Might need to make a new car...

Regular Show

The Begging of it all...

Cute Things Exploding

Thanks to Cody for the link, He's probably been blown halfway to China now in the storm.

Photshop Rap?

Mmmmm smells like learning

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

Batman Rant

I love these..

Penguin

I see what you did there.

Legitimate Advanced Stikfa Modeling?

I'm impressed. Statue sculpt is also very impressive. Link
Artists name is Will Harbottle, a trained traditional and digital modeler working at Gentle Giant Studios. Will specializes in high-poly toy figurine models, truly amazing work.  Now I wonder who sculpted my old Ninja Turtle toys...

Halloween

Day and Night

See how long these manage to stay on youtube.

Thailand Has, At Last, Prepared Its Answer to Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast'

Simply the best!  ... I might be lying.

Interview with the Animators - Dreamworks

Fable 3 -Its a riot.

Video Games | Fable III | Revolution Launch Trailer HD

XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

Grover Spice

Awesome Reach

Pretty much sums it up.

vfsReel

Something smells Talented

and I want a piece.

Articles of War

Oh well then..

If only I was a seasoned trained 3D veteran... Oh well.


Dirge from Alex Alvarez on Vimeo.

Superjail

There hasn't been a post here in a long while.  So here is what would happen if Willy Wonka made a jail.

A.D.

Medusa

AMF Catterpillar

Steven Spielberg on Animation.

Bishop 2.0

If only I could get my hands on this...

DreamWrecks

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

Team Fortress Two - Everybody Dance Now

Inception- Teamwork

I would recommend  to everyone, and anyone to watch this. Even though the main points in this is for people in the audio industry, all kinds of professions can take away some really important things from this.


"Inception" Sound for Film Profile from Michael Coleman on Vimeo.

BibleMan

I'm still speechless..

Even in the Shorts...

It would seem crafty old Pixar is still up to its tricks.

Is that product placement I see?

Animation Reference

A Vimeo group has been collecting hundreds of animation references free for use.  A great way to find timing, style, and silhouettes, on actions broad and small.

Link:  http://www.vimeo.com/groups/aniref/videos

Rango Trailer

I don't know about you but Im interested.

Zbrush Classroom

Really enjoyed watching this tutorial and would recommend it to anyone wanting to know more about Zbrush and how to use it properly.

First off, why not get to know him first?

Zbrush 4

I cant remember a time that I was this excited for a computer program!

Christian Bale in Animation

Love this video

Animation in IRL?

And you thought animating in flash and maya was hard... These guys learned how to animate AND vandalize.  If thats not a sign of true greatness I don't know what is.  I would also like to point out that this video has been out for two days and already has 89.3K views!



BIG BAG BIG BOOM - the new wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

A year at VFS

Well if THATS how it is... .. Count me in!


A year at Vancouver Film School from Juan Cisneros on Vimeo.

Inspiration

Here are a few Sculpters/Modelers/Animators Id like to shake hands with in hope that there skills rub off onto me.  Never know right?




Ruben Martinez - 3D Modeling Reel from Ruben Martinez on Vimeo.


Jackie Koehler - Animation Reel from Jackie Koehler on Vimeo.


Cartoon Scum from Jan Lachauer on Vimeo.

Birds the word

Here's a fantastic bird test by khalid al-muharraqi. Amazing amount of work behind this one shot.

Animation Fun

Here is a link to a new up and coming website for Animations and Animators, YouAnimator.   A great resource to post your FINAL animation videos.  The website is for posting your final short films or comical animations, to share and grow.

Along with being a place to post final work for all too see, YouAnimator also has its own webcomic of sorts that it is working on.  They will supply you with rigs, dialogues, storylines,  and even the wav files, to create a short comic strip in an ever growing story.  This can be a great resource if you're working on lip syncs and do not know what to do or how to do it,  Its all there for you!  Not only are you hand fed the script, when you finish you will become a part of a much larger story that others will want to watch and enjoy.  A great way to be discovered and hired!

What is it with the French?

Another great showcase of animation and effects.

Kaeloo - Prince charming - Si on jouait au Prince charmant... from Cube Creative on Vimeo.

8-bit Love

Such an unrealistic video though... Girls dont play Doom!


Video Games from MUSCLEBEAVER on Vimeo.

