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?