Despicable Me Mini Movie - Home Makeover

Universal Studio and Illumination Entertainment., Despicable me - Mini Movies - Home Makeover directed by Kyle Balda and Samuel Tourneux, 2010.

Orientation Day

Universal Studio and Illumination Entertainment., Despicable me - Mini Movies - Orientation Day directed by Kyle Balda and Samuel Tourneux, 2010.

Video Game Award 2010

Here are some of the game trailers shown at Video Game Award 2010. Don't just limit yourself to feature animaton, sometimes game animation can be as awesome.

Portal 2
Funny and entertaining animation created by Value to promote their latest Portal 2. It makes me wanna buy this game too.

Video Games | Portal 2 | PAX 10: Full Co-Op Trailer

XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

Value., Portal 2 developed by Value, 2010.


Batman: Arkhan City
Realistic animation and rendering of the latest Batman game, Arkhan City. Can't wait for this game to be released next year.

Video Games | Batman: Arkham City | VGA 10: Exclusive Hugo Strange Reveal Trailer

XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment., Batman: Arkhan City developed by Rocksteady Studios , 2010.

Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Another realistic game developed by Naughty Dog. Take a good look at how they animate Drake's expression.

Video Games | Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception | VGA 10: Exclusive Debut Trailer

XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

SCEA., Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception developed by Naughty Dog, 2010.

Gorillaz, Murdoc dressing room diary

crazy eye movement~ haha. other stuff aside, i thought the eye darts were pretty well done.

cheers.
yk

Latest of Jono's A.M progress

Urrrghh.....the more I look at it the more mistakes I see....jeez. Anyways, i promised to put it up so here it is. Summary of Class 3 Adv Body Mechanics work.

Despicable me - Mini Movies - Banana

Hilarious Despicabe me mini movie by Illumination Entertainment starring the Minions.


Universal Studio and Illumination Entertainment., Despicable me - Mini Movies - Banana directed by Kyle Balda and Samuel Tourneux, 2010.

Meet Buck/ Salesman Pete

Meet Buck from animationclub.ru on Vimeo.

Salesman Pete from Salesman Pete on Vimeo.

A couple of clips by students from Supinfocom in France. Great stuff!

yk

Silhouette Studies 2

Adding on to what Jono was talking about on Silhouette Studies here is another clip which has been online for quite a while now. See how the 2 duelists are posed and how their different line of actions, posing and the timing of their movements informs you about their personality. The duelist on the left is more confident and proud, thus that "C" curve in his spine. While the one on the right is more unsure and thus that slouchy "S" curve is running through his pose. Awesome stuff, simple lines yet you can tell so much from it.

hope it helps!
-yk

Classic screen types by NY Times.

This is a gallery of classic screen types by the NY times interactive magazine. Featuring Hollywood actors and actresses.

Look at how Matt Damon moves around the stage, it shows that even it's a half body shot, you got to translate the hip, and not just rotate it around as if on a stick. By translating it gives more believability to that character you are animating. It feels that the character is shifting his weight. Even though you cannot see the legs, simply by rotating the hip and not translating won't cut it.

And also a lot of good acting elements in the rest of the clips. Things like subtext, facial expressions and posing etc.

Good stuff. Have a look here!


hope it helps=)
-yk

Silhouette Studies

This short is solely based on having strong silhouette value to tell a story. The style doesn't promote the type of animation that we are particularly interested in but it's really good for looking into how shapes and outlines can help draw your audiences' eyes to your work. Look out for strong uses of negative space and shapes.