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.
New Website for FrankSilas.com!
...Hello there and thank you for visiting. FrankSilas.com has gotten a facelift. First of all I'd like to thank 'Z' at Mughal Entertainment for allowing me to use their Mary J. Blige "Be Without You-Remix" on this website. Also, thanks goes out to Christopher Caouette from Dragonwind for letting us bump his "Conjuring Faeries" cinematic masterpiece. I can't forget about Josh from Suckerface, thanks for your "Something Slips" track, it rocks!
Please take a good look around the website. It's fully functional and has some cool things going on. The gallery to the right...you can click on that and zoom into the pictures as well as grab the entire gallery and move it around my drawing board here. Thanks goes to Felix at Airtight Interactive for some really cool flash gallery viewing tools. Also, take note of the site navigation over the the left ( with the Samurai) it will begin to fill up with other links as time goes by. It can also be dragged around my drawing board.
Well some of you know that I've been working on a few different projects from Live Action Films, CG Features, CG shorts, and even music projects. I'll post the good stuff as soon as it becomes available along with photos and the rest of the dirty on those projects. I'm always looking for talented people to collaborate with on a professional and personal level. So if you've got some hot project going on hit me up.
More information about this website (inhales); I built this website myself, all by myself. This is the second iteration of FrankSilas.com. It will grow as I add more content. Please feel free to contact me with feedback about the design or functionality. This was only my third attempt at building a website. It was finally fun! I used every tool at my disposal. It took me about two weeks to build from the time I drew the design for it on a piece of sketch paper. I had to read all the manuals and learn flash, ect. I like to try to push my own perceptions of what's possible on the web. Actual construction took about a week.
Prospective Clients
If you have a project going on big or small please don't hesitate to contact me. I'm busy, but I will always make room for an exciting new opportunity. Click the Samurai!--Frank
