Be sure to check out this weeks episode of the Annabelle’s Bistro Podcast. It’s Spring Break! Time to get crazy and key some frames! This week is a special spring break edition of the podcast. We are joined by Anron Wang, Josh Mcarthy, Bob Wiese and Maggie the basset hound. Insanity ensues, but thankfully Matt resists the urge for plastic beads and keeps his top on.
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LEGO has introduced a new train for all of us LEGO train heads out there. And along with it, they put together a fun little video highlighting some of the process of developing a train for the serious LEGO enthusiast. It is worth taking a look at.
Well Spring Break has begun. And you know what that means! It’s time to buckle down and get some work done! WHOOOOOO!
We have been working diligently to stay ahead of schedule on the film. Nearly all of my students have volunteered to give up their spring breaks to do so and have been putting in the hours. It makes me very happy to see my students working so hard on something they are passionate about. Way to go guys!
Our busyness has lead to fewer blog posts and podcasts, but fear not friends! I bring you yet another episode of the Annabelle’s Bistro Podcast (It’s actually been out for a whole week already but whatever.)
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Tonight we are recording a special SPRING BREAK EDITION of the podcast with a special guest. Look for that to go up soon as well.
Pixar released a new trailer for UP! and it is fantastic. The “Squirrel Moment” had my wife and I laughing so hard and apparently it is a re-occurring joke in the film.
The first trailer did little to get people excited for this movie. Apparently an old guy floating around in the sky wasn’t cutting it for some. Certainly, this trailer gets rid of any reservations that people may have concerning this film.
CGSociety has a great article which describes the unique process the filmmakers under took to create the beautiful film Coraline. Perhaps one of the most interesting innovations was that the replacement heads for each character were created on a 3-D printer.
It is actually a very odd yet wonderful concept. A characters head is created in 3-D, on a computer. Only to then be turned into a physical form for the purpose of animation. It’s the complete opposite of how that process normally goes where clay maquettes are digitized to create 3-D computer models.
Laika had to print perhaps 70 tiny half faces at a time, building what they called “kits” for various expressions, kits that had to be produced with a rapid turnover. Throughout the production the artists were continually streamlining the models to give as much detail as needed while reducing the printing time to keep up with demand.
