Back to sculpting

 Bill "The Butcher" (Gangs of New York)

 

I went back to sculpting with my human hands after a few years’ pause.

No computers, no software, just me and the clay!

 

Tiny contribution

 

Shortly before I left for Montreal, our animation team at Pixomondo Frankfurt started working on a sequence for Ant-Man and the Wasp - Quantumania. I didn’t think more of my contribution until the other day when I watched the movie for the first time.  To my pleasant surprise, I saw my name in the credits. 

                                      

The sequence we worked on:

 

 

 

Everything from concept art, environment, animation, lighting to the final render. Our animation team was in charge of animating everything that crawled, floated or creeped around.                        

A lot of animation cycles were created.

Strange Encounters

 

Pencil on paper, colored in PS

 Here is how I see "his" newly assembled Board of Peace!!!!  

(Pencil on paper, coloured in Photoshop) 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy New Year 2026!!!!

VFX Breakdown (PXO - House Of The Dragon, Season I)

Pixomondo, the VFX studio I worked for in Frankfurt, has finally released the VFX breakdown for our work on House Of The Dragon, Season I.

My take on current events.

 

Down To The Basement

True story!!!!

 

(Turn your audio on)

(personal work/exercise)

aircraft

 

The second movie I worked on while at Cinesite in Montreal, was Steve McQueen’s Blitz, set in London in WW2. The trailer came out yesterday and features my two shots of a Luftwaffe bomber plane flying into a building. I am looking forward to seeing the full film this November.

 

This is the second time I was involved in WW2 aircraft animation. First time was for Midway (2019).

 

 

 

Straight shooter

 

”Oh, shi*!!!! ....I worked on this!!!!”.  I exclaimed the other night, when I recognized our sequence in 3 Body Problem.

 

 

 

 While still at Pixomondo (Frankfurt), this is one of the last projects I worked on from July to October 2022—it just came out a few weeks ago on Netflix. Because of the production codename, I had no clue at the time what exactly I was working on.  

 

 

Here's the trailer:

 

Dave

 Pencil on paper

 

 

 

CREEP

 Pencil on paper

Kicks and punches

Worked on this at Cinesite when we were living in Montreal. We did a of of hard body animation like vehicles, boats, etc. and digi doubles.

It premieres on March 21 on Prime Video.

Here is the trailer:

2023 BAFTA Award Winner for Special, Visual & Graphic Effects

 

In 2023 our VFX team at Pixomondo Germany won a BAFTA award for our work on House Of The Dragon Season 1

 

I animated Vhagar, the largest and oldest dragon in the story. Above: a still of one of my shots - Vhagar burning her rider alive.

Joe Beef's funeral procession (Montreal 🍁 2023)

Into the light with Cité Mémoire, documentary inspired by the night walk of multimedia projections in the heart of historic Old Montreal (by Michel Lemieux and Victor Pilon).  

Joe Beef's funeral procession (Montreal, 2023) from Luis Estenssoro on Vimeo. 

🍁

Burgos by Chaliapin

William of Baskerville: But what is so alarming about laughter?

Jorge de Burgos: Laughter kills fear, and without fear there can be no faith....

  

Jorge de Burgos played by Feodor Chaliapin jr.

(pencil on paper)

 

 

Flitting Moth

                                                                                                                                                            

The Colour Purple movie-musical premieres on Christmas Day, which I worked on some time back at Pixomondo.

I animated the moth flitting and flying around young Nettie and Celie as they sit on a tree branch (featured in this trailer at around minute 0:38).

 😀

 

 

Aztec

 

JE T'AIME MONTRÉAL

 

                               

                               

                Our stay in this city is almost over. Amazing city, lovely people!!!!

 

 

 

7 BERSERKER

FINALLY.... 

 

....I had a little bit of time to finish this!!!!

 

 

 

Berserker 7

 

                     

And last but not least: TORA

 

Berserker 6

 

 

SKARDE & CROW

 

 

COME FLY WITH ME

 

 

 This “How to Claim you Dragon” video focuses on the sequence we worked on: when young Aemond rides Vhagar for the first time.

It explains how the real cameras had to match our 3D cameras, which allowed us animators to place the footage (in this case the actor) in the correct spot in order to animate Vhagar. This sequence also includes full CG shots. This means that the entire shot was computer generated including the actor—typically wide angle shots, where you could see more of Vhagar's body mass.

 

Two of my shots. What a ride!!!!

 

 

 

Fire will reign

 We have been busy!!!!

 

 

Berserker 5

 

 

VEGARD

 

 

Berserker 4

Ulf

 

 

 

 

Berserker 3

 

                                                           OLAF

 

      

The super intelligent, evolution-defying master of camouflage

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2021!!!!