Links, enlaces et liens

http://www.creativebloq.com/3d/download-free-versatile-3d-characters-11618979
Free rigs!!

http://www.catsuka.com/news/2016-02-07/dofus-livre-1-julith-en-salles-depuis-cette-semaine
I love the style of this film! The link is in french though, but you can still watch the videos.

http://www.animatedspirit.com/weight/
A nice post about adding weight to 2D animation.


http://venturebeat.com/2016/03/16/epic-games-shows-amazing-real-time-motion-capture-demo-for-ninja-theorys-hellblade/
I find this tech more helpful to both the director and the mocap actor because they can see the character realtime. For animators, they still have to clean up the data, so no change there.

http://www.cartoonbrew.com/tech/toonz-software-used-studio-ghibli-futurama-made-free-open-source-138111.html
It's out! Download it here!

http://www.dualshockers.com/2016/03/15/ubisoft-introduces-motion-matching-the-first-step-to-next-gen-animation/
I've seen a similar demo last year when I was working at Ubisoft.

Skull Chaser - Behind the Scenes

What I find impressive of this "Behind the Scenes" is that it was all done in Blender!

GP -"Skull Chaser" Fan art, character by Jake Parker, based on a Anthony Holden anim) by Daniel M. Lara (Pepeland) from psl on Vimeo.

Cuts & Transitions 101

Links, enlaces et liens

https://www.toolchefs.com/?page_id=225
Some really good tools for Maya.

http://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/creating-the-illusion-of-speed/
Cool read with some tips about motion blur and how to create the illusion of speed.


http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1021791/Animation-Bootcamp-The-Animation-Process
The animation process behind Ori and the Blind Forest video game.

http://www.cgmeetup.net/home/making-of-uncharted-4-a-thiefs-end/
A brief behind the scenes look at Uncharted 4 video game.

http://ow.ly/Wbjrd
DreamWorks pipeline explained by Skipper

http://www.twitch.tv/finespline/profile
Ben Sanders Twitch channel. He has A TON of hours of content about animation. Worth to check it out.

https://www.patreon.com/morganloomis?ty=p
Morgan Loomis has created a Patreon page to support him create tools!  
 

Epic explains animation tech behind Paragon game

These two videos are long but totally worth it. There is a lot of stuff that could be very useful (and applicable) to other systems.

"Trouble Shooter"pitch by Eric Goldberg

'Trouble Shooter' Storyboard Pitch from Living Lines Library on Vimeo.

My Life In Monsters: Meet the Animator Behind Star Wars and Jurassic Park

[GDC 2015] Animation of The Order: 1886

CGI Making of HD: "Making of The Peanuts Movie"

Links, enlaces et liens

http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1020639/Technical-Artist-Bootcamp-Hacking-MotionBuilder
Great tips and trick for Motionbuilder by Brad Clark. You will need a GDC Vault user to watch it though.

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/filmmaker-transforms-nintendo-power-glove-into-awesome-1679408095
Cool gadget!! Not sure how it will be useful for a 3D program like Maya, but cool nevertheless.

http://www.cgmeetup.net/forums/files/file/67-pink-panther/
Pink Panther rig!!

http://www.3dfiggins.com/writeups/fastAction/
Great breakdown on an action shot by Kiel Figgins.

Making Of Sketchy Spiderman

This is a step-bystep process of a 2D Spiderman animation test, done by a very talented friend of mine, Guillermo Dupinet.

I love the 2D/3D mix he did.

Frozen Progression Reel - Daniel Peixe

Great progression reel, from storyboard to final render.


ShotProgressionSven from Daniel Peixe on Vimeo.

Found via SplineBomb

Alexis Wanneroy Animation Reel + Breakddown

Crazy demo, and even crazier breakdown. Love the gesture on the "almost punch".


Alexis Wanneroy - Animation Reel 2014 from alexis wanneroy on Vimeo.




Alexis Wanneroy - Animation Reel Breakdown 2014 from alexis wanneroy on Vimeo.