Malcolm 2.0 Tour

Malcom v2.0 is out! Download link is in the description of the video.

What is Spec Work and Why you shouldn't work for free

Always get paid for yor work. There are other ways to build a portfolio.

Buster Keaton - The Art of the Gag

Buster Keaton - The Art of the Gag from Tony Zhou on Vimeo.

Creating Pixar anition controls by Harry Houghton

Maya - Creating Pixar Animation Controls Tutorial from Harry Houghton on Vimeo.

Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition Release Trailer

We just released Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition! Go get your copy (for PC, PS4 or XBoxOne)!

Links, enlaces et liens

A heavy loaded post since it's been a while I didn't post anything...

https://www.reeview.it/player

Great tool for reviewing videos directly from Youtube or Vimeo. When I tried it, it only worked with Chrome (it didn't work on Waterfox, the 64-bit version of Firefox).


http://livestream.com/gnomon/world-class-animator
Marco Marenghi's speech about how to become a professional animator.

http://rustyanimator.com/memorable/
Some tips for creating memorable animations.

http://www.cgmeetup.net/home/animating-with-constraints/
I've been using these setups for a while now and they work.

http://yokai.com/
Some reference for artists.

http://www.fxguide.com/featured/going-off-model-hotel-transylvania-2/
How animators modified the rigs for extreme poses.

http://www.kruelgames.com/tools/kuadro/
Cool tool for artists!

http://www.stickybones.com/
Looks like a really interesting puppet for stopmotion

CGI Making of HD: "Making of The Peanuts Movie"

« Nephtali » by Glen Keane

Step into the Page with Glen Keane

I love Glen's style, but I think the tech that is being showcased here is even better.


Glen Keane – Step into the Page from Future Of StoryTelling on Vimeo.

David Gibson Evolve Demo and Game development reel

David Gibson - Evolve Animation + Game Development Reel 2015 from David Gibson on Vimeo.

ANL #1 from Nathan Love

ANL #1 from Nathan Love on Vimeo.

Instance Along Curve - Maya API Plugin

Really nice tool for 3D artists to create environments. Fully animatable and it's free!

Friends On The Other Side - Dr. Facilier

Great shot with some extreme poses!

Maya 2012 : Namespace and prefix tips and tricks

Links, enlaces et liens

http://techartsurvival.blogspot.ca/2015/01/just-put-one-foot-in-front-of-other.html
Great tutorial on some technicalities about walk cycles.

http://blog.animationmentor.com/animation-as-visual-music/
Carlos Baena and another excellent post about using music for animation.

If your Persp camera starts orbiting around the wrong point in space, View>Pre Def Bookmarks>Persp #animTip #mayaTip pic.twitter.com/KTknW7UIKK

— Kiel Figgins (@KielFiggins) August 19, 2015

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/maya-general/camera-clipping-problem/td-p/4887914
Great tip for orthographic cameras in Maya.

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/12/why-birds-can-sleep-on-branches-and-not-fall-off/281969/
A good ready about the intricacies of the birds feet (espacially good for riggers).

Super Turbo Atomic Ninja Rabbit - The Line

Super Turbo Atomic Ninja Rabbit from The Line on Vimeo.

Divinity: Original Sin 2 Kickstarter campaign announced!

The company I'm currently working on (Larian Studios) officially announced the Kickstater campaign for their latest video game: Divinity: Original Sin 2.

The first one was a blast (and pretty much the reason why I decided to switch from Ubisoft to Larian), and this sequel just promises to be bigger, better and much more fun to play with your friends.

If you liked the first one (or like RPG-turn-based games in general) go and grab your early bird reward now! And by the way, the Collector's look really cool!




Cheers and thanks for your support!

Animation Workflow with Christopher Cordingley (CGTarian Animation Masters)

Tako Faito!

Tako Faito! from Giant Ant on Vimeo.

Chuck Jones - The Evolution of an Artist

CGtarian Free Webminar masterclass

If you happen to have some spare time around July 18th - 19th, you should totally register for the FREE Webminar masterclasses that CGTarian is offering.

There will be several topics for different levels of animators, so check out the program in the link below and subscribe! 

http://cgtarian.com/masters/

Cheers!

Ricardo.

