Dice Tsutsumi on the Chiustream
If you lost track of what is happening on the Chiustream, here is something you shouldn’t miss! “Sketchtravel” co-creator, Totoro forest project co-initiator, Toy Story visual development artist...
View ArticleSketching with Jason Seiler
The jury is still out there on the importance of being good at drawing for CG animation but to me, being able to quickly convey my ideas through rough sketches or a series of thumbnails is one more...
View ArticleSketchtravel shortfilm
Dice Tsutsumi is a machine!!!! Look at the pretty cool Sketchtravel short film he created while working full time and preparing for the Sketchtravel auction event. I was able to see some real size...
View ArticleBobby Chiu new free painting tutorial
Bobby Chiu is a very good artist, a very good businessman and still a very generous guy. I hadn’t followed him for a year or two and while looking for Photoshop painting tutorials for a friend I found...
View ArticleScarecrow model packet
Today we had one more amazing Animation Collaborative Character Design class. This time, Albert and Chris brought Jason Deamer to give us a talk on Model Packeting. According to Al and Chris, Jason is...
View ArticleSnowman walk
Few people wanted to see this guy animated so here it is. Believe it or not this was animated in Maya. I placed the walk cycle on a nurbs plane and animated the UV :-) I have been told I could have...
View ArticleAurélien Prédal “Monstre à Paris”
Aurélien Prédal is a Gobelins graduate whose work you might have come across in 2006 as he took part in one of my all time Gobelins favorite shortfilms : “Burning Safari”. (“Le building”) is also a...
View ArticleCGMA Character design week 01
This is my assignment for the CGMA Character Design workshop. We were to design a monster based on a basic circle, triangle or square shape. It is a similar exercise to what we did at the Animation...
View ArticleSchoolism – Designing with color and light
[update] Well the class sold out in probably less than two hours, this should give some ideas to other online schools like CGMA/CGMW (I can never remember the name, but I highly recommend the...
View ArticleSchoolism Light and colours week 01
For this first week, our teacher Nathan Fowkes asked us to do 12 under one hour studies of photographs, paintings or any reference that we found interesting. I have been collecting color scripts and...
View ArticleRingling “Spyfox” and some painting
What, wait! Three Ringling students made this?!?!! How the hell is this possible ! I just love it, especially the character design. Really good work guys! I want to see a sequel to this! Click here to...
View ArticlePaul Lasaine Schoolism interview
Since Facebook has decided to widen the use of their awful Ranking system to Newsfeed, I have decided to refocus my efforts on updating this blog more often than I have done in the past few month. I...
View ArticleOverwatch – Animated Shorts Explained
I don’t play games much those days but it is the second time I am posting about Overwatch as they are doing all the right things to me at the moment! Great animation, great behind the scenes, sharing...
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