The Golden Compass

Trailer of The Golden Compass: His Dark Materials



the first movie i worked on :)

Rhythm and Hues,Mumbai - Animation team

Talented fellow animators

my first animation..

Here's my first animation with balls.Its an old work, but just now got time to upload it.



squashy balls on Vimeo

poses

here are some of the poses i did using max (vry old work)

doodling..

i just started doodling in flash...oh man..its seems awesome tool to doodle..i'm posting some of them here..

just checking

am just checking how to upload some images..

hii..

hey..
am a cg student n wanna b char animator..i use to collect resources available in net which wld b helpfull for my self-learning.Hence,this blog.If u find its usefull,thts gr8 n if u can share some resources anything regarding char anim i wld b much greatfull 2 u. Thnx ALEX in guiding n sujjesting me how to start the char anim learning.

cheers,
Bala

animation resource sites

hey..

i've collected some animation resourse links from various sites..hope it'ill be much informative..


http://www.anzovin.com/reviews/

http://www.multiliteracy.com/persist/

http://www.keithlango.com/tutorials.htm

http://d3d.com/heads/Art/round_4/jack.html

http://www.amazing-kids.org/anilessons.html

http://www.siggraph.org/education/m...asseter_s94.htm

http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.ph...15&pagenumber=2

http://www.animfound.com

http://www.animationartist.com

http://www.rubberbug.com

http://www.toonopedia.com

http://www.animatusstudio.com

http://animated-movies.squareworld.com/News.html

http://www.animationartist.com/

http://www.animationblast.com/

http://www.animateclay.com/

http://www.animfound.com/index.html Animation Foundation

http://www.animationmagazine.net Animation Magazine

http://www.animationhistory.com/

http://www.animationjournal.com/

http://www.animationnation.com

http://www.awn.com Animation World Network

http://news.toonzone.net/btan/ Batman The Animated Newsletter

http://www.deneroff.com/ Animation Consultants International

http://www.bcdb.com/ The Big Cartoon Database

http://www.cartoonresearch.com CartoonResearch.com - Jerry Beck

http://www.digitalanimators.com/HTM/HomeSet1.htm Digital Animators

http://www.digitalmediafx.com/ Digital Media FX

http://vds0.webmastertechniques.com...tion/index.html Disney Animation Archive

http://www.nfb.ca/E/ National Film Board of Canada

http://www.pigsfly.com Pigs Fly mailing lists for Boris FX, Maya, in-Sync

http://www.flipcode.com FlipCode Video Game Development News & Resources

http://www.snpp.com/ The Simpsons Archive

http://www.vfxpro.com/ VFXPro Articles and Interviews

http://www.toonzone.net Toon Zone Current Shows, Schedules, Message Boards

http://lantz.toonzone.net/

http://www.animatusstudio.com/html/links.html

http://photo.ucr.edu/photographers/.../contents.html#

Huge facial expression library
http://dataface.nirc.com/FACS_Man/TOC.html

http://www.10secondclub.org

http://www.spicycricket.com

www.animfound.com

http://www.the-character-animator.com/links.html

http://directory.google.com/Top/Art...ation/Training/

http://www.bml.psy.ruhr-uni-bochum..../BMLwalker.html
Sevral linearly mixeable walk cycles: man-woman, heavy-light etc...

Motion Studies through hand drawn animation - RESOURCES
http://www.accad.ohio-state.edu/~cb..._resources.html

Just couple of WalkCycle tutes in support of a walking characters project for ElectricImage.
http://www.electro303.com/electro30...tips037-US.html

http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?t=158626

http://web.inter.nl.net/users/anima...otion/index.htm

http://www.awn.com/tooninstitute/lessonplan/lesson.htm

http://www.keithlango.com/LeadFollow/leadFollow.htm

High speed videos:
http://www.engr.colostate.edu/%7Edga/high_speed_video/

http://www.justinanimator.com/brainstorm.php

http://www.frankandollie.com/

Great organization and planning tool to keep your projects and goals organized. Also great for collaborating:
http://freemind.sourceforge.net/index.html

http://www.simoworks.com/posetool/index.html

Besides being a very great and fun site, it has got some reference shots and some article:
http://www.melvinandi.com/

Under "extra's" you'll find articles like:
19 principles of Facial Animation -------- Shawn Kelly
21 principles of Lipsync animation -------- Shawn Kelly
etc etc etc
http://www.modianimation.com/

Some animation principles + 2d animation
http://www.tonywhite.net/desk.htm

Some nice articles
http://www.zayatz.com/pages/tips.htm

This page can't be missed either ( dunno if it's already mentioned, but there it is anywayz)
http://www.linklater.ca/inspring_reels.htm

The unnoficial AMforum, by me and Alaxandre
http://animationgroup.proboards30.com/
I believe this is some motion capture data.. very nice.
http://www.e-motek.com/stockmoves/

http://www.animationarena.com/

http://aimee.wyvernweb.com/anim/articles.html
great articles and interviews with animation heavyweights

www.3dnuts.com/tutorials/robotrigging/rigging_robot_joints.shtml
It's about... uhm.. rigging robot/mechanical joints, including piston and hose.

on screen drawing\sketching tools:
http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.ph...00&page=1&pp=15

http://www.animationcorner.com
This is a website where animators can upload animation tests, films, and character design artwork and sketches for feedback and review.

Try gettin GNOMON Video tuts..they are really nice for beginners as well as experts too.
www.gnomononline.com

www.moviewavs.com

good tuts
http://www.anticz.com/learn.htm