All good things has to come to an end and coming to the end of Animals & Creatures Class 1 is sad. Being a part of the first official term of the Animals & Creature Masterclass feels truly special.
I don't think I could have gotten off to a better start with amazing classmates that have seriously inspired me through their work and a really awesome mentor, Kevin Koch, that went totally into the material and really explained in-depth in weekly e-critiques that often lasted 20-30 minutes.
I've learned so much this term, but what I think I've learned the most is the importance of reference - when to use it, what to use from it and what not to use. This not only applies to VFX and creature animation, but I hope I will have huge benefits from what I've learned in all the animation I will do from now on.
This week, I've gone back and addressed Kevins final notes on my assignments. In the Ogre shot I know I should have pushed it a lot more, but the way I've set up the shot, caused the rig to distort too much. It would be cool to start it over knowing what I know now about the rig - and maybe I will one day, but for now I'm just gonna take what I've learned with me into future shots and hopefully manage to get something cool out of it.
There's a week break before Class 2 starts and maaaaaaan do I look forward to that! It's fun, its awesome and it's supercool, but crazy exhausting :). After a week of recharging, I'm really looking forward to get into flights, working with live action background plates and fights/interaction between two characters. It's gonna be amazing.
Here's all my assignments from Animals & Creatures Class 1:
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Animals & Creatures - Session 111
We had a really cool lecture with Tippet animator Will Groebe this week where he went through a shot all the way from planning to final. I always find it interesting to watch how others approach a shot and see other peoples workflow - super-inspiring.
I just kept pounding away on my shot this week and tried to get it to a more polished level. Kevins notes are as always really great and I'm learning a lot from his e-crits.
Next week is the last one for this term and this suppose to be the last assignment. I'm still gonna keep working on this shot next week though :)
Here's the second polish pass on my Ogre shot:
I just kept pounding away on my shot this week and tried to get it to a more polished level. Kevins notes are as always really great and I'm learning a lot from his e-crits.
Next week is the last one for this term and this suppose to be the last assignment. I'm still gonna keep working on this shot next week though :)
Here's the second polish pass on my Ogre shot:
Wednesday, June 08, 2011
Animals & Creatures - Session 110
Week 10 already - getting close to the end of class 1.
This week I tried to get some energy into the shot, as well as work some more on details such as the toes and fingers etc.
I also did some re-timing here and there and tried to push the spacing a little bit further in an attempt to get a little bit more texture and variation into it.
Still quite a bit work left to do and one more week to go.
Here's the first polishing pass:
This week I tried to get some energy into the shot, as well as work some more on details such as the toes and fingers etc.
I also did some re-timing here and there and tried to push the spacing a little bit further in an attempt to get a little bit more texture and variation into it.
Still quite a bit work left to do and one more week to go.
Here's the first polishing pass:
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
Animals & Creatures - Session 109
I've decided to move forward and do the second term of the Animal and Creature Class as well. Even though it is exhausting doing AM while working full time, it's so much fun and so much new supercool stuff to learn, that it's more rewarding than it costs (in terms of energy). Besides, it's only 3 more months - It's doable.
I did a refining/blocking + pass on my Ogre test this week. I changed the beginning a little bit based on Kevins feedback and a couple of other things. I also did a clean up pass. It still lacks "omph", but hopefully I'll get some more energy into it next week.
We also had to do a page of drawings this week as part of the assignment. Even though it's takes some time from the animation assignment, I kind of wish we had to do it every week. It's so much fun to draw and I'm not doing it enough - obviously :)
Here's my assignment this week (refining/blocking +):
I did a refining/blocking + pass on my Ogre test this week. I changed the beginning a little bit based on Kevins feedback and a couple of other things. I also did a clean up pass. It still lacks "omph", but hopefully I'll get some more energy into it next week.
We also had to do a page of drawings this week as part of the assignment. Even though it's takes some time from the animation assignment, I kind of wish we had to do it every week. It's so much fun to draw and I'm not doing it enough - obviously :)
Here's my assignment this week (refining/blocking +):
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Animals & Creatures - Session 108
New rig this week - yay!This guy is a really cool creature that can be animated both as a quad and a biped.
We have to animate him as a quadruped though and I picked an aggressive behavior as my final assignment for this term (we get a pick list to choose from).
The final assignment is a 5-week assignment (including last weeks planning) and this week we had to turn in the rough blocking pass.
