Prep & Landing 2: Naughty vs. Nice

If you saw the first one Prep & Landing, you'll like this one too.

Happy Holidays Yo - Ho Ho.

John Carter: Trailer 2

"John Carter" coming in March - this kinda looks like a cross between the Star Wars EP2 (Geonosis scenes) and Prince of Persia. Looks great.

John Cox is one of the sculptural concept designers for the aliens. You can view his work below...
http://www.johncox.net/public-art/john-carter-of-mars/

Mudbox - Wayne Robson - Requiem Time Lapse

These time lapse presentations are great for what would take a long time to learn. If you are new to Mudbox or ZBrush, check it out, you'll have a good idea of workflow. Creating realistic detail is a step by step process, beginning with good anatomy (muscle and bones) and proportions. I usually work up three levels of detail - Beginning w anatomy first.

Skin (Diffuse)

• Base Color
• Blemish

Skin Detail

• Folds
• Bumps (i.e. pimples, scales)

Anatomy

• Muscle
• Bone

Diablo III - Black Soulstone Cinematic

Guys, this is looking pretty good. Overall look and feel is pretty tight. The girl moves amazingly well. No release date set yet.

Tom Saville: Halo Reach Animation Reel

Thanks for sharing your reel with us Tom. This is inspiring. Great sense of weight throughout the entire reel.

Kia Hamsters w LMFAO

Everybody's Shufflin - Including you when you see this. The new Kia Hamsters rock out against a large post apocalyptic group of invading robots. This commercial is totally hitting a certain demographic...you, the video game lovin, destroy and blow up everythin, action movie watchin, spaceship gunnin, giant robot lovin, laser shootin, party music playin, saggin clothes wearin, wish we could dance, type people (and I didn't even say Kia lovin). In short - fun to watch.

Let's check out the website >>
Be sure to check out the 360 degree views of the interiors and the cars.

WACOM Inkling Pen

Turn your pencil sketches into vector graphics instantly. Really nice.
Looks like this is going to retail this September for $199.

Check out the Inkling Website here >>

MOVE: By Rick Mereki

MOVE from Rick Mereki on Vimeo.

Nice presentation of Rick's journey. 11 countries, 44 days, 18 flights and 38,000 miles. I hope it inspires something in you. Good Job Rick! Don't be surprised if you get hit up for a credit card commercial, this is great.

Fire it up!
Randolf

Avengers - Assembled: What They Would Look Like

At the San Diego 2011 Comic Con, lucky visitors were treated to posters of members of the Avengers. When all the posters are put together, it looks like this >>.

"Hereafter" - Opening Tsunami Shot Breakdown

Nice opening to the movie. Watch the scene first, then the breakdown below. The water moving throughout the shots looks good. Here's the scene...

http://youtu.be/2t0zQ9RmYSc



Their website can also be checked out below. These guys are really expert in water, simply the best.

http://www.scanlinevfx.com/muc/de/reels.html >>

Rango - End Credits

Once again, another fabulous end credit presentation. Great styling and music. Oh yeah, the movie was also very good...dark, grungy, dirty, cool.

Law Abiding Engineer

This trailer is a great piece of work. The artist took the Law Abiding Citizen trailer and composited the character rigs from Team Fortress 2on to it. His lighting, camera movements, edits and film grain are spot on. Funny thing, this trailer got more views than the actual movie trailer. I see a future animation assignment up ahead.

Star Wars - Old Republic Cinematics

These movies are really great. I would love to see this as a full length feature or series. The creators have a knack for timing, making things look cool and amazing fight choreography.

Be sure to check out the Badass Asian Girl Jedi - she totally kicks butt. At least, she looks Asian.

"They Will Come to Town": Visual FX Clip

If you are up to it, check out the version of this clip on their site. Its way clearer.

http://www.somethingiscoming.de/watch.html

What can I say, simply inspiring. These guys, lead by Thilo Ewers, won many awards in 2008 and garnered the attention of many visual effects houses in LA, including James Cameron. Way to go guys! Beautiful!

Tubecreative: Showreel

Tubecreative is a visual effects and motion graphics studio responsible for some of the graphics you see in commercials, TNT & The Food Network. Check out the reel and see if you can get any ideas into how to enhance your work. This showreel has lots of variety in a short span, so for that reason, its worth checking. Be sure to check out their website below:

http://www.tubecreative.com/

Fire it UP.

Randolf