Last Airbender: New Trailer 3

Here is the third Last Airbender trailer. Lots of shots we've seen already, but lots of cool fighting and environment shots too.

Enjoy!

Real People Painted to Look Like Paintings

Pretty cool stuff here...Take a quick look at these figurative paintings. Well, they're not actual paintings, they're photographs of real people, painted to look like paintings. The result is quite unique and remarkable. Some examples work better than others, but the idea is genius. Thanks Thomas for sharing.

Would you still consider this "painting"?

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Look at more examples by click here >>

Lightning Inside the Volcano

Here is some incredible footage of lightning being generated inside Eyjafljallajokull volcano's ash cloud. The pictures are quite stunning.

Oh yeah, if you are like the rest of the media and are having trouble pronouncing this volcano's name, try this. I know, its tough to spell, even tougher to say.

Guru Studio: Animation Reel

Guru Studio is an animation firm based out of Toronto Canada. They show a great variety of styles and techniques, some which I have never seen. I'm particularly attracted to their simple designs, where they use color and composition to achieve a wimsical look and feel. Nice work guys. Hopefully their work inspires you and triggers new ideas.

To learn more about them, visit their site below:
http://www.gurustudio.com

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Clone Wars Season 2 Finale: Boba Fett

Be sure to check out "The Clone Wars - Season 2: Finale", on April 23, 2010, featuring Boba Fett. Looks pretty cool, especially if you are a big fan of the renegade "Empire" bounty hunter and his costume. Looks like this episode will center around his life after SWEP2.

To learn more about the episode, be sure to check here >>:

How To Train Your Dragon: Olympic Spots

Thanks to Dr. Duncan's History of Animation class for sharing these with the class. For those of you who have seen the movie, which many of you are big fans of now, you'll love these spots.

Fire it up and Enjoy!

Medal Awards


Speed Skating


Snowboarding


Ski Jump


Bobsledding



How to Train Your Dragon: Olympic Spots

Rube Goldberg: Japanese Style

While researching video clips for my animation classes this week, we ran into this clip that features marbles travelling through Rube Goldberg type contraptions. You'll like these a lot, some of the mechanics are simply genius. After you've watched the clip, be sure to check out this Honda commercial created in a similar fashion.

Enjoy & Fire it up!

Randolf

Kennedy Chiu: Environment and Prop Modeler

Kennedy Chiu's demo reel caught our attention this week. He's got a nice sense of material variety and a good feel for timing and design. Be sure you stick around for the motorcycle at the end.

Hey Kennedy keep up the great work.

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Randolf

"Pixels" Movie

PIXELS by PATRICK JEAN.
Uploaded by onemoreprod. - Watch original web videos. This latest production by Patrick Short is amazing. It features an amazing concept and is visually appealing. Great particle and composite work. After you see this, you would have wished you thought of this.

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Zombieland: Art of the Title Sequence

I frequent the "Art of the Title Sequence" website often because it features cutting edge title sequences. I'm often drawn to these because of their simplicity, creativity and for the emotional connection they have to achieve with the viewer in such a short amount of time.

In many of these, the sequence is not so straight forward, they are conceptual, and usually display thoughtful designs and compositions. I watch out for unique typographic solutions that integrate CG elements and great timing. To be honest, I'm surprised I haven't written a blogpost about this site, I can't say enough about it.

If you are inspired by movie title sequences, be sure to check it out, you'll see interviews, alternative solutions, storyboards, artwork and production stills so you can see how the sequences were made. Not only that, but you also get to see a high resolution copy oactual title sequence from the movie...a great learning opportunity.

Be sure to check to check out the current title sequence from "Zombieland".

Rule Number 1 in a Zombie Apocolypse: "Cardio".

Enjoy and Fire it Up!

Winter 2010 Portfolios

This quarter, I had the pleasure of leading and preparing the graduation candidates for our school. Below is a link to view their digital web portfolios and demo reels. Also featured on this page, are the portfolios created from my Web Portfolio class.

http://www.randolfdimalanta.com/links/partners.html >>

Great job guys! We wish you all the success in the world, keep up the great work, keep in touch and be fierce in your work ethic. We're very proud of you!

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He is Mi and I am Yu

Here is a funny clip from "Rush Hour 3" that we keep watching over and over again. Great writing and timing.

Enjoy!

Digital Background Painting: Mech Winter Part II

This is part 2 of 2 video tutorial that covers various methods for digitally painting a background on a rendered CG image. It covers various techniques for adding texture detail and snow on to an existing background to create a winter scene. We will be using Photoshop's Hue/Saturation and Curves for this demo to help us create atmosphere. For more of an organic feel, and be sure you use a WACOM tablet. Have fun and let me know how it goes. Happy Painting!

Here is the original file if you would like to try to paint on it.

"Brink" - Cinematic Trailer

This "Brink" trailer is pretty awesome. What makes this game pretty unique is its focus on free running, which is something that I'm a big fan of. The controls are quite sensitive, they would have to be if you want to incorporate some "free running" moves. Enjoy! Hey Mr. Key, thanks for the heads up. The game looks great, but I can watch this trailer over and over again.

You can watch an example of the gameplay below.

Bounty: "Bring It"

Some comic relief for you if you are working hard / studying in school. Its a silly, well produced music video of two Bounty scientists rapping about their product. Its actually pretty cool. Its got a catchy tune and it helps that these guys are super hammy. Be careful when you watch, the song is still not out of my head.

The best line in the whole video though....

"Bounty, Bounty, almost as strong as a Canadian Mountie"

Classic!

Fire it up and enjoy!