Computer Animation Arts

A nice little animation showing Dreamworks pipeline, taking an idea from script to screen.

DreamWorks Animation has unveiled the first teaser poster for Me and My Shadow, coming to theatres March 14, 2014 from director Alessandro Carloni, head of story on How to Train Your Dragon. Featuring the voices of Bill Hader, Josh Gad, and Kate Hudson, the movie will explore the world of shadows through the story of one in particular—Shadow Stan, who happens to be 'stuck to the world's most boring human', Stanley Grubb. IMDb adds the following in its unofficial synopsis : "When a crime in the shadow world puts both of their lives in danger, Stan is forced to take control of Stanley. They go on a madcap adventure to investigate the crime and stop the shadow villain from leading a rebellion where shadows take over the human world. During this adventure, Stan empowers Stanley to let go of his fears and embrace life. Through their adventure, they both learn that one cannot be whole without a true friend."Me And My Shadow combines CG and traditional hand d...

After the 'monster mash-up' of Hotel Transylvania from Sony, here's the trailer for Dreamworks' Rise of the Guardians .  It may just be me (and admittedly the target audience for this film isn't going to be 37 year olds!), but, in design terms, this film just looks all over the place...

Courtesy of Living Lines , an assortment of concept art for Dreamworks' Puss in Boots (2011).

I saw this at it made me think a lot about both companies. It's obvious why pixar is making the difference. What do you think?

Lots of lovely production stuff from Tom McGrath's Megamind (2010) over at the Living Lines blog: go here for concept art , character design 1 & 2 , props and storyboards 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6