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Monday, December 20, 2010

Hyper realistic painting


"These images are born out of real experience and have a close relationship with the medium of painting: its fluidity, transparency, and capacity for layering, mixing, and blending" -GREGORY THIELKER


SEE HIS PAINTINGS

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

OSCAR VFX LONG LIST ANNOUNCE


OSCAR VFX LONG LIST ANNOUNCED
Press Release from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Beverly Hills, CA -- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
today announced that 15 films have been selected as semifinalists for
Achievement in Visual Effects for the 83rd Academy Awards.

The films are listed below in alphabetical order:

"Alice in Wonderland"
"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader"
"Clash of the Titans"
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1"
"Hereafter"
"Inception"
"Iron Man 2"
"The Last Airbender"
"Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief"
"Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time"
"Scott Pilgrim vs the World"
"Shutter Island"
"The Sorcerer's Apprentice"
"Tron: Legacy"
"Unstoppable"

In early January, the members of the Academy's Visual Effects Branch
Executive Committee, who selected the semifinalists, will narrow the
list to seven.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Dynamics and Particles

Hopefully i have started concentrating on particle and dynamics.The first move to concentrate on VFX.I will be posting my brief learning on the way here expecting some serious help and suggestions.I intend not just to cover only the behavior of CG particles but also to understand the real world simulation and physics.I will be posting all my R&D(kind of) and reference i do over here.Wishing myself best of the luck.

10 ANIMATED SHORTS MOVE AHEAD IN 2010 OSCAR RACE

Press Release from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Beverly Hills, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
today announced that 10 animated short films will advance in the voting
process for the 83rd Academy Awards. Thirty-three pictures had
originally qualified in the category. The 10 films are listed below in
alphabetical order by title, with their production company:

* "The Cow Who Wanted to Be a Hamburger," Bill Plympton, director (Bill
Plympton Studio)
* "Coyote Falls," Matthew O'Callaghan, director and Sam Register,
executive producer (Warner Bros. Animation Inc.)
* "Day & Night," Teddy Newton, director (Pixar Animation Studios)
* "The Gruffalo," Jakob Schuh and Max Lang, directors (Magic Light
Pictures)
* "Let's Pollute," Geefwee Boedoe, story-design-animation (Geefwee
Boedoe)
* "The Lost Thing," Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann, directors (Passion
Pictures Australia)
* "Madagascar, Carnet de Voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)," Bastien
Dubois, director (Sacrebleu Productions)
* "Sensology," Michel Gagne, director-producer (GAGNE International LLC)
* "The Silence beneath the Bark," Joanna Lurie, director (Lardux Films)
* "Urs," Moritz Mayerhofer, director (Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg)

The Short Films and Feature Animation Branch Reviewing Committee viewed
all the eligible entries for the preliminary round of voting in
screenings held in New York and Los Angeles.

Short Films and Feature Animation Branch members will now select three
to five nominees from among the 10 titles on the shortlist. Branch
screenings will be held in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco in
January 2011.

The 83rd Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Tuesday,
January 25, 2011, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn
Theater.

Monday, November 29, 2010

Maya 2011 Certified Associate


Very excited to inform i'am just been certified as Maya 2011 certified Associate.Thanks all my colleagues and my H.O.D,an Autodesk certified instructor.

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Dreamworks put Nuke in Pipeline

DreamWorks Animation Selects NUKE As Compositor Of Choice To Be Implemented Into In-House Pipeline Begining 2012
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Mari on windows

Download 15 day Full functioning Mari(Highly acclaimed Texturing software developed for Avatar by Weta).more info:

Monday, February 15, 2010

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

AWN HotSpot Showcase 7

Animation World Network lists their Hot Spots Showcase 7: The Best in Animated & VFX Commercials

Hot Spots Showcase 7: The Best in Animated & VFX Commercials | AWN | Animation World Network
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