tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62852742738268946512024-02-18T17:44:02.878-08:00THE CAGED TIGER'S TEMPLARInspiration, Animation, Visual FX & UI Design. Randolf on Twitter@ipup05Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger446125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6285274273826894651.post-46593280254417029942015-07-15T09:26:00.000-07:002015-07-15T09:26:18.508-07:00Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Comic-Con 2015 Reel
Sorry, I've been away for quite some time. My professional focus has changed. I no longer am a visual effects and animation instructor at the school, and have been grinding away at a few studios within the last year. It feels good to be able to use my fighting skills once again and I am thankful for the awesome talent around me. More on this later, but I'll do my best to maintain this blog of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6285274273826894651.post-65289960176015482862014-11-25T10:34:00.000-08:002014-11-25T10:40:34.763-08:00Living Lines Library Sorry for the delay, started a new job in designing and animating casino games. I will continue to post relative and inspiring posts about animation, concept art, user design and experience on this blog for inspiration. Thanks to all for following.
When you get a chance, check this website out. It features hundreds and hundreds of pencil tests from the animated movies that we love. We found itUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6285274273826894651.post-7749674560183410692014-09-16T05:34:00.001-07:002014-09-16T05:34:48.899-07:00Shit Showreels Say: By Peter Quinn Shit Showreels Say from Peter Quinn on Vimeo. Funny title for a reel, it pokes fun at the most common devices and standard presentations found in many of today's reels, and although humorous, there is something to be learned. For beginning motion design students, you should be able to look at this reel and create everything single thing presented here as part of your education and training. If Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6285274273826894651.post-90663735045222555692014-08-30T11:53:00.001-07:002014-08-30T11:53:21.794-07:00Martin Deschambault : Concept Art
Martin Deschambault is one of the best concept artists we've seen. His work is inspiring. He can draw and paint characters, environments and characters in simple painterly styles filled with mood and drama. We're proud his work can grace this blog. You'll recognize the work he's done for Assassin's Creed and his Project 77 looks fantastic. To learn more about his work, check his website Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6285274273826894651.post-12575501973799170162014-08-26T10:02:00.002-07:002014-08-26T10:05:57.277-07:00Justin Oaksford
We really liked Justin's painting style, his sense of color and scale. Be sure to check out his site below:
http://www.justinoaksford.com/
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RandolfUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6285274273826894651.post-92187439172465276302014-08-08T16:44:00.004-07:002014-08-09T10:01:54.579-07:00Glowei: Conceptual PainterGlowei is a favorite artist of many students of mine, and is chosen to be the center of many artist presentation at our school. Everybody likes his attention to detail and the shear "badassness" of his characters, if that's a word. It is now. We really like how he came up the ranks, beginning as devoted "fan" artist, creating Blizzard illustrations on his own. He was discovered by the group and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6285274273826894651.post-10396667710736249182014-08-08T16:38:00.001-07:002014-08-08T16:38:44.762-07:00Robh Ruppel : Concept Artist & PainterRobh is a talented conceptual artist who has done work for Disney and Naughty Dog. His work has depth, detail, composition and beautiful light. Check out his website when you get a chance to learn more, have a napkin handy in case you drool.
http://www.robhruppel.com/
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RandolfUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6285274273826894651.post-9404066465522255082014-07-25T16:51:00.001-07:002014-07-25T16:52:23.605-07:00Destiny: E3 Gameplay Experience
More insight into the game, specifically: UI design, character, story, gameplay and environments. Check out the beta if you haven't done so already.
