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Direct X 12 and the studio behind ‘Final Fantasy’

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During Microsoft’s BUILD dev conference, Square Enix showed off a real-time DirectX 12 tech demo called WITCH: Chapter 0 [cry]. True to its name, this demo includes a crying woman. WITCH features 63 million polygons per scene, “six to 12 times more” than what was possible with DirectX 11, Microsoft says. Check out the real-time demo below. While it’s pretty, and it will be AWESOME for in-game play, it still doesn’t sell me on that this is a real human, if only because it’s possible that her ‘design’ was made up by someone who doesn’t truly understand HOW to build a human face. They took parts they liked or gravitated towards, or even used a model to go from but it still doesn’t loo to me like a person.

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Animated Short: “Shave It”

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Animated short film by 3dar Studios. Based on a true story.
3dar.com

Also, check out the short behind the scenes video:

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CREDITS

Written and directed by
JORGE TERESO
FERNANDO MALDONADO

Art Direction
MARINA MUÑOZ

Executive producers
FEDERICO HELLER
GERMAN HELLER
JORGE TERESO

Graphic design and 2D animation
JULIAN DORADO

3D art
MARCO LOCOCO
SANTIAGO TERESO
FEDERICO CARLINI
MARTIN BERISSO
JUAN PABLO LANZO

Post-production
LUCAS SALVIETTI

Production Assistant
REGINA PORCHIETTI
NATALIA TORIANO

Sound Production
GERMAN HELLER

Music and Foley
CYRILLE MARCHESSEAU vimeo.com/cyrillemarchesseau
JULIEN BEGAULT
EZEQUIEL BARROS

Animation Director
FERNANDO MALDONADO

Animation
MARCO LOCOCO
PAULA RAMOS
JORGE TERESO

Rigging
VINCENT SOUZA
NAHUEL BELICH

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Daytime Emmy Winner for Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program: Dolby’s “Silent”

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Check out this great lil’ short called “Silent” from directors Limbert Fabian, Brandon Oldenburg and Dolby Labs who won Outstanding Direction in an Animated Program this weekend at the technical Emmys.

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HoneyVR is looking for talented CG artists to create pre-rendered VR content

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HoneyVR

HoneyVR, a virtual-reality content distributor is looking for talented CG artists to create pre-rendered VR content. We are looking to acquire short pre-rendered (90s – 3mins) animated content which is VR-ready, which basically means rendered as a 360-degree spherical MPEG-4 (2:1 aspect ratio, equirectangular rendering). We’re looking for short films but also what we call short ‘experiences’ — think short, immersive VR experiences like guiding the user through a high-res galaxy, tagging along with a frog in a rainforest, etc.

We pay $2000 per short film and $500 per “”experience””, plus a royalty of $.01 CPV ($.01 every time your piece is viewed). You can do the work at your own pace and generate good side income, and VR is flat out the most fun medium you will ever design for if you are a 3D artist! Check out our Program Guidelines here for detailed info on the program and I hope to be working with some of you guys soon !

Click to access HoneyVRProductGuidelines.pdf

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Lucas Martell

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What is your name and your current occupation?
Lucas Martell. I’m a writer/director/producer currently developing my own projects through my company: Martell Animation (martellanimation.com) I also freelance occasionally as a Line producer or CG Supervisor.

 

What are some of the crazier jobs you had before getting into animation?
For one summer I did school photography. You know the guys who go around and take pictures of high schoolers for the yearbook? Worst. Job. Ever.

 

What are some of your favorite projects you’re proud to have been a part of?
A while back I did a short film called Pigeon: Impossible. It was a lot of fun, and I learned an immense amount by going through that and dealing with every single step of the animation process.

 

Where are you from and how did you get into the animation business?

I’m from a small town in central Illinois. In college I was a music major, but did a lot of technical work in the recording studio, as well as music videos. I moved to Austin TX after graduating in 2003 with

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Jobs: LA Sr Character Animator

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Zoic Studios is an Award winning VFX company made up of accomplished artists and producers who understand story, process and relationships. Partnership, integrity and enthusiasm are our key founding principles. Some of our recent credits include, Gangster Squad, Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, Once Upon a Time, Fringe and Falling Skies.

“Visual Evolution” is our mission. We invest in constantly improving our technological and studio processes so that our artists can focus on being creative even in the lightning fast paced world of Sci-Fi and Fantasy Episodic Television. We apply these principles to our work on some of the most VFX intensive film and television projects out there. We like a challenge. Do you?

Our LA office is currently interested in Sr Character Animators with immediate availability for our commercial department

Summary of Position
Works under the CG Supervisor to create realistic creature and character animation for commercial productions. Animators at Zoic may be asked to animate anything from an alien slug to a 6 legged chimera so strong visual understanding of anatomy and physics is a must.

Responsibilities:

  • Realistic creature and character animation
  • Ensuring animation meets production deadlines
  • Ensuring animation meets quality standards
  • Knowing and following all pipeline and studio policies and procedures

Qualifications

  • Experience working as a 3D animator within television or commercials, a must.
  • Proficiency animating in Maya from reference, with the ability to take animation to final.
  • Ability to work within a fast-paced team environment.
  • Positive attitude, hard worker, flexible schedule.
  • Strong attention to detail and follow through.

You can apply for the job on their website.