Astartes is CGI animation fan film base on the miniature wargame, Warhammer 40K. This story is base on a grim darkness of the far future where there is only war. This fan film show us one of the main factions, Space Maines or the Astartes, talking on a traitor legion of humans. There are currently part of the film right now and they are short and fill few clips of actions.
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There are only a few bit of story boards online, but there is a patreon so you could support this film.
"One Small Step" is an award-winning short film from 2018 by up-and-coming TAIKO Studios; The is a small studio comprised of Disney, Pixar, and Nickelodeon artists, animators and sound directors and was formed only 2 years ago in 2017. The studio aims to bring western and eastern cultures together by telling stories that will have universal appeal.
Shot Progression from sketch to final product.
The aesthetic of the film stays true to its premise having a simple, bright and whimsical appearance throughout a good portion of it particularly in the scenes focusing on Luna's actions and imagination as a child. While having the appearance of 2D animation the film was created as a 3D CGI animation and this is most prominently seen when the characters turn in their space or bring/swing out their arms in their environment or around each other. The most prominent scene for 3D elements is in the cardboard spaceship scene with Luna and her father zooming around space.
Despite having no speaking parts in the film the facial expressions, body language, color schemes speak volumes for the characters. The color schemes help establish the tone of the story by pairing Luna's childhood with vibrant colors, her fond memories bathed in warm browns and yellows, and her sadness in muted colors. The score in the film, or lack-thereof further adds to the tone of the scene. The music emphasizes the happiness that Luna feels and the kindness that her father extends to his daughter while the silence, and in combination with ambient sounds, plunges us into sadness and evokes loneliness. "One Small Step" is a beautiful story about fulfilling one's dreams and a thank you to the family and friends supporting them. This short film has propelled TAIKO Studio and left many hopeful and hungry for more of their stories and work.
Passion Pictureswhose core business is its commercial and animation. It includes Carton Network animated identity. The did the Gorillaz music videos. Passion Australia produced "The lost thing" which won an Academy Award for the best Short Film in 2011. They also produce and make innovative films and documentaries about science and natural history. But here we are going to focus on Passion Animation Studios, which is what interests us in this subject. After taking a look at all the directors who have in their company, I have been attracted by the artists Kyra Buschor and Constantin Paeplow. They met while studying animation at the world-renowned Filmakademie Baden-Württembergin Germany and decided to get together to lead their own company Flying Stone. They are known for their animal characters who are fat, rather they look like balloons with animal characteristics. These animals created the world "Rollin 'Wild". They created a series of four clips presented at Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberd in 2012.
They were very successful because they touched the hearts of the audience and they were encouraged to do more series in this same line. I had already seen some of their work in Spain and it is that apparently they are quite known on You Tube. They have also created commercial spots that draw people in with endearing characters for Genius, Anchor and Motorola.
Their characters are either animals or people are endearing, usually their faces are very rounded and are usually disproportionate. Big heads, smaller bodies, give a childlike appearance that arouses tenderness. Their characters are very expressive and in their faces they reflect fear, frustration, challenge, grief, joy, satisfaction. The eyes are very important, you know, the eyes are the mirror of the soul. I think I read that they use CGI (Computer Generated Imagery), special visual effects created using computer software. These are pickpockets that are given in their work. Same formula with different stories, different characters to advertise businesses as disparate as a bank, a supermarket or a e-commerce company.
The Swiss supermarket -Migros "Finn's Parents"https://vimeo.com/301836352 Cinematic music Mix animation with real world
Chinese e-commerce company headquartered in Beijing - JD.com"Joy and Heron" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQGuVKHtrxcc An endearing story about wrong impressions, the recognition that we are wrong, the satisfaction of helping others and that everything that is given is received by others in the future.
Erste Group Bank AG is one of the largest financial services providers in Central and Eastern Europe. Erste Group "Fisrt Christmas" https://vimeo.com/304810288
Hedgehog who feels alone only because he clicks and hurts, but it does not prevent it from being loved by its friends who find a solution. The characters with felt appearance are made with CGI
Classic claymation films like “Wallace and Gromit” and “Chicken Run”, are created at a legendary animation studio called Aardman Animations. The making of a claymation film is put into a ton of work for every frame. All of the 273 puppet-like clay characters brought to life were created by 23 different model-makers, each one involving 10 or more weeks, and 3,000 interchangeable mouths. Each character throughout the production of the filming was moved frame by frame by hand, moving the limbs, fingers, and joints from a skeleton design inside. The filming involved a stop-motion technique to take one frame of a film, making 24 frames per second in an entire film, whether a small movement is involved in a slow frame, and a big moment for a faster frame. Actions in some scenes tend to be frantic and frenetic, even though the stop motion is jittery. Sometimes animations may involve creative thinking.
Ultranoir is a website of French Awards Winning Digital Agency. On the website, they talk about lots of industries: fashion brand, jewelry, e-commerce, media and tourism; they support a lot of industries when they come up with their new projects by making post of them.
There are so many kinds of interactive animation they put on their website, and they are all so neat and unique. As you hover your cursor onto their pictures or videos in the background, they skew, and it differs how fast you move your cursor. And the transition when you scroll is also amazing; it is smooth but unique.
I found it crazy how they can put so many complicated interact animations onto one website and make it really cool and neat.
CGMeetup is a leading online platform to showcase and discover creative work such as computer graphics, art, 3D and VFX animation. CGmeetup was founded in 2011 the site has evolved into one of the premier games, film, media & entertainment website in the world, offering the latest news, an inspirational gallery, jobs, 3d models and hundreds of free tutorials on a variety of subjects. CGMeetup also serves as a networking resource for CGI professional. Professionals use CGmeetup to exchange ideas, knowledge and Job opportunities.
https://www.cgmeetup.com
Titmouse, Inc. Is an american animation studio that produces various animated television shows, feature films, music videos, title sequences, commercials, and short films. The studio opened in 2000 and has offices in New York, Los Angeles, and Vancouver, Canada.
Founder Chris Prynoski began working at MTV on shows such as Daria and Beavis and Butthead before opening Titmouse together in early 2000. They originally got their start as a T-shirt business before going into animation as they had gotten more requests for cartoons than for t-shirts. Since 2000 they have expanded from “just us and a few friends we paid to help us out with projects ” to a full scale contender in the animation business, boasting 3 studios across North America and over 400 employees.
Some of the better known shows that Titmouse has produced are Venture Brothers, Superjail!, Metalocalypse, and Big Mouth. They also did the opening sequence for Avatar: The Last Air Bender. They have done numerous short videos and other animated assets for clients ranging from Disney, Sony, ESPN, and Nickelodeon. They’re considered one of the most verastile animation studios in the business for creating cartoons and assets for television shows, movies, commercials, theme parks, video games, promos, and the internet.
Here are examples of Titmouse's animation and works.
2018 Animation Reel.
Season 6 trailer of Venture Brothers
Motorcity animation previews, using Animate CC to go from rough composite to final.
