Rollin' Safari production focus

Funny shorts on cute chubby ball like animation code named Rollin' Safari's production focus is now available at CG Society. Check it out!

Also make sure to take a look at the rig demo of the fat chubby Cheetah from the short.

Weta Digital’s Tissue system

Check out Weta Digital's Tissue system video interview used to build muscles, skin, and fat for creatures in such films as Avatar, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Prometheus and The Hobbit: An Unexpected. 

Disney Face Swaps

This is funny. Check out the face swaps for Disney characters and pick your favourite. lol :D

Paperman

Disney's short film Paperman is simply beautiful! Love at first sight ;)

Cartoon test - Blocking

Brilliant Blocking by  Pep Lluis Llado.

Euler Rotations Explained

Gimbal lock and Euler rotation beautifully explained.

ahmed shalaby Facial rigging

Cool facial rigging demo by Ahmed Shalaby. I like how the artist have setup-ed the fleshy facial deformation with volume preservation.

One More Beer

One More Beer! - A Pedro Conti Short Movie. (Very Short Movie!)

Creating Sticky Fluids Using NCloth

In this tutorial Pat Imrie shows us how to setup sticky fluids using nCloth.

The Making Of How To Train Your Dragon - Finding the Story

The making of "How to Train Your Dragon", the story part!

Glen Keane/ Treasure Planet

Check out this great work by Glen Keane.

Gum

Crazy short based on true story! :D

Danny Facial Poses

Quick facial pose test of Danny's facial system!

Check out facial rig demonstration. More info on Cartoony Facial Setup. Find us on Facebook!

Cartoony Facial Rig ~ Danny

This video goes over the facial setup on Danny character. The rig features cartoon like deformation to produce exaggerated facial expression and emotion.

Hope you like it!

Please enjoy :)

 More Info on our workshops...

John Carter Evolution Reel

See how the animators worked on collecting and creating reference footage and ideas for John Carter movie.

Zooey Lipsync

Brilliant animation by Kevin Webb.

Xilent 'Boss wave' (official music-video) HD

Check out this music video. You will love it! See how the imaginary world of arcade game is brought to real life.

Making of - Gollum - The Hobbit An Unexpected Journey by Weta Digital

Check out the making of Gollum. Very impressive!
See the deformation on the character. There must be tons of corrective shapes driving the realistic expression of the character.

PL Animation Workshop 4 Reel by Rajson Shakya

Animation reel by student Rajson Shakya for "Acting" assignments.

If you want to learn like Rajson, apply here!

Animating Art (Art Babbitt, Richard Williams)

Interesting video.

The Red Panda: Disaster Risk Reduction Mascot

"The Red Panda: Disaster Risk Reduction Mascot" is an animated project by Incessant Rain Animation Studio, Nepal. Good job by former team members. Check it out!

Dishonored -- Debut Trailer

This looks promising. Gotta play!

Charlie Pose Test

Here is a quick pose test for Charlie by one of my student. Charlie features in Puppeteer Lounge's Cartoony Facial Setup workshop. The rig features advance layer based deformation controls for intuitive and cartoon like articulation.

Apply now to start learning!

PL Animation Workshop 3 Reel ~ Niroj Karmacharya

Animation reel by student Niroj Karmacharya for "Advance Body Mechanics" assignments.

If you want to learn like Niroj, apply here!

King Frog rig demo

Brilliant work by Wesley Schneider on the frog rig :)

Monkey Compilation

Cute monkey animation for game Monkey Quest by Taran Matharu.

ROSA

ROSA is an epic sci-fi short film that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world.

The Boolieman Rig

Interesting character rig which can be shaped like clay. Nice concept!

Reels by Mikhail Timkov

2D animation by Mikhail.



Rigging and animation by Mikhail.

Beautiful reels by my student Mikhail Timkov. 

ngSkinTools demo

Really handy tool for skinning. Brilliant stuff. Skinning is based on layered approach pretty much like photoshop. Go ahead and check it out. You will love it once you get hang of it :)

Download it!

mAtt RINGOT - Rigging Reel - sept.2011

RIGGING / FACIAL RIG & BLENDSHAPES / DYNAMICS - REEL - by mAtt RINGOT.

ROLLIN' SAFARI - 'Flamingos' - Official Trailer FMX 2013

Beautiful and Funny!

Time-lapse Images of Nude Dancers Created with 10,000 Individual Photographs

Time-lapse photos of dancers show graceful arcs of their moves. More beautiful images!

Rigging Consultant ~ Puppeteer Lounge.

Recently at Puppeteer Lounge we have started a totally new genre of online learning platform through our Online Character Rigging Consultant service.

Basically the consultant service is similar to the online workshop, however with consultant service you get to learn with your team on production related task at your studio or company. The consultant service goes over review, mentor-ship,  guidance and supervision with artist working at studio and production house.

It's our great pleasure to teach rigging team from studio around the world :)

For more info, check out the Puppeteer Lounge's Rigging Consultant page!

