Perry
Maya, Visual Effects and Animation Tutor with 21 years experience
Perry has created visual effects on 6 feature films, directed 2 half-hour animated children's shows, co-authored the best-selling book "Mastering Maya" (Sybex, 2000), created VFX for a film at the American Film Institute (AFI) and just finished his 20th trailer doing Visual Effects and Motion Graphics for Lionsgate. He is a regular beta tester on many Autodesk and Adobe products, has used Maya since before it was ever released as a product (as an Alpha and Beta tester) and he speaks regularl...
Maya
I have been using Maya since before it was even released to the public. I was an Alpha and Beta tester, and have used it ever since. In the year 2000, Sybex published my book "Mastering Maya Complete 2" which became not only a best seller in the animation instruction market, and was the first book published about how to use Maya, but was used in major visual effects facilities around the world to train their artists on Maya. It was used in places such as Industrial Light and Magic, Rhythm & Hues, Midway Games, and Sony Picture Imageworks. In 2007 I was asked to write the Animation and Visual Effects curriculum for a new college in Chicago, and was hired as the Chair of that department. I stayed there for 4 and a half years, and in that time we reached a 70% placement rate within the industry. In fact, one of my first graduates was hired at Rhythm & Hues to work on feature films. I continue to work in VFX and Animation, as well as teach and tutor. I was hired 3 times by Autodesk (the creators of Maya) to teach online MasterClasses in Maya. I look forward to showing students how to create amazing worlds with Maya!
film
Adobe Photoshop
video production
Autodesk Maya
Amanda R. from New York, NY
My daughter ADORES him and is learning a ton about Autodesk Maya. He is patient and super knowledgeable and very nice, to boot.