Over Eric Goldberg’s shoulder

Posted on September 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment
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Here is a series of really cool videos where Eric Goldberg during a talk at the Irish National Film school explains his work process through a series of a drawings.

Make sure you check the 10 videos

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k4S5QUSJJQ[/youtube]

ReelFX Looney Tunes shorts online!

Posted on September 9, 2011 | 9 Comments
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“Coyote falls”, “Rabid rider”, “Fur of flying”, the three ReelFX Looney Tunes shorts are finally online. Awesome!!

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3uymt2

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xkm4kk

via Focus on Animation

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Asus ep121 artist demo

Posted on September 7, 2011 | 1 Comment
Filed under Animation, Drawings, Tablet PC

Matthew Tardiff just sent me a link to a video he made demonstrating the Asus ep121 TabletPC in use with Sketchbook pro, Maya and my old beloved TV Paint. Check it out he paired it with a fancy tiny portable keyboard.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E1G9p4B9lY[/youtube]

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“Paths of Hate” cloud making

Posted on September 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment
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My old Spiraloid buddy Eugene Mishibinijima just posted a tutorial based on the fast rendering Cloud making technique demonstrated by Platige image and “Paths of Hate” creator Damian Nenow.

The technique is shown for 3dsmax but I am pretty sure it could apply to Maya as it relies on vertex colours and Vray, both available in Maya.

Here is the Siggraph presentation if you missed it, followed by Eugene’s tutorial.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBovH7_um_s[/youtube]

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/28004567[/vimeo]

via Itsartmage

Asus eee slate ep121 Zbrush demo

Posted on September 5, 2011 | 2 Comments
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Here is an interesting video made by one of my Animation Mentor fellow showcasing the Asus ep121 used with Zbrush.

The ep121 is a TabletPC equipped with an intel i5 cpu and a standard issued wacom digitizer. The video doesn’t show anything really revolutionary but it is always nice to see professional artist softwares demonstrated on a TabletPC. I still don’t understand why TabletPC makers only target business people when artists would jump on those if they new they existed. The ep121 is on sale for a bit more than $1000/less than 1000 euros.

I already have several tablet PC so I don’t think I will get that one but who knows what will happen when I see it at BestBuy in Emeryville!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfB8_fL9mIc[/youtube]

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Pixar Brave D23, concept art part II

Posted on September 5, 2011 | 2 Comments
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Youtube user SpecialSailorMiss just uploaded a second and final video showcasing some concept art and visual development from summer 2012’s Pixar movie “Brave”.

The previous revealed artworks are available at the links below that post.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHKKvBcVOOg[/youtube]

Stop Motion experiment by 23Lunes

Posted on September 2, 2011 | 3 Comments
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Stop Motion animators probably hate CG animation as much as we hate Motion capture 😉

Fun little experiment by spanish studio 23Lunes. The character is very appealing and nicely animated!

[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/24318095[/vimeo]

via HYRUMOSMONDANIMATION

“A monster in Paris” english trailer

Posted on August 31, 2011 | 2 Comments
Filed under Animation, Business of animation

Well it looks like folks outside the country of smelly cheeses will also be able to enjoy Eric Bergeron’s “A monster in Paris” feature!

An 1080p English trailer just popped out and I am finally understanding why the lip sync was off in the French version… they animated with the English audio! 🙂 Surprisingly, the songs were also written in English. It is a good thing they had such a fabulous composer/singer as M.!

Some of the lip sync is a bit too symmetrical in places but this is looking pretty good overall. I missed last sunday’s première but I hope to catch the general release very soon.

We can say whatever we want about Europa corp. at least they made the movie come out and probably get released worldwide.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfMcbsE-kf8[/youtube]

Hopefully this will attract more investors to the French feature animation industry. Wouldn’t it be great if we didn’t need to emigrate to the US to work on similar projects or command higher wages?

Talking about the USA, the TAG 2011 Wage survey just came out.
TAG 2011 Wage survey highlights