Cool stuff at siggraph

Stuff we'll never be able to do haha.

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.

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

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

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

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]

Because Everyone Needs a Little Zuzu In their Life...

See ya'll Wednesday!
-Hannah

Final project

Just because...

Final Project...

So far...

Zuzu -update

Hey, this is just an update on my Zuzu project. Hey ZU!

how epic.
-Hannah

Matte Painting

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

Now why would I be posting this?

[Hint]

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!
 

The Cat Came Back by Cordell Barker, National Film Board of Canada

 
Here are two more recent works from a series:
 

The Visitor by David Barlow-Krelina, National Film Board of Canada

 

Reverie.exe by Wen Zhang, National Film Board of Canada

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.

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

Halloween Assignment