Aaron Sims is one of the most successful special effects artists and art directors in Hollywood today, having worked on everything from Men In Black to Sucker Punch. But he has yet to helm a feature film as director. That might all change as the internet buzzes over his latest passion project. Archetype is a seven-minute short that puts lots of major sci-fi films to shame...
This is awesome... just would love to see this as a full feature.
A Bluesman blinded by ambition and at the peak of his career is up by the Devil whom he had sold his soul 30years before in exchange for great success.
From the class rooms of French ESMA School of the Arts. Crossroad is a short spunky CG animated film collaboration between 4 students in their final year: Benoit Rimet, Olivier Gros, Charles Emmanuel Farkas and Scott Bono.
'The Last Train' is an animated short movie that was made as part of The Animation Hub, a collaboration between staff and students of the Irish School of Animation (ISA) at Ballyfermot College of Further Education (BCFE), staff and students of Trinity College’s Graphics, Vision and Visualisation Group (GV2) and the recently established animation studio Giant Creative (giant.ie), set up by BCFE graduates.
The Animation Hub, which received support from the Irish Film Board and Science Foundation Ireland, ran for 3 months over the summer in 2011 and involved Giant Creative working with animation and computer science students to create a one minute animated short fusing motion capture techniques with naturalistic 3D character animation.
Stopover is a animated short film from LeMob studio about an unplanned pit stop for a solitary spaceman that turns into a close encounter of the third kind. Directed and animated by Neil Stubbings. Sound design by Gregor Rosenberger.
The Core Skills of VFX is a comprehensive, modular guide to best practice in VFX education and training that draws on the knowledge and advice of more than 60 of the UK’s top VFX professionals from many of the UKs leading companies.
This is a very good read for all aspiring VFX artists, it goes into detail about what you should and shouldn't be focusing on while studying.