Here's my rough blocking pass:
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Animals & Creatures - Session 107
It's been a really hard week, especially timewise, getting all the transitional footwork and the locomotion to a decent level. I've learned tons on this assignment and in particular from Kevins e-critique, but now I'm looking forward to move on to the next assignment. I've chosen to do a shot with the Ogre doing an aggressive behavior. We'll see how that goes :) It's gonna be fun!
Here's the refining pass of the lioness gallop to a stop-assignment:
And here's the planning for the next assignment:
Here's the refining pass of the lioness gallop to a stop-assignment:
And here's the planning for the next assignment:
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Animals & Creatures - Session 106
Half way through the first term - yay!
Initially I signed up for only the first Animals & Creature class, because I wanted to see if I was able to do the course and working full time at the same time. Time is definitively becoming an issue as the assignments gets more complex and I'm actually at this point, considering not doing the second class right away. We'll see...knowing myself, I'm probably gonna jump into it :) I still have a few more weeks to decided.
As the assignments overlaps with finalizing the previous assignment and planning the next one in one week, I felt that I did not spend enough time planning and studying reference for this weeks assignment and the blocking turned out kinda...not quite there yet. I knew something wasn't quite right, but couldn't figure out what before I had to turn it in.
Ironically, that turned out kind of cool, because Kevin gave me a beyond awesome e-crit with super detailed feedback and I learned tons. Hopefully I'll manage to implement it all and get the shot to a decent level by the end of the week - as well as do the planning for the next assignment.
Here's my blocking of the lioness gallop:
Initially I signed up for only the first Animals & Creature class, because I wanted to see if I was able to do the course and working full time at the same time. Time is definitively becoming an issue as the assignments gets more complex and I'm actually at this point, considering not doing the second class right away. We'll see...knowing myself, I'm probably gonna jump into it :) I still have a few more weeks to decided.
As the assignments overlaps with finalizing the previous assignment and planning the next one in one week, I felt that I did not spend enough time planning and studying reference for this weeks assignment and the blocking turned out kinda...not quite there yet. I knew something wasn't quite right, but couldn't figure out what before I had to turn it in.
Ironically, that turned out kind of cool, because Kevin gave me a beyond awesome e-crit with super detailed feedback and I learned tons. Hopefully I'll manage to implement it all and get the shot to a decent level by the end of the week - as well as do the planning for the next assignment.
Here's my blocking of the lioness gallop:
Wednesday, May 04, 2011
Animals & Creatures - Session 105
It's been a pretty intense week at work wrapping up another Penguin show, but I managed to squeeze in some time to tweak the assignment and plan the next one.
I knew in advance it was going to be hard doing AM and work full time, but it's actually not as bad as I expected - time wise it's a little bit tricky, but energy wise it's still cool. The style of animation is so different from what I'm doing at work, so it's a nice balance that makes me look forward to do both :)
Here's my assignment this week:
And here's the planning for next weeks assignment - I'm gonna try tackle a gallop with a lioness that comes to a complete stop:
I knew in advance it was going to be hard doing AM and work full time, but it's actually not as bad as I expected - time wise it's a little bit tricky, but energy wise it's still cool. The style of animation is so different from what I'm doing at work, so it's a nice balance that makes me look forward to do both :)
Here's my assignment this week:
And here's the planning for next weeks assignment - I'm gonna try tackle a gallop with a lioness that comes to a complete stop:
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Animals & Creatures - Session 104
Wow - one month into the course already!
We have the option to do pretty complicated stuff in the assignments if we want to, but I wanna try to grasp the main concepts before I take on too much. Plenty of opportunity for complexity later.
Awesome lecture this week by Tippet-animator Brian Mendenhall walking us through how he tackle a shot from start to finish and a great Q&A by Kevin, mostly about the importance of a good working environment (unplug!) and taking care of your health.
The learning curve is super steep and I find it crazy hard, but it's sooo cool to be a part of this. After all it is the very first official Animals & Creature class :)
Here's my blocking pass of the housecat assignment this week:
We have the option to do pretty complicated stuff in the assignments if we want to, but I wanna try to grasp the main concepts before I take on too much. Plenty of opportunity for complexity later.
Awesome lecture this week by Tippet-animator Brian Mendenhall walking us through how he tackle a shot from start to finish and a great Q&A by Kevin, mostly about the importance of a good working environment (unplug!) and taking care of your health.