Spread the Jam

Here is one of the shorts that the class "Land sharks" created in their 4th semester.

How its Made - Night and Day

A quick little interview explaining the why and how of Pixars new short.

How its made - Cloudy with a chance of meatballs

Thanks to ron for finding these links:

3D vs 2D

Dug up from the grave of the internet

Tangled

Taken forever to find an actual trailer for this movie, not the highest quality but watchable. Might not be all that bad...

The Empire Strikes Backyard

A student film that Im really looking forward to seeing when its completed.

The Empire Strikes Backyard from Jenna Calvao on Vimeo.

THATS WHAT THEY'RE TEACHING KIDS NOW!?

SERIOUSLY!?

They like animation too!

Old music video, by an old band that everyone listened to back in the day.  Hey, they like animation too?

Iron Baby

First there was the iron giant, then iron chef... Recently came Iron Man.. What could possibly come after?

AMAZING!

Easily one of the most amazing and dynamic animations I've ever seen!  I love the transformations and composition that are used in this video, just mind blowing.

"Wail to God" Music Video from Anthony Francisco Schepperd on Vimeo.

I also feel that that video is not complete without this one also. A hilarious short animation on... animation?

Juranessic Annecy 2002 from sanchez on Vimeo.

Animation Mentor- Follow Up

Here is a follow up to the Animation Mentor Video, "Give meaning to movement" video hosted by Victor Navone and Aaron Hartline. Watch as they answer audience questions in response to there previous webinar.



Bellow is the Webinar itself for anyone who missed it or would like to re-watch it.
http://www.animationmentor.com/webinar/replay/2010-timing-and-spacing-in-animation-explained.html


Here is a promotional video done for Animation Mentor done back in 2008, If you pay attention and listen carefully there are a lot of cool tricks and reminders mentioned throughout it. That and I find it pretty inspirational.





Lastly, here is the final video of a graduate of AM who was hired strait from graduation to work on Toy Story 3.

Demo Reel Galore

A few demo reels I found recently that I really enjoy.

The Lady and the Reaper

Well made animation that conveys its story purely through visuals and the occasional Grunt or Mumble.

Siggraph 2009 AUTODESK

Tanks

For all those people that have chosen to design tanks, Just a little bit of inspiration on what you could do with yours and an end goal I guess you could say.



As for you car enthusiasts.

Desert Camaro from khamadi Ojiambo on Vimeo.

The power of light.

Amazing Light show!

ENVISION : Step into the sensory box from SUPERBIEN on Vimeo.

Video Tutorials - Concept

I've linked a few more concept art videos bellow. I really like these examples as there treated more as tutorials where the artist describes why and what they're doing.

Renders in Maya

Animation Mentor

A webinar with two pixar animators, Victor Navone, and Aaron Hartline, where they cover Timing and Spacing, with plenty of insider tips from the two talented animators.  The video is recorded in a way to teach you from the ground up, starting with the very basics.

http://www.animationmentor.com/webinar/replay/2010-timing-and-spacing-in-animation-explained.html

Im Impressed

Love this video, very creative and incredibly well done.


They Might Be Giants, "I'm Impressed" from Bent Image Lab on Vimeo.

VFS Demo Reel

Mind blowing Modeling/texturing demo reel for VFS.  Incredibly detailed environment model by Klaus Skovbo, something Id like to stress about this demo reel is that fact that as amazing and finished as this looks, he still has his own revisions to do.  Always revise and improve!


Klaus Skovbo Modeling Reel 2010 from Klaus Romar Skovbo on Vimeo.

Thanks to Andre Boudreau for the link to this.

You are a Pirate

More reasons to learn flash.



 

Maya Hotkeys

What would you do without me? Keep in mind some of these commands are dated. take with a grain of salt.
Autodesk Maya Hotkeys Shortcuts

Get on my horse

This is why we learn flash right?

Speedy Concept

Watch, Learn, Enjoy.  I always find it great to watch how others work out there concept, this is one of my favorites so far, I've noticed a lot of the professional concept guys who use photoshop always work out there concepts in greyscale then paint over with color overlays.



Here is Jason Chan one of my favourite concept artists.  His designs and streamline work flow are amazing, I love his work and there's so much you can learn by just watching him draw and listening to his lessons.

What did you learn?

Yea Yea Yea.... I know..

Great little tutorial on how to combine Photoshop and 3D models to create concept art and to work out designs.

