LAIKA 10th Anniversary

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

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A heavy loaded post since it's been a while I didn't post anything...

https://www.reeview.it/player

Great tool for reviewing videos directly from Youtube or Vimeo. When I tried it, it only worked with Chrome (it didn't work on Waterfox, the 64-bit version of Firefox).


http://livestream.com/gnomon/world-class-animator
Marco Marenghi's speech about how to become a professional animator.

http://rustyanimator.com/memorable/
Some tips for creating memorable animations.

http://www.cgmeetup.net/home/animating-with-constraints/
I've been using these setups for a while now and they work.

http://yokai.com/
Some reference for artists.

http://www.fxguide.com/featured/going-off-model-hotel-transylvania-2/
How animators modified the rigs for extreme poses.

http://www.kruelgames.com/tools/kuadro/
Cool tool for artists!

http://www.stickybones.com/
Looks like a really interesting puppet for stopmotion

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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.

Autodesk University 2014

Be sure to check the Boxtrolls feature! Amazing all the work behind a stop motion movie.

Link here: http://area.autodesk.com/au2014/

Enjoy!

The Nature Of Creation In The Boxtrolls

Stop motion is such a cool artistic medium!

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This links post is loaded since it<s been a couple of weeks I haven't posted anything. So, here it goes!

https://vimeo.com/user2391578/videos
BJ Crawford's Vimeo channel. Great content!

http://onanimation.com/2014/05/01/frankenweenie-stop-motion-stereo-2/
Making-of of Frankenweenie

http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2014/may/the-bbcs-world-cup-campaign-launches
Nice promo ad for the 2014 Soccer World Cup in Brazil. And in Stop Motion!!

http://animatorsteve.weebly.com/
Great gifs!!

http://www.proko.com/
This is a nice and not expensive source for learning how to draw

www.getscribblepen.com/
Unbelievable technology!

http://www.tablet4u.co.uk/techinfo.html
How a Wacom tablet works

Animating a sequence in The Boxtrolls

Seriously, StopMotion animators are a special breed of animators.

Found via Carlos Baena Twitter:

Good old friend/roommate Jeff Riley Boxtrolling: http://t.co/Nj9u4GtnkJ
— Carlos Baena (@Carlos_Baena) March 20, 2014

Stop Motion - Occupation: Animator

Animators are a special breed of professionals. We draw our inspiration from the world around us.We don't see. We don't watch. We don't look. We OBSERVE. And we're always observing, always absorbing the different ways things move so we can apply them into our work, but with our own special touch.

Once you become an animator, life won't be the same. Images will become reference. Words will become ideas. Everything will become a potential animation.

She couldn't explain it better. Awesome work!



Stop Motion - Occupation: Animator from Bruna Berford on Vimeo.

The BoxTrolls - Theatrical Teaser (HD)

Stop motion has something special that always takes my attention. Plus, the story looks interesting and funny.