League of Legends - A New Dawn Cinematic trailer

This is a really cool cinematic. A lot of details have been put in there, especially when the character with the gun switches his cigar from one side to the other.

Check also the Behind the scenes. The part where they make the sounds is priceless.





 Source: Polygon

Gigantic Announce Trailer

I love the style of this cinematic. I hope the game maintains it as during gameplay.

Random Animation with Aaron Blaise

Rio 2: Behind the scenes #2 - Sabine Heller

Crazy rigs! The thing with the feet is really good!



RIO 2 Behind The Scenes #2: Rigging - Sabine Heller from Skwigly on Vimeo.

The Illusion of life - 12 Principles of animation

This one is old, but very good!



The illusion of life from cento lodigiani on Vimeo.


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Links, enlaces et liens

After a long absence from the internets (due to the World Cup and overtime), I compiled a long list of links for you guys. Some of them are a couple of weeks old, but good nonetheless.

Enjoy!

http://imgur.com/rn8jhB5
Seriously, if this is his first animation, there is a huge amount of talent in one person.

http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/12/5804070/the-amazing-animation-software-behind-how-to-train-your-dragon-2
A look at the new software used at Dreamworks

http://www.penproductions.ca/scripts/trackEditor/
New tool from Paul Neale.

http://spungellaworkshop.blogspot.ca/2014/06/marianne-bell-escape-video-critique.html
Hell of a critique!

http://www.brianwyser.com/
Crazy good demo reel!

https://www.facebook.com/AdvancedSkeleton/posts/706648342733676
Three new rigs from Advanced Skeleton! Get the tool now!

http://www.nukeygara.com/
New animation software in the making.

https://sites.google.com/a/cgspeed.com/cgspeed/motion-capture/3dsmax-friendly-release-of-cmu-motion-database
Mocap database, good for reference and for motion editing practice.

http://johnkstuff.blogspot.ca/2006/09/importance-of-having-lot-of-influences.html
This is a very interesting point of view about the current state of creativity in animation. I kind of agree with most of what John says, in the way that these days, all animation looks pretty much the same. But anyways, that would be a subject for another post.

Legend of the Flying Tomato

Pretty cool short!



Legend of the Flying Tomato from Aurry on Vimeo.

Nike Football: The Last Game ft. Ronaldo, Neymar Jr., Rooney, Zlatan, In...

Funny how all of these players are not playing the finals. Anyways, I love futbol and animation, so here it goes. ;)

How to be an animator and still be happy

Another gem from animator Alvise Avati. There are a lot of tips in his speech, especially his workflow, which I agree with fully.



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Alvise Avati animation tutorials

These are very entertaining. :)




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Animating Adam Savage's Workshop

This is an animation done by the guy that did Aug(de)mented Reality. I think his thought process is really good for the type of animation he does.

Making Of Sketchy Spiderman

This is a step-bystep process of a 2D Spiderman animation test, done by a very talented friend of mine, Guillermo Dupinet.

I love the 2D/3D mix he did.

Furiko ( Pendulum )

Very simple but very nice too. A refreshing style, I would say.

Team Fortress "Expiration Date" Short Film

Really cool!! :)