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Category Archives: Compositing
We Walked Away With 4 Awards
Best Direction Best Voice Acting Best Sound Design – Which Includes Music Runner-Up for Best Picture I hope everyone enjoys watching this film as much as I enjoyed helping to make it. Until next time …
Posted in Animation, Compositing, Film, Machinima, Music, Special Effects, The Studio, iClone
Tagged 48HR Film Project
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Social Networking
So it turns-out that what I call “Ass-Kissing” is what my Cousin Mary calls “Social Networking”. Who knew? Anyways – I’m trying, really I am. You see, when I like someone I tell them. I don’t push a “like button” … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Art, Compositing, Film, Humor, Idiots, Illustration, Life in General, Music, Software, Special Effects, Stop Motion, TMOA Radio, The Studio, iClone
Tagged Social Networking
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Lynda.com *WOOT!*
Part of working on the book entailed upgrading to Adobe InDesign CS5. As a bonus for purchasing the upgrade (another reason I love Adobe) they offered a choice of freebies, one of which was a 31 day free trial on … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Art, Compositing, Film, Illustration, Life in General, Special Effects
Tagged Lynda.com
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Hybrid – That ‘Borderlands’ Look
Tom Jantol recently turned me on to the look of the game Borderlands. It’s an interesting amalgam of 2D cel-shade and 3D shade. While the characters are outlined like 2D they also have soft fill gradation in tones found in … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Art, Compositing, Special Effects, iClone
Tagged Borderlands, cel shade, iClone
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Simply AMAZING! World’s Smallest Stop-Mo Animation
Thanks to Ricky Grove for this fascinating share of Animation Genius! The Nokia N8 has been used in the making of the world’s smallest stop motion character animation. Certified by the Book of Guinness World Records, the animation was created … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Compositing, Film, Special Effects, Stop Motion
Tagged Aardman, Cell Scope, Nokia, Stop Motion
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Back to the Cel Shade Drawing Board and Some Reflection
HD Hybrid test from Anim8tor Cathy on Vimeo. I’d posted this on Vimeo a while ago and meant to blog about it but got caught-up in other things. This is an experimental cel shaded scene using both photo-reference and iClone. … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Art, Compositing, Life in General, Special Effects, iClone
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SB1070 – Winner: Best Editing, Best Special Effects – 48Hour Film Project/Machinima
SB1070 from Anima Technica on Vimeo. NOTE: TO ANY RIGHT-WING CONSERVATIVES reading this – The Name of the ship “SB1070″ was an inside joke between the cast. It IS NOT IN ANY WAY a validation of the crazy shit … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Art, Compositing, Film, Music, Special Effects, iClone
Tagged 48 Hour Film Project Machinima, SB1070
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Real-Time Animation is NOT Machinima
Real Time Animation – iClone, Movie Storm, Muvizu, etc – is NOT machinima. Real Time Animation requires that the animator create or obtain 3d models, create or obtain textures and materials, create or obtain wardrobe, sets, props, lights, music, sound … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Art, Compositing, Film, Potty Mouth, Special Effects, iClone
Tagged 48 Hour Film Project, iClone, Machinima, Real Time Animation
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48 Hour Film Project: Machinima
It was both a pleasure and an honor to spend the last 48 hours with my closest on-line buddies creating our entry for the 2010 48 Hour Film Project. Our Team, War Technica, comprised the following members: Anima Technica, Warlord, … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Art, Compositing, Film, Special Effects, iClone
Tagged 48 Hour Film Peroject, iClone, Machinima
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Because I Can’t Talk Too Much About Garteth Edwards
I know I’ve posted about this before … but really … pay attention. Until next time …
Posted in Animation, Art, Compositing, Special Effects
Tagged After Effects, Digitsl Effects, One Man Studio
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