MetroCAF next week

The MetroCAF 2016 show is on Firday, September 23, at the NYIT Auditorium on Broadway

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Escargore

We watched this student animation in class today:

Escargore from Media Design School on Vimeo.

The group was slightly larger than what we are used to (22 students). Here is a making of:

Escargore - Behind the Scenes from Media Design School on Vimeo.

Meet Franklin

This announcement on Animation World Network alerted me to a new freely available rig. I have not yet tried it out, but it looks promising: Artella | Free Character.

Artella | Free Character from Artella on Vimeo.

It does require a special plugin which makes me worry about protability: that plug-in may or may not work for Maya 2017. Which is not out yet, but will be soon I assume.

2016 Reel & Log

Monmouth Animation Reel 2016 from Monmouth University Animation on Vimeo.

I did not credit them properly in the reel for lack of space but here is the complete group animation:

Gary's Log from Monmouth University Animation on Vimeo.

Pixar's Most Complicated Character

Google "Lotte Reiniger"

Google honored one of the pioneers of animation, the first to ever create a feature. And all by cutting out silhouettes by hand: Lotte Reiniger.



Here is a behind the scenes look: the doodle was created using the techniques pioneered by Lotte Reiniger.

3D Printing Animation

The 3D print I showed in class separated and recorded as replacement animation.

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