Really nice short by a Enspire Studio based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Looks like the story is set in the Tron world but a bit of twist. Great stuff!
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Animator’s Eye book trailer by Francis Glebas
Looks like yet another great book on animation. The Animator’s Eye covers the whole process of bringing an idea to life
using animation and it documents the making of an animated short with a
wonderful score by Hans Karl.
Evolution of Tom Hanks
Came across this beautiful illustration of actor Tom Hanks. Nice!
Jomboo Rig Demo
Rig demo of the new ball character “Jomboo”from Puppeteer Lounge. Character design by Sachina Shakya.
P.S. I keep mentioning the character as a “he”. Well there is a “she” version of the character as well which can be toggled from main character which I forgot to go over. And yes “Amplify” == “Exageration” 😉
6 more days till registration closes. Hurry Up!
Just a reminder to let you all know that only 6 more days remaining till the registration closes for the free open rigging workshop on “How to rig a Polaroid SX-70 Camera” . So hurry up and secure your seat guys 🙂
Pixar Animation Intern Reel 2012 – Priscila Vertamatti
Animation reel by Pixar Intern.
Walt Disney Animation Studios – Technology Papers Videos
An Artist Friendly Hair Shading System
A Programmable System for Artistic Volumetric Lighting
Asynchronous Contact Mechanics
Efficient Elasticity for Character Skinning with Contact and Collisions
Interactive Collision Detection between Deformable Models using Chromatic Decomposition
Interactive Lighting of Effects Using Point Clouds in “Bolt”
Perceptually-Based Compensation of Light Pollution in Display Systems
Reflections on Simultaneous Impact
Robust Treatment of Simultaneous Collisions
The Siege
Winner of ‘Best 3D Commercial’ at the British Animation Awards 2012.
Photos from Jiri!
Some of the beautiful scenery that I managed to capture on my way to Jiri. Wishing you all an amazingly creative and beautiful 2013 🙂 🙂
Charlie Facial Expression Sheet
Here is a quick facial expression sheet for “Charlie” by Sachina Shakya. Want the rig to be super fun to work with, extremely flexible with cartoon like deformation and of course animator friendly! This is gonna make me busy for a little while 🙂
Charlie features in Cartoony Facial Setup and Facial Acting workshop!