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Innovations in Animation - Part 2 - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

 It's been a hard year. As we start to dig out from under the horrors of 2020 and the Covid pandemic, let's take a moment to get back to my topic of Innovations in Animation. After my first entry from the 1980's, ("Twice Upon A Time") I want to jump forward to the 21st Century. Through the years, Sony Pictures was not my top pick as far as animation or superhero film studios go. But Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature for the studio. I finally saw it on Blu-Ray, and it definitely caught my attention.

(copyright Sony/Marvel/Disney?) 

Comic book style! Other attempts have been made, with dubious success.

Hand drawn effects over 3D, far advanced from old cell shaders.

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4633694/

https://www.imageworks.com/our-craft/feature-animation/movies/spider-man-spider-verse

 https://www.foundry.com/insights/film-tv/into-spiderverse 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEXUG_vN540

https://characterdesignreferences.com/art-of-animation-7/art-of-spider-man-into-the-spider-verse-part-1?fbclid=IwAR1iIrNQ4S-zKVtUY0NEt36ya6HTwBJd1dfF6s8C4k-8EGVT5UupxSUXr4E

 Art Direction by Dean Gordon, Patrick O'Keefe

Production Design -  Justin K. Thompson

Danny Dimian - Visual Effects Supervisor

Directed by
Bob Persichetti     
Peter Ramsey     
Rodney Rothman

Writing Credits  
Phil Lord     ...     Screenplay
Rodney Rothman     ...     Screenplay
 
Phil Lord     ...    Story

Paul Watling - Head of Story

 

While it's not a direct part of the MCU, Kevin Feige's hand still seemed to be felt.

Gnomon_School Animatics for Indie Filmmakers with Unreal Engine

 https://www.gnomon.edu/community/events/animatics-for-indie-filmmakers-with-unreal-engine

(Copyright Miguel Ortega & Tran Ma - Gnomon School)

Here is the short film project of Miguel Ortega, director and VFX artist, and Tran Ma, production designer and VFX artist. They demonstrate on the fly layout, scene composition and film direction using 3D assets in the Unreal Engine. Moderated by Beau Janzen, Gnomon Education lead.

Will look for youtube link asap.

https://www.gnomon.edu/about/instructors/tran-ma

https://www.gnomon.edu/about/instructors/miguel-ortega 

https://www.facebook.com/TheNingyo/

Visual Effects Artists Rough Timeline

Here's a rough chart of the visual effects artists and animators I put together during my years at Woodbury University. From what I learned, these are some of the key the people who built the foundations of the computer and traditional animation we have now, and their connections with each other as the film business progressed.

And give a big thanks to organized labor this Labor Day, especially in a business like animation!

Is CGI Getting Worse?

Good commentary by Center Row.

3D Modeling and Animation Group on Facebook

Very informative group on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/3dmodelingandanimation/?fref=nf

Animate In Virtual Reality with Disney's PoseVR

Saw this article on Cartoon Brew; worth passing along. https://www.cartoonbrew.com/disney/disneys-posevr-is-a-mind-blowing-tool-that-lets-you-animate-in-vr-166721.html

Augmented Reality with Animation

Here is my next step in creating basic AR using Unity with Vuforia. I'll see how much of the procedure I can list here.

These video links outline the process much more clearly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtiUx_szKbI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8cmDK_O-1g

My first successful Augmented Reality test with Unity and Vuforia

After following the tutorial from Playful Technology, I finally was able to get my first success in AR with the Unity game engine, along with the Vuforia software.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtiUx_szKbI

 

Still have a long way to go.

https://unity3d.com/

 

https://www.vuforia.com/

R.I.P. Adam West

Well, whether it be comics, TV or animation, Batman always held my attention. I didn't get the campy attitude of the 1960's TV show, especially when the cliffhanger endings meant to me that the danger was REAL. My parent's chuckling, and rolling their eyes was lost on me. But here's to Adam West who kept a six year old in suspense every Wednesday night on ABC. To me, the Bat-Signal will never go out.

(Batman's symbol done in Maya. copyright DC comics)

Maya 2017: Quick Rig

3D print dragon

Finally got my female dragon head. The resolution is a little low, 

but it gives the figure an interesting texture.

Sculpted in Maya, "Cassandra" was made in 

Woodbury University's Digital Fabrication Lab, kudos to Matt and his crew!

Here is the Dimension UPrint + (SD) unit that did the dirty work.

Super cool! Good modeling experience, 

but I need more practice in modeling the interior 

to get the proper wall thickness.

She has a few errors on her surfaces, and the eyes 

didn't print for some reason. Will have to go over that again.

Matt and William use Rhino software to convert .obj files into .stl (stereo lithography) files.

Have a good summer gang, school starts at the end of August.

3D Printing

After all these years, Herman Bear emerges as a 3D print out!

Still have to clean him up, get the support material out of his mouth.

Kudos to Woodbury University's Digital Fabrication Lab. 

http://architecture.woodbury.edu/fabrication-labs/

(Forbidden Planet, original copyright MGM)

We don't have sci-fi replication technology just yet, but we're getting there!

Will update details asap.

Tardis_V01

Quick bash up of a Tardis with Maya and Mental Ray

Have to get the "Police Box" and other graphics attached, along with door handles and dirt and scratches...

Version_02...

I made my own sign art in Photoshop, rather than swipe it off the internet.
I'll see what else I can add...

Learn Maya in 1 hour - Speed Course

Courtesy of CG Meetup

                     

http://www.cgmeetup.net/home/learn-maya-in-1-hour/

CG Buildings in Maya 3D

Here's some quick poly modeling in Maya, I was thinking of the old Ghostbusters' fire station in New York.

I think I'm also beginning to control Mental Ray, at least enough to get the results I want.

Bob Hope Burbank Airport project 2014

My Woobury University team and I have finished the special animation project for the Bob Hope Burbank airport. We learned a hell of a lot in using displacement maps in After Effects, and the SOuP plugin for Maya. http://www.soup-dev.com/ Non disclosure forms prevent me from going into details. Iwish Icould show it to the public. The Bob Hope Burbank airport staff seemed very pleased. I want to thank my students for their hard work, and pushing their talents to new levels. 

The Bob Hope Burbank Airport project is a very serious industrial type film. It helps the airport staff and rescue crews prepare for any emergency situation. Still, after the pressure of doing this project, I couldn't resist putting in one fun photo.

(Photo copyright LA Times/UCLA Archive, used for editorial purposes only)

http://framework.latimes.com/2011/12/23/bob-hope-entertains-the-troops/#/0

Creating Glass Shatter Effect using Maya nCloth

Very handy tutorial on breaking stuff in Maya! This may save the day for the project Woodbury is animating for the Bob Hope airport in Burbank.

http://www.dreamsin3d.com/glass_tutorial.html

Copyright Azhagu Raj Pandian

Hey, it can't all be doodles and sketches, right? Besides, the Super Bowl isn't holding my attention. Not that I'm a Denver fan, but the game is no fun when when one side gets steamrollered.

Basic City - Basic Mental Ray render

Just some basic polys; simple Physical Sun and Sky in Mental Ray. Gives a fairly dramatic layout, imho.

Evil Tunnel

Evil tunnel, experimenting with lighting in Maya and Mental Ray;

Work in Progress.