2015 Summer Reel - Shaofu Zhang

2015 Summer Reel from Shaofu Zhang on Vimeo.

Tembo animation demo

Paul E. Neale Track Editor tool for 3dsmax FREE

Go to this link, watch the tutorials, be amazed (and wonder how come Autodesk hasn't implemented something like this before), download it and install it.

http://www.penproductions.ca/scripts/trackEditor/

Crazy tool!

Enjoy!

Bancroft Borthers Podcast - The Brad Bird interview

This is an excellent interview. Great questions and grea responses from Brad Bird, who talks a bit about the differences directing animation and live action.

http://taughtbyapro.com/podcast-brad-bird-interview-tomorrowland/

Enjoy!

Links, enlaces et liens

http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1021794/Animation-Bootcamp-UFC-Animation
Great speech on the tech behind the UFC game

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/uncharted-4-dev-flaunts-new-milestone-in-face-anim/1100-6427293/
Incredible tech!

http://kotaku.com/crunch-time-why-game-developers-work-such-insane-hours-1704744577
This is true. Be ready to crunch if you want to get into the industry

https://www.rocketstock.com/blog/opinion-10-reasons-why-cgi-is-getting-worse-not-better/
I agree with most of the reasons in that list.

http://mlanimation.net/free-rocket-racoon-rig/
Rocket Racoon free rig from Matthew Lowe. Also check his website, there are other rigs available.

Klaus teaser by SPA Studios

I'm speechless.



Klaus teaser ©2015 Sergio Pablos Animation Studios, S.L. & ANTENA 3 FILMS, S.L.U. All rights reserved from The SPA Studios on Vimeo.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Launch Cinematic

Max Script For Character Rigging by Paul Neale

Sherm by Wesley Fuh

Sherm from Wesley Fuh on Vimeo.

Intro To Character Rigging by Paul Neale

This is a long video but totally worth it. The video explains rigging in 3dsmax, but a lot of things are applicable to other 3D packages.

And if you're not following Paul in Youtube or Twitter, you're missing a lot of cool tips.

Hand Setup from Paul Neale

Hand Drawn Animation - Cyrano the Elephant in "Trunk Troubles" by Aaron Blaise

That dress...

I'm HUMBLED that I get to work with this man daily #JamesBaxter ...#AnimationSkills http://t.co/8hCL1YRK18
— Jamaal Bradley (@JamaalBradley) April 2, 2015

Links, enlaces et liens

Hey!

A couple of links I found interesting…

http://www.cgmeetup.net/home/disney-infinity-combat-animation/

Disney Inifitiny Combat animation demo

http://creaturerigs.com/downloads/rigs/

Some Maya rigs.

https://vimeo.com/119164090

Character studies by Tiago Hoisel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU9mnbMJnpM

A tribute to 2D animation

Cheers!

 

Smooth Scrubbing for Maya

Great tool if your working for video games animation in Maya!

http://lesterbanks.com/2015/04/script-for-smooth-scrubbing-animation-in-maya/



tb tools demo - smooth scrubbing from Tom Bailey on Vimeo.

Le Gouffre

Great short film! The visual style is well done and the animation is spot-on!



Le Gouffre from Lightning Boy Studio on Vimeo.

Fabio Lignini's Wonderful Piggy Bank Anim Test

Can't believe this is an animation test.

akeytsu demo

I love the graph editor!

James Baxter's pencil tests on Enchanted

These are just crazy!

http://jbaxteranimator.tumblr.com/tagged/Enchanted

From @animationaddict:

Oh #jamesbaxter, why do you make me feel bad about myself :( How can so much talent exist in one guy. http://t.co/1Uh2txBCwu
— Animation Addict (@animationaddict) February 9, 2015

Jean Claude Van Damme Green Screen footage

Jean Claude Van Damme just released some green screen footage for anyone to use. I think it's brilliant! Below is the link for the video in Youtube.




And here is one video. Possibilities are endless!

Links, enlaces et liens

http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1020639/Technical-Artist-Bootcamp-Hacking-MotionBuilder
Great tips and trick for Motionbuilder by Brad Clark. You will need a GDC Vault user to watch it though.

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/filmmaker-transforms-nintendo-power-glove-into-awesome-1679408095
Cool gadget!! Not sure how it will be useful for a 3D program like Maya, but cool nevertheless.

http://www.cgmeetup.net/forums/files/file/67-pink-panther/
Pink Panther rig!!

http://www.3dfiggins.com/writeups/fastAction/
Great breakdown on an action shot by Kiel Figgins.

Anatomy of the Spine - for Artists