The learning curve is super steep and I find it crazy hard, but it's sooo cool to be a part of this. After all it is the very first official Animals & Creature class :)
Here's my blocking pass of the housecat assignment this week:
Monday, April 18, 2011
Animals & Creatures - Session 103
Before I started this AM masterclass, I felt like I had an idea of what animation was and that from now on it's just the matter of building on that and keep learning and improve as much as possible within all the aspects (and there's a lot of them - I know) of the art-form.
But now that I'm learning about realistic animals and creatures VFX animation, it's like a whole new branch of the art-form that I know absolutely nothing about - which is so supercool. It's kinda the same feeling I had back in 2006 when I did the main AM course - all this brand new awesome stuff to learn. It' still scary, but not as scary as back then though :)
My mentor, Kevin Koch, is fantastic. Every single e-crit for each of the students in the class is like a lecture in it self. He really takes the time to analyze our references and point out what it is important to focus on for each of us. Pure gold!
One thing I really feel sad about is the lack of time to interact more with my classmates. It was such a huge part of the AM experience for me last time and I made some fantastic friends. This time I'm working full time as I'm doing Animation Mentor and getting all the info in the lectures, doing the assignments, watching e-crits etc etc takes a lot of time, but I sincerely hope that there will be time to get to know some of my classmates as we go through the course.
Now we're starting our first multi-week assignment. I wanna try to do a house cat starting from a still position, accelerate and then come to a stop. I think it's gonna be challenging to get the right weight into a fairly light animal like a house cat and make it feel real. We'll see how it goes :)
Here's my planning for my house cat walk:
And here's the revision of last weeks assignment:
But now that I'm learning about realistic animals and creatures VFX animation, it's like a whole new branch of the art-form that I know absolutely nothing about - which is so supercool. It's kinda the same feeling I had back in 2006 when I did the main AM course - all this brand new awesome stuff to learn. It' still scary, but not as scary as back then though :)
My mentor, Kevin Koch, is fantastic. Every single e-crit for each of the students in the class is like a lecture in it self. He really takes the time to analyze our references and point out what it is important to focus on for each of us. Pure gold!
One thing I really feel sad about is the lack of time to interact more with my classmates. It was such a huge part of the AM experience for me last time and I made some fantastic friends. This time I'm working full time as I'm doing Animation Mentor and getting all the info in the lectures, doing the assignments, watching e-crits etc etc takes a lot of time, but I sincerely hope that there will be time to get to know some of my classmates as we go through the course.
Now we're starting our first multi-week assignment. I wanna try to do a house cat starting from a still position, accelerate and then come to a stop. I think it's gonna be challenging to get the right weight into a fairly light animal like a house cat and make it feel real. We'll see how it goes :)
Here's my planning for my house cat walk:
And here's the revision of last weeks assignment:
Monday, April 11, 2011
Animals & Creatures - Session 102
Second week of the Animal & Creature Masterclass and we're starting to animate quadruped walks - which is crazy hard :)
Most of the week went by studying reference and trying to figure out an effective workflow. To find an efficient way to animate a quad cycle, I animated 4 or 5 cycles (rough blocking passes) with different approaches and eventually found a way to do it that I felt comfortable with. Still hard to get a decent result though :)
Here's my assignment this week:
Most of the week went by studying reference and trying to figure out an effective workflow. To find an efficient way to animate a quad cycle, I animated 4 or 5 cycles (rough blocking passes) with different approaches and eventually found a way to do it that I felt comfortable with. Still hard to get a decent result though :)
Here's my assignment this week:
Sunday, April 03, 2011
Animals & Creatures - Session 101
Finally, after a couple of months of waiting, the Animation Mentor Animals & Creatures Masterclass has started. I'm superexcited about this and I'm really looking forward to dive into the world of VFX animation.
I couldn't be more happy with my mentor. Kevin Koch is an animation veteran with more than 14 years in the industry and with extensive experience in both traditional and CG animation (Spirit, Shrek 2, Madagascar among others)
For the first week, we had to draw animals, which freaks me out a little bit. I feel that I totally suck at drawing and other than simple stickmen for my thumbnails, I can't seem to get any kind of decent stuff out of a pencil. But an assignment is an assignment, so here it is.
Kevin gave some really nice tips on drawing animals though, so hopefully this will improve as I move on with the class.
We also had to upload a couple of poses with the cat rig they have given us. Here's my poses.