The above picture features Monkey King, one of the greatest fictional character being brought to life at The White Rabbit Entertainment, Inc. We are pleased to provide our very first Online Character Rigging Consultant service to the team at The White Rabbit Animation Studios.

4Wheel Vehicle Autorig

Vehicle auto rigger tool demo by Madoodia. The tool will be ready for download on creative crash.

In this Town - Final Animation vs Reference Footage

From reference footage to final animation by Ty Coyle.

SRB - AnimTransfer v1.1 Update

A newer version of SRB - Animation Transfer v1.1 script is now available for download. The newer version now features transferring, exporting and importing animation data from multiple objects.

Special thanks to Lermy Garcia Mas (lermy3d@gmail.com) for the latest updates :)

Download here!

Open Rigging Workshop “How to rig a Polaroid SX-70 Camera” ~ Recording

Hi Folks!

So here it is the recorded video of the live session "Open Rigging Workshop" that I hosted at Puppeteer Lounge on "How to rig a Polaroid SX-70 Camera”. Had a really great time interacting and learning with the participants of our meeting.

Hope you all find it informative!
Go ahead, check it out and feel free to share it around!

Cheers :)

If you loved watching it and want to learn from us, come join us. Apply here...

Stork - ProdigoFilms ~ Wesley Schneider

Very interesting demo by Wesley Schneider on a cartoon bird rig. I really liked how he have showcased the demo with an animation. Check it out!

Open Rigging Workshop “How to rig a Polaroid SX-70 Camera” Complete

Had a great time today interacting and learning with the participants of our Open Rigging Workshop on “How to rig a Polaroid SX-70 Camera”. We are really encouraged to do more sessions like these in the near future. Soon posting the video recording of the meeting :)

More Info!

Cyberpunk 2077 – Teaser Trailer

Cyberpunk 2077  video game based on the Cyberpunk series of pen-and-paper games. The game is being produced by CD Projekt RED. Cyberpunk 2077 will feature a decadent futuristic world in which ultra-modern technology co-exists with a degenerated human society.

Open Rigging Workshop “How to rig a Polaroid SX-70 Camera” Notification

Thank you all for registering our Free Online Open Rigging Workshop on “How to rig a Polaroid SX-70 Camera”. The meeting commence tomorrow January 11, 2013 at 11:00:00 AM NPT (+0545 UTC). We will shortly start sending out the invitation so please make sure to check your inbox. See you all then :)

Maya Face Rig & FaceFX

Face rig demo by Nicholas Silveira.

La Ritournelle Production Blog

Check out the production blog of short movie La-Ritournelle where director Reza takes us through the artistic process of creating a the artistic and melodramatic movie from concept to final. Check it out!

Jomboo & Juni

Meet Jomboo and Juni :)

Jomboo and Juni are two new characters featuring in Puppeteer Lounge animation workshop.

Previously I did a quick rig demo of the character on Vimeo.  You can find it here.

You like it! Join us :)

"TAMBOO" Characters

Here it is! Finally the 3D models of our lead characters, all colored "textured" and looking beautiful. Now comes the time to put in the skeleton and controls  "The Puppets" and bring these happy folks to life ;)
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More Info!

Making Of Volkswagen's Beetle

Good one!

Stunning concept art for Pixar's cancelled project Newt

For more beautiful artworks of the project, click here!

The Escape

Really nice short by a Enspire Studio based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Looks like the story is set in the Tron world but a bit of twist. Great stuff!

Animator's Eye book trailer by Francis Glebas

Looks like yet another great book on animation. The Animator's Eye covers the whole process of bringing an idea to life using animation and it documents the making of an animated short with a wonderful score by Hans Karl.

Evolution of Tom Hanks

Came across this beautiful illustration of actor Tom Hanks. Nice!

Jomboo Rig Demo

Rig demo of the new ball character "Jomboo"from Puppeteer Lounge. Character design by Sachina Shakya.

P.S. I keep mentioning the character as a "he". Well there is a "she" version of the character as well which can be toggled from main character which I forgot to go over. And yes "Amplify" == "Exageration" ;)

6 more days till registration closes. Hurry Up!

Just a reminder to let you all know that only 6 more days remaining till the registration closes for the free open rigging workshop on “How to rig a Polaroid SX-70 Camera” . So hurry up and secure your seat guys :)

Click here to go to the registration page...

Pixar Animation Intern Reel 2012 - Priscila Vertamatti

Animation reel by Pixar Intern.

Walt Disney Animation Studios – Technology Papers Videos

An Artist Friendly Hair Shading System A Programmable System for Artistic Volumetric Lighting Asynchronous Contact Mechanics Efficient Elasticity for Character Skinning with Contact and Collisions Interactive Collision Detection between Deformable Models using Chromatic Decomposition Interactive Lighting of Effects Using Point Clouds in “Bolt” Perceptually-Based Compensation of Light Pollution in Display Systems Reflections on Simultaneous Impact Robust Treatment of Simultaneous Collisions More Info!

The Siege

Winner of 'Best 3D Commercial' at the British Animation Awards 2012.