This Activision spot for the VGA, directed by Neil Huxley, took 8 weeks to finish. 6 weeks for compositing initially starting with a team of 2, until getting some much needed backup with 3 more people during the last two weeks.
Impressive considering the timeframe and number of people working on it!
A behind the scenes look at Aardman Animation Studios for the sets of The Pirates!
I can't imagine the number of hours that goes into capturing of the performance of these stop motion characters...it's got to be a lot to make a moving this long!
This is an unofficial opening sequence for "The Adventures of Tintin" which features elements from each of the 24 books.. This superb work of motion design is created by Slimjimstudios. The music is created by Ray Parker and Tom Szczesniak.
California Institute of the Arts student animator, Nelson Boles, created the short animated film, Little Boat, which follows the quiet but touching journey of a small red boat. Made with After Effects and Flash.
Shane Acker's Plus Minus, is about the inferno of territorial fighting between demonic forces of art and commerce, it will be released in the fall for Oscar consideration. It’s co-directed by Aristomenis (Meni) Tsirbas, best known for his work on the award-winning animated films The Freak and Battle for Terra (which was adapted into a feature like Acker’s Oscar-nominated 9 short from UCLA).
Working on the film for more than a year four 3D animation students Jørn-Harald Paulsen, Tarje Square, Havard Monk Soil and Amund Lundvall ended up with the short film "For the King".
Megalomania perceives the city in total construction. The built environment is explored as a labyrinth of architecture that is either unfinished, incomplete or broken. Megalomania is a response to the state of infrastructure and capital, evolving the appearance of progress into the sublime.
Constructed predominantly using 3d Studio Max and rendered with Vray. Organic movement sequences were originally filmed on a Canon 5D mkII, tracked in PF Track and developed in CG. Demolition created using Rayfire. All compositing done in Adobe After Effects, edited in Adobe Premiere Pro. Audio recorded and coordinated using Adobe Audition. More information about the project at thoughtsnotthoughts.blogspot.com/
Stiikon Design has created a trippy audiovisual soundsculpture, reacting to the sound of Amon Tobin's Foleyroom, at Milwaukee Art Museum. The animation was coded using After Affects with Mandelbulb3D.
Brixton has degenerated into a disregarded area inhabited by London's new robot workforce - robots built and designed to carry out all of the tasks which humans are no longer inclined to do. The mechanical population of Brixton has rocketed, resulting in unplanned, cheap and quick additions to the skyline.
The film follows the trials and tribulations of young robots surviving at the sharp end of inner city life, living the predictable existence of a populous hemmed in by poverty, disillusionment and mass unemployment. When the Police invade the one space which the robots can call their own, the fierce and strained relationship between the two sides explodes into an outbreak of violence echoing that of 1981.
A new brand of candies called Bilar ("Cars") was introduced to the stands and candy shelves of Finnish markets. Director Sam Shingler and advertising agency Family had together worked up a concept for the launch: the idea was to produce a series of interviews of other finnish candies and record their reactions and opinions about the newcomers in documentary Creature Comforts style.
Magnus is a really impressive cg animation created by Dos Santos Nelson and Meradi Omar. It is a master degree project made at ATI based on an old train that travels through landscapes to get to an ancient city.
Kevin Dart and Stéphane Coëdel direct this retro-flavored short starring Yuki 7 and the Gadget Girls. This quirky 2:30 promo is really slick and includes some great editing, music, design and characters. Well worth the time to watch....
Fashionista and spy girl Yuki 7, along with her team of beautiful secret agents, the Gadget Girls, will excite the world with their gorgeous outfits, amazing gadgets, and fabulous escapades! From their glamorous headquarters outside of Tokyo, this team of spies can crack any case and look stunning while they do it!
Always been a fan of Pixars work, and this will be there next project it seems... BRAVE! check out the link to there show website and have a look at the artwork. Some nice paint work there that has me intrigued.
Lasseter has some great insights into the way he sees his work, and how I imagine he has tried to instill this in his team at Pixar. From my perspective it is refreshing to see a different approach, as opposed to it being all about the bottom dollar. I really would love to see this kind of vision shared with all artist. Not easy to find this kind of work environment, and very difficult to foster. But one I think that is sooo much more productive for creatives! Follow the link and have a read!
Public bus company De Lijn has launched a hilarious new campaign to show it’s smarter to take the bus instead of travelling by yourself. There are three different commercial which each showcase a different group of animals solving a problem as a group. The CG was done by Creative Conspiracy.
on Wed, 14 Dec 2011in Next-Gen Games
