Breakdown of Bear's roar from Massinissa MATOUB on Vimeo.

Glad to share with you the making of the bear's roar ! I wanted to give you a general glimpse of the animation of this little shot with all the steps that were followed ! Hope you will like it ! ;)

Rig : Model/ Rig of Bear by Truong CG Artist Music : Stratosphere by Adam Vitovsky

Sony Land - Animation / Rig / Previz from Kiel Figgins on Vimeo.

Rarely do I have a chance to have this much input and freedom on the design and execution of a project. The brief was a few static mood boards of various vector styles, had to be in the woods, no people and that was about it. Length was open ended, all the vignettes and elements were up to me and I was the only person on the project until it was rendered by their in house team.

Initial blocking For this first pass, I modelled everything except the animals, they were stock characters. I wanted the scene to look like you were inside a shoe box diorama. This was to keep the style similar to the vector boards, but also to prevent the team from having to model photoreal environment assets. Next was the sun, I wanted it to always be moving from left to right, showing the passage of time through the night, for a fun visual, but also so that the sun would rise over the end logo, clients love that. Getting the camera speed, focal length and env depth working took a bit to get working, the it conveyed the idea nicely.

First Pass So the client liked the initial blocking, but had a few general notes: -More animals -camera slower travel speed -more depth in the environment, vertically and distance So with those in mind, I started extruding chunks of the ground, again, trying to keep the vector (now low poly) feel, and using the sculpt brush and soft select to make it a bit more natural. I really enjoyed how this process shaped the ground, combined with the flat trees and vague bg, I thought it was a good blend. I also tripled the depth distance of the environment and instead of a straight linear camera path it does a slow sloping J shape to add a bit more parallax while reducing the overall speed. With this new camera move, I fleshed out the env a bit more by adding a lake with an island, and a field at the end to over look the river bend under the logo.

When it came to the animals, I really pushed the idea little stories for their settings: the deer family drinking from the stream, the bear trying to catch fish, brought the wolf closer to screen on a bigger rock for the howl to read, and brought a deer back at the end to tie the spot together. I tried multiple types of flocking birds, but it conflicted with the skyline and sun, so I settled on a single bird, but would be hero animated to come closer to camera. This also allowed there to always be an animal on the screen at all times.

Final previz The client really liked what they saw, but wanted to make it longer and slower, combined with updating their brief to allow a small road but no cars or people on it. Beyond those notes, go nuts. So with that, I tried to throw in everything I could think of in the remaining time I had left: -better composition for the start and end frames -clouds in the sky -squirrel in the foreground at the start to add more depth and animals -more animals: swarms of butterflies, moths around the fire, salmon jumping in the river -small env animations: leaves, blowing grass, wave ripples, moon reflection on the water, shooting stars, rain, splashes, lightning, camp fire wood smoke, bending branches -more vignettes: a boat tied to a dock bobbing in the water, a campfire with logs, road and tunnel -interactive lights: campfire, street lights, lightning, sun

All of these smaller details and additions really took the piece to a new level for me. I'm still very proud of the work shown at this stage. Aside from the animals and the bushes, I had designed, modelled and animated everything. Even the lighting (which was all viewport legacy lights) for the sun and other interactive lights combined with the sky changing color and the env looking wet in the rain was done in the playblast with no post effects. And this was before Maya had ambient occlusion, anti alias and viewport motion blur, let alone raising the 8 viewport light limit.

After this stage, I rigged the animals that were properly modelled and animated the bear and salmon and squirrel at the start on the tree. The deer, bird, wolf and second squirrel were sent to other animators that I was overseeing. The client ended up rendering the env after making additional changes to it, but I still enjoy this version :)

Fight animation test 3 from ~葉舞.花殇~ on Vimeo.

Great Work by our student YuriGnu Vieira from AnimSchool on Vimeo.

Learn about our Animation classes and how to start your journey into animation at animschool.com⁠ Fall Term Starts Sept 29th. Apply today.

Great work AnimSchool student Julieta Daray from AnimSchool on Vimeo.

Still clowning around? Get serious with AnimSchool. Learn how to be a top-notch animator. animschool.com

PAN BAHAR / PEACE / Directed & shot by Mark Toia. from Mark Toia on Vimeo.

Great work AnimSchool student Kseniia Kutsenko from AnimSchool on Vimeo.

Learn about our character animation classes at: animschool.com 04 days left to apply for the summer term

Monarudo Fight Scene by Kun Li from Characterrigs.com on Vimeo.

Animated by Kun Li Using Monarudo Rig

------------------------------- Visit the store at characterrigs.com For our latest news, please follow us at facebook.com/characterrigs/

Bad Party by Jairo Andrés Cuadrado from Characterrigs.com on Vimeo.

Animated by Jairo Andrés Cuadrado

Using Zoey Rig ------------------------------- Visit the store at characterrigs.com For our latest news, please follow us at facebook.com/characterrigs/

AnimSchool Classtime - Blocking Plus Workflow with AnimSchool instructor Jean-Luc Delhougne Part 1 (Timing) from AnimSchool on Vimeo.

Ever wondered how to get your blocking to blocking plus? Check out our new workflow video (Part 1: Timing) by Jean-Luc Delhougne

animschoolblog.com/2019/05/so-youve-blocked-in-your-poses-for-your.html?fbclid=IwAR3T3ZMwdBTz_ipbMUVgGghzCM4ATK8PdhesjFymoTlx9f5sxMKPfFoKuWI

Come learn with us at animschool.com

Great blocking AnimSchool student Andrea Centeno from AnimSchool on Vimeo.

Learn about our video game classes at: animschool.com 54 days left to apply for the summer term

Rigging Reel 2019 - Tainá and the Amazon´s Guardian from Anderson.A on Vimeo.

Hello!!!!!! Here is my contribution for a wonderful animated tv serie called Tainá and the Amazon´s Guardian I was the responsible for developing the facial system to all the characters, and working creating rigging to the most of them.

Special thanks to Messias Cunha for believing in my work and inviting me to participate in this big challenge.

Great job AnimSchool student Jan Joshua Ararao from AnimSchool on Vimeo.

Learn about our character animation program at: animschool.com

Wacyl Djender - Demo Reel 2019 from Wacyl DJENDER on Vimeo.

VFX & CG Supervisor - CG Artist

Contact: E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (+33) 0652258650

Coocking-March2019Challenge-Foulon_Alexandre from Alexandre Foulon on Vimeo.

A shot i realized for the AnimChallenge group on facebook

Walk Making of from San_oOo on Vimeo.

Progression of the 4th animation exercise at Sasha Dorogov's animation school Music: George Streicher - Celestial Full shot vimeo.com/231739248 3D reference model renders artstation.com/artwork/8y1Rn

Sharkarotti from Felix Sputnik on Vimeo.