3D Animation Blog

Defective Detective

Andy Whiteley — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:08:06 +0000

Excellent short film by Ringling students Avner Geller and Stevie Lewis. http://defective-detective.com/ http://www.cartoonbrew.com/brewtv/detective.html http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=993347

Oscars Animated Shorts 2011

Andy Whiteley — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 12:34:59 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH90a_nJUAE Nominee: Day & Night Studio: Pixar Director: Teddy Newton www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq1ddK-Rlng Nominee: The Gruffalo Studio: Magic Light Pictures Directors: Jakob Schuh and Max Lang www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgRFu7Dd9Uk Nominee: Let’s Pollute Studio: Geefwee Boedoe Production Director: Geefwee Boedoe www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HbM4ffXX6M *WINNER: The Lost Thing Studio: Passion Pictures Australia Directors: Nick Batzias, Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d6G-ouhl4Q Nominee: Madagascar, [...]

Dreamworks – The Art of Megamind

Andy Whiteley — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 16:04:54 +0000

Character Animation Reel by Alexis Wanneroy

Andy Whiteley — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 17:01:58 +0000

Character Animation Reel by Alexis Wanneroy Alexis Wanneroy contacted me asking if I would post his showreel. How could I refuse! Alexis is a character animator at Dreamworks and has been lucky enough to work there for 5 years producing animation for How To Train Your Dragon, Kung Fu Panda, Bee Movie and Flushed Away. He started working [...]

Despicable Me 3D In UK Cinemas

Andy Whiteley — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 12:28:01 +0000

Screenshot From Despicable Me Despicable Me released in UK cinemas today, voiced by Steve Carell, Jason Segel and Russell Brand. The film was crafted by Illumination Entertainment in the US and Mac Guff in Paris. While the animation studios are relatively young and less well known than Pixar or Dreamworks, the animation, rendering, story and humour hold up amongst the [...]

The Art of District 9 Concept Book

Andy Whiteley — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:09:41 +0000

The Art of District 9 by Daniel Falconer Dropship Concept CG Model Paintover MNU Vehicle Concept CG Model Paintover The book includes some excellent concept art by Greg Broadmore. View more District 9 concepts on Greg’s website

AT-AT Day Afternoon By Patrick Boivin

Andy Whiteley — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 13:47:37 +0000

AT-AT Day Afternoon HD Short Film on Vimeo Not entirely CG related but definitely worth a mention, the animated short film entitled AT-AT Day Afternoon by French Canadian animator and director Patrick Boivin who incidentally also created the CG short Iron Baby. Making Of AT-AT Day Afternoon on Vimeo The majority of the film is composited using elements from live action puppetry, [...]

Iron Baby by Patrick Boivin

Andy Whiteley — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 13:14:57 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyoA4LXQco4 Iron Baby Short Film on YouTube in HD Loving the CG work (and the evil enemy bunnies!) on the excellent animated Iron Baby short by French Canadian animator and director Patrick Boivin The CG/FX was handled by Strob and his 3DS Max model of the Iron Baby is available to download from Turbosquid

BBC Weather Animation: Be One Step Ahead

Andy Whiteley — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:42:51 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7_PqXdugQE Great new TV trail for the BBC Weather website entitled Be One Step Ahead. The cel shaded animation, which was produced at Studio AKA and directed by Marc Craste is in keeping with their previous titles, such as the long running series of Lloyds Bank adverts in terms of quality of style, character design, animation and storytelling.

Toy Story 3: An IMAX 3D Experience

Andy Whiteley — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:00:54 +0000

Toy Story 3 Released In UK Today After refraining from watching any trailers, searching for pre-renders and taking a hiatus from following Lee Unkrich on twitter I can only presume that Toy Story 3 will be the must see film of the year and will be booking IMAX 3D tickets as soon as possible.

The Art Of Toy Story 3

Andy Whiteley — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:15:17 +0000

The Art of Toy Story 3 by Charles Solomon A new book in Pixar’s excellent ‘art of’ series is now availiable to order.

RenderPal Render Farm Software

Andy Whiteley — Wed, 26 May 2010 12:32:43 +0000

After using RenderPal extensively in a project environment, I would like to recommend the software to fellow artists so you can try it for yourselves. RenderPal is a Render Farm Management program by Shoran Software. Anyone rendering out image sequences will find it invaluable in their workflow. It has added speed and efficiency to my workflow by allowing the submission [...]

London 2012 Olympic Mascots Revealed

Andy Whiteley — Thu, 20 May 2010 12:52:00 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KatN365jaBg New London 2012 Olympic Mascot Animation Mandeville and Wenlock In Their Anodised Chrome Steel Look British Union Jack Flag Version of Mandeville and Wenlock Design Sheet Detailing The Thinking Behind The Characters Mandeville and Wenlock, the names of the 2 new Official London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Mascots are named after the Stoke Mandeville [...]

Own Avatar On Blu-ray Now!

Andy Whiteley — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:32:52 +0000

Avatar Dir: James Cameron

How To Train Your Dragon In UK Cinemas

Andy Whiteley — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:32:53 +0000

Dreamworks new animated feature film How To Train Your Dragon is out in UK cinemas today and will be available to watch in IMAX 3-D Watch The How To Train Your Dragon Trailer in full Quicktime HD 1080 Should be a great one as it is currently getting some fantastic reviews. IMDB currently 8.3/10! Rotten Tomatoes currently 97%! [...]

Art Of How To Train Your Dragon Book

Andy Whiteley — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:22:05 +0000

Art Of How To Train Your Dragon by Tracey Miller-Zarneke Art Of How To Train Your Dragon Example Page

Avatar Blu-ray UK Release Date

Andy Whiteley — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:17:55 +0000

Avatar Blu-ray Dir: James Cameron It has been confirmed today that Avatar will be released on Blu-ray and DVD in the UK on April 26th 2010. As yet there is no word of a release date for the 3-D version of the film which will probably be announced when 3-D technology becomes mainstream and more affordable in the home, so [...]

Animating For District 9 by Robert Kuczera

Andy Whiteley — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:46:38 +0000

Senior Animator Robert Kuczera has just sent me an e-mail asking if I would post a link to an interview with CG Heute entitled Robert Kuczera – Animieren Fur District 9 detailing the work he did on District 9 while at The Embassy in Vancouver. How could I refuse! The interview was originally written in German so the Google translation is a little [...]

Oscars Animated Shorts 2010

Andy Whiteley — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:33:08 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uRJlbZO8OI WINNER: Logorama www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbFhATUfuow Nominee: French Roast www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIDv1jJhoxY Nominee: Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPSC3NA1oRE Nominee: La dama y la muerte (The Lady and The Reaper) www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xFKiDYCf8s Nominee: Wallace and Gromit in A Matter of Loaf and Death It’s no surprise that Pixar’s UP won Best Animated Feature at the Oscars, but [...]

District 9 Done In 60 Seconds

Andy Whiteley — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:52:39 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSTfDAbgwxU One of the better Done In 60 Seconds competition entries for the 2010 Empire Awards. The film cleverly replaces the alien prawns with clowns. Created in Ireland, the film has yet to be nominated, with other less deserving entries getting in to the top 20 shortlist. Vote now for the existing entries, although the District [...]