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animation

rman 11

In animation on 3 April 2002 tagged animation, artist with Comments Off

pixar announce support for ray tracing and global illumination in the new version of renderman (release 11)

i want one

In animation on 5 February 2002 tagged animation with Comments Off

brian taylor of rustboy is asking if you like his prototype of an action figure. drop him a line and let him know it’s a good idea.

doh, where am i?

In animation on 20 December 2001 tagged animation with 2 comments

incredible detail and time went into this map of springfield. but how can i check the accuracy? do i have to scan through all the shows to verify this stuff? regardless, it’s a great ‘thomas brothers’ take on the town we’ve grown to love. those with speedy connections can see the big map (1753×1173)

square studios to be sold

In animation on 17 December 2001 tagged animation, visual effects with Comments Off

squaresoft is putting square pictures up for sale.
just another chapter in this dismal story called the ‘cg/visual effects industry’.

great cg short film

In animation on 17 December 2001 tagged animation, film with Comments Off

i’ve been looking for this and forgot about it. scifi.com is now showing the cg short film ‘f8′ by animator jason wen, in it’s entirety.
the film is stunning, the art direction and lighting are beautiful and it can show what one person can do (in two years, i mean)

astoboy! finally

In animation on 10 December 2001 tagged animation, film with 1 comment

sony will make astroboy a feature film. helmed by eric leighton (co-direcor ‘dinoaur’), written by todd alcott (’antz’) and ken kaufman (’space cowboys’).
not exactly the strongest credits on this project and there’s no defined budget but the story of astroboy is interesting enough (of course, hollywood may dilute it ).
also, there’s no mention on if [...]

phone connection woes

In animation on 10 December 2001 tagged animation, film with Comments Off

our phone line was getting worked on this weekend. so our dsl connection was on and off throughout.
not much happened, beautiful day sunday, took pictures (with lomo) and will post when they develop.
in the middle of a huge hard drive cleanup and archiving so i’m a bit disorganized right now with regards to posts both [...]

good cg

In animation on 8 November 2001 tagged animation with Comments Off

anibyte updates their site with new images and animations. i love the look and feel (especially the lighting) of their work.

the bean is back

In animation on 30 October 2001 tagged animation, artist with Comments Off

artist jeffrey lew, uploads the new trailer for the 3rd installment of the ‘killer bean’ saga.

slow week but there’s always robots

In animation on 24 September 2001 tagged animation with Comments Off

‘lot of robots’ has some nice animation and some even nicer lighting.