Screenshot From Despicable Me
Despicable Me released in UK cinemas today, voiced by Steve Carell, Jason Segel and Russell Brand.
The film was crafted by Illumination Entertainment in the US and Mac Guff in Paris. While the animation studios are relatively young and less well known than Pixar or Dreamworks, the animation, rendering, story and humour hold up amongst the bigger studios.
The Art of District 9
by Daniel Falconer
Dropship Concept CG Model Paintover
MNU Vehicle Concept CG Model Paintover
The book includes some excellent concept art by Greg Broadmore.
View more District 9 concepts on Greg’s website
Toy Story 3 Released In UK Today
After refraining from watching any trailers, searching for pre-renders and taking a hiatus from following Lee Unkrich on twitter I can only presume that Toy Story 3 will be the must see film of the year and will be booking IMAX 3D tickets as soon as possible.
The Art of Toy Story 3
by Charles Solomon
A new book in Pixar’s excellent ‘art of’ series is now availiable to order.
Avatar
Dir: James Cameron
Dreamworks new animated feature film How To Train Your Dragon is out in UK cinemas today and will be available to watch in IMAX 3-D
Watch The How To Train Your Dragon Trailer in full Quicktime HD 1080
Should be a great one as it is currently getting some fantastic reviews.
IMDB currently 8.3/10! Rotten Tomatoes currently 97%!
Behind-the-scenes of How To Train Your Dragon on Making of.com (above)
Animation Mentor graduate Mike Stern worked on the film.
You can Follow Him Here On Twitter
Wee Brian who was one of the three animators on Aardman’s The Deadline also worked as an Animator.
Interesting Production Videos collated on the CGsociety Forums.
Animation World Network interview with Directors Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, also includes interview with Head of Character Animation Simon Otto entitled DreamWorks Unleashes the Dragons
Art Of How To Train Your Dragon
by Tracey Miller-Zarneke
Art Of How To Train Your Dragon Example Page
Avatar Blu-ray
Dir: James Cameron
It has been confirmed today that Avatar will be released on Blu-ray and DVD in the UK on April 26th 2010. As yet there is no word of a release date for the 3-D version of the film which will probably be announced when 3-D technology becomes mainstream and more affordable in the home, so it could be a while yet.
Senior Animator Robert Kuczera has just sent me an e-mail asking if I would post a link to an interview with CG Heute entitled Robert Kuczera – Animieren Fur District 9 detailing the work he did on District 9 while at The Embassy in Vancouver. How could I refuse! The interview was originally written in German so the Google translation is a little ropey in places although it is easy to follow.
Robert’s extensive body of work, which can be seen on his website includes animation for adverts and films such as Comfort Creme and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban while working at various effects studios including The Mill and Framestore CFC. He is also known for his 9 minute short CGI film Dragon Slayer
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