Monday, September 29, 2014

The Nature Of Creation In The Boxtrolls

Stop motion is such a cool artistic medium!



Thursday, September 18, 2014

Links, enlaces et liens

http://www.jasondavies.com/animated-bezier/
How bezier curves works!

http://andreasdeja.blogspot.ca/2014/08/quotes.html
Good quotes from Andreas Deja blog.

http://artofjoe.blogspot.ca/
A great set of rigs for a good price!

There's a Man in the Woods

I like the theme of this short. I have always wondered why there is not so much thriller/horror feature films. This one is a perfect example of how a good thriller story can make it in animation, 2D nonetheless!



There's a Man in the Woods from Jacob Streilein on Vimeo.




Genndy Tartakovsky's POPEYE Animation Test

I love this style of animation.



Friday, September 5, 2014

Links, enlaces et liens

This post is coming too late. It<s been sitting in the draft folder for waaaaaaay too long. But hey, better late than never! ;)

http://www.itsartmag.com/features/making-of-duet-by-glen-keane/
A Making of video from Duet, by Glen Keane.

http://www.ianimate.net/podcasts/item/interview-with-sr-animator-james-bennett.html
This is a great podcast. Very inspiring.

http://chrislesage.com/tip-of-the-day/quickly-select-and-isolate-curves-in-mayas-graph-editor/
Great little tip!

http://www.buzzfeed.com/elliekayba/40-moments-only-found-in-the-life-of-an-animator-6bt9
Pretty much everything here is true.

http://techartsurvival.blogspot.ca/2014/08/read-damn-ad.html
I shared this one on LinkedIn, but I felt I should post it here as well. Great article of hiring an artist from a HR agent.

http://www.aniref.com/
A tool to analyze video reference from your phone or iPad!

PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR - "North Wind Headquarters" Clip

I luv the Penguins!!!


penQuickSelect from Paul Neale

Interesting little tool for 3dsmax.



Robocoaster animation demo- Inventor workflow to 3ds Max Design 2012

This tutorial has a little bit of everything, I believe. Technical and artistical. Worth watching.


Pose Controls - Erik Svensson

Great tutorial on how to work with the Pose Control tool in Motion Builder. It has some other tips worth watching.



Pose Controls from Erik Svensson on Vimeo.