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Pixars UP Trailer 3 on YouTube.Screenshot From Pixar's New UP Trailer. Character Based on Kirk Douglas?Quite a few items in this post as Pixar ramps up marketing for the film.The first half of the trailer features scenes that have been shown in the previous trailers although, in the second half we are treated to some new unseen footage.The above screenshot illustrates the excellent use of

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WALL.E Wins Best Animated FeatureOctapodi Just Loses Out On An OscarWALL.E deservedly received an Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film, but my favourites, Pixar's Presto and Octapodi by students at Gobelins L'ecole de L'Image lose out in Best Short Film (Animated) category.

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Mr Bobinsky Drops In On CoralineThousands of 3D 'Printed' Face Shapes Were Produced For CoralineVideo On The Coraline Rapid Prototyping DepartmentExample of Rapid Prototyping On A Connex500 3D Printer by Objet.CG Society Article One Step at a Time for the Puppet of a Thousand Faces describes how a 'new to stop-motion' technique was used in conjunction with Maya within the production pipeline of

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Screenshot from the short film Lost and FoundLost and Found is an award winning childrens book by Oliver Jeffers and has been adapted by Studio AKA The 25-minute CG animation, directed by Philip Hunt and narrated by Jim Broadbent will be screened for the first time on Channel 4 in the UK at 2.30pm on Christmas Eve and repeated at 12.30pm on Boxing Day. It will also be broadcast simultaneously on

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Screenshot From The Film Monsters Vs. AliensDreamworks latest CG animated feature film Monsters Vs. AliensView the HD 1080p Quicktime Trailer 2

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Kit Kat Ultimate Break CG Animation advert on YouTubeThe extended length commercial is reminicant of Pixar's Incredibles office scene in terms of excellent animation, lighting and character design. The ad was created by Akama Studio in Paris.

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Screenshot From The Film UPView the Quicktime Trailer 2 in HD 1080p. From what I have seen, UP looks amazing, especially as is it Pixar's first feature film to be shown in Disney Digital 3-D

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Lloyds TSB 'Savvy Saver' For the Journey Ad Part 11Directed by Marc Craste and created by his team at Studio AKAThe first time I saw the series of animations on TV I was in awe. Quirky animation, excellent character design, beautiful lighting and wonderful story telling all come together to make this a magical viewing experience.Animated by Studio AKA and freelance animator Boris Kossmehl

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Fame and Fortune animated short on YouTubeExcellent animation created and sung by Nick Pitera at Ringling College of Art in Florida. Nick has deservedly landed an animation position at Pixar

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Official Film Poster.Screenshot from the film.Screenshot from the film.Behind the Scenes. More making of images and videos hereLA Times Comic-Con Article with more maquettes hereFeaturette on YouTube. Download 640x360 version hereCurrently in post production is the new stop-motion film Coraline produced by Laika EntertainmentThe film is written and directed by Henry Selick using his unique vision

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Screenshot From Gore Zoid 3D Animation Click For Hi-Res Image3D Gore Zoid Animation on YouTubeAdded Sound FX and uploaded hi-res 3D Gore Zoid Animation to andywhiteley.comThe animation was created using Maya, Mental Ray and Final Render. Composited in After Effects. See how I achieved flicker free global illumination and other methods including compositing techniques at the Making of 3D Gore Zoid

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Screenshot From The Tale of DespereauxScreenshot From The FilmArtwork From The Film(Above) Low-Res YouTube Trailer. Download HD Trailer hereThe Tale of Despereaux is adapted from the children's book by American author Kate DiCamillo and is the first sole film project for the Framestore-CFC Feature Animation Division.What first strikes you about the trailer is the cinematography and lighting.

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Poster For The Pixar StoryThe Pixar Story now showing in the UK on Sky Movies Family, Channel 305.

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Poster For Pixar's Film WALL.EScreenshot From For Pixar's Short Film PrestoPixar's latest feature film WALL.E is released in cinemas today.I was a little sceptical when the teaser trailer was first released, although as it turns out, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Oh except for Pixar's first Nuke The Fridge moment. My jaw hit the floor as cheesy live action (yes, live action) was used to portray the

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Bookcover for Pixar's The Art of WALL.EExample Page Scan From The BookThe 'Art of' series of Pixar books should be on every 3D Artists/Animators bookshelf.Many examples of pre-production sketches, maquette sculpts, animation thumbnails, digital paintings and digital renders are included. The book also contains development insights from some of the artists and animators at Pixar.The Art of

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Poster For The 3D Short Big Buck BunnyLow-Res YouTube Video. Download Hi-Res 1080p Movie hereBig Buck Bunny could easily be mistaken for a production by Blue Sky or Dreamworks, with brilliant character design, animation, lighting and above all, an excellent comedic storyline. I found this movie to be much more appealing than Blender Foundation's previous work Elephants Dream although it is still

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New Logo from Pixar's film UPConcept & Render ComparisonOriginal Images here and here UP is directed by Monsters Inc. director Pete DocterThe film is due for release on 17th July 2009 (UK) in Disney Digital 3-D

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Textured Model of a 3D Bruce WillisMaking of Headcases on the ITV website.A behind the scenes look in to the development of Headcases from interviews with the writers, voice over artists and character designer Mark Reeve to an insight in to the modelling, animation and motion capture at Red VisionMaya Wireframe Sub-D view of Sylvester StalloneInteresting thread by modeler Jason Edwards on the

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Bruce Willis, Sylvester Stallone and Harrison Ford depicted in 3DHeadcases starts on ITV Sunday April 6th.The new CG animated series is in the same satirical vain as 2DTV and Spitting Image.First impressions from the trails are quite promising. The characters resemble their counterparts, look well designed and rendered. John Culshaw and Rory Bremner lead the way providing voices for the 64 strong

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Official UK Blu-Ray Cover For RatatouilleRatatouille is released in UK on Blu-Ray today.Also features some great extras and Pixars latest animated short Lifted.RatatouilleDir: Brad BirdCo Dir: Jan Pinkava

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Screenshot From The 3D Animation Bookshelf SectionAdded a 3D Animation Bookshelf section. I have included 'art of' and 'making of film' books from major studios including Pixar, ILM and Dreamworks. I have also included 3D animation Blu-Ray DVD's.

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Official Ratatouille UK Film PosterAfter the long wait, well it was for us here in the UK, I finally got to see Pixar's Ratatouille at The Filmworks Digital Cinema in Manchester.

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Bookcover for Pixar's The Art of RatatouilleExample Page Scan From The BookAnother excellent 'art of' book from Pixar. Included are many examples of pre-production sketches, maquette sculpts, animation thumbnails, digital paintings and digital renders amongst others. The book also includes fascinating development insights from some of the key artists at Pixar.The Art of Ratatouilleby Karen Paik

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Bookcover for Pixar's To Infinity and Beyond!An insight into the history of the Pixar Animation Studio.To Infinity and Beyond!The Story of PixarAnimation Studiosby Karen Paik & Leslie Iwerks

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Making Of Screenshot From The PodcastThe latest Ratatouille Podcast focuses on the main character Linguini. Includes a few behind the scenes insights.Download link below (Right Click > Save Target As)Download Hi-Res Quicktime PodCast - 'Linguini à la Carte' (44.3mb)Subscribe to Ratatouille Podcasts

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