Computer Animation Arts

Merry Christmas from Blue-Zoo with ' Daddy Christmas '! Best not to watch while eating... or with kids in the room... Enjoy!        You can see a little bit of the making of at: https://www.behance.net/gallery/22116885/Daddy-Christmas

"This short animated experiment of a seemingly CG bear climbing stairs is garnering a lot of attention on the Internet because it’s actually a CG bear printed as 50 separate 3-D models and then animated in stop motion. The bear was produced as a collaboration between two London-based companies: design firm DBLG and animation studio Blue Zoo ... Rather than using 3-D printing to create organic-looking models a la Laika, DBLG and Blue Zoo printed models that retain their low-poly CG appearance. The slight imperfections in the 3D printing and filming processes give the animation an indescribable warmth that can be felt by the viewer while still retaining the mathematical accuracy of CG animation...'   More at  cartoonbrew.com

Happy Easter from Blue-Zoo everyone. With our new animated short - enjoy!   Dragon designs: Modelled in ZBrush Chick designs Chick renders: Created using Maya XGen hair & rendered in Arnold