The Sheridan Gang

A bit dated but still a great Presentation.

"1992 CBC presentation featuring Sheridan college and graduates of its animation program."

Lights Out!

Cool short clip that I think shows a cool different side to animation and modeling in 3D

Lights Out from cormaction on Vimeo.

Pixels!

Still love this video, thought Id share.

PIXELS by PATRICK JEAN.
Uploaded by onemoreprod. - Watch original web videos.

Retouching Faces

I saw today that a couple of people were looking for ways to edit faces and clean up images, heres a handy tutorial on how to do just that.

Animation and Modeling reference

Thanks to Ron Doucet for these links.  The following is a string of videos from a friend of Ron who collected references for his pals in the CG design and Animation department at Sony Animation Studios.  The videos posted are the best of the collection, great for both modeling and animation study.

PLANET EARTH

From Pole to Pole

Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APZnZUDXMA4

penguins, polar bears, caribou @ 9:00
Part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_goIId3PprE

caribou, wolves, deer, ducks, birds, leopard @8:00,
Part3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsT2DqRSpHM

Leopard, blooming flowers, giant flocks of birds, incredible bird displays @5:00, amazing shark leap @ end

Part 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV-6jyfrjTQ

Shark leap, Elephants, various animals eating insects, various animals walking in water

Part 5http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX_f3puoixM




caves
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr-cGsHVHTw


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emqwWgew0Bk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LptS-dFgTnI


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdRZyBSUPxg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21iRmLwPfL4



ice worlds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJzUSsmbzik


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgIust8oWRc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7Mo7-DEAIU


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G776gWkiIEg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPA2lvZnka8



great plains
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X67JMhCpZvU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO-eIbZNc8g


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HTJAROq--w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsfTM95ZJ4I


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz-8LZCIE1I

shallow seas


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DTQ0tdDAI8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPfVXPcTlBQ


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5_omj749eU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3fD7MlFGY4


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47qlgcT8XYY

seasonal forests
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PMmra_DkGI


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl-Ud9R75PY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuQvS3-tk78


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FO0xWTkQvs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSUqIVDwyG8

Look familiar?

Think about where you may have seen this bear before..



This very interesting video was uploaded to YouTube a few days ago and was noticed on Twitter yesterday evening by reader Matthew Ebisu (@MattEbisu).

It purports to be a worn-out VHS copy of a vintage (c. 1983) TV commercial for Lots-O'-Huggin' Bear, aka Lotso, the most important new character in Toy Story 3. The idea is to (sneakily) convince viewers that Lotso was an actual toy from decades ago, like Chatter Telephone and Animal Lovin' Ken who appear in the movie.

After a bit of reading and research a number of things make clear that the commercial is, in fact, a brilliant viral video for 'TS3'.

First of all, nobody's ever mentioned before that Lotso was based on a real, classic toy. Secondly, no reference to The Huggin' Company alluded to in the commercial can be found anywhere on the web.

But the crucial piece of evidence comes in the form of a tweet. The Lotso video was posted by a new YouTube user named MrCrazycommercials. Another one of this user's videos was linked to by director Lee Unkrich on Twitter on April 16, a full three days before the Lotso commercial was uploaded. That's way too big a coincidence. Is MrCrazycommercials actually Mr. Lee Unkrich?

If you're wondering, Disney Consumer Products is rolling out a real-life strawberry-scented Lotso plush bear as part of the Toy Story Collection. They've already started arriving at some Disney Store retail outlets and are shipping from the Disney Store website.

They forgot about the coffee!

I still feel cut short for how much work all of this stuff is, but I don't think we could ever explain how much blood and tears go into Animation.  Not to mention the coffee levels!

Characters for an Epic Tale

Need I say more?

Pulp Fiction for Brand Names

The Logorama short film. It's not for kids, it's nasty, it's cruel - but it is incredibly well made.


Logorama from Marc Altshuler - Human Music on Vimeo.

The film was directed by the French animation collective H5, François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy + Ludovic Houplain. It was presented at the Cannes Film Festival 2009. It opened the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and won a 2010 academy award under the category of animated short.

Can you spot the Maya logo?

2010 March Graduate

Demo reels from this terms graduate students.



Final School DemoReel from Matthew Francis on Vimeo.




March 2010 Reel from Andre Boudreau on Vimeo.

