Category: VFX
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Updates – Been A while. . .
Hello, Thanks for reading my blog, I really do appreciate your interest in my updates. Without your interest, it would be meaningless. It’s been a while since I’ve posted an update. Things have been quite busy. To start with, the music video for “History Lessons” by the band Dinosaur Feathers (directed by Christopher Piazza)…
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Music Video for: History Lessons by Dinosaur Feathers – Part 02
Here’s a second update on a previously mentioned project I’ve been working on. The music video for the song “History Lessons” by Dinosaur Feathers directed by Christopher Piazza, featuring Animation, Pupeteering, and VFX by Jayel Draco. So the Studio shoot day on Jan.23 went really well. There where a couple of snags on production side…
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Music Video for: History Lessons by Dinosaur Feathers – Part 01
Here’s a little update on a project I’ve been working on. The music video for the song “History Lessons” by Dinosaur Feathers directed by Christopher Piazza, featuring Animation, Pupeteering, and VFX by Jayel Draco. So Corinne Alexis Hall and I have been working steadily for the past couple of weeks building our muppet-esque costumes for…
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Marvel Fest 2009
Gearing up for the big debut at Marvel Fest 2009! As many of you know, I have been working free-lance over at Neals Adams’ Continuity Studios for over a year now alongside some incredibly talented individuals. A large potion of that time has been spent developing sophisticated image manipulation techniques and employing them as “Motioneers”…
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The Astonishing X-Men – Rise Up – Marvel Music Video
X-Men Rise Up – Music Video from The Astonishing X-Men Motion Comic. Woah, so apparently someone from Marvel took clips from the “Motion Comic” we’ve been working on over at Neal Adams Continuity Studios and made a music video with them. It’s a good teaser for our yet-to-be released work (*as of 10/22/2009). The Motion…
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The Coney Island Film Festival playing “Cockroach Hotel”
The Coney Island Film Festival 2009 will be playing “Cockroach Hotel” as part of it’s lineup Full festival info is here. Something of a homecoming for the partially shot-in-Coney Island music video, “Cockroach Hotel” will be playing at the Coney Island Film Festival this weekend. It will be screening in the “made in Coney Island” program…
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New pieces added to my image gallery!
Just a little update about some new pieces that I’ve added to my gallery: The first one is “Verse of MaryBlue” was a photomanipulation illustration. Which essentially means that I used photographic texture reference to create the image with photoshop. I also made the costume that Mary (the model) is wearing. Artist/Designer Corinne Alexis Hall…
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“Jayel versus Akuma”
Jayel vs. Akuma – The latest animation by Jayel Draco. “Jayel Versus Akuma” is a short animated parody expressing the power inherent in being an animator. This animation is a reel piece intended to show of some of my flashy animation and compositing techniques, as well as Corinnes character Illustration and Jacks music. Truly this…
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Neil Halstead’s – Elevenses – Premiere!
The Neil Halstead “Elevenses” video has premiered! Today (4/30/2009) Neil Halstead’ “Elevenses” video premiered on 99dollarmusicvideo.com. This video was made with a $99 budget, 24 hours, and a production team consisting of: Christopher Piazza, Sara Blake, and Jayel Draco. It’s my pleasure to show you the music video for “Elevenses” by Neil Halstead (Slowdive). Elevenses…
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Showcasings of music video works.
Excerpt from Panopticon NYC’s Newsletter: NEIL HALSTEAD MUSIC VIDEO TO PREMIERE THIS THURSDAY The music video for Neil Halstead’s song “Elevenses,” directed by Christopher Piazza, will be premiering on Thursday, April 30th, courtesy of our friends at 99 Dollar Music Videos. Neil was the lead singer of shoegaze pioneers Slowdive and indie-rock favorites Mojave 3. He is currently supporting…
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Making of Elevenses
The latest music video that I worked on with Director Christopher Piazza for Neil Halstead’s “Elevenses” was a fun down and dirty job. My job was threefold. My first task was collaborating with Chris to figure out how to make the special effects in his video idea work using less than $100. My second task…
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Creations since september 2008
Hello, Since my last blog update in September of 08, much has come to pass in the way of creations as I’m sure you can imagine. Lately I’ve been too busy to keep up with my blog, which means I’ve had allot of blog content brewing. I’ll do my best to fill you in while…
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TVHEAD Featured
TVHead and all his weirdness persists It seems that I’ve neglected some self promotion duties as of late , but thankfully good friends look out for each other mutually. One such mutual friendship that I am grateful to have is with Jack Schell, who recently posted TVHead at mytoons.com. TVHead was featured and is viewable…
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Cockroach Hotel Uploaded
The music video for the hit new song “Cockroach Hotel” by Jigsaw Soul has now begun flooding the web. You can find it in the VIDEO section of jayeldraco.com as well as Youtube, Vimeo, Vimeo Music Video Channel Front Page, Myspace, Singing Fool, Radar Music Videos, & Antville, Please rate it, view it, post it,…
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“Cockroach Hotel” Progress via Panopticon NYC
The Excerpt from Panopticon NYC’s about the progress of “Cockroach Hotel” The Music Video for Cockroach Hotel By Jigsaw Soul, Directed by Christopher Piazza, featuring Art Direction and VFX by Jayel Draco will be added to the video section of this site once it’s had it official premiere. “The premiere of Panopticon’s music video for…
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Galapagos Art Space to debut Cockroach Hotel
Cockroach Hotel – Debuts at Galapagos Art Space The Panopticon NYC’s music video “Cockroach Hotel” for Jigsaw Soul has just been completed and will have it’s debut this Saturday night (5/10/2008) at Galapagos Art Space in Williamsburg Brooklyn starting at 10pm After Jigsaw plays an amazing set. Shortly thereafter I’ll be putting it up on…
