Really Nice Character Animation Reel

Sandra Bertone
So this is Ronald Toes 2014 Character Animation Demo reel. Its a good length at 1:56 and it has some nice music that he keeps the animations in time with. The few things I found that he could have fixed were the creators of the rigs, assuming that he did not create them, and the creator of the music, also assuming if he didn't create the track. For his order I think that the scene with the blonde woman was stronger than the Buddy the Elf scene and after Buddy the Elf should have been the little fox tail rig. Overall I think it is a good reel that can be improved upon.

Reel that is way better than mine...

Here is a reel from Hiroki Itokazu, I think its a good reel because not only is he putting his best work forward but he has breakdowns and shows clips of the movies that he has worked only relegated to the models or character he was working with. This guy works for Disney for a reason...

Decent Animation Reel

This reel had some nice animations but he never listed what he did in the animations or if everything was his, he didn't put his best work first, and there was no music but it was a good length.

A Good Reel Or Two

So I am going to warn anyone about to view the first video right now that there is cursing in it and a phallic object shown twice. However, besides that, I think it is a good reel because it shows what he is able to and he explains what he did do in the few breakdowns at the end.

However, if that is too inappropriate to show in class then the second one also shows off the animator's skill sets quite well, and besides not knowing if he made and rigged the last 3D model, I feel as if it showcases what his work looks like quite well.

Ian Pfaff's Demo Reel from Ian Pfaff on Vimeo.


henrique barone • demo reel 2014 from henrique barone on Vimeo.

Parenting Bug?

Oh joy: demonstrating how to parent a squash deformer to a ball, the darn thing refused to move with the already animated ball. A bug? Maybe. Annoying? Yeah!

What seems to fix it is putting the whole shebang (sphere and handle) in a group, animate the group and take the objects out of the group again. Why that works? Beats me, but it did a couple of times.

[Image: Wikimedia / Photo by Greg Hume]

Nickelodeon Internship Program

Nickelodeon has an April 1st deadline for their summer internship program. Their animation studio is located in Burbank, CA, so they are not quite local.

http://nickanimationstudio.com/nickelodeon-internship-program

2016 NASA Science Animation Fellowship

Now his is an opportunity that is almost out of this world: working on animations for NASA! You have to act quickly though, the deadline to apply is January 22…

Details can be found here.

Blue Sky Internship Program

The Acorn Academy has opened for applications. Deadline: February 12, 2016.

blueskystudios.com/working-here/internship-2016

Update: Ryan correctly alerted me that Feb. 12 is the deadline for technical internships and that is states: "The Artist/Production internship information will be posted in early 2016." So stay tuned!

RIP Bowie

I was looking for an animation angle as an excuse to post about the passing of David Robert Jones, but Cartoon Brew already did that. Too bad though they end that post with one of his worst songs. But it has animation in it.

More 3D Printed Animation

This video was created by Raymond McCarthy Bergeron, a MFA student at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). Seem like an attempt to use zoetrope techniques to tell a story.

re÷belief from Raymond McCarthy Bergeron on Vimeo.