Im Hyun Chul Animation Reel

Im Hyun Chul Animation Reel from Im_Hyun_Chul on Vimeo.

Brilliant animation reel (game) by Im Hyun Chul.

Rigging Reel by Naweed Khan

Rigging Reel Jan 2014 from naweed Khan on Vimeo.

Rigging reel by Puppeteer Lounge student Naweed Khan.

corporal animation test

corporal animation test from ajumohan on Vimeo.

Some serious performance by Corporal (the polar bear from The Penguins of Madagascar film); animation test by Ajumohan.

Around the World in 360° Degrees - 3 Year Epic Selfie

Bhaktapur Durbar Square, Swayambhu & probably Pokhara (paragliding stuff) included in this wonder 360° degrees panoramic video by Alex Chacon.

Kayla Facial Rig Walkthrough + Pose Demo

Kayla Facial Rig Walkthrough + Pose Demo from Josh Sobel on Vimeo.

Check out the facial rig demo by Josh Sobel for his upcoming character rig, Kayla. Looks fantastic!

Facial Action Coding System (FACS) Reference

For your reference on FACS, I just stumbled upon this video. Nearly any anatomically possible facial expression can be decoded from these AU and there combination.

Seed Games School

시드게임스쿨 애니메이션포트폴리오 강성훈작 from Seedgameschool on Vimeo.

SEEDGAMESCHOOL ANIMATIONREEL by IMHYUNCHUL from Seedgameschool on Vimeo.


Pretty cool animation here!

Making Of / Lilyhammer - Tiger

Making Of / Lilyhammer - Tiger from Panoptiqm on Vimeo.

Some nice reference and making of CG tiger.

Leon Sooi - Rigging Reel September 2014

Leon Sooi - Rigging Reel September 2014 from Leon Sooi on Vimeo.

Some amazing rigs here. Fantastic rig demo by Leon Sooi!

Blendshape Combination System (Facial Setup)

Blendshape Combination System (Facial Setup) from Puppeteer Lounge on Vimeo.

Facial rig comparison between Standard Blendshape vs Blendshape Combination System (BCS) by Daniel Pook-Kolb (stargrav.com/bcs.php). With BCS you can create, combine (Combination-Sculpting) multitude of facial expression with flexible inbetweening and interpolation to simulate realistic skin behavior.

You can learn to setup a high-end feature quality facial rig using BCS toolset at Puppeteer Lounge. ( puppeteerlounge.com/rigging-workshop)

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P.S. The Gollum character by Weta Digital was based on such a system for facial articulation. BCS is free for educational purposes.

High-Quality Capture of Eyes

Check out the research video by Disney which shows the implementation of 3d scans of human eyes. The dilation of pupil under different lighting condition is very cool.

creatureFX TD showreel2014 by Ken Shimizu

creatureFX TD showreel2014 from khain on Vimeo.

Some really nice FX work here by Ken Shimizu.