TS3 Roundtable Part 2

PART 2

Finally… Sorry it took so long… The summer has been busy… I am currently teaching the 2010 animation interns and they are lots of work… Hopefully I will get back in the game of making some new podcasts. I am going to be doing one with Lee Unkrich, director of Toy Story 3.

Some other cool stuff that has been going on…. There is a cool class that myself and Matt Luhn are teaching in Vancouver on September 24th and 25th.

Also in the current issue of 3d World I did a little article on Walks. Hopefully I will be able to post all the info on the site with permission from the Mag. Stay tuned for that. Thanks for still following the site. I’m trying to keep it alive…

Download the short podcast here ts3roundtable_part2

-Andrew

Toy Story 3 Animator Roundtable – Part1

Finally, a new Spline Cast!!! This is part one of a two part animation Roundtable with:

Doug Sweetland, Andy Schmidt, Jessica Torres, Cat Hicks, Carlos Baena, Kc Royer, Aaron Hartline and Myself, Andrew Gordon. Aaron thought it would be cool to do a Spline Cast talking about Toy Story 3 so we made it happen. Hope you enjoy it and the Film which opens this Friday. Expect it on itunes soon.

-Andrew

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Kids Animation Software

Recently someone at work asked what some good software there is out there for kids for doing animation. Here is a list that someone came up with. Please feel free to add to the list in the comments section.

1) Scratch ( http://scratch.mit.edu )
2) Cosmic Blobs ( http://www.cosmicblobs.com )
3) Kid Pix
4) Pencil animation ( http://www.pencil-animation.org
5) Anime Studio Debut ( http://anime.smithmicro.com
6) Claymation Studio and Istopmotion for claymation
7) Sam Animation ( http://www.samanimation.com

Walk Challenge Winners

Winner - Pier Pressure - Drew Winey

Thank you all for entering the 2010 walk challenge. I think we really had some amazing entries and I was personally inspired to start doing a walk myself. The whole reason for doing this challenge was to get people to think about character through their walk. Often, when a reel contains a walk cycle, it is often bland and out of context. It tells you nothing about the character. I think that every one of the walks we judged had character. Myself, Victor Navone, Scott Clark and Travis Hathaway judged the entries.

Best Overall Walk – Drew Winey – Pier Pressure

2nd Place – Tyler Kakac – Disco Walk

3rd place – Eleanor Dayton – Kid on Moms Leg

spline doctors walk challenge 2010 from andrew gordon on Vimeo.

Congratulations to all the winners. First prize will be receiving a signed poster from Toy Story 3. The other winner will receive some other  Pixar schwag as yet to be determined.

Walk Challenge Deadline Closed

Some of the walk entries

Thank you to all the contestants. They will be judged over the weekend and the winner will be announced this Monday or Tuesday. We have some really great entries and again, thanks for taking part in this. For me, a good walk says everything about the character and a lot of people really nailed it. I will be posting all of the walks on the site for you to see. Good luck.

-Andrew