I couldn't be more happy with my mentor. Kevin Koch is an animation veteran with more than 14 years in the industry and with extensive experience in both traditional and CG animation (Spirit, Shrek 2, Madagascar among others)
For the first week, we had to draw animals, which freaks me out a little bit. I feel that I totally suck at drawing and other than simple stickmen for my thumbnails, I can't seem to get any kind of decent stuff out of a pencil. But an assignment is an assignment, so here it is.
Kevin gave some really nice tips on drawing animals though, so hopefully this will improve as I move on with the class.
We also had to upload a couple of poses with the cat rig they have given us. Here's my poses.
Friday, March 18, 2011
Apologies, Penguins and Animation Mentor
Sorry for the lack of posts lately. It's been a few busy months, both work-wise and personally - all good stuff though, just super busy.
First I wanna point to a few really good blogs, On Animation, Spungella and Animators Resource are all super great sites that keeps a sharp eye on whats going on in the animation world. Stop by any of these sites and you won't miss a thing.
The first episode of The Penguins of Madagascar that I worked on, Love Hurts, has already aired on Nick in the US - I just stepped in the last week of production and did some quick fixes on a few shots, but the next one that I have my own shots in, Operation Break-Speare, gonna air Saturday March 19 (On Nick in the US). Make sure to check it out - It's funny stuff :)
I'm still having a blast working on the show and I think you'll have to search long and hard to find such a playful, crazy awesome environment and great collection of people that we have at Oktobor Animation Studio. The place rocks big time!
Aaaaand...in one week it's back to school for me - The Animation Mentor Masterclass: Animals & Creatures is starting on March 28.
I'm super excited to get back to what started this animation craziness for me. It's been a joyride ever since I started AM back in January 2006 and I can't wait to get going again!
I'll keep my blog updated throughout the masterclass.
First I wanna point to a few really good blogs, On Animation, Spungella and Animators Resource are all super great sites that keeps a sharp eye on whats going on in the animation world. Stop by any of these sites and you won't miss a thing.
The first episode of The Penguins of Madagascar that I worked on, Love Hurts, has already aired on Nick in the US - I just stepped in the last week of production and did some quick fixes on a few shots, but the next one that I have my own shots in, Operation Break-Speare, gonna air Saturday March 19 (On Nick in the US). Make sure to check it out - It's funny stuff :)
I'm still having a blast working on the show and I think you'll have to search long and hard to find such a playful, crazy awesome environment and great collection of people that we have at Oktobor Animation Studio. The place rocks big time!
Aaaaand...in one week it's back to school for me - The Animation Mentor Masterclass: Animals & Creatures is starting on March 28.
I'm super excited to get back to what started this animation craziness for me. It's been a joyride ever since I started AM back in January 2006 and I can't wait to get going again!
I'll keep my blog updated throughout the masterclass.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Sunday, March 06, 2011
Friday, February 18, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
Friday, February 04, 2011
Sunday, January 30, 2011
First 2 Minutes of Rio
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Monday, January 17, 2011
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Back to Animation Mentor!
I've mostly been doing non-vfx type of animation so far, and even though I have explored some quadrupeds, I haven't really spent much time on animation that is meant to co-exist with live action.
It's gonna be superawesome to get back to where it all started for me about 5 years ago, at the school bench at Animation Mentor. Can't wait to get started in March.
GET MORE INFO ABOUT THE MASTERCLASS HERE!
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Sunday, January 09, 2011
Animation Insiders - Free eBook
Animation Insiders is an ebook with professional animators going through their work flow. It is now available for download for free from Les Shamans!
From Les Shamans site:
Animation Insiders is a book dedicated to animation. AI book #1 is a compilation of know-how, experience and anecdotes from 13 talented animators. Animation Insiders is aimed at people who are passionate about animation, those who are looking to surpass their limits and acquire new techniques.
DOWNLOAD THE FREE EBOOK HERE!
Saturday, January 08, 2011
Thursday, January 06, 2011
Interview Mark Kirkland
It's doubtful that Mr. Mark Kirkland envsioned himself directing episodes of the television show entitled "The Simpsons" two decades after starting, but that turns out to be what he has done.
MARK KIRKLAND INTERVIEW - PART 1
MARK KIRKLAND INTERVIEW - PART 2
Wednesday, January 05, 2011
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
Monday, January 03, 2011
Sunday, January 02, 2011
Friday, December 31, 2010
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Interview with Don Hahn
The new film Waking Sleeping Beauty is an incredible look at the animation dept at Disney from 1984 to 1994. It easily became one of the best films I saw all year, and I strongly recommend it to anyone interested in animation. My guest directed the film, and shared so much in coming on the podcast. Enjoy!
