Nick Ranieri - Wreck-it Ralph Ralph 2d Animation Test

This is making the rounds and as much as I love 2D and I miss 2D movies, I have to say, I'm not a fan of the acting choices. I shouldn't talk, there's no way I could draw like that in a million years, but the acting? Holding arm, scratching neck, twirling hands when unsure, acting out words, it's just all things that are so on the nose. Might just be me.

Ghost in the Shell: Arise border: 1 Ghost Pain - 8 mins

Evil Minion Animation Test

SEESAW

Despicable Me 2: Steve Carell Explains 3D Animation

Hahaha, nice! I liked that. See Andy Serkis, why don't you make a video like that for animation? Oh wait. You do it all, I forgot. We just paint pixels. RANT FRIDAY!!!!

Rayman Legends - E3 2013 - Epic Trailer

Super cute, would love to see a movie like that! I could do without the boobs though. Come on, looks like a twelve year old with boobs. Typical game stuff. Get off my lawn!!

Zelda Stop Motion - Stage 1 : The Knife Lord

3D Animation Student Showcase 2013 | Animation Mentor

I'm proud to say that four of my students are represented in this showcase reel! Wohooo!!
Congratulations Ilya Viryachev, Sigurdur Orri Thorhannesson, Manfred Ragossnig and Juan Nino!!!

animation tutorial part. 1 AKA "the secret of animation"

Hahahahaha, nice!

animation tutorial part. 1 AKA "the secret of animation" from giovanni braggio on Vimeo.

Recovery from Embarrassment - Reference

Go to the 1 min mark.

You can almost hear the wheels turning and clicking, hahaha! Nicely done!
- found via @peetsown

Reaction Shot - Reference

Go to 1:44 for the money shot (HA!). I love the guy going "WHAT?!"

Danger

Danger from Mike's Pad on Vimeo.

100 Frame Animation Contest "Dangerous Job" - Winner

Spungella Animation Contest - Spring 2013 - "Dangerous Job" from Jean-Denis Haas on Vimeo.

Absolutely epic voting this time!

Usually I show the selection to a few people at work and we all vote. But we ended up with three ties! So one by one I asked more animators via email and Twitter AROUND THE WORLD! Dun Dun Duuuuuuuuh! It was truly epic. Each new round had new favorites, then more ties, etc. etc.

But eventually, a winner rose to the top! And it's:

#25 Ryan Zale!!!

The epic tie was between #5 Lana Bachynski, #7 Teemu Kutvonen (my favorite), #13 Andriy Muzychenko and #25 Ryan Zale.

But I want to acknowledge the runner ups:

#9 Kyle Kenworthy, #14 Jonathan Marshall, #15 Kyle Remus, #3 Charles Larrieu

Awesome work guys!

And the WTF mention goes to: #20 Rene Salazar!!

And the "Well done but disturbing" prize goes to: #8 Dhaval Soni

Thanks for all submissions!!

JD

Monsters University Final Trailer

Planes - Full Trailer

Hmm....

Planes - Trailer No.2

League of Legends Cinematic: A Twist of Fate

The bear thing at the end is great!

Webinar with Victor Vinyals

That businessman rig looks great! I wish it was for sale! (hint hint!!). :)

Puppeteer Lounge is having a webinar with Victor Vinyals, so head over there for more info about that event!

The Art of Moving Points by Brian Tindall

This ebook was released this April, wonder if anybody had a chance to check it out? Head over to this link for a few more pics and download options.

The “Art of Moving Points” is designed for the intermediate to advanced Character Rigger or Character Modeler that wants to learn a different approach to character facial articulation using point weight containers, and assigning them to deformers to move points in space. The “Art of Moving Points” is also an excellent source for Character Modelers who are designing character facial meshes for production. Character facial articulation is extremely challenging, and The “Art of Moving Points” breaks down the modeling and articulation process using three formats: text, illustrations and videos.

Maker vs Marker

Steven Spielberg film techniques – With pretty pictures!

Interesting list of film making techniques by Spielberg. The track-in shots are definitely his thing. Other ones, like match cuts, are cool as well. Man, makes me want to watch Jaws and Raides and CEO3K again!