Monday, April 30, 2012

Buey de Piraña


A funny animated short "Buey de Piraña" by Leyenda Studio from Chile. I really liked the character design, the retro style and cartoony animation!

All the characters in the short was rigged by Francisco Tejo who has been studying advance character setup from Puppeteer Lounge for well over a year by now! Francisco is talented, hard working and a diligent artist. He is also multi-talented as he did shading and rendering for the short as well. I wish him the very best :)

Himalayan High

Himalayan High is a short video featuring a rider riding his bike in the shadows of the world's highest mountains, through mystic and beautiful Himalayan villages of Mustang region in Nepal.

Sunday, April 29, 2012

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Walk Cycle Animation : How to Breakdown an Animation Walk Cycle



Breaking down an animation walk cycle into contact, recoil, passing and highpoint! Nice reference for understanding the key poses to create a basic walk cycle.

Flying robots by Vosilo



Check out this cool procedural animation test by Vosilo!

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Facial Rigging Webinar by Josh Burton

Free Facial Rigging Webinar with Josh Burton by Faceware Technologies, Inc. Go ahead an register to learn rigging tips and tricks first-hand from the guy who rigged "Morpheus" ;)

Check out the demo video below by Faceware!

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Character Animation Reel by Jimmy Litz

Animation reel by Jimmy Litz featuring "Sinka" for the first time I believe on a live action environment. Liked the Sneaky Walk :)

A DRAMATIC SURPRISE ON A QUIET SQUARE

It's all about Drama! Isn't it? Nice :)

Sunday, April 22, 2012

David Brooks Character Facial Rigger/TD Aardman 'Pirates : Band of Misfits' Showreel Jan 2012

Latest rigging reel by David Brooks showcasing some cool tools and rig features applied on characters for "Pirates : Band of Misfits" by Aardman Animation. He have showcased wonderful and useful rig features and tool kit which allows the facial expressions to be extracted for stop motion puppetry!

2011 Vanessa Thieffry Rigging and fur Demo on a Cartoon Character

Nice rigging reel by Vanessa Thieffry showcasing some rig features as well as applying hair dynamic fur on a stylized bee character :)

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Mongrel Rig Demo



Check out the character rigging demo-reel by Milan Kolar. The deformation are pretty good!

Thursday, April 5, 2012

The Making Of The Numberlys "B" for BLINKING.



The Making Of The Numberlys "B" for BLINKING by Moonbot Studios. Isn't the little character "CUTE"!?, the blinks are even cuter! Check out all the other making of by Moonbot Studios.

Monday, April 2, 2012

850 METERS - Rigging and Animation



Check out this cool making of 850 METERS involving Rigging & Animation! Emphasis is given on how the crew managed to work creatively over long distances after hour ;)

Ravi Kamble Govind - Animation Reel 2012



This is by far one of the most impressive animation reel i have ever seen. Very impressive animation reel showcasing some very expressive sub·tle facial emotions and acting by Ravi Kamble Govind!

Sunday, April 1, 2012

iAnimate WS1 Progress Reel 2012



Here is the animation progress reel by Sachina Shakya for Workshop 1 over at iAnimate. She really enjoyed her course at iAnimate! Special thanks goes to her mentor Mr. Ares Deveaux and all the fellow students.

Sachina is currently a concept artist and an animator at Puppeteer Lounge. I wish her the very best ;)