Monday, December 31, 2012

Photos from Jiri!


Some of the beautiful scenery that I managed to capture on my way to Jiri. Wishing you all an amazingly creative and beautiful 2013 :) :)

Friday, December 28, 2012

Charlie Facial Expression Sheet

Here is a quick facial expression sheet for "Charlie" by Sachina Shakya. Want the rig to be super fun to work with, extremely flexible with cartoon like deformation and of course animator friendly! This is gonna make me busy for a little while :)

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Aaron Holly Interview



A video featuring Aaron Holly giving an interview regarding character rigging and the industry.

Keith Lango Animation: Going dark...


Recently I was doing my routine round up of animation blogs and websites. I came across a post by Keith Lango, who is a great animator and has been a blogger for a very long time, stating his blog post and all the online resources that he shares to the community will no longer be updated. So he mentions in his final post that he is retiring from animation blogging and online animation teaching.

I have been a great fan of Keith Lango and I thank him for all the hard work he have done, sharing his valuable knowledge to the online animation community. His blogs and videos will be a great resource for generation to come and remembered. I personally believe his online archive is an epic library!

I wish him all the best with his endeavors and thanking him for being a great animator :)

Check out his final blog post over here...

Mingquan(Charles) Zhou Cartoon Truck Rigging for AAU Spring Show 2012



Cartoon truck rig demo by .

Below is his rigging reel.

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Personal project made at Framestore by Amaury Coljon



Very good lion animation by Amaury Coljon. Good body mechanics!

Facial Library ~ Alike production



Beautiful facial expression poses that are used by the animators as a reference for Alike production. Check it out, a good resource for all!

Facial rigging is always fun :)

Visit Alike production notes for more!

Lavazza a modo mio



Beautiful stop motion commercial and concept!

Making of N0X-2292







Making of N0X-2292. Outstanding modeling work not just artistically but also the technical parts featuring the mechanics of transformation and the intricate details the artist worked on, not just the high poly model but also on the real-time mesh for game.