I know this has nothing to do with 3d or computer animation but it is still very funny

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http://www.thrfeed.com/2010/02/minimalist-tv-posters.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+live_feed+%28The+Hollywood+Reporter+-+The+Live+Feed%29Most of them I got but there are a few that don't make sense




The 30 rock looks cool but makes no sense, is it the NBC logo straight








Monk seems that it just should be white and black squares. I think if monk saw this poster would drive crazy(ier)




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This is an intro to after effects. 

Matt Groening and Hank Azaria are going to be dinning in with Bravo's Top Chef Masters Season 2 in some time in apri

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This shows the use of Pelt mapping in 3ds max and bring it in to Zbrush

Are We not surprise with the success of all the franchise of lego Star Wars, Indiana Jones and The up coming Harry Potter lego games that the people would develope a Star Wars Clone Wars

Ok i watch the trailer and it very well done but it does not tell you anything, I never played fallout or know anything about the games, but this teaser will keep you confused. but it is very well done. I really like how the sand looks. It looks real and light, just like you would see in a dessert.  The strange part is that you have to confirm your age before see this. I don't know why

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Fallout New Vegas X360

Lego is releasing Harry Potter on May 3

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Here is a no brainer it looks like the fouth part of spider-man will be in 3d.

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It use to be called Avatar: the Last Airbender, but I think that James Cameron has killed that name.

William Shatner hosted the 37th Annual Annie Awards on Feb 6

I agree with most of the categories but a few i would change.

