Independent Experiments
The Collaboratory
A separate, non-commercial space for personal creative experiments, community exchange, and voluntary collaboration around independent filmmaking, visual effects, game design, and emerging production tools.
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A place to learn in public.
The Collaboratory sits alongside Playable FX, but it is not a studio-services page, client portfolio, storefront, or commercial production pipeline. It is a place to test methods, share process, and develop ambitious ideas outside conventional production constraints.
Projects here may include research, prototypes, production studies, and unofficial fan works. Participation is voluntary, project-specific, and discussed openly before work begins with production journeys and outcomes documented throughout.
Currently active
Colonial Maneuvers
An upcoming non-commercial, AI-assisted Alien-inspired fan-film project.
An active Collaboratory project, Colonial Maneuvers is a short-form science-fiction experiment developed through original performance, Blender-based CG and compositing, and local open-weight AI-assisted tools. The project page contains the premise, development materials, visual studies, process notes and eventual release.
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The signal is open.
The Collaboratory welcomes thoughtful exchange around VFX, compositing, sound, practical and digital visual effects, game development, editing, and AI tools, with an emphasis on open-source tools and workflows. It is not paid client work, a recruitment service, or a commercial offering.
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