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Flying Penguings, BBC April Fool [3D VFX Character Animation]

CG Explorer — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:23:56 +0000

A behind the scenes look at how the BBC created the BBC iPlayer trail for April Fools' Day, featuring a colony of flying penguins.

Après la Pluie, Gobelins (2D, 3D Animated Short Film)

CG Explorer — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:21:56 +0000

A graduation film by Charles-André Lefebvre, Manuel Tanon-Tchi, Louis Tardivier, Sébastien Vovau and Emmanuelle Walker. during an animation course at Gobelins, l'école de l'image 2008.

SIGGRAPH 2009 Technical Papers Video Preview

CG Explorer — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 06:04:54 +0000

Discover the latest research in the computer graphics field that may be possible the next features in the software you are using

Digital Painting Tutorial by Jeremy Vickery (video)

CG Explorer — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:32:41 +0000

Digital painting video tutorial about copying the shapes and the lighting of photgraph: going from the macro to the micro. Starting loose and refining in the end.

Utopiales Painting Walk-through by James Gurney

CG Explorer — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:55:44 +0000

James Gurney, shows in this video how he painted the poster for the Utopiales event. 3 people like this post.

Screen Space Ambient Occlusion: 3D Real-Time Flash Demo

CG Explorer — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:04:27 +0000

Screen Space Ambient Occlusion – wonderfl build flash online An open-source online Flash 3D real-time flat-shaded rendering of a procedurally generated geometry. Great new resource at http://wonderfl.net 4 people like this post.

3D Tree modeling Tutorial (Blender Video) and 3D models

CG Explorer — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:27:13 +0000

The tutorial will take you approximately 30 minutes to complete. During the tutorial you will learn how to: Efficiently use bezier curves Use the curve to tree script to generate complicated twigs Create low poly leaves Properly texture a tree Hand paint displacement onto an object See the complete associated article where you can also download Blender scene. 8 people [...]

Textures: Cut out people by VYONYX

CG Explorer — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:14:26 +0000

Vyonix offers image collections of peoples, cut-out, ready to be included in an architectural rendering. The library is free for any use. Download it and read the legal disclaimer: cut out people. 4 people like this post.

Davide La Sala, Character TD Showreel, Tale of Despereaux

CG Explorer — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:53:37 +0000

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Blue and Green Spiral Optical Illusion

CG Explorer — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:14:15 +0000

You see blue and green spiral's arms. You are wrong:

MTV International / Jewels and Oil (3D Animated Video)

CG Explorer — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:07:22 +0000

Art film for MTV International Rebrand / Universaleverything / 2009, direction: Maxim Zhestkov, Matt Pyke – cg: Maxim Zhestkov – sound: Simon Pyke / Freefarm 1 people like this post.

Planet 51 New Trailer (3D animated feature film)

CG Explorer — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:50:00 +0000

Planet 51 3D animated feature film, new trailer.

Genetica 3.5 announced (2D Procedural Texture Software)

CG Explorer — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:29:31 +0000

Create photorealistic seamless textures with the new Genetica: seamless texture, animation, and HDRI environment map editor.

La Peste, 3D Animated Short Film

CG Explorer — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:08:02 +0000

A short movie about the plague. Directed by Olivier Dubocage, Michal Firkowski, Benoît Galland and Gildas Le Franc. Copyright Supinfocom 2008. lapeste.fr/ 0 people like this post. Like

Computer Graphics World – Casualties of the Recession

CG Explorer — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:37:11 +0000

The econopocalypse has blazed has a path of destruction through every sector of the economy—leaving Chrysler and now GM in bankruptcy. Now, it looks like the wave of destruction is bearing down on the effects industry, too, refuting the theory that this industry is recession proof. via Computer Graphics World – Casualties of the Recession. 0 [...]

Luxology Modo Online Asset Sharing: 3D shaders, textures, 3D models, materials

CG Explorer — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:16:34 +0000

Luxology LLC, developer of modern, artist-focused 3D software, has created a new asset sharing Web site that serves as a participatory content-sharing portal and learning resource.

Ben*Jammin, Spring. VFX Music Video

CG Explorer — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:00:57 +0000

Jumping will make things jump. Original concept for a music video.

3D Animated Short Film: Silhouettes

CG Explorer — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:33:13 +0000

French short film by three Supinfocom students: Remi Despret, Vincent Courbis Poncet, Jean-David Solon

Roger Gibbon Digital Matte Painter: consideration about the painting career

CG Explorer — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:32:00 +0000

CG Society published the professional profile of Robert Gibbon by the always clear words of Barbara Robertson. Being interested in the career of the digital matte painter, also thanks to my friends Marco Genovesi, Marco Rolandi and Tiziano Fioriti, I read this article with much attention.

CG Event: CG CON 09 on Digital Painting, Modeling and Animation

CG Explorer — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:28:08 +0000

CG CON 09, educational computer graphics conference with 24 lectures in Digital Painting, Digital Modeling and Digital Animation scheduled for 2009.

Visual Perception: Twins Optical Illusion

CG Explorer — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:58:57 +0000

Two pictures with the same face but with different contrast. In one you see a female in the other a male. Learning the tricks of visual perceptions surely helps visual artists.

Music Visualization: Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D minor, organ

CG Explorer — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:17:45 +0000

Listen and watch classical music with animated graphical representation.

3D Software Update: Modo 401 for Modeling, Animation, Rendering

CG Explorer — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:00:34 +0000

New release for Luxology Modo with hundreds of news about: animation, modeling, texturing and rendering.

VIDEOS 3D Animated Movie: Ice Age 3 Dawn of The Dinosaurs

CG Explorer — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:11:55 +0000

Trailer videos for upcoming 3D animated feature film Ice Age Dawn Of The Dinosaurs, third installment from Fox / Blue Sky Studios

French Roast Short Film and Interview

CG Explorer — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:58:05 +0000

French Roast Interview by Character Design Blog. 1 people like this post.

2D Digital Painting Tutorial: Concept to Character by ImagineFX

CG Explorer — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:00:49 +0000

Learn how to transform a pencil sketch into a high-res painting with a 3D feel, with Michael Kutsche

Free Digital Painting Tutorial: How to Draw Female Eyes with Photoshop

CG Explorer — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:00:53 +0000

Learn to draw female eyes using Adobe Photoshop with these free, well narrated, clearly exposed video tutorials from Digital Tutors

CG Event Diary: SIGGRAPH 2009 Report by CG Society

CG Explorer — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:00:06 +0000

With much anticipation Paul Hellard of CG Society announced the live reporting diary from SIGGRAPH 2009

Free CG E-Zine: CGArena Magazine June 2009

CG Explorer — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 06:00:00 +0000

CGArena released its June - July 09 Issue with interviews to CG artists, photoshop tutorials, 3D images making-of's and a gallery of the latest 3D art.

Animation Event: Animafrik Animation Festival

CG Explorer — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 06:00:13 +0000

A festival dedicated and designed to promote African Art and animation.