'Star Trek Into Darkness' Poster

Looks like they're really sticking closely to the Dark Knight (title, poster...). :)

Anyway, besides lots of awesome baby duties, I've been busy working on the next installment of Star Trek, hence a bit of a slower pace in terms of postings. As with everything concerning work, I'm not allowed to say anything but I am excited about the movie and I can't wait to hear the final score and sound design!

Poster found @ movies.com

AnimSchool: Showing Weight

It's awesome that AnimSchool puts those lectures online!

Cryosuit from iAnimate

iAnimate is pumping out really awesome rigs for their online school! It's a great feature of theirs and having new and original rigs will help your reel stand out.
Maybe it's time to bring back Generi and Package Man, it's been a while! Generi had great facial features at the time!

Cryosuit from iAnimate on Vimeo.

The Games of Hunger by David Stodolny

I like how even the handheld camera feel of the movie is being replicated here. Too bad about the Mario cameo. I guess it's in line with the Dreamworks pop culture references and the kids do come out of the pipes, but still, it would have been nicely contained within the Hunger Games world without it. Rant Monday I guess.
But what's better here than in the movie is her use of the bow as a final measure. After all the fuss that's being made in the movie about her being such a good shot, she barely uses it in the movie. Wasted opportunity! Same goes for "Brave". It's all about her bow and arrow, but it's barely being used in the movie. RANT MONDAY!!
Anyway. According to Cartoon Brew:

Dreamworks animator David Stodolny has been working for the past 3 months in evenings and on weekends on this hand-drawn parody of The Hunger Games.

I miss 2D.

Monsters University teaser posters

- found via slashfilm

Animation from Wasi Ali Khan

Fun!

Animation 1 from Wasi Ali Khan on Vimeo.

AnimSchool Interview: Aju Mohan, Part 2

Go to the animschool blog for pt2 of the interview with Aju Mohan. There's a cool little clip showing how he achieved the look for his shot.

Cheetahs on the Edge - Reference

Cheetahs on the Edge--Director's Cut from Gregory Wilson on Vimeo.

New "Epic" Trailer

I absolutely love the way this looks! It could end up being FANTASTIC! But if there's more of that "Hey baby girl" lameness in there, what a fail. I know you have to make it work for kids but come one, kids are not that stupid. Who voices that slug?

G.I.R.L.S.

Do you guys remember The Chase? Now this group of girls are aspiring to be in a rock band! If you want to see them before, support the G.I.R.L.S. kickstarter!

The Saga of Rex: The Animated Film Project

As a big fan of Prelude to Eden it's great to see Michel Gagne's Kickstarter project. Thanks Matthew for the reminder to post this!

Plank - by Kaveh Ruintan

Great work! That's what I'm talking about when it comes to pushing an exercise!

Plank from Kaveh Ruintan on Vimeo.

Wreck-It Ralph - New Lighting and Effects Technology

Head over to AWN for a very interesting article about the lighting research that went into making Disney's Wreck-It Ralph, which btw. is a fantastic movie! Go watch it!

Escape from Planet Earth - Trailer

Le Taxidermiste

Le Taxidermiste from Le Taxidermiste Team on Vimeo.