Thursday, November 29, 2012

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Cheetahs on the Edge--Director's Cut



Check out this amazing video reference on quadruped. See how the Cheetah's head is all isolated and aimed!

Them Greeks...! Updates

Isn't she a beauty ;)


Great stuffs are happening over at "THEM GREEKs...!" projects. The team have successfully rigged all 27 character to Deformation Stage 1. The animators are all set to pull up their sleeves to bring the characters to life. A major milestone for a short film being made by artist around the world.

For more info and updates stay connected with "Them Greeks...!" Facebook page!


Nick Carpenter (San Jose, CA USA)-Animation does some fun animation tests with Grandma who was rigged by Suchan Bajracharya (Kathmandu, Nepal) and Steve Ross (Orlando, FL USA).
After all these years, Grandma still knows how to strut her stuff at the bars.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Rigging Reel 2012 by Gary Wee



Rigging reel by Gary Wee. Gary is an accomplished rigger and an animator. Enjoy!

Check out some of his works over here : http://www.gwpixel.net/

Sunday, November 18, 2012

Friday, November 16, 2012

SergiCaballer - Mario2.0


Character & facial keyShapes modeling demo by Sergi Caballer Garcia.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Naiad Project: Release The Kraken (Final Rendering)



Kraken, the monster was rigged by one of my brilliant student Jimmy Gunawan for this beautiful shot!


CREDITS
Fluid Simulation: Mirco Paolini
Rendering/Shading/Lighting: Mirco Paolini
Modeling/Texturing: Umberto D'Andrea
Rigging: Jimmy Gunawan
Animation:Mirco Paolini
Compositing: Mirco Paolini

Making of Surreal CGI Short ShapeShifter



Check out the making of CGI Short ShapeShifter!

Monday, November 12, 2012

One Day



Check out this beautiful short film! Below is the making :)

Friday, November 9, 2012

David Bryan Animation reel 2012



Animation reel by David Bryan featuring some really nice creature and animal animation.

Thursday, November 8, 2012

La Ritournelle ~ Production Blog



Check it out!

A production blog for the short film we at Puppeteer Lounge are working on! The film is directed by our good friend Mr. Reza Dolatabadi and produced by Magnitude Films :)

La Ritournelle is an animated short film directed by Reza Dolatabadi produced by Fritzi Nicolaus and written by screenwriter Lucas Lanza and Reza. For the project Reza and Fritzi have gathered an international team of twenty young and talented artists from 9 different countries. These countries are: Great Britain, France, Italy, Poland, Argentina, Brazil, USA, Canada and Nepal. 

Follow Magnitude Film on Twitter to stay updated!

Monday, November 5, 2012

"BallBot ~ Transformer Setup" is now ONLINE!


So finally after months of research and development going over and updating the original concept art, here comes the final mechanical model for BallBot.

BallBot is featuring in Puppeteer Lounge's Transformer Setup Workshop. If you are interested in learning the art and science behind creating an actual transfromer rig come join us and ENROLL NOW!

You can download BallBot high quality wallpaper over at Puppeteer Lounge's Gallery page :)

TAMBOO ~ Concepts & Model


Compilation of some of the conceptual artworks and WIP character model for Puppeteer Lounge's upcoming short film “TAMBOO” !

Beside doing regular teaching stuff and client's work me and my fellow team members at Puppeteer Lounge keep our-self busy during our after hours and free time working on the film.

Feel free to like our Facebook Page to stay updated :)