the winners are in red

Best Animated Feature
• Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs — Sony Pictures Animation
• Coraline — Laika
• Fantastic Mr. Fox — 20th Century Fox
• The Princess and the Frog — Walt Disney Animation Studios
• The Secret of Kells — Cartoon Saloon
• Up — Pixar Animation Studios
Best Home Entertainment Production
• Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas — Universal Animation Studios
• Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder — The Curiosity Company in association with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 
• Green Latern: First Flight — Warner Bros. Animation
• Open Season 2 — Sony Pictures Animation
• SpongeBob vs. The Big One — Nickelodeon
Best Animated Short Subject
• Pups of Liberty — Picnic Pictures
• Robot Chicken: Star Wars 2.5 — ShadowMachine
• Santa, The Fascist Years — Plymptoons
• The Rooster, The Crocodile and The Night Sky — Barley Films
• The Story of Walls — Badmash Animation Studios
Best Animated Television Commercial
• Goldfish: In The Dark — Blur Studios, Inc.
• Idaho Lottery Twiceland — Acme Filmworks, Inc.
• Nutty Tales — Blue Sky Studios
• Spanish Lottery Deportees — Acme Filmworks, Inc.
• The Spooning — Screen Novelties /Acne Media
Best Animated Television Production
• Glenn Martin, DDS — Torante, Cuppa Coffee Studios & Rogers Communications
• Merry Madagascar — DreamWorks Animation
• Prep and Landing — ABC Family/Walt Disney Animation Studios
• The Simpsons — Gracie Films
Best Animated Television Production for Children
• Mickey Mouse Clubhouse — Disney Television Animation
• SpongeBob SquarePants — Nickelodeon
• The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack — Cartoon Network Studios
• The Mighty B! – Nickelodeon/Polka Dot Pictures/Paper Kite Productions
• The Penguins of Madagascar — Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES
Animated Effects
• Scott Cegielski Monsters vs. Aliens — DreamWorks Animation
• Alexander Feigin 9 — 9 L.L.C.
• Eric Froemling Up — Pixar Animation Studios
• Tom Kluyskens Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs — Sony Pictures Animation
• James Mansfield The Princess and the Frog — Walt Disney Animation Studios
Character Animation in a Television Production
• Mark Donald B.O.B.’s Big Break — DreamWorks Animation
• Mark Mitchell Prep and Landing — Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Kevan Shorey Merry Madagascar — DreamWorks Animation
• Tony Smeed Prep and Landing — Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Phillip To Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space — DreamWorks Animation
Character Animation in a Feature Production
• Andreas Deja The Princess and the Frog — Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Eric Goldberg The Princess and the Frog — Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Travis Knight Coraline — Laika
• Daniel Nguyen Up — Pixar Animation Studios
• Bruce Smith The Princess and the Frog — Walt Disney Animation Studios
Character Design in a Television Production
• Bryan Arnett The Mighty B! – Catatonic — Nickelodeon/Polka Dot Pictures/Paper Kite Productions
• Ben Balistreri Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends — Cartoon Network Studios
• Craig Kellman Merry Madagascar — DreamWorks Animation
• Bill Schwab Prep and Landing — Walt Disney Animation Studios
Character Design in a Feature Production
• Daniel Lopez Munoz Up — Pixar Animation Studios
• Shane Prigmore Coraline — Laika
• Shannon Tindle Coraline — Laika
Directing in a Television Production
• Pam Cooke & Jansen Yee American Dad: Brains, Brains & Automobiles — 20th Century Fox/Fuzzy Door/Underdog
• Rob Fendler Popzilla — Animax
• John Infantino, J.G. Quintel The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack: Candy Casanova — Cartoon Network Studios
• Bret Haaland The Penguins of Madagascar – Launchtime — Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation
• Jennifer Oxley The Wonder Pets: Help The Monster — Nickelodeon/Little Airplane Productions
Directing in a Feature Production
• Wes Anderson Fantastic Mr. Fox — 20th Century Fox
• Pete Docter Up — Pixar Animation Studios
• Christopher Miller, Phil Lord Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs — Sony Pictures Animation
• Hayao Miyazaki Ponyo — Studio Ghibli
• Henry Selick Coraline — Laika
Music in a Television Production
• Michael Giacchino Prep and Landing — Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Kevin Kiner Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Weapons Factory — Lucasfilm Animation Ltd.
• Guy Moon The Fairly OddParents: Wishology-The Big Beginning — Nickelodeon
Music in a Feature Production
• Bruno Coulais Coraline — Laika
• Michael Giacchino Up — Pixar Animation Studios
• Joe Hisaishi Ponyo — Studio Ghibli
• John Powell Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs — Blue Sky Studios
Production Design in a Television Production
• Mac George Prep and Landing — Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Andy Harkness Prep and Landing — Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Janice Kubo Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends — Cartoon Network Studios
Production Design in a Feature Production
• Christopher Appelhans Coraline — Laika
• Ian Gooding The Princess and the Frog — Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Tadahiro Uesugi Coraline — Laika
• Christopher Vacher 9 — 9 L.L.C.
Storyboarding in a Television Production
• Sunil Hall The Mighty B!: Catatonic — Nickelodeon/Polka Dot Pictures/Paper
• Brandon Kruse The Fairly OddParents: Fly Boy — Nickelodeon
• Robert Koo Merry Madagascar — DreamWorks Animation
• Joe Mateo Prep and Landing — ABC Family/Walt Disney Animation Studios Kite Productions
• Adam Van Wyk The Spectacular Spider-Man: Final Curtain — Culver Entertainment
Storyboarding in a Feature Production
• Sharon Bridgeman Astro Boy — Imagi Studios
• Chris Butler Coraline — Laika
• Ronnie Del Carmen Up — Pixar Animation Studios
• Tom Owens Monsters vs. Aliens — DreamWorks Animation
• Peter Sohn Up — Pixar Animation Studios
Voice Acting in a Television Production
• Danny Jacobs – Voice of King Julien – Merry Madagascar — DreamWorks Animation
• Nicky Jones – Voice of Chowder – Chowder: The Dinner Theatre — Cartoon Network Studios
• Tom Kenny – Voice of SpongeBob – SpongeBob SquarePants — Truth or Square — Nickelodeon
• Dwight Schultz – Voice of Mung Daal – Chowder:The Party Cruise — Cartoon Network Studios
• Willow Smith – Voice of Abby – Merry Madagascar — DreamWorks Animation
Voice Acting in a Feature Production
• Jen Cody – Voice of Charlotte – The Princess and the Frog — Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Dawn French – Voice of Miss Forcible – Coraline — Laika
• Hugh Laurie – Voice of Dr. Cockroach Ph.D. – Monsters vs. Aliens — DreamWorks Animation
• John Leguizamo – Voice of Sid – Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaur — Blue Sky Studios
• Jennifer Lewis – Voice of Mama Odie – The Princess and the Frog — Walt Disney Animation Studios
Writing in a Television Production
• Daniel Chun – The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror XX — Gracie Films
• Kevin Deters, Stevie Wermers-Skelton – Prep and Landing — Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Valentina L. Garza – The Simpsons: Four Great Women and a Manicure — Gracie Films
• Billy Kimball and Ian Maxtone-Graham – The Simpsons: Gone Maggie Gone — Gracie Films
• Billy Lopez – The Wonder Pets – Save the Honey Bears — Nickelodeon Productions/Little Airplane Productions
Writing in a Feature Production
• Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach – Fantastic Mr. Fox — 20th Century Fox
• Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy – Up — Pixar Animation Studios
• Timothy Hyde Harris and David Bowers – Astro Boy — Imagi Studios
• Christopher Miller and Phil Lord – Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs — Sony Pictures Animation
JURIED AWARDS (honorees previously announced)
Winsor McCay Award — Tim Burton, Bruce Timm, Jeffrey Katzenberg
June Foray — Tom Sito
Ub Iwerks Award — William T. Reeves
Special Achievement — Martin Meunier and Brian McLean
Certificate of Merit — Myles Mikulic, Danny Young and Michael Woodside



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Do you want see what you would have gotten if you created Star Wars. I know this has nothing to do with 3d  or animation but it is very beautiful shot of George Lucas Skywalker ranch.





Director/DP Phillip Bloom was able to capture on Canon 5D and 7D DSLR’s during his 5-day stay at the Skywalker Ranch is so beautifully shot and full of inspiration that we just had to share it.


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Turbo Squid is doing well from themselves in New Orleans. