location where the game engine that runs GTAIV is made. Right now I'm working on Midnight Club Los Angeles (an illegal street racing game). I have also worked on an 'Untitled Western' for a year which is a character driven shooter at Rockstar Games. More info on that can be found on wikipedia. Scroll down for more..

...I am a big fan of the GTA series, so I'm really looking forward to the release of Grand Theft Auto IV. It's super cool working at 'Rockstar'. I've been at this company for fives years which is just a blip to some hardened industry veterans who've put in 10, 15, or more years already. I'd like to think that I've made some tiny contribution to the company while I've been here. I'll post what I've either learned or pioneered over the last five years to this website.(Of course nothing that is proprietary or unpublished will be posted.) I just need to showcase my video game work along with all of my other creative endeavors. I am also big into Film, Music, and Animation. Thanks for looking around my website.