The Art of Wall.E
by Tim Hauser
Example Page Scan From The Art of Wall.E
The ‘Art of’ series of Pixar books should be on every 3D Artists/Animators bookshelf.
Many examples of pre-production sketches, maquette sculpts, animation thumbnails, digital paintings and digital renders are included. The book also contains development insights from some of the artists and animators at Pixar.
Poster For The 3D Short Big Buck Bunny
Low-Res YouTube Video. Download Hi-Res 1080p Movie here
Big Buck Bunny could easily be mistaken for a production by Blue Sky or Dreamworks, with brilliant character design, animation, lighting and above all, an excellent comedic storyline. I found this movie to be much more appealing than Blender Foundation’s previous work Elephants Dream although it is still a very well produced piece of work.
The entire production was created with the 3D Open Source Software Blender This proves that feature film quality can now be achieved by 8 guys in a room using free community based software.
Blender Foundation have released the character and scene production files for users to mess around with here
New Logo from Pixar’s film UP
Concept & Render Comparison
UP is directed by Monsters Inc. director Pete Docter
The film is due for release on 17th July 2009 (UK) in Disney Digital 3-D
Textured Model of a 3D Bruce Willis
Making of Headcases on the ITV website.
A behind the scenes look in to the development of Headcases from interviews with the writers, voice over artists and character designer Mark Reeve to an insight in to the modelling, animation and motion capture at Red Vision
Maya Wireframe Sub-D view of Sylvester Stallone
Interesting thread by modeler Jason Edwards on the Simply Maya Community Forum. Jasons CG Portfolio can be viewed here
Andy Hickinbottom modeled the Victoria Beckham character. View his portfolio here
Bruce Willis, Sylvester Stallone and Harrison Ford depicted in 3D
Headcases starts on ITV Sunday April 6th.
The new CG animated series is in the same satirical vain as 2DTV and Spitting Image.
First impressions from the trails are quite promising. The characters resemble their counterparts, look well designed and rendered. John Culshaw and Rory Bremner lead the way providing voices for the 64 strong cast amongst a host of UK comedy talent.
The series was created and directed by the original Spitting Image writer Henry Naylor and developed by Red Vision in Manchester and London. It is said to have cost £2.5 million to make.
Ratatouille
Dir: Brad Bird
Co Dir: Jan Pinkava
Released today in the UK, Ratatouille on Blu-Ray which features some great extras, including Pixar’s latest great animated short Lifted.
Screenshot From 3D Animation Bookshelf
Added a 3D Animation Bookshelf section.
I have included ‘art of’ and ‘making of film’ books from major studios including Pixar, ILM and Dreamworks. I have also included 3D animation Blu-Ray DVD’s.
Official Ratatouille UK Film Poster
After the long wait, well it was for us here in the UK, I finally got to see Pixar’s Ratatouille at The Filmworks Digital Cinema in Manchester. I think this is my favourite Pixar film, along with the original Toy Story.
The Art of Ratatouille
by Karen Paik
Example Page Scan From The Art of Ratatouille
Another excellent ‘art of’ book from Pixar. Included are many examples of pre-production sketches, maquette sculpts, animation thumbnails, digital paintings and digital renders amongst others. The book also includes fascinating development insights from some of the key artists at Pixar.
To Infinity and Beyond!
The Story of Pixar
Animation Studios
by Karen Paik
& Leslie Iwerks
Example Page Scan From To Infinity and Beyond!
An in depth insight in to the history of the Pixar Animation Studio.
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