Reflection Grisms

Photo shoot of Ralph's laser reflection grisms.

• Client: Ralph Jimenez Group


• Related Links: JILA Research Highlight article

Rolling Wheels & Friction

Ralph came to me asking to re-design a image he had for a text book that was going to be published in the following months. He told me he wanted a more visually clear image of the concept of how the rolling balls reach the bottom of the slop due to varied friction and uniform friction.

• Client: Ralph Jimenez

Casimir-Polder Force

This illustration and animation was designed to show how the casimir-polder force works on a quantum atomic level to a general audience.

• Client: Eric Cornell Group


• Related Links: JILA Research Highlight article, Watch Animation

Yotta Computer

The computing group at JILA asked me to take some photos of their new computer cluster they just designed called the Yotta computer. AMD donated 8 cutting-edge-dual-core processors which were used to build the ever growing Yotta computer cluster.

• Client: Computing Team at JILA

Sympathetic Cooling & Simply Pathetic Cooling

• Client: John Bohn


• Related Links: JILA Research Highlight article, Watch Animation

Breathing Cloud of ultracold fermions

This was one of my first animations/illustrations that I made at JILA. The animation is essentially a simulation that is driven by math equations and randomness algorithms using flash's actionscripting. Making this simulation was very similar to the animations and simulations that I had to make for my engineering course (Computer Simulations) using program called Processing (JAVA-based).

• Clients: Seth Rittenhouse, Javier Von Stecher


• Related Links: JILA Research Highlight article, Watch Animation

Cowboy/Wild Strut

This is a personal project that Chris and I wrote and designed. It is a western, fantasy story about a young cowboy who struggles with apathy while the Wild West is ready to devour him. He fights for control against forces that seem to lead his destiny. The cowboy is plagued with an unwanted subconscious companion who guides and protects him. He is unsure about his path, and he has no choice but to see what beckons him.

This story is the first episode to the major epic. Chris and I were heavily inspired by Clint Eastwood Western movies.

Chris and I worked together on all project aspects. Chris illustrated all the images for this project. For more detail information about this project please go here

Crowd Simulation Plug-in for Maya

The goal was to create a Maya plug-in that simulates crowds of intelligent agents in a 3D environment. Agents have individual and flocking behaviors that can be customized to give the user complete control over agents' action. This will be a versatile tool for smaller, low budget productions that allows the generation of high quality crowd simulations for 3D animations. Our tool will allow digital artists to design complex animations without extensive programming ability. I was responible for Flocking/Steering Behaviors of the 3D agents. My teammates were: Jay Fittipaldi, Chris Dang, and Josiah Greenewald.

For more detail information and video demos please visit my site here.