Spungella: April 2013

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Online Animation Workshop - Spots are open!

A big chunk of animators finished their Spungella Online Workshop sessions during the last month, which means that a lot of spots are open again!

If you're interested in the workshop, head over to the FAQ in case you have questions. No questions? Sign up by emailing me!

What's SO? In short:

16 weeks of animation feedback for $500
Weekly submission for updates (you can choose your day)
Advanced schedule available: two submissions/per week (8 week total)
Flexible schedule! Need a break? We'll resume whenever you're ready.
submissions range from bouncing balls to advance acting and short film productions
choose if you want written +screencaps feedback or video reviews
Need more help? I offer before/after feedback by tweaking your animation scene:

(click image to play the movie)

If you have any other questions that you didn't see answered, shoot me an email!

Cheers
JD

Friday, April 26, 2013

Rhino House - Reference Library

I've been using Rhino House for a long time and it's a must have tool for animators! Highly recommended!
I got the DVDs as well but the online portal is really slick. The analysis tools are very neat.

And to add to their awesomeness, if you join my workshops or classes you'll get a huge discount on their monthly subscription!

Head over to rhinohouse.com or their Facebook page for more info.

Rhino House from Rhino House on Vimeo.

Chef

Reviving Redwood

The contraptions are super cute!

Reviving Redwood - by Matt Sullivan (Thesis Animation at Ringling College) from Matt Sullivan on Vimeo.

Orbit

ORBIT - Thesis Film from Nicole Kozak on Vimeo.

Reverso

Thursday, April 25, 2013

iAnimate Games - Winter 2013 Showreel

iAnimate Games - Winter 2013 Showreel from iAnimate on Vimeo.

Final Monsters University Trailer

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

The Pod

Love it! More info here.

ngSkinTools

It's been so long since I've rigged anything but I've always had huge problems with painting weights.

The clip for ngSkinTools seems pretty cool, has anybody used this?

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Native Puppets - 2013 May Batch Promo Reel

Game Old Boy

"Consumption of comedy, coffee, cola and junk food was part of the process for making “Game Old Boy”, which is a 48 hours animation jam. It started out as a 24 hour project, but the critical and ambitious brain took over and forced the project into overtime."

Marvel opening

Very cool.

BLACKMEAL - MARVEL from BlackMeal on Vimeo.

Basilisk

You could argue it's one of those chase/run things again, but I can't help myself. I love it! Found via @jamaalbradley

Ratchet and Clank Teaser

Monday, April 22, 2013

KAIROS Trailer

Holy moly I LOVE IT!

KAIROS Trailer from Studio La Cachette on Vimeo.

Thursday, April 18, 2013

“Animator’s Survival Kit” iPad App

As Cartoon Brew points out, at $35, it's a lot cheaper than the DVD box set!

I played around with the free sample version and the presentation is pretty cool. Intuitive and when you look at video examples you can scrub through the shot and also frame by frame it. Onion skinning is also there:

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Leopard / cat comparison reference

Duality from Rich K on Vimeo.

C-Wars

That whole Kickstarter page for C-Wars is giving me a nerd boner!

There's a lot of cool material on the kickstarter page, lots of animated gifs and making-ofs:

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Star Trek Into Darkness - Final Trailer

Sweet new trailer for Star Trek Into Darkness! This was my 2nd Star Trek movie to work on and it was again a blast! There's a lot of variety on a show like that, from creatures to digital stunt doubles, vehicles, weaponry and camera work!

Above are some of the shots I worked on which cover pretty much that list (except creature). Just like in the first movie the majority of work is vehicle and camera work and it's always a very cool learning experience to make camera movements look like the surrounding live-action shots.