Flash Animation eh?

Oh yea eh, this be some of that there flash animation bi.

Play Safe

It just fits right for our school... BTW, Great example of compositing flash into real life.  What have you done with your spare time?

Evolution of Technology

Ryne brought the low res version of this to class for EIEIO earlier, thought it would be a good post as it is chalk full of ROBOTS.

I just had too

This is just to great not to share.


CHOP CUP from :weareom: on Vimeo.

Guide to Human Types

A good site to check out for some drawing help with characters, body parts, and animals.  Some nice drawing tutorials.  Check it out here.

Granny O'Grimm

A very funny well made short film and series all about those great stories gran would tell late at night. Take a look and enjoy... .. with the help of God.

This short film was written and performed by Kathleen O'Rourke, directed by Nicky Phelan and produced by Brown Bag Films in 2008. It has screened in numerous festivals and won several awards. Take a look here for the official video on her hompage.




We all know the Grimm fairytales. Granny's are grimmer...
Once upon a time there was a granny who dreamed of being the best granny in the whole world. Unfortunately, this granny was tormented by a lifetime of rage against the world and everyone in it. Luckily, nobody noticed what an angry old woman she had become because they took no notice of her one way or another. But there's only so much anger one old woman can repress before it BURSTS OUT FROM THE DEPTHS OF HER SOUL IN A SCREAMING FIREBALL OF BITTERNESS AND RESENTMENT!

...or a bedtime story, as Granny herself likes to call it.

Granny O'Grimm is a 26 x 11 min animated series. Each episode features Granny O'Grimm's desperate attempts to be the perfect granny to her three grandchildren, before the fairytales unleash her demons. Produced by Brown Bag Films and directed by Nicky Phelan, the series will be created in 3D & 2D computer animation.

A quick example of Granny's story telling:
"Eency Weency Spider, Climbing up the spout.
Down came the rain and washed the spider out.
Eency Weency Spider got washed down the drain,
And floated out to sea and was never seen again. Serves the big eejit right, going out in bad weather."


Check out the rest of her stories on her site here.

French Roast

Fabrice O. Jouberts animated short exploring the depth of human nature.  The short has won multiple awards in 2008 and 2009.

You can find out more at the official website here.

Adrien Debos Portfolio

Who's up for a healthy dose of depression?  This is an artist based in Vancouver working for Relic right now.  One of the top 3D artists around, recently won Dominance War (big international 3D art competition)

Check out his personal site Here.

Edited to be awesome by the maestro.

Marcio Takara

Marcio Takara is a Brazilian comic artist currently living in Canada. He has worked for studios such as Marvel, Chimaera and Image.  His artwork is amazing in its simplicity and astounding in its appeal.  If your ever stuck on character designs make sure to take a look at some of his work to see just how much far you can simplify your design but maintain a powerful strong looking character.

School Cancellation

megan.cox@hotmail.com said (6:29 AM):
*Just got an email from Jamie (Campus Director) - classes are canceled.


Enjoy the extra sleep peoples!

Cubic Tragedy

Let this be a lesson to all of you...

CUBIC TRAGEDY
Uploaded by thpmarc. - Watch original web videos.

Drawing the Ozone way

A quick tutorial on discussing another artsits drawing style along with how he colors his illustrations.  

Drawing the Ozone Way

Animation Backgrounds

Want to take a look at some professional painted backgrounds?  Well heres the site for you.  Rob Richards blogspot is bursting full of backgrounds from tons of disney films and others.  Take a look around his blogspot and prepare to be amazed by the pure skill and artistry involved in making these backgrounds.  

Industry Professionals.

Eliiot M. Bour an industry professional and animation instructor at animationmentor.


Some animations he has worked on, video files located at his website:

Denis Zilber

Here is some creative work done by Denis Zilber.

AM Class 4 Dialogue from Denis Zilber on Vimeo.

Animation Work

For all those who are more interested in the animation aspect of 3D here are two sites to help you get started on your own free time.

11 second club is an ongoing contest where they will give you an eleven second audio file to sync your animation too.  Sometimes it will be a clip from a movie or show, other times its just a music file or sound effects.  Makes for a good challenge.

CreativeCrash has a large database of free models and characters that you can use to animate with or as props.  Great for trying to do a few animations if you don't have a rigged model already.