About Michael
Michael Thingnes is a 26 year old visual effects artist from Norway who is currently working at Double Negative Visual Effects. In 2007 he signed up for the course “3D Design and Animation” at Noroff Institute in Oslo, Norway (akin to FE college in the UK) and proceeded with “3D Film Production” the following year. From there he moved to Teesside University in the UK where he completed the third and final year on the undergraduate course “BA (Hons) Digital Visual Effects” with first class honours. Today he works as a roto and sometimes prep artist at Double Negative in London.
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September 2010 Demo Reel
Once again my dear friends, the time has come to put out a new demo reel. The year at Teesside University is behind me and it is time to fill out job applications. Or so I've been told anyway.
Another short in the can
Well, technically it's been finished for a week now, I've just been too fed up to blog about it until now. The past month has been incredibly busy and seeing as my field, post production, comes last (who would have thought?), I haven't been sleeping that much lately.
Animated short: The Diversion
The Diversion" is an animated short film about an energetic old woman, Rose, who wholeheartedly wishes to enter a night club. When the guard at the door refuses her entry, she devises a series of clever schemes to get to the door without the guard knowing...
Architectural Visualization: Living Room
That's quite some heading. Say aloud five times in rapid succession. Where was I? Ah, yes. This was the first graded assignment I was handed after a couple of months at Noroff.





























