Jonathan Lax

Its a Rhythm and Stealth kind of work day. #b3d

WHEN THERE’S TREASURE BEHIND THE WATERFALL: Oh wow. Yes, very clever! Waterfall treasure! No one’s ever done that before. Lazy jackass

WHEN THERE’S NO TREASURE BEHIND THE WATERFALL: Wow. Too stuck-up to put treasure there huh? Too much of a fucking ICONOCLAST for that? Piece of shit. FUCK you

New Gecko Showreel! Really happy to be building a bigger team this year! Musix composed by my brother Alistair! www.instagram.com/reel/DLU5_MJ... #b3d #vfx #animation #cg #animationstudio

Here at Gecko, we’re excited to share our new showreel — full of cinematic shots and beautiful 3D renders we've had the pleasure of creating for our clients. | Gecko Animation Ltd. Here at Gecko, we’re excited to share our new showreel — full of cinematic shots and beautiful 3D renders we've had the pleasure of creating for our clients. Watch this space for more Gecko news c...

Gecko's new Showreel! #Gecko #GeckoAnimation #Blender #b3d #cgi #showreel #reel #animation #3Dstudio
www.linkedin.com/posts/gecko-...

Val Kilmer rocked so many awesome roles. I'm disappointed in media headlines only mentioning stuff like Batman Forever or Top Gun. If you haven't seen Top Secret, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang or Tombstone please educate yourself on the greatness of Val! RIP

Thanks buddy! Office is ready to go, just need to find the right day to move in. So busy!

🥳happy new year!
Latest personal project. I wanted to make some kind of #Overwatch character intro #animation.
Made in #Blender, VFX in Adobe Animate.

High res 👉 youtu.be/gaUvOItUuiQ

Sound design by Gabriel Dalmasso
Character model by Antony Pico
#p2design #B3D

Post-apocalypse show pausing for the apocalypse

A lot of my work involves receiving style-guide or branding guidelines from designers and they're VERY particular about maintaining colour accuracy. I focus on realism so like to push a more realistic palette but AGX causes reds/purples/oranges/yellows to shift so much I go back.

01. To me, the Whites of the eyes indicate shock more than the pupils. So more white more shock.

New Gecko HQ in the making! — Gecko Animation Ltd. Our new HQ for Gecko ready to launch in early 2025!

Still getting the place ready. Launching beginning of 2025!!
www.geckoanimation.com/news/2024/12...

Signed! Woooo!

I wish I could use AGX more but the way it shifts colour away from intended hues makes it hard to correct. The lamp in the background is way too red for example even when heavily corrected via the addon. Means I can’t trust my textures or client artworks will be correctly displayed.

I don't want to jinx it but I'm about to sign a lease on a new studio workspace for Gecko! Its taken far too long to get the lease together but we're almost done! 2025 is going to be awesome!

YouTube video by Tracklib Sample Breakdown: The Most Iconic Electronic Music Sample of Every Year (1990-2024)

I find this stuff fascinating. Sourcing samples that made your favourite electronic music from the 90’s and beyond. Some seem barely to qualify as samples, when is it instead more of a remix or cover of the original song? youtu.be/FpaoCUEhZJM?...

Thanks buddy!

YouTube video by Virgin Galactic Delta Spaceship Overview

Just as an excuse to share this on here now that its all kicking off. My work from earlier in the year released a couple months ago. Spot for Virgin Galactic done by my company youtu.be/DOa9QroTyIQ?... #b3d #cg #spaceship #vfx #animation #cycles #blender

Here's another Blender-related starter pack by @jaroslawdzedzej.bsky.social

go.bsky.app/6QoxFBT

Warms my heart to see so many folks arriving over the last 2 weeks from the remains of Twitter. Welcome one and all!! I post about 3D Animation, specifically #Blender related and am building a UK business to do just that! www.geckoanimation.com looking for generalists, animators and VFX artists #b3d

So excited to be signing for a new company HQ just outside London later this month 🤞 Looking for artists/generalists to fill it! #3d #vfx #b3d #nuke

I’ve been late in getting the chance to play Half Life Alyx but holy hell it deserves all the praise it gets. Sadly it’s still one of a kind. Will we ever see another VR game this well designed? #VR #half-life

Moment of silence for my family’s small flock of chickens killed last night by the local fox. 1 survivor, we’ve named her Ripley.

Shame man, see you next year I hope!

I’ve been meeting some amazing folks at the Blender Conference in Amsterdam including a couple of old Pixar alumni from the Toy Story days.

Oh boy, #Balatro is on Apple Arcade! There goes all productivity for the day!

Looking at a lease for a new office space and hiring actual humans to fill it! Exciting times! Going to be more active on here. At least trying to be.

During a covid lockdown we had our son, he slept poorly so our routine was for my wife to get unbroken sleep from 9-3am while I stayed up with him, then I'd bring him to her and sleep in the nursery. So from 9pm-3am I mainlined FF7 Remake and TLOU2. Last proper gaming longplays for me.

Got so much to do today I'm mainlining Mick Gordon's music directly into my veins. Right Trigger Warning is such a banger!

Isobel loves scribbling on post-its and sticking them to the side of her bed. Her room looks like some mad detective’s pinboard.