Computer Animation Arts

 I was just about to post another video when this advert came on before it. It's quite sweet and funny but what I think struck me most was how much it reminded me of claymation despite being CG...curious.

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Warning: this witty little video about racist, homophobic, misogynist online haters contains some very bad language and some strong sexual references. Watch it anyway. It will cheer you up. It did me.

Hi all, Just a final reminder about the post-Halloween film screening tomorrow. It's a real classic of trashy 70's horror, and if you ask me probably one the best zombie films ever. Great special effects and some genuinely gruesome moments. Hope you can make it! :) Zombie Flesh Eaters November 1st 17:00-19:00 LECTURE THEATRE ONE

  Hello again, Wednesday now. I'll maintain the same format. Today, I'll be showing some work from another 3D artist I admire - Carlos Ortega Elizalde or 'Stroggtank' as he is known on the interwebs. In all honesty, I don't really have that many 3D artists whom I follow. Andrew Hickinbottom and Carlos are the two main guys. Mostly I'm more inspired and I enjoy 2D art a lot more. Which as a 3D artist makes a whole heap of sense, as what you produce often comes from 2D imagery.           I try to link each section together, so in this case; I recommend reading a great tutorial written by Carlos Ortega detailing the process of one of his pinups. Go here . I was struggling to think what Animation to suggest today. I don't know too many. Brain Divided was a great one though !   Tune wise, one of my favorite music producers recently released a new album.  Feed Me - Calamari Tuesday. and

 Alright, quick one from me today as it's been a long day at work! Continuing in yesterday's fashion, I'll start with one of my favorite artists.    Today I'd like to introduce you all to Matt Dixon . I've managed to meet him at a couple of conventions and he's a lovely guy. Again, he's a bit of a pinup illustrator, though he also had a period working in the video games industry. Animation wise, one of the first that comes to my mind was this awesome proof of concept piece called 'Azureus Rising' which I really wish would have developed into something more. Shame really, check it out. Recommended reading for today is completely unrelated to CG Arts, and isn't a specific piece of literature, but instead an author. I recommend reading some books from one of my favorite authors : Wilbur Smith! :) Especially the Courtney series of books. I decided to add The Tune here. This isn't strictly

Wednesday, 6th November is your first Secret Lairs Online Greenlight Review (OGR) Your OGR is to be presented as a single Scribd presentation on your blog, beginning with your name, date, and project title.  I suggest you save your documents as PDFs before uploading to Scribd , as this should mitigate against formating glitches. Your OGR presentations should be uploaded to your blogs by 8 pm on Wednesday 6th November. Written feedback will follow as a 'comment' on your OGR post. Secret Lairs OGR: What do you need to present? 1) A written character profile.  I want to know ‘who’ they are, ‘why’ they are, and what motivates them.  Please note: your written character profile should be concise – 500 words max. To include influence maps and any exploratory character sketches. 2) A short written statement identifying your visual concept in relation to your character's secret lair (i.e. what are the underlying production design principles driving your de

Phew! Project two already! And while you've got seven weeks, you're also working creatively in Maya for the first time. Please don't underestimate the challenge in this!  You don't yet know what you don't know about this creative process and to begin with, your progress will be slow.  If you know you could have managed your Cinematic Spaces project more effectively, please take that knowledge forward into this experience.   Once again, I'm including here examples of previous student work in response to this same brief.  By clicking on the student's name, you can access all posts related to their 'Secret Lairs' creative development.  I urge you to take the requisite time to reflect on their bodies of work.  If you're sensible, you'll take this opportunity to think about the ways in which these students organised, presented and published their creative development.  You should also use these examples to gauge the productivity, responsive

As predicted, Southeastern trains are a bit windswept and interesting this morning - which means I'm currently 'trainless' and therefore a bit stuck.  It looks to me as if a 'working from home' day is in the offing.  I'll keep my eye on the blogs and ensure the CGAA office is open for access to graphic tablets etc.  If you want some input, '@Phil' or email me at pgomm@ucreative.ac.uk .  I'm sure everything will be back to normal soon enough.  :)

Hey guys, today is my first Author in Residence day - unfortunately I don't have the time to post all day, so I'll do a 'summary' post and include everything in one in the evenings (today I posted in the morning as I prepared this post on Sunday evening :) ). A quick introduction for those who don't know me. My name is Jon Stewart, I am a graduate from CG Arts (Three years ago now!) and I graduated with a first class degree. I am currently working for Rail Simulator as a Third Party Downloadable content artist, and I create downloadable asset packs for people to populate their train lines with. That's pretty much it about me, feel free to visit my portfolio at www.jonstewart.co.uk.  My plan is to introduce you guys to my interests. Namely artists I like and things that inspire me. My main interest is Pin-Up art, but don't worry, that doesn't mean it's going to be posts of breasts. Here we go then! My first supplement

Apologies for lack of a screening last week for those who intended on coming. I moved it to this coming Friday to make use of the better equipment in Lecture Theatre One. The film is Lucio Fulci's Zombie Flesh Eaters, sometimes known as Zombie or Zombi 2.  It's a   classic Italian horror which was only  released fully uncut in the last few years. Expect a good old-fashioned gore-filled, flesh rotting, shark fighting romp. Highly recommend viewing. in HD - eye gauging and all. Hope to see you there!  Zombie Flesh Eaters November 1st 17:00-19:00 LECTURE THEATRE ONE

This is just a heads-up incase the travel chaos predicted by the weathermen in light of tonight's big storm should mean tomorrow doesn't go to plan.  I fully intend to get to UCA tomorrow, but who knows what merry hell those 40+ mph winds will play with the trains.   I suggest all students seeking my input on anything put together an @Phil blogpost as a precautionary measure.  With a little bit of luck all this talk of the incoming 'weather-megeddon' will prove to be but a storm in a teacup, but if I do end up, Dorothy-like, on the wrong end of weather-chaos tomorrow, let's use the blogs to keep things moving...

On Friday 1st November, Jordan Buckner is working with students from Creative Arts For Theatre & Film .  This means all loanable graphic tablets will be in use in his class and not available to CGAA students.  With this in mind, I suggest you prioritise your respective schedules accordingly.  Many thanks.

Hi Anita and hello Mike - saw this article on the Gothic in the paper this weekend and thought of you!