The animation with a .... je ne sais quoi!
EA
well, I just started working for the UK branch of Electronic Arts, the Bright Light studio located in beautiful Guildford. The only thing I can say is that it is a new IP and it is a really cool project. I am doing a crazy amount of commuting between Guildford and London at the moment but hopefully I will be able to settle down very quickly and find the time for my personal projects.
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with a chance of eyeballs
Have you seen Sony’s latest attempt at swiping Pixar and Dreamworks from the best Feature animation studio’s crown?
Because of it’s really plain looking character design, “Cloudy with a chance of meatballs” might have flown under the radars of a lot of animation fans but if you go pass the designs, you will realise that the underdog is a new home run from the Culver city studio. Yes the story is not revolutionary but that movie is once again a great piece of entertainment served with amazing rendering, gorgeous visual effects, funny lines and wacky animation.
One of those wacky shots I am referring to is the Eyeball shot by the dock.
How lucky! David Anthony Gibson, the animator behind it: has decided to share with use some insights.
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[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/6857488[/vimeo]
Moving forward, this is 1 hour of work in 5 minutes. I used Camtasia this time so the result should be a bit smoother. Unfortunately Camtasia pause button didn’t work so 2 hours are missing, you won’t see the entire panel detailing sequence and few other things. Sorry.
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[vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/6825067[/vimeo]
I always wanted to record a modeling session timelapse but wasn’t too sure I would be able to finish a full model while being recorded. I also had no clue how fast I was at modeling and was worried I would make too many mistakes. Just like everything, if you don’t try, you will never know!
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Milt Kahl celebration
The American “Academy of motion picture arts and science” just released some videos from the Milt Kahl retrospective that was held in LA earlier this year.
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This is probably one of the best Eric Goldberg talk. I recommend you highly to check out that talk he gave at AAU for the “Industry on Campus” cycle. If like me you only know him through his work on Aladdin or Hercules, you will be pleasantly surprised to see him sharing his first Flipbook but also some of his latest work for a cultural Buddhist center from Hong Kong.
I watched that video few times already and will surely watch it again.
Click on the following link then his name on the right hand side
http://www.academyart.edu/video_industryoncampus.html
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My friend “Vincil from ummo” just released his new album “Betty Drums” and a really really cool video in collaboration with Motion graphic designer Dittongraph and graphic designer Supakitch for his track “Saint Louis”, a really nice mix of hip hop and jazz supported by gorgeous graphics.
Double-click on the video to get the full version
[vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/5996932[/vimeo]
You can purchase his album through Itunes:
Itunes
or directly from the artist using the links at the bottom (Paypal, Sterling and euros cheques)
http://www.vincil-from-ummo.net/listenBettyDrums.html
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If you are wondering what was the idea behind my latest Bishop mod, here it is 😉
It is a quick lip sync animation, just to try some lip sync, facial animation and rendering with Mental ray/SSS/displacement map.
Don’t worry I don’t have the pretension to compete with Marlon Brando. For some reason I just thought it was funny to have Shrek saying that line.
The contender
Modern Martin
My friend CG artist/AM alumni Matt Morris and stop motion feature animator Naomi Zahl just completed a short film for a competition organized by the english Health System organisation, NHS.
If you like quirky and stylistic animation (think Studio AKA), rush to see that really cool short film and give your vote!
Turf planet
This is just crazy, my friend Ales Mav still hasn’t found a job after nearly one year looking for work in London! I just don’t get this!
For a start Ales is one of those very nice and humble chaps you seldom meet. Ales and I were classmates at AM and he had been one of those rare A+ student from class1 to 6. Several of his shots got featured on the animation mentor showreel, his short film “Daphne’s new broom” got selected and awarded at several festivals, he keeps adding great new shots to his showreel month after month, he won last month 11 seconds club competition and he even started a new shortfilm “Turf Planet” , quitely, by himself.
Please! Give this man a job!!!!!!
