Ice Age a Mammoth Christmas - Animation Reel

These were the shots I've animated on the Blue Sky Studios 22 min film "Ice Age a Mammoth Christmas".

Toy Story - Garbage Truck

This is another film we made at Seagulls Fly. I was responsible for all animation.

Toy Story - Garbage Truck from Seagulls Fly on Vimeo.

Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas Preview: Scrat On Ice

Hey Guys

This is a trailer of the movie I worked, Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas.
In this sequence I've animated the shot on 0:10.

Experimental Movie

This is a short I worked last year for a Canadian Studio. I animated the last 2 shots, the S&M and the Carnival.


S/M/L from TENDRIL on Vimeo.

This is the official link:
http://studio.tendril.ca/#1751740/S-M-L

Clay Animation!

I really want to be able to animate clay some day, but this piece I actually animate in 3Ds max, but it was fun anyway :)



It was a mix of frame by frame and animated vertices (edit poly modifier animated).

Open Season 3 - Shot #20 - Last one!

Elliot wants to rescue Boog from the circus and Alistair wants to take him to the stage.
Elliot quer resgatar Boog do circo e Alistair quer levá-lo ao palco.



This was my last shot in the movie. I ended up having fewer days to do this and worked very hard over the weekend to be able to deliver on time.
The biggest challenge of this shot was to understand who was talking. When I started to plan the shot, the first thing I did was write the dialogue and who was saying what. Even doing that I ended up doing it wrong animating Elliot speaking what Alistair should. That changed a little the movement dynamics, as I had planned each one pull Boog when speak and when I changed that, besides the lip sync, I had to adapt their body movements as well.

Essa foi minha última cena no filme. Eu acabei tendo menos dias pra fazer essa e trabalhei muito no final de semana pra conseguir entregar no prazo.
O desafio maior dessa cena foi entender quem estava falando. Quando eu comecei a planejar a cena, a primeira coisa que eu fiz foi escrever o diálogo e quem estava falando o quê. Mesmo fazendo isso eu acabei entendendo uma parte errado onde Elliot falava e eu animei o Alistair falando. Isso acabou mudando um pouco a dinâmica dos movimentos, pois eu tinha planejado cada um puxar o Boog quando falava e ao mudar isso, fora o lip sync, eu tive que adaptar os movimentos do corpo também.

Here is the final outcome, and how the shot came together following the shots done by other animators.
Eis o resultado final, e como a cena se encaixou na sequência do filme animada por outros animadores.



Time spent: 21 hours.
Tempo de trabalho: 21h.

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That's all folks! For those who followed this exchange of experiences, I hope you enjoyed and this has been helpful in some way. Thanks for the comments and emails :) Currently I am wrapping up another super cool project (I can not disclose yet), so next year there'll be more!

É isso aí pessoal! Para os que acompanharam essa troca de experiências, espero que tenham gostado e que tenha sido útil de alguma forma. Valeu pelos comments e e-mails :) Atualmente estou terminando outro projeto super legal (que não posso divulgar ainda), então ano que vem tem mais!

Open Season 3 - Shot #19

Elliot asks "Who is Ursa?" and she says "I am."
Elliot pergunta "Who is Ursa?" e ela diz "I am."



That would be my last shot in the movie, but I ended up getting one more to do, which was really cool because it was a really fun one.
I still remember Ed Hooks tips in his book Acting for Animators where he said that you should know where your character was and what he was doing before the shot, in other words, what is his/her emotional state. I did as if Boog was about to respond to Elliot, then at the beginning of the shot he intends to respond to him but gets interrupted by Ursa who responds first. Although Boog say nothing in this shot, he simply could not get stopped waiting for Ursa to respond, after all he didn't know she would.

Essa seria a minha última cena no filme, mas eu acabei recebendo mais uma pra fazer, o que foi muito legal pois era um cena bem divertida.
Eu ainda lembro das dicas do Ed Hooks em seu livro Acting for Animators onde ele dizia que você deve saber onde seu personagem estava e o que ele estava fazendo antes de entrar em cena, enfim, qual o estado emocional que ele estava. Eu fiz com que ele estivesse prestes a responder ao Elliot, então no início da cena ele ameaça responder até que Ursa o interrompe e responde primeiro. Apesar de Boog não dizer nada nessa cena, ele não poderia simplesmente começar parado esperando Ursa falar, afinal ele nem mesmo sabia que ela iria responder.

Here is the final outcome, and how the shot came together following the shots done by other animators.
Eis o resultado final, e como a cena se encaixou na sequência do filme animada por outros animadores.



Time spent: 14 hours.
Tempo de trabalho: 14h.

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If you have any questions, criticism or if I said something stupid, please contact me. My email is at the top of the site. I’ll be happy to exchange ideas. Soon I will post more shots and details of my experience in this project. Add me on Twitter to receive updates of new posts!
Cheers :)

Se você tem alguma pergunta, crítica ou se falei alguma besteira, entre em contato comigo. Meu e-mail está no topo do site. Ficarei feliz em trocar idéias. Breve irei postar mais cenas e detalhes da minha experiência nesse projeto. Me adicione no Twitter para receber notícias dos novos posts!
Abraços :)