Coraline Trailer

Harry Potter trailer

It has been a while since my last post. Been really busy at work. Here the latest trailer for the upcoming Harry Potter film....

Batch Rendering In Maya Tutorial

They are more like notes I dug up, but if you need some help with batch rendering, here you go. Wish I could give credit to who gave me the notes, but i cant remember.

Batch Rendering In Maya

Fun and Helpful Links Updated!

I updated my Fun and Helpful Links page with some really interesting links. Check it out here,,,

Fun and Helpful Websites

This is why you Thumbnail!

Victor Navone Thumbnails

If you guys get a chance, go check out Victor Navone's page showing thumbnails that he has drawn up for films he has worked on. Inspirational!

One of the Most Talented Artist's I Know

Danny Williams. Modeler, Sculpter. He was my professor at the School of Visual Arts, and boy let me tell you something, one talented dude! He was one of the artists I really looked to for not only inspiration, but drive. He always wanted more from us and expected the best. I wound up becoming an animator, but I tell you, I wish I had half the skill modeling that he does. I could have done really well modeling. If you have seen any one of the Blue Sky Studios movies, you are looking at Danny's amazing work. Check out his blog here:

http://www.pointpusher.blogspot.com/

New Props added

Added some pretty nice items this week. The office desk, which includes lights, and a basketball court, NBA style. Who's got game?

Free Draw and Paint Videos

Chris Noeth Free Videos

Chris Noeth has put up some free How-To comic book drawing HD videos for everyone to watch. Thanks Chris!! Check them out, they look awesome!

Dog Leash Rig Added to Prop Shop

It was requested by Rich and we delivered! Rig has stretchy IK. Thanks to my boy Sean K! Check out the video here: Dog Leash Rig Video

Image Based Lighting Tutorial

Howdy All!
I found this great lighting tutorial and I think it can really help out all the "Non" lighting artist's out there. You can find it here: IBL Tutorial Make sure you thank Stephen Melagrano for the skills!

New Props Added

Someone requested a dog leash. I will get on it this week!

New Prop Shop Items Added

For those of you new to the Prop Shop, these are models and rigs created in Maya. Animators will especially like these props, as most of them are rigged for constraining and some are animatable. Check us out now

www.acmeimages.com/propShop.html

TD College

Seems like someone took the AnimationMentor.com mold and went into another area of CG. TD College is being taught by industry TD's, lessons include, Python and Mel scripting. Seems like Houdini and Renderman classes are coming in the near future. Best of luck to those guys, looking forward to maybe taking a rigging class!

TD College

Small Update

More Items Added To The Inventory

Prop Shop Inventory Has Increased

So I have added another 7 props to the Prop Shop. I should be adding another 10 by weeks end. Make sure you bookmark the site and keep checking out our inventory!

The Prop Shop is Open!

I always hated having to stop animating and start building props. So, I decided to do something about it. I am starting my own little Prop Shop. These will be Maya models, all rigged and shaded and ready to go! And the prices will be very reasonable! So stop by and check us out.

The Prop Shop

Right now we only have a few props up, including a set for this months 11secondclub contest, but we promise, over the next week or so, you will start to see our inventory explode!

For those of you www.11secondclub.com participants, I will be building sets and props for each months contest. Check out this month's jury room. mental ray shaded and ready to render! So just look for us around the 5th of each month for those up to date props!

Pixar Blog (Unoffically)

Hey Everyone,
I am really digging the site I reported about yesterday, Pixar Blog. This has so much info about Pixar, it will keep you busy for a week at least! Nice job Mike!

Images from Pixar's "UP"

Check out this link on PixarBlog

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