Friday, November 8, 2019

Friday, October 25, 2019

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Mesh Locator

Mesh Locator from Xavier Dorion on Vimeo.

Mesh Locator control setup by Xavier Dorion. Looks very intuitive and animator friendly!

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Eric D. Legare 2019 Animation TD Demo Reel

Animation TD show-reel by Eric D. Legare. The skin simulation on the bull using Houdini was pretty impressive. Overall a great show-reel.

Monday, October 14, 2019

Thursday, September 19, 2019

Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Body Mechanics Animation Exercises





Body mechanics exercises by Puppeteer Lounge students Nikesh Maharjan, Pranish Shakya and Krish Pradhan. 

Thursday, September 12, 2019

Thursday, August 22, 2019

Character Animation by Nitin Shakya | Student Demo Reel


Character Animation by Nitin Shakya| Student Demo Reel from Puppeteer Lounge on Vimeo.



Excellent work by Puppeteer Lounge student Nitin Shakya recreating an exaggerated animated version of funny clip from a Nepali movie. All the characters in the scene are the same, the morphing Newton!

Watch the original movie clip below.


Thursday, August 8, 2019

Cascadeur




Check out Cascadeur, physics based animation tool-set! You can try out their beta version here. With all the AI deepfake and machine learning emerging; this tool-set also uses machine learning for pose prediction and physics! Looking forward to seeing more development in these fields.

AI brings Mona Lisa to life



Deepfake and machine learning! AI takeover :)

Monday, June 24, 2019

Character Rigging by Luay Saqer


Puppeteer Lounge student Luay Saqer did a great job with his assignments from our intro to rigging training workshops! Modeling and animation by Luay Saqer! 

Thursday, May 16, 2019

Newton as Shadow Dan

Newton as Shadow Dan from Puppeteer Lounge on Vimeo.

Puppeteer Lounge's morphing cartoon character Newton as Shadow Dan!! Sachina Shakya did a great job with the animation, it was so much fun! I did the lighting, rendering, compositing and of-course the rigging. Modeling and texturing by our talented artist Nadim Shakya. Many thanks to Rune Bennicke who did the original pencil test of Shadow Dan. Watch it here. This was truly a fun learning experience for all of us :)

Thursday, May 9, 2019

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

MocapX

This looks really promising! Currently out for folks with iPhone only, the app is available for purchase from iOS store. A free trial version would have been better for testing purpose. Check it out here.

Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Rigging demo reel by Eric Hug

Rigging Demo Reel from Eric Hug on Vimeo.

Interesting rigging approach on creating wrinkles and fleshy movements showcased in this demo reel by Eric Hug.

Thursday, March 21, 2019

Sunday, March 10, 2019

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Croods 2 Rig Features

Croods 2 Rig Features from Stephen Candell on Vimeo.

Croods 2 rig features by Stephen Candell, Nathaniel Dirkson, Kevin Ochs and Jaryd Snover. Amazing deformation and love the presentation!

Sunday, March 3, 2019

VTS Animation Tutorial by Keith Lango

I have been an avid fan and a big time follower of Mr. Keith Lango, truly genuine and inspirational animator in the industry. Keith has recently made all his VTS tutorial series publicly available under his YouTube channel here. I would like to thank him for his willingness to share his valuable knowledge. Thank you kind sir :)

Thursday, February 28, 2019

Cartoon Octopus Rig

Cartoon Octopus Rig from Hector Abraham Torres on Vimeo.

Cartoon Octopus rig demo by Hector Abraham Torres. Hector is currently enrolled in Puppeteer Lounge training workshop program! Looking forward to seeing more of his awesome works!!

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Character Rigging by Andrew Coyle | Student Demo Reel

Character Rigging by Andrew Coyle | Student Demo Reel from Puppeteer Lounge on Vimeo.

Cartoon horse rigging by one of my talented student Andrew Coyle. Andrew is currently enrolled in Puppeteer Lounge training workshop programs. Looking forward to seeing more of his awesome works :)

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

advanced spine rig by Jules Giraud

Very impressive by one of my talented student Jules Giraud from France. I like how he have implemented several rig features to work together like the variable FK spine. Check it out!

Thursday, January 3, 2019

Project Ryan by Agora Image

Project Ryan by Agora Image. I would like to congratulation one of my talented student Mohamed Dorgam and his team at Agora Image, Egypt for this achievement! CGI breakdown and making here.

Facial Rigging WIP Luis Garcia

Check out the WIP facial rigging project by student Luis Gerardo Garcia. I look forward to seeing his completed facial setup soon!