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Randolf
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6285274273826894651.post-9708746863117951002014-06-10T10:09:00.002-07:002014-06-10T10:12:43.614-07:00Bungie: Destiny - Reveal, Character Design & Animation Reel Reveal begins at :30Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6285274273826894651.post-39277017057016544562014-06-03T21:43:00.001-07:002014-06-03T21:44:04.100-07:00EVE 3D Interactive UI
The screenshots attached to this post don't really do this type of work justice. The UI begins at 2:18. One really has to watch the UI move with the user's click of the mouse. An interesting presentation that we should be seeing more of, especially in games, where the processing power for many of these games are becoming more and more robust. The danger, and it could be the case for this exampleUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6285274273826894651.post-62753141518661820752014-05-29T14:20:00.001-07:002014-05-29T14:31:32.741-07:00Wolverine Claws: RetractableCrazy Dangerous!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6285274273826894651.post-44520653565497861292014-05-22T16:08:00.003-07:002014-05-22T16:08:56.397-07:00Graphic Design California College of the Arts : UI Presentation Graphic Design at California College of the Arts from Jason English Kerr on Vimeo. The information on this graphic flows quite nicely. The asymmetrical designs dispersed among stacked layers is difficult to pull off. Nice work.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6285274273826894651.post-16654197467351305642014-05-22T12:39:00.004-07:002014-05-22T12:43:47.472-07:00Cadillac - El Miraj : Dashboard UI Concept GM ELMIRAJ CONCEPT UI from GMUNK on Vimeo.Screens come standard in many cars, so much so, that UI designers are hired to create cool looking digital gauges, markers, sensors and controls. Doing so makes the experience more distinctive and customizable. This video was simply inspiring. I especially appreciate the different boot sequences and variety that we in the presentation. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6285274273826894651.post-78580573245008211402014-05-09T13:37:00.002-07:002014-05-09T13:40:05.310-07:00If "Frozen" Was a Horror MovieThe power of editing and music at its best.I love "Frozen", we watch it many times in the house, but to see it done in this way is so interesting..."SORCERY".Fire it up!, RandolfUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6285274273826894651.post-46397399070962886522014-05-09T13:34:00.002-07:002014-05-09T13:34:24.812-07:00Action Movie Kid: Vol. 1So much fun. The kid's lucky to have a crazy VFX Daddy!.Fire it up!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6285274273826894651.post-84661055639181918732014-05-06T08:32:00.003-07:002014-05-06T13:08:55.802-07:00Harry Potter Vs. Star Wars
Sometimes you have to just let loose. Nice job guys!Fire it Up!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6285274273826894651.post-79660659009207673732014-04-30T00:00:00.000-07:002014-04-30T00:00:00.227-07:00Batman: Arkham Knight Announce Trailer
Not that often we get an applause after a trailer launch. This is really nice.
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RandolfUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6285274273826894651.post-7910298104372815792014-04-29T23:43:00.000-07:002014-04-29T23:44:31.242-07:00Tom Clancy's: The Division
Marvelous to look at. Very sophisticated looking 3D UI throughout the game. Fast forward to 3:06 to get a sense of the pacing and timing of the UI elements.
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RandolfUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6285274273826894651.post-58106324928440883882014-02-13T22:04:00.003-08:002014-02-13T22:06:50.429-08:00Marcin Montesano: 3D VFX Generalist Demo Reel Lots of great simple "doable" ideas in this reel. Thanks for inspiring us Marcin. Keep up the great work!
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6285274273826894651.post-90400861911690261772014-02-03T17:36:00.000-08:002014-02-03T17:44:20.896-08:00Top 10 Superbowl Commercials 2014At first glance, we thought that there weren't many "good" commercials this year. But if you look, there were many great gems to note. Here are our Top 10 Superbowl Commercials for 2014. Our criteria? Simple, they have to have some kind of CG or animated element and they must have a high entertainment value. In my classes, it means "laugh factor", the more giggles it got, the higher the score. NoUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6285274273826894651.post-80505144158405271662013-12-11T07:42:00.000-08:002013-12-11T07:43:04.441-08:00Godzilla - Official Teaser Trailer Now this is a teaser. They probably didn't need to show his profile at the end, showing the large spikes on his back, as well as the damage done, was enough for me.
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RandolfUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6285274273826894651.post-59498632901824092442013-12-03T07:44:00.002-08:002013-12-03T07:45:52.273-08:00Omar Meradi: TD ShowreelOmar's reel is quite inspirational, there are a lot of clips in this reel that could serve as launch points for similar simpler projects. Check it out Omar's reel, take notes and jot down whatever inspiration comes to mind.
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RandolfUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6285274273826894651.post-36766775954413758552013-11-19T18:14:00.000-08:002013-11-19T18:14:13.230-08:00Keloid - Big Lazy Robot
This came up this week in my classes. The variety we are exposed to as a group gives us some really good examples to review and be inspired by. This clip is no exception.
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RandolfUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6285274273826894651.post-62441644477380237962013-11-13T20:54:00.003-08:002013-11-13T20:55:08.455-08:00Vaimiti Guesdon - CG Generalist Reel
Nice interesting ways to showcase your model in this reel. Nice, clean and well designed. Sweet. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6285274273826894651.post-33107499378841565642013-10-22T21:42:00.001-07:002013-10-22T21:42:48.989-07:00Donnie Yen vs. Bruce Lee CG Animation
This is actually quite entertaining if you are a fan. They did a good job in capturing the fighting styles of both fighters as they are quite believable. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0