Hi, this is my creative “studio” space. All of the cool other domain suffixes were taken, except for .cool, but that felt a little on the nose. Welcome, take your shoes off, stay a while. My name is Michael Angelo Viscione II. I am a 2nd because my family was really into the Ninja Turtles. I am a VFX supervisor/director/creative who dabbles in coding, writing and art making. My family and I live in Los Angeles CA; we all love cats. For any info about which programs I use, languages, reel breakdowns, the location of my cat tatoo, you know whatever, please contact me.
Shogun
a mURDER AT THE END OF THE WORLD
Unreal Houdini Nuke
MAYANS
Houdini Maya Nuke Resolve
![Mayans S2 Concepts](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d41ffbddcb5b7876a21523/b427739a-0749-48c2-a256-082fcb682f7d/temple_v001.0004.jpg)
Mayans S2 Concepts
![Season 2 of Mayans brought a unique challenge of pushing the intensity of the “Tempest” like rivalry in a border biker gang.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d41ffbddcb5b7876a21523/955129ba-e660-4d0c-9c69-4bfc97fa9557/temple_v001.0003.jpg)
Season 2 of Mayans brought a unique challenge of pushing the intensity of the “Tempest” like rivalry in a border biker gang.
![Both brothers vying for a position at the top spot, while also having an intense connection with their family and heritage.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d41ffbddcb5b7876a21523/fe8c4200-5859-4b44-ad4d-ea0007c1f15f/temple_v001.0001.jpg)
Both brothers vying for a position at the top spot, while also having an intense connection with their family and heritage.
![And heritage is what stood out during my research, taking the literally meaning of Mayans and tying it back to the characters ancestry. Modern day warriors.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d41ffbddcb5b7876a21523/86fe42da-5ba8-40b6-81aa-c877aac7a346/templeBuild_01_v001.jpg)
And heritage is what stood out during my research, taking the literally meaning of Mayans and tying it back to the characters ancestry. Modern day warriors.
![Given a brief to tie season-2 to the first ID, “Mayan Calendar”, I started to explore the metaphor that our characters are akin to the Mayan temples their ancestors once built. Artifacts grappling with internal conflict are uprooted and sent into tur](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d41ffbddcb5b7876a21523/28fdbc1d-ebf2-45a7-b919-2e979dfd31fb/templeBuild_02_v001_1.jpg)
Given a brief to tie season-2 to the first ID, “Mayan Calendar”, I started to explore the metaphor that our characters are akin to the Mayan temples their ancestors once built. Artifacts grappling with internal conflict are uprooted and sent into turmoil.
![Playing on the connection between the calendar and temples, while adding in modern day catholic iconography, I hoped to bring season 2 into an evolved space.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65d41ffbddcb5b7876a21523/358432f6-5a40-4ad4-a569-25e040a02dc2/templeBuild_03_v001_1.jpg)
Playing on the connection between the calendar and temples, while adding in modern day catholic iconography, I hoped to bring season 2 into an evolved space.
Legion
devs
American Horror Story
American Crime Story
Branding
Tools / Apps
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Maya Material and render layers
Home brewed Procedural Maya material assignments and render layers.
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Launcher
Simple and effective launch area to keep artists on the same versions and in the correct environments.
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asset library
An organized library of assets with a snapshot view and fuzzy search.
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TSKR
Dont have shotgrid? Make your own! using pyhon and a archaic gui language.
experiments
Writing
Brief descriptions of some of my written pieces. Please contact me for more information.
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Dark Strand
A short film adaptation of Stephen King’s Beachworld.
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Universal Basic
Sentient robots cope with the burden of understanding life. A Pilot
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Novus
The race to make Mars Habitable.
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Inner Demons
The end has begun, only a few see Hell spilling into life.
Contact
You Made it this far. I should be contacting you for your bravery. Feel free to fill out this form and ill get the info. Or email me: