Art of Up/Up colorscript

Posted on July 18, 2009  | Leave a Comment
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Pixar "UP"

Lou Romano, production designer on UP, posted two great posts on his blog.

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Animation Mentor not yet world domination

Posted on July 17, 2009  | Leave a Comment
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Animation Mentor

Few weeks ago I spoke with a friend of mine who happened to be a production manager in Paris, working on some really big features, and he didn’t know about Animation Mentor! He did recognise the AM rigs when I showed him the Animation Mentor showreel but didn’t know about the school!

Few animation students I work with in Angouleme were amazed when I told them I had been taught animation through an online school for 2 years. They had never heard about AM! Crazy isn’t it? Well it is even more crazy when you take in consideration that there was already an Italian AM alumni in the company.

Here is a good read for people who never heard about AM: Bobby Beck’s latest post on his blog!

“Animation Mentor had 51 mentors, students and alumni who worked on Ice Age 3!”

I think I will have to post the link to the AM student showcase again actually. No no that’s not because my friend Hichem’s short is on the cover 😉

http://www.animationmentor.com/students/student-work.html

Mac Guff “Despicable me” trailer

Posted on July 17, 2009  | 2 Comments
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Despicable me 01

Universal just released the first trailer for Mac Guff’s third animated feature “Despicable me”. From what I understand, the feature is directed by “Pat and Stan” creator Pierre Coffin and should come out summer 2010. Knowing Mac Guff’s animation standard and after the great work they did on “Dragon hunters”, this movie should be a lot of fun.

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