Another Job in NYC

I had never heard of Magnet Media but they look ligit and they are hiring:

Designer/Animator job on StartWire

Lucas the Spider

Motion Graphics Job in NYC

This is for all you alumni still reading this blog: I was alerted to a job opening , and it seems to still be open: Motion Graphics Designer at Cheddar

I do not know the company, but they seem legit

Laurie Anderson on VR

Here is an interesting take on VR:

You all know who Laurie Anderson is, right? Do you?

Augmented Reality Campus Map

Sierra, now a Junior, worked on this last Spring, and created a model of Wilson Hall

This year another group of CS students will continue work on the project, using an Agile process, meaning they will start actual production almost immediately.

Who would like to replicate some more campus buildings, so the map will look better?

Oswald the Unlucky Rabbit

Giving the new meaning of trash. If this isn't symbolic, then I don't know what is.

It's a bit disorganized, but, ta-da: Tartaruga 

New Character Concepts

Sebastiano

Plato

Animtion Contest: Christmas!

Animation Career Review is holding its annual Christmas Holiday Animation Contest. The rules seem reasonable, so if you have time to create another animation...

And yes, that is the music used for Gary's Log.

A Strange Story

As my intro class students will soon be creating flipbooks, I finally scanned in one I created when I was a kid, probably early in high school.

MetroCAF 2017

Even though I myself will not be able to make it and last years group animations will not be included, there are plenty of animated reasons to go and see the best NYC-area student work from last year:

MetroCAF 2017 will premiere on Friday, September 15, 2017, at 7:00PM. The screening will be held at NYIT's Auditorium On Broadway

More information on the MetroCAF site

2017 Reel

Monmouth University Animation Reel 2017 from Monmouth University Animation on Vimeo.

Agent 327 Trailer

Trailer for a feature animation created by Blender Studios

Commencement 2017

I brought my new camera with paparazzi lens to commencement today and snapped some pictures. The official photographers kept getting in the way. To those who walked: Congratulations!

Made you look at the blog, didn't I?

DLOL on Vimeo

The Dead Language of Love from Monmouth University Animation on Vimeo.

OCMC on Vimeo

Oh Captain, My Captain? from Monmouth University Animation on Vimeo.

Senior Show 2017

The Second Senior Show, featuring the Animation Students, opened last night in the DiMatio Gallery. Here are some pictures, a more official gallery can be found on Flickr

They want to do what???

Oh, no, she got him!

A show of strength.

It was getting late...

All together now!

Phoenix Story board

Grim Story Board

The End of Green Screens?

Adobe is developing new technology for background removal: Adobe develops AI-driven approach that could end the age of the ‘green screen’ in movies and VR

My wife immediately asked what the implications are for fake news...

Animación Fotograma a Fotograma

This was created in Columbia. My Spanish is a bit rusty so I do not actually know what it is about but it the animation quality is rather good

Atando Cabos EP01 from Quiero Animar on Vimeo.

Here is a making of

Making Of Atando Cabos from Quiero Animar on Vimeo.

Again found, by way of FaceBook, through Mat et les Humains

Animated Book

Did you too grow up with Astrid Lindgren? The book depicted in this short animated clip, know to me as "De Gebroeders Leeuwenhart", is translated into English as "The Brothers Lionheart"

Astrid Lindgrens Värld - Bröderna lejonhjärta from HarisArts on Vimeo.

Director: Niklas Gunnarsson @ filmstory
Director of photography: Haris Mlivic
Shot on Canon 5d2, all the Canon tilt-shift lenses and Dragonframe.

Early Man coming 2018 A.D.

There is stop motion animation, and then there is Aardman:

Need a Texture, Mate?

Reviewing some MetroCAF 2015 entries I came accross this resource: TextureMate.com

All free to use!

Augenkitzel

After introducing Prof. DiMatio to VR, for which we wish to coin the term "Faux Reality", or FR, though this seems to already be in use for something else, I played in Tilt Brush a bit and created this piece of Eye Candy:

Before I was talked into adding the fire breath it looked like this:

In case you were wondering...

Update

Here is an alternative theory:

Alanna Isernia : Concept for 3d Character

Fairy Color Concept

So Pixar just did a thing!

TECH CHRONICLES Now you can take Pixar’s ‘The Art of Storytelling’ course for free

They do lessons on storytelling, modeling, simulations, effects and a whole bunch more!

Grim Concept 2

Marcus Sergeant Concept Design: Grim

Sierra's Character Design Color

Pasquale's Character Design: Phoenix the Fire Bird

A Lesson in Absurdity - Physics in Maya

For Approval from Mainframe (North) on Vimeo.

Preposterous - A short about absurdity from Florent Porta on Vimeo.

just some super fun short videos! They're both pretty funny!

Tilt Brush, now at a computer near you.

Space Animation

Application are now being accepted for the 2017 NASA Science Animation Fellowship. The requirements include a Bachelors in animation, so this is not an internship. For those who graduated or will graduate soon, here are two listings:

• Creative Heads
• Silkroad

Location is Greenbelt, Maryland