Finally How to train your dragon is over, I worked on it since June and that was a really enjoyable experience. The movie is coming out on March 26th 2010 and I think that's a really good movie to be seen in stereo Imax.
So far I think this is the best movie Dreamworks have ever made, it has a lot more epic and drame to it than any other one and I think the overall thema is much deeper and will connect a lot more to adults that usual. I'm really confident that it would be a huge hit.
Here is the trailer ( I was lead lighter on the sequence where Hiccup eat the fish and when he touch Toothless face)
The third and the seventh by Alex Roman
By Zeb on Tuesday, January 5 2010, 22:58 - Short Movies - 394 views
Well, I know, I know, I'm not giving lots of news and the blog is quite dead... And I still have the same good old explanation : a lot of work ( I got promoted as a lead lighter, and we're wrapping up How to train your dragon for the next few weeks before helping out Shrek 4 team for the last few months) and some personal changes. But that still doesn't remove my obligation to wish you the best for this new year and so on. Well I wish mainly for you that you already have seen Avatar which I truly believe is a HUGE game changer for our industry and it's expansion beyond the usual cartoon animation features and sfx fields.
As a "present" to start this new year, let me share the latest crazy short that blow my mind, a complete "tour de force" made by one single spanish artist named Alex Roman. This is a fantastic 12 minutes short movie showing of magnificent architecture, but most impressive is the fact that this is a FULL CG movie (beside the character). It has been made with 3dsMax and Vray
Enjoy that phenomenal piece of art and please check it out in HD on the Vimeo website
HAPPY NEW YEAR
The Third & The Seventh from Alex Roman on Vimeo.
Here is the making of, certifying the full CG claim 
Compositing Breakdown (T&S) from Alex Roman on Vimeo.
Master Piece : La maison en petit cubes
By Zeb on Friday, February 27 2009, 00:07 - Short Movies - 24454 views
Well, this blog has been idle for a few months now, and probably for a few more weeks. But I can't resist to share with you that wonderful short movie who won the academy award this year for best animated short movie. Beware that's just one of the best short I experienced, I hope you will enjoy as well.
Director : Kunio Kato
Production : Robots
Director : Kunio Kato
Production : Robots
Artist : Hamid Barhami
By Zeb on Friday, December 12 2008, 10:00 - Inspiration - 30504 views
Hamid is a really talented illustrator working in many different styles. I like his sketches a lot. thanks to stumbleupon who helped me discover him and I hope you would like to discover his work as well through his website.
Informations:
City: I'm from Iran but I live in the U.S Atlanta from 2007.
Age: I was born in 1972.(36 years old)
Job: I'm a freelancer concept artist and 2D animator so I have had cooperation experience with Turner Animation Studios and Primal Screen Studio in Atlanta.
School: After graduting from the Fine Arts School, I earned my B.A in painting from the Art University of Tehran
Prefered atists at the time: Egon schile .Johan Singer Sargent . Frank Frazeta . Ashley wood.
Short Movie : True Color
By Zeb on Friday, December 5 2008, 10:00 - Inspiration - 60482 views
Here is a great short, a lot of rythm and freshness, I love the editing and the simple but efficient idea.
Directors : Pierre Ducos and Bertrand Bey
Production : SUPINFOCOM ARLES 2004
Directors : Pierre Ducos and Bertrand Bey
Production : SUPINFOCOM ARLES 2004
Artist : Olivier Ponsonnet (Reiv)
By Zeb on Friday, November 28 2008, 10:00 - Inspiration - 2781 views
Most of you probably already know the work of Reiv, but I can make you discover his wonderfull character artwork, that would make my day. If so, hurry up to check out his website or his cgportfolio gallery
Informations
City: Bordeaux
Age: 26
Job: 3D Artist
School: Master in computer programmation ( 5 years)
Prefered artist at the time: Stephan Martiniere
Brazil 2 DVD with Gnomon Workshop
By Zeb on Friday, November 21 2008, 10:20 - Brazil 2.0 - 13610 views
After many weeks of hard work until September, I'm happy to announced the release of my first DVD with Gnomon Workshop The subject of interest is focused on creating materials with the rendering engine Brazil 2 for 3dsMax. The DVD would be helpfull as well for any Brazil 1 users and would be fit as well to be used along with Brazil Rio Edition (the free version of brazil)
I apologize in advance for my bad english which is coming with a really strong french accent 
Let me detail the content of the DVD. There are hours of lecture going through all the different materials and textures coming with Brazil 2, and an overview of the general workflow. And I added a practical example in order to experiment all the knowledge shared in the lecture. The exercise consisted to reproduce in CG a still life photography set that I did, you can see the final CG render below. The picture is highly perfectible, but the purpose of this practical example was mainly didactic.
Amazing 3d space interface
By Zeb on Monday, November 17 2008, 11:21 - Internet - 12855 views
Impossible to not think about the movie Minority Report when you see this demonstration of that amazing interface. I can't believe this technology is already out there and people start to implement it in systems. The perspective of using such an interface for graphic artist is simply mindbreaking for motion graphics as well as 3d artists. Can you imagine moving lights or scultping a model with this kind of worklfow... so amazing, right ?
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