Death of Steve Jobs

It's been 4 days since the death of Steve Jobs and it's still taking some time to sink in. One of the greatest and most innovative minds of our time. You will be missed.

Sparky Animation Co-Production

So here's a little bit of some local news. Sparky Animation in conjunction with Japan's Duckbill Entertainment, Baku Enterprise Inc. and Bandai Visual Inc. is set to produce a new CGI animated television program based on the best-selling Japanese book series, One Stormy Night. This deal represents Singapore's first animation co-production with three Japanese partners. Recent works that Sparky Animation has done include Dinosaur Train, with US-based The Jim Henson Company, and Mr. Moon with Skaramoosh (UK) and Title Entertainment (Canada).

Jono's updated Reel

Ok so here's my updated reel as of 21st SEP 2011.

Reference Resource

Wow, this is something really exciting. Well at least i'm excited while typing this post out. It's a website with a database of totally awesome reference. Just happened to chance upon it while looking the net up for animation stuff. Hope it proves to be an invaluable tool for all animators out there. Enjoy!

http://www.referencereference.com/

Pixar's lineup

So the latest on Pixar's upcoming lineup for 2012 and 2013 are, Brave and Monster's University respectively. I was looking around for information on the upcoming Brave and found it to be quite interesting. Well first off it's Pixar's very first fairytail-ish feature. Apparently, it's also a first attempt at moving a little away from the Pixar film norms with a slightly darker storyline and grittier plot. More information on Wiki.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_(2012_film)

Captain America

Hey people, just came across something that I thought i'd share. Was reading an article recently on Cap the movie and apparently, to get the effect for skinny Steve Rogers and the bulky one, they went all out with altering the image in post production...FRAME BY FRAME. Kudos to the studio that took the time and effort man....must have been a crazy ride. Full article can be found here:

http://www.awn.com/articles/3d/captain-america-poor-mans-process

Updated Animation Reel

Well folks, just thought i'd drop a note about my updated reel. Feel free to check it out at the Animation Reel section of my blog - http://oneframesnap.blogspot.com/p/animation-reels.html

Just watched RIO

I managed to catch RIO today, gotta say it was pretty awesome. It looked sweet and the animation was crazy good. I think they nailed the atmosphere and the whole feel of the show. Music was spot on and characters were nicely developed. Nigel the Cockatoo was especially nice due to his flamboyant nature and attitude. Would have been nice to see him develop just a little bit more. I think probably the only thing not as wow-zers would have to be the general plot is quite expected and normal. Nothing extra ordinary or special happens in the story that you'd already expect.

Overall I think I enjoyed it more than MegaMind but probably still not as much as Tangled. Well....just my thoughts on it. Excellent show though, so for those thinking of catching it, you probably should.

Monsters Inc 2 pushed back to 2013

Monsters Inc 2 or Monsters University as it is now called has been pushed back to 2013. Judging from what little information that has been released, it seems likely that it will serve as a prequel to the original Monsters Inc.

Author of Howl's Moving Castle has passed away

Diana Wynne Jones, author of Howl's Moving Castle film of 2004 by Miyazaki has died at the age of 76 on March 26. Details can be found here @ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8414429/Diana-Wynne-Jones.html