This video looks at how to use the new (to maya 2009) UV unwrap tools in Maya to cut apart a hand by UV edges. Perfect for very fast organic UV unwraps is the smooth UV tool, also demonstrated.
The crew here at Red Rover just finished our latest commercial for Sasktel. This being the last of 13 spots we’ve done in the past year for this campaign, we decided to go all out and try a one shot.
Get a free look into the inner workings of ICE and production workflow in this video from the “Mastering the Art of ICE Volume I: Breaking the ICE” series. In this video, we will look at working with an ICE Tree and how to tweak and work with the new volume shaders in XSI 7, […]
“All of Me” is the first video from the prodigious South African talent, Chris Chameleon’s latest album, Made Available. The video is a collaboration between Brighton based Shotopop and the nice people from WIZZ in Paris. Designed and directed by Shotopop and produced by WIZZdesign, the video features an array of paper sets, a mass […]
This article has primarily been focussed on the modelling stage, as many people before me have gone into detail about mapping and texturing, especially using the SSS material adjustment method.
Hi peoples! We made this film to showcase our CG abilities. We wanted to make the best showcase one can imagine for a new car. We chose the Porsche since we…just..like Porsches! We storyboarded, previzzed, animated and rendered it all in house. Production took 4 weeks, rendering on a 8 core MacPro took 4 months […]
I imagined a large air vehicle and huge cargo ship for this scene. Since the air vehicle has a great volume and carrying capacity, I draw the loading doors markedly large.
The Portal Cube or Weighted Companion from the Valve game Portal has become somewhat of an icon. This morning I modelled this in 3D Studio Max and recorded to show how it was done. This is a High-Poly model which demonstrates some basic to moderate modelling techniques and adding some textures. DOWNLOAD VIDEO FILE Talk […]
Albert est dentiste. Un beau matin il arrive en retard à son travail et provoque un grave accident de la route sans s’en rendre compte. L’esprit d’un mort se rebellera contre lui et essayera de le tuer en prenant possession de son corps. Film de troisième année SUPINFOGRAPH. Equipe : Yann Aldabe, Julien Boudou, Cédric […]
In this tutorial we are going to color a dragon portrait. Like I always say, it’s impossible to make a good painting without a good sketch, that’s why if your drawing is not as strong as you’d like.
The following article isn’t intended to be a tutorial as such but rather a focused ‘making of’ during which I will attempt to explain a lot of my working practices and techniques.
A SHORT LOVE STORY IN STOP MOTION by Carlos Lascano. A couple of pencil-outlined birds escape from a little girl´s drawing, leading us through the life she dreams of.