31 Jan 2011

Movie Trailer: Cars 2

Here's the trailer for Cars 2 from Disney and Pixar.

Free EBook: Animators Insider

I found this site from Victor Navone's blog which as a free PDF Book about animation. I still didn't read it, but a lot of good information about knowned animators. Download it!... did I mention it was for free??

http://book.lesshamans.com/

Short Animation: The deep

Amazing animation on the oceans of... well I don´t know :)! But you will recognize some of the fish that lives there!


30 Jan 2011

Movie Trailer: Rio

Here's a teaser showing Rio's colourful world and characters, the new animated movie from Blue Sky. Enjoy!


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28 Jan 2011

Exercise #2

Ok, so this exercise is to learn about time and weight of different objects and the physics when they interact with each other. 3 balls with 3 different weights, which balls in real life do they feel like?


Tutorial: Creating Blendshapes in Maya

Here's a tutorial for explaining the workflow for creating blendshapes in Maya.

Maya: A Blend Shape Workflow (Part 1) from CG Bootcamp on Vimeo.


Maya: A Blend Shape Workflow (Part 2) from CG Bootcamp on Vimeo.


Maya: A Blend Shape Workflow (Part 3) from CG Bootcamp on Vimeo.

Short Movie: Beyond Black Mesa

Beyond Black Mesa is a short Independent fan film Inspired by the Half-Life Video Game series. This is an action packed short film centering around Adrian Shephard and a band of resistance fighters struggling to get out a warning about the impending invasion.


Beyond Black Mesa from Brian Curtin on Vimeo.