Computer Animation Arts

Excitingly, a number of our year 3 students are developing projects that will be mixing CGI with other media in the pursuit of creating memorable visual experiences.  When I saw this excerpt from The Paper Architect by Davy and Kristin McGuire , I was charmed utterly and compelled to share it with the rest of you.  This is a magical example of world-making wherein different techniques are blended to transformative effect. The Paper Architect trailer from Davy and Kristin McGuire on Vimeo .

For anyone that's already seen/heard of this film, I believe it actually came out last year but I just spotted the review on Empire's website and hunted it down from there. The trailer's in french but just watch it, it's a really beautiful style and anyone that enjoys Lotte Reiniger's work is going to love it for sure! Now to find a copy! :D

It's PWTM time once again - week nine of fifteen - and creative projects that began life as pipe-dreams, thumbnails and speculative conversations are marching with increasing speed toward their realisation.  Sam and Rich at Green Octopus have resolved their pre-viz and are now working closely with composer, Zack Huggett, who will produce a bespoke score mirroring the project's mash-up of east-meets-west.  Go here to listen to a work-in-progress. Elsewhere, Matt Hyland takes his toy-derived vehicle designs into Maya... ...and Ethan C's Hamelin comes more fully to life detail-by-detail. Adam Bailey creates dynamic silhouettes for his steampunk-inspired airships... ...while Matt Haines designs another flight of fancy - the character of Icarus, the boy who flew famously too close to the sun. Elly's weaponry, inspired by Jack Campbell's sci-fi saga, The Lost Fleet , arrive at th...