LISTEN TO THE PODCAST HERE
Source: The Pixar Podcast
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Interview Tim Walker
From the TAG website:
In the course of a career spanning four decades, Tim Walker has worked on more animated features and television shows than anybody in the history of the medium.
TIM WALKER INTERVIEW PART 1
TIM WALKER INTERVIEW PART 2
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Friday, December 24, 2010
A Muppet Family Christmas
I wish all the readers of my blog a Wonderful Christmas Holiday and a Happy New Year!
Enjoy the Muppets :)
Enjoy the Muppets :)
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Interview Dan Haskett
From the TAG Blog:
... My first attempt at animation was on 8x10 sheets of paper folded into 16 squares with 16 little pictures—one was a Christmas story with mice, another was a Looney Tunes-type dog chasing rabbits. The dog was named Spotty and the rabbits were Pierre and Horace Hare ....
DAN HASKETT INTERVIEW PART 1
DAN HASKETT INTERVIEW PART 2
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Morpheus v.1.0 - Free Maya Rig Released
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Monday, December 20, 2010
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Friday, December 17, 2010
Interview with Robert Alvarez
From the TAG blog:
When it comes to animation, Robert Alvarez has done almost everything. "I've boarded, I've directed, I've designed, I've done backgrounds and I've animated. Everything but loading film." ...
INTERVIEW PART 1
INTERVIEW PART 2
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Jason Schleifer Podcast
I hope you’re excited, because we are super excited to bring you our Jason Schleifer interview!!
Jason was very kind to sit down with us and talk about his amazing, and sometimes unbelievable, journey into animation.
From his very beginnings at Wavefront, all the way through The Lord of the Rings, and straight on to being the Head of Animation on DreamWorks Animation’s Megamind; we covered it all.
Jason was really great to talk to and we had so much fun. Way more fun then should be had in an interview. So thanks again Jason! Enjoy!
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE PODCAST
Monday, December 13, 2010
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Friday, December 10, 2010
Interview Ed Combert
From the TAG blog:
Mr. Ed Gombert (seen above) has been one of the power-houses in feature animation story development for a long time ...
With a career start at Disney in the middle 1970s, Ed has worked as an animator, animation supervisor and board artist extraordinaire.
He served as Aladdin's story director in the early nineties, and fills the same capacity today on DreamWorks Animation's The Croods.
CLICK HERE FOR PART 1
CLICK HERE FOR PART 2
Thursday, December 09, 2010
Wednesday, December 08, 2010
Irvin Kershner Passed Away Saturday at Age 87
From the NY Daily News:
"The world has lost a great director and one of the most genuine people I've had the pleasure of knowing," George Lucas said in a statement. "Irvin Kershner was a true gentleman in every sense of the word.
READ THE WHOLE ARTICLE HERE
Here's a tribute to Irvin Kershner from The Nature of Existence:
From the documentary Empire of Dreams:
Here's a couple of interviews with Kershner:
Tuesday, December 07, 2010
Monday, December 06, 2010
Sunday, December 05, 2010
Interview Steven Spielberg
It's a few years old, but I'm such a huuuge Steven Spielberg fan, so I still think it's coool. Enjoy!
Saturday, December 04, 2010
Bruce Smith Interview
From the TAG website:
Trained at Cal Arts, director-animator-writer Bruce Smith got his start animating for Bill Melendez Productions on a Garfield television special ...
"I was lucky," Bruce says. "I never spent time doing the in-betweener thing. I went straight to being an animator."
Mr. Smith came into the cartoon business between semesters at Cal Arts, doing what he thought would be a "summer job." He's still working steadily more than a quarter-century later.
INTERVIEW BRUCE SMITH - PART 1
INTERVIEW BRUCE SMITH - PART 2
Friday, December 03, 2010
Thursday, December 02, 2010
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Monday, November 29, 2010
Santa's Christmas Parade
Since we're living in the middle of the city, the parade literally happened right outside our apartment and already at 8am we woke up when they started playing music and test sound equipment for the parade.
Micha, Kari and I found a really nice spot a couple of hours before the actual parade was going to start - it was a beautiful sunny Sunday, so we didn't mind the wait.
The parade itself felt more like something you would see in Disneyland than Christmas (coming from Europe, we're not used to this kind of Xmas), except all the Christmas tunes they were playing and singing. Still, it was really cool and I actually got a kind of Christmas feeling despite it's the height of the summer. I don't like snow anyway :)
The day was ended by watching Harry Potter at the IMAX.
Can't help falling in love with New Zealand :)
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Top Animation Blogs Award
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Friday, November 26, 2010
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
A Kind of a Sad Story
I usually stick to posting stuff that inspires me on my blog, but this time I have to share a sad story.
I remember I was surprised by the first lecture at Animation Mentor when they said "Don't Steal Other People Shots and Put them on Your Own Showreel". I was thinking...wow, isn't that obvious? Is it really necessary to even tell us that? Who would be THAT stupid?
Well, recently I found out that a guy I used to work with, and whom I thought was a friend, has stolen a couple of my shots and used them on his own animation showreel. After talking to several of my colleagues, it turns out that there's not only my shots on his reel, but others as well.
I don't get it! He may get a job as an animator by putting other peoples work on his reel, but if he could animate himself, he would obviously have used his own shots - so whats the point?
The real problem with this though, is that if any of us apply at the same places he has applied and they see the same shots on our reels, we may be accused of stealing his shots. Luckily the industry is very small. Everybody knows everybody and news like this is all over the place in no time - which is good.
It just makes me sad that somebody is capable of doing these kind of things. Thank God it's very rare!
I remember I was surprised by the first lecture at Animation Mentor when they said "Don't Steal Other People Shots and Put them on Your Own Showreel". I was thinking...wow, isn't that obvious? Is it really necessary to even tell us that? Who would be THAT stupid?
Well, recently I found out that a guy I used to work with, and whom I thought was a friend, has stolen a couple of my shots and used them on his own animation showreel. After talking to several of my colleagues, it turns out that there's not only my shots on his reel, but others as well.
I don't get it! He may get a job as an animator by putting other peoples work on his reel, but if he could animate himself, he would obviously have used his own shots - so whats the point?
The real problem with this though, is that if any of us apply at the same places he has applied and they see the same shots on our reels, we may be accused of stealing his shots. Luckily the industry is very small. Everybody knows everybody and news like this is all over the place in no time - which is good.
It just makes me sad that somebody is capable of doing these kind of things. Thank God it's very rare!
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Monday, November 22, 2010
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Micha Sky Jumped!
Sky Tower is the tallest structure on the southern hemisphere at 328 meters and the actual Sky Jump is done from 192 meters above the ground.
This awesome German put all my doubts aside and actually went through with it yesterday.
Despite a lot of strange words not suited for this blog, he got down in one piece and described it as one of the most amazing experiences ever!
Way to go Micha! You Rock!
(The whole thing was filmed so stay tuned for a YouTube link soon)
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Friday, November 19, 2010
Glen Keane Interview on ABC Brisbane Radio
Glen Keane is a Disney animator whose work includes the Beast from Beauty and the Beast and Ariel from the Little Mermaid.
Some of his works are currently on display at ACMI as part of the Dreams Come True: The Art of Disney's Classic Fairy Tales exhibition.
LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW HERE
(The Glen Keane interview starts at 22:50 on the countdown)
Thursday, November 18, 2010
An Interview with Ruben Aquino
We here present our first TAG interview with a leading light of the animation industry, kicking off this new feature via a conversation with one of the pillars of the Walt Disney Animation Studios, supervising director Ruben Aquino ...
LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW HERE
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
More Oktobor Animation in the News
From the 3 News website:
New Zealand's reputation as a major player in the international film and television industry took another leap forward today with the opening of Oktobor Animation.
The Auckland-based company will make programmes for Nickelodeon, the American-owned kids' television network, who’s Spongebob and Dora the Explorer creations are worth billions of dollars.
The Penguins of Madagascar is another smash hit, and it's this programme that artists at Oktobor Animation are churning out.
WATCH THE CLIP HERE
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Saturday, November 13, 2010
The Official Opening of Oktobor Animation
We had several visitors coming over from Nickelodeon, the Mayor of Auckland, Len Brown and the Minister of Research, Science and Technology, Wayne Mapp.
It was quite an exciting day, lots of stuff going on all day and in the evening we had an awesome party with some really inspiring speeches, entertaining karaoke and a lot to drink :)
The studio is growing at lightning speed and I have a really good and proud feeling of being a part of something that's gonna be huge. Lovin' every second of it!
News Clip of the Opening of Oktobor Animation - TVNZ
News Article of the opening of Oktobor Animation - TVNZ
Press Release - Oktobor Animation
Friday, November 12, 2010
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