Current Work

As my short animation Beacon is shown publicly, I will update here.  As of August 2022, it has been selected for a number of festivals, and has won several awards (including Best Visual Effects). This is an IMDB listed film. 

An industrial artifact set in a lonely landscape continues operation over time despite the absence of a purpose. This semi abstracted narrative focuses on time, and the inherent beauty of all forms.

Beacon is a 3D animation produced using Side Effects Houdini. All geometry is polygonal, and the grass was produced procedurally using duplicated curves with VEXpressions to vary the size, color, and angle of the individual blades. All matte paintings were produced using Adobe Photoshop. The piece was edited using Adobe Premiere. Other than the music, the soundscape was recorded by me with a H1n recorder. 

Clarke Stallworth was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama. He was home-schooled in his early education and then attended Birmingham-Southern College, graduating with a BFA in Sculpture. For his graduate studies, Mr. Stallworth attended Syracuse University, Ohio State University, and Georgia State University graduating with an MFA in Sculpture, an MFA in Art and Technology, and most recently a JD degree. Mr. Stallworth has been a free-lance photographer, supervised a foundry and a woodshop, and has taught design, sculpture, and visual effects at the college level for over thirty years. He is currently focused on portrait and aerial photography and cinematography, and the production of his 3D animations using Houdini, Maya, and assorted other industry standard 3D software. He has lived briefly in London, and in various states across the US, including, Alabama, New York, Ohio, and Georgia. He currently resides in Atlanta. He has a wife of twenty plus years, Krista Grecco, and a son, 8, Ukiah.