Friday, December 1, 2017

iPhone X Realtime 3D Character Animation by Jimmy Gunawan

DEMO / Using iPhone X to stream real time facial animation data into Blender from Jimmy Gunawan on Vimeo.

Good experimentation by Puppeteer Lounge alumnus Jimmy Gunawan with real-time facial motion capture using iPhoneX. We are looking forward to collaborate with him on creation a training workshop to go over these setup! :)

Monday, November 6, 2017

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Happy Halloween!!!

Character Rigging by student Avaya Pandey (Rigging Workshop 1) from Puppeteer Lounge on Vimeo.

Character concept, model and rigging by Puppeteer Lounge student Avaya Pandey from Nepal. The character setup is a part of Rigging Workshop 1 assignment at Puppeteer Lounge. Character animation by Puppeteer Lounge student Nitin Shakay.

Character Animation by student Pranesh Shakya (Animation Workshop 4)

Character Animation by student Pranesh Shakya (Animation Workshop 4) from Puppeteer Lounge on Vimeo.

Character Animation by Puppeteer Lounge student Pranesh Shakya from Nepal. This animation is a part of Animation Workshop 4 assignment at Puppeteer Lounge.

Saturday, October 28, 2017

Harris Wu Rigging Reel 2017.10

Harris Wu Rigging Reel 2017.10 from HarrisWu on Vimeo.

Character rigging show-reel by Puppeteer Lounge alumnus Harris Wu. Check out his awesome works on Justice League! Keep it up Harris :)

Friday, October 27, 2017

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Saturday, October 21, 2017

ZIVA Lion Breakdown

Ziva Lion Breakdown from Ziva Dynamics on Vimeo.

ZIVA VFX Lion breakdown by ZIVA Dynamics. Learn to setup realistic character/creature rig with ZIVA VFX tool-set here at Puppeteer Lounge.

Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Thursday, September 28, 2017

Pub EDF - The Race - 45s by Jules Giraud

Impressive work by Puppeteer Lounge student Jules Giraud responsible for character - creature setup and dynamics! Very nice and keep it up Jules :)

Monday, September 25, 2017

ZIVA VFX Muscle Fiber Auto Firing & Simulation Breakdown

ZIVA VFX Muscle Fiber Auto Firing from Puppeteer Lounge on Vimeo.

ZIVA VFX Muscle Simulation Breakdown | Tiger from Suchan Bajracharya on Vimeo.

I have always been fascinated by science and animation. Musculo-skeletalal cat-walk we created at Puppeteer Lounge! With ZIVA VFX tool-set we can auto fire (trigger) the muscle fiber excitation for anatomically correct muscular contraction and relaxation. Watch full breakdown video here.

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Snappers Advanced Facial Rig for Maya and Unreal Engine

Snappers advanced FACS based adaptive facial rig running real-time inside Unreal Engine. Very impressive!

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

ZIVA VFX Hyper Real Quadruped Setup | Musculoskeletal Breakdowns

ZIVA VFX Hyper Real Quadruped Setup | Musculoskeletal Breakdowns from Puppeteer Lounge on Vimeo.

Here is the finished output of Tiger walk-cycle test with ZIVA VFX state of the art tissue system. Overall a great tool-set! Me together with our in-house artist had a great time bringing the tiger to life. There are a few glitches here and there which we will improve with iteration. Again for those of you who would like to learn and explore the world of ZIVA VFX tissue system, please feel free to check out Puppeteer Lounge Rigging Workshop. Thanks :)

Friday, September 1, 2017

Thursday, August 17, 2017

Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Friday, July 7, 2017

Bird Wing Setup | Rig Demo


Bird Wing Setup | Rig Demo from Suchan Bajracharya on Vimeo.

Here is a quick video at some of the features of the bird's wing rig from Puppeteer Lounge Bird Setup Training Workshop. You can learn to setup similar character for production at Puppeteer Lounge.

Apply here to Learn!

Thursday, June 29, 2017

Vital Skin by Vital Mechanics

This looks promising! Check out Vital Skin FX used in simulating realistic skin deformation.

Wednesday, June 28, 2017

The Art of VR - Sotheby’s Exhibit by MacInnes Scott


Real-time facial motion capture and rendering technology interpolating visitor's facial expression to animate photo-real digital avatars of President Obama and Trump.

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Human Transformation Setup | Rig Demo


Human Transformation Setup | Rig Demo from Suchan Bajracharya on Vimeo.

A look at the rig features of Puppeteer Lounge Human Transformation Setup Training Workshop. You can learn to setup similar character for production at Puppeteer Lounge. For more information about Puppeteer Lounge Character Rigging Training Workshop. click here.

Thursday, June 1, 2017

Thursday, May 25, 2017

Puppeteer Lounge Character Rigging Student Showreel | 2017

Character Rigging Student Showreel ~ 2017 from Puppeteer Lounge on Vimeo.

Watch a compilation of the best character rigging work from Puppeteer Lounge students enrolled in our Character Rigging Training Workshop. Presenting you our Character Rigging Student Show Reel 2017 :) Apply now and learn character rigging with Puppeteer Lounge! For more information about Character Rigging Training Workshop, click here. Best Wishes to all the talented students at Puppeteer Lounge :)

Sunday, May 21, 2017

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Auto Rigging Tool demo by student Raka S. Saptamardhika

Auto Rigging Tool demo by student Raka S. Saptamardhika from Puppeteer Lounge on Vimeo.

Auto Rigging Tools are an important asset for character setup in any production. Watch Auto Rigging Tool demonstration video by Puppeteer Lounge student Raka S. Saptamardhika from Indonesia. You can learn to create your very own tool-set at Puppeteer Lounge.

Friday, April 28, 2017

AXE Character Animation | Character Rig Demo

Watch real-time rendered CGI animation demo of Puppeteer Lounge game engine compatible character AXE. If you like the demo and would like to learn a similar setup, feel free to check out Puppeteer Lounge's Training Workshops. Watch character rig demo below... The rig's deformation is based on multiple corrective shapes. There are no muscle objects.

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Muscle Rigging project by student Vero Morera

Muscle Rigging project by student Vero Morera from Puppeteer Lounge on Vimeo.

Muscle Rigging project by Puppeteer Lounge student Vero Morera from Costa Rica. Learn more about Puppeteer Lounge Training Workshop here.

Warrior Battle Scene - 300 Inspired Animation | Character Rig Demo

300 Inspired Battle Scene, animated at Puppeteer Lounge. This is an experimental real-time CGI short animation to re-create one of the famous battle scene from the movie 300.

The Lord Inquisitor | Marcus Allenbrisk Character Rigging Show-reel | Warhammer 40K

Character Setup show-reel for character Marcus Allenbrisk, one of the lead character from The Lord Inquisitor CGI Short movie set in the universe of Warhammer 40,000. At Puppeteer Lounge we worked on all of the character rig and deformation for the CGI short film "The Lord Inquisitor" created and directed by Erasmus Brosdau. This project was created entirely in spare time without any budget by super-talented team spread across the globe. Watch the first 8 minutes of The Lord Inquisitor, a full CGI short movie set in the universe of Warhammer 40k below.

Sunday, April 16, 2017

Thursday, April 6, 2017

ZIVA VFX


ZIVA VFX – Chris and Jernej Discuss Visual FX Results from Ziva Dynamics on Vimeo.

Here is a really cool product that you can test ZIVA VFX. I have just tried it out and the tissue system and simulation is very cool, pretty fast too. I would love to integrate it into realistic character rig, great for muscle, tissue and fat sim. If you have checked out Puppeteer Lounge recent webinar here, you will notice that the simulation was done using nCloth. You can apply the Ziva tissue system with similar rig to get even better results. The Ziva's built in simulation is faster compared to nCloth in Maya and more tuned for fleshy simulation. Try it out for yourself!

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Direct Selection of Character Controls in Maya from Stephen Candell


Direct Selection of Character Controls in Maya from Stephen Candell on Vimeo.

Check out this video overview by Stephen Candell on setting up direct selection controls inside Maya which replicate a similar workflow we see with Pixar, Dreamworks and similar big studios. The idea can be well integrated into any rig system thus creating a clean and intuitive setup for the animators. Give it a try!

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Animation Workshop 3 Reel by student Pranesh Shakya


#Animation Worskhop 4 (Acting) show-reel by student Pranesh Shakya.

Animation Workshop : http://puppeteerlounge.com/animation-workshop
Apply to Learn : http://puppeteerlounge.com/apply

Animation Workshop 4 Reel by student Bibhuk Shakya


Animation Workshop 4 Reel by student Bibhuk Shakya from Puppeteer Lounge on Vimeo.

#Animation Worskhop 4 (Acting) show-reel by student Bibhuk Shakya.

Animation Workshop : http://puppeteerlounge.com/animation-workshop
Apply to Learn : http://puppeteerlounge.com/apply

Animation Workshop 4 Reel by student Serghey Badragan


Animation Workshop 4 Reel by student Serghey Badragan from Puppeteer Lounge on Vimeo.

#Animation Worskhop 4 (Acting) show-reel by student Serghey Badragan.

Animation Workshop : http://puppeteerlounge.com/animation-workshop
Apply to Learn : http://puppeteerlounge.com/apply

Sunday, March 5, 2017

Saturday, February 18, 2017