Rookies - Introduction to work in VFX

Great FREE to download document - I really recommend for schools, students, 3d animation beginners, people who work in production for VFX and animation.
This was done by the team at ROOKIES.

Download the book:
https://discover.therookies.co/beginners-guide-to-visual-effects-free-ebook/

Here is also link to similar info on Rookies website:
https://discover.therookies.co/2019/05/06/beginners-guide-to-becoming-a-visual-effects-vfx-artist/

Polygonbay Artist Search - public beta

Here is first demo of Polygonbay Artist Search - fastest system to find CG artists based on skills. First beta version is planned for the next week around 1.11.2017.

If you are 3d artist, programming or working in games, this is place where you want to be. You can register for free here:
https://www.polygonbay.com/my-account/

polygonbay_artist_search_demo_001 from Polygonbay on Vimeo.

DNEG and Young Pope

Worth to notice how VFX is heavily used in TV programmes. Game of Thrones moved the bard recently. Here is courtesy of DNEG and Young Pope series:

https://www.fxguide.com/featured/dneg-tv-the-young-pope/

Find the biggest files on your Google Drive

Here is handy link in case you are using Google Drive to store you data on cloud. In case you want to do some (New Year) clean up:
https://drive.google.com/drive/quota

Just be careful not to delete anything important ;) Better download to your local drive before.

Godzila creature and Terminator digi double ZBrush modeling

Great presentation by MPC on Godzila creature and Terminator digi double ZBrush modeling.

Dinosaurs by ILM

Nice behind the scenes about making dinosaurs by ILM for recent Jurassic World movie.

Jurassic World raptor reel from Image Engine

Impressive creature and set extension work by Image Engine on recent blockbuster Jurassic World

JURASSIC WORLD BREAKDOWN REEL from Image Engine on Vimeo.

Wildlife Crossing done with internet pipeline

Nice, this cool short was all done on the internet pipeline with a Pixar director and a team of 58 people from 15 countries with main base in Czech Republic :)

WILDLIFE CROSSING! from ANOMALIA on Vimeo.

Making of Wildlife Crossing with Anthony Wong


WILDLIFE CROSSING! - a message from Anthony Wong [PIXAR] from ANOMALIA on Vimeo.

Hotel Transylvania Zombie rig for download

Great! A small christmas in october - Sony Imageworks Animation sharing their Zombie character rig from Hotel Transylvania :)

Here is a download link:
https://secure.sonypictures.com/animation/hotelt/zombierig/videosubmissions/

Vampire Academy VFX breakdown

Here is our demo of VFX for Vampire Academy


Vampire Academy Breakdown from Prime Focus World Official on Vimeo.

Lego the Movie FxGuide documentary

Here is FxGuide.com document about Lego the Movie. Pretty good coverage of all things CG society would like to know: depth of field, camera moves, animation restrictions, render software for lot of raytracing, modelling process, atmosphere etc.

(you need to follow the link and watch it on vimeo.com, or on AnimalLogic website)


FX GUIDE EP 186 THE LEGO MOVIE from Animal Logic on Vimeo.

MoDo in 3d animation pipeline - case study

Heh, great evolution of a studio pipeline :)

Courtesy of 3d packages Lightwave, Modo and Maya from presentation by belgian studio Creative Conspiracy.
I personally got more interested in the rigging abilities of MoDo after looking at some tutorials from Brian Tindall. Watch the full video to see interesting case study 3d animation pipeline of a commercials/TV animation studio.


Creative Conspiracy's use of MODO on Uki & De Lijn ‘Ants’ from The Foundry on Vimeo.

Brian Tindall moving to Laika for Boxtrolls

Nice article about Pixar rigger Brian Tindall having moved to animation studio Laika.
http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2013/02/post-pixar_award-winning_brave.html

Also mentioning his current project Boxtrolls and interest in 3D printing technology, which is used in Laika for their stop-motion style animation projects.

ILM London facility official

ILM headquarters have officially confirmed with giving some details expansing of their bussiness to London:

http://m.hollywoodreporter.com/entry/view/id/38377

Here is updated page with job opportunities now open for applications for London:

https://www.lucasfilm.apply2jobs.com/ProfExt/index.cfm?fuseaction=mExternal.showJob&RID=5528&CurrentPage=4

Sony Pictures Imageworks moving part of their staff to Vancouver

Not a good news from L.A. based Sony Pictures Imageworks. A company behind visual effects for such blockbusters as The Amazing Spiderman is moving part of their staff to their Vancouver offices.
More in the Variety article

Whiskytree Showreel January 2014 on Vimeo

Quite impressive, great full CG environments from Elysium by Whiskytree. Plus other stuff from various projects.


Whiskytree Showreel January 2014 from WHISKYTREE on Vimeo.

Ftrack in Cinesite pipeline

Very interesting close insight to latest pipeline implementation at Cinesite using Ftrack platform

Charge the dragon animation short

This is animation short made by czech VFX and animation studio R.U.R. Dedicated to legendary animator Bretislav Pojar.

John Knoll appointed CCO at ILM

With some delay, as I just noticed this article on Variety, here is a post on quite important management promotion at ILM. Senior VFX Supe John Knoll was promoted for Chief Creative Officer at ILM to help with resources coordination, early production decisions, troubleshooting and sharing what everyone is doing on their shows. He is to work on the creative side together with ILM President Lynwen Brennan managing the overall production.

UK film tax credit update

Based on recent announcement UK government continues to support the film and VFX productions in UK with further enhancing tax credit for lower as well as high budget productions from april 2014. There is also support for digital content Research & Development through Technology Strategy Board and education in the same sector via Skill Investment Fund.

Variety
http://variety.com/2013/film/news/u-k-government-ups-tax-credit-for-bigger-budget-pix-1200921539/

UK goverment website
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/autumn-statement-5-december-2013

* image courtesy Thor The Dark World, visual effects by Double Negative