Friday, November 30, 2012

Cool stuff at siggraph

Stuff we'll never be able to do haha.

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Darth Mickey

Maybe it was due to Sandy, but I had missed this: Disney is Buying Lucas Film, which includes Industrial Light and Magic (ILM). I generally am not a fan of industry consolidation, but this one specifically worries me. Not because I fear a Disneyfied Star Wars, but because when I saw Rango I was happy that at least one big animation studio was approaching feature animation in a different way, not using the now the default PIXAR approach. Hopefully there will be a place for ILM Feature Animation now that they are under the same parent company as PIXAR, but it would surprise me. Currently, they have no feature animation in production.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Final Project, Scene

Subtle but important none the less...A Buck appears in the mist

Hannah's Zuzu Update





these are just some updates on my final project. Feedback is welcome. Yippie! Zuzu!

Final Project Scene 1...

Misty Moonlit forest, scene 1 with texture & lighting...To avoid crashing in maya I added mist texture via Photoshop

Time to Final

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

My abstract storyboard

I shall explain in detail, in class

final ARIL360 scenery



Not much tonight. Here's some screenshots of my background for the final.

Next step is adding some texture and colors to the buildings.

See ya tomorrow!

--Julie Kip

Saturday, November 24, 2012

Destiny

Yet another well made and very entertaining student animation from France. The fact that throwing a cat under the bus was even considered as a possible ending indicates a lack of deeper meaning, but in that this animation can hardly be considered unique.

 


Read about the production in this feature on CGSociety

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

The Origin of Modern Animation?

This article in the Guardian on the Beatles movie "Yellow Submarine" makes a credible argument for considering that animation as pivotal in the history of this Art form, as being the first "mature" animation (not "adult" in the common sense). In the mainstream at least.

[Via Trendspottr / Alain Chesnais]

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Zuzu -update

Hey, this is just an update on my Zuzu project. Hey ZU!
how epic.
-Hannah

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Matte Painting

Here is a list of the The 50 greatest matte paintings of all time

Now why would I be posting this?

[Hint]

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Something old, something new.

Being a bit under he weather I was browsing the NFB site and found a high quality version of this classic animation. Always a pleasure!
 

 
Here are two more recent works from a series:
 

 

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

potato bunny


Andy Gilbert

http://www.andy-gilbert.com/index.html

This image in by Andy Gilbert, 3-D artist based in New York. I don't really know much about him because his website doesn't offer up too much info besides his portfolio reel and images but these are amazing. I have a whole new appreciation for the lighting and texturing in this scene. Wow.

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Final Project- 3D texture/lighting



1st two scenes- Morning Light



3nd and 4th scene- Midday 



5th and 6th scene- Evening (with light source from street lamps)

Here are my six sketches for what I want to do for the final in this class. I decided to re-texture my animation from the previous semester (hopefully using the new toon texturing technique we learned) with each scene lit at different points in the day to add some variety. 

Enjoy and see you all tomorrow! 

--Julie

Monday, November 5, 2012