REBIRTH of GAEA - Flowing Meditation

   

Making of a beautifully composed "Matte Painting" done by Jesse Michael Newman.

Rig Control Panel - Behind the Scene "The Pirates"

Check out the Rig Interface Control Panel and some cool Behind the Scene stuffs (production artworks) for "The Pirates" by Aardman Animations.

"Them Greeks...!" IndieGoGo

Them Greeks "An Animated Short Film -- made over the internet -- by artists around the world!" has just now launched their first funding campaign! Visit! Contribute! Share! Get a Cool Thank You Perk! Spread the Word! Help this super talented, hard working team of artists from around the world pull this wonderful project off!! Opaaaa ;)

Puppeteer Lounge "Snake Setup"

Here is a video demo for the latest Rigging Workshop ~ "Snake Setup". The rigging credit goes to Mr. Raman Raja ;)

Flat Frog

This one is funny :D

Coke Zero commercial spot

Check it out! Really cool character design and animation.

Animation Workflow Tips from Tippett Studio Animators

Tippett Studio Animation Supervisor Jim Brown and Lead Animator Brian Mendenhall share their advice about animation workflows.

Puss in Boots - The Three Diablos

Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos is a 13-minute CG animated short comedy film, directed by Raman Hui; which tells a story of Puss in Boots on a mission to recover princess's stolen ruby from the notorious French thief, Whisperer. Reluctantly accompanied by three little kittens, The Three Diablos, Puss must tame them before they endanger the mission!

Showreel - Miquel Campos

Nice showreel by Miquel Campos!Check out SHED blog for more on what is going on behind the scene : http://shedmtl.blogspot.com/

Far Cry 3 Trailer

Official Far Cry 3 Trailer!

ILM Tour

Awesome tour inside of ILM by Shawn Kelly!

Useful Muscle Reference

CG Papers and Abstracts Dealing with Muscles / Skin Deformation by Christopher Evans: http://chrisevans3d.com/reference.htm

Basic concepts behind the muscle rigs by Peter Shipkov : http://petershipkov.com/development/muscles/tutorial.htm

Some resource and reference video on muscular anatomy :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WFiE-jDZ0g&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=Xu4Htf2Ds9w&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcZ8OVTsi7E&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmOxpS18KOQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8Krn9dIabk&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9Rayocdgyc&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSelrhJzKJ4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNnZDGihJDs&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os2zuEuGCIw&feature=related

The Visual Effects of "Transformers: Dark of the Moon"

Behind the scene look at ILM's visual effects of "Transformers: Dark of the Moon".

The Animation & Effects of "Rango"

Look behind the animation and effect work of Rango!

Muscle Simulation Showreel

 

Cool muscle simulation reel! Check out the deformation.

SergiCaballer - Modeling&Rigging DemoReel2008

Lovely character and beautiful rigs by Sergi Caballer Garcia!

robert v.1 quick demo - Marco Giordano

Pretty interesting setup by Marco for Robert character from iAnimate. In this video, he goes over some of the features and functionality implemented in his latest character rig!

P.S. Good job Giordi, Keep it up and my best wishes to you ;)

Aimée Kuester 07

I miss sketching! This video really inspires me draw again ;)

nCloth Setup ~ Puppeteer Lounge

nCloth Setup has been added to the On Demand Rigging Workshop. The course goes from the fundamentals to how we can layer nCloth dynamics to simulate not just cloth object but also how it can be added to enhance the body and facial deformation. Check out Puppeteer Lounge website for more info!

Also below is a really cool video showing skin tearing simulated using nCloth dynamics by HowardM!

Dragon Age - FX Breakdown

Check out the FX breakdown for Dragon Age!

Character Animation Reel 2012 - Romit Dhodia

Check out the latest character animation reel by Romit Dhodia, a good friend of mine :)

Character Animation Tool - Fabric Engine

Character Animation Tool from Fabric Engine on Vimeo.

Check out the Character Animation Tool by Fabric Engine going over advance dynamic character rigging to simulate proper muscle behavior and collision. Pretty interesting stuff :)

Fabric Engine enables developers to overcome the performance constraints of scripted languages like JavaScript and Ruby without needing to resort to compiled languages like C++. It does this by extending these languages so that they can be used to create multi-threaded, compiled code that can be run on the web server or in the browser.

Tippett Studio Breaking Dawn Wolves

Behind the scene footage on the live action scene integration and making of CG wolves by Tippet Studio.

Mother Earth by Peter Nagy

Splendid performance by Peter Nagy!

Wire deformer for jaw deformation

Mr. Marco Giordano goes over sharing some tips and tricks on using wire deformer. Wire tools can be a very powerful medium to create a fast and customizable rigs.

Here is another wonderful tutorial on using nurbs curve as an influence object to drive facial expression http://www.creativecrash.com/tutorials/facial-animation-rig-for-delgo :)

AnimSchool - Selections From Animation Principles Lecture

The video from AnimSchool explain some principles of animation in a very fun way... I think u guys will love it...:)

Dodo Master - Feather System

Dodo Master is a really nice tool to create feather system. Not just feather but it could be used intuitively to create grass or fur or much more!

You can download this handy little tool from here : http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/scripts-plugins/character/c/dodo-master-feather-system-for-maya-update-v0-2--2

Phone Cord Setup

Simple yet flexible setup done for a phone cord in Softimage by C. J. Cow.

Chris Pagoria Bird Rig

"Now I am confused ... Whaaaa!?" ~ Lovely facial setup and animation by Chris Pagoria :)

Ninja Vs Pirate

This one is funny. A short by 7 graduates of The One Academy :D