Well, I just realized tonight, that Ratubaworld has gotten over 2 MILLION visits since its birth in January 2006 at my brother's Journal Square apartment. lol!

I haven't updated the site in a very long time because I'm been busy (or not busy...) working in NYC doing 3d computer animation with Maya, and motion graphics with After Effects. You can view my portfolio at www.cerulo.com

Thanks for visiting the site!

-Grant

Hey everyone. I updated my demo reel on my portfolio, please take a look

www.cerulo.com

I haven't made a blog post for about 7 months, but needless to say, I'm still living in NYC and working as a freelance 3D, Flash, and After Effects artist. I'm also currently working on a new independent flash game.

Somehow this website is still generating money, even after about 2 years of sparse activity! The internet is definitely a curious and powerful tool. Hopefully soon I'll be able to begin making more flash games again, although it will probably never be in my free time, like the old days

In other news, the film I had te pleasure of working on at Hampshire College in the Fall of 2008, "Tower 37" is now complete and entering the film festival circuit! It has already been accepted to several film festivals, screened in multiple cities (Including Amherst MA, Northampton MA, Los Angeles, and NYC (I attended the screening in Tribeca last Month)) and has been accepted to SIGGRAPH 2009! What a start!

While working on the film, I was doing texturing, lighting, and some other small odd-jobs, amongst a team of 16 incredibly talented student-colleagues). It is amazing to look back and realize how much my Senior year has taught me- and how much I've learned since. Although it was pretty tough commuting to Hamp. while dealing with classes and other workloads at Umass, it was definitely worth it and more.

I hope everyone out there that still visits ratubaworld is doing great! I'll post again the next time I have an update!

later

-Grant

 This is an interview thing I did about 2 years ago

http://www.flashgamesponsorship.com/advice/advice-from-industry-players/ratuba-games.html

Hi guys!

So I just wanted to let everyone know that I graduated college last May!

For the Summer, I am living in Boston and working in Cambridge teaching computer animation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)!!

I have an internship in New York City in September that I'm really excited to start! My internship is with a company called 'Plus et Plus' where I will be doing modeling and texturing in Maya. I am still applying to jobs however, so my plans for the Fall aren't completely set in stone yet.

So far I don't have any plans to make more Flash games in the near future. I just renewed a 2 year plan for ratubaworld hosting though, so the site will still be up for years to come. Somehow, this site still gets a lot of traffic. I really don't know where it is coming from, but hey, I'm not complaining!

Until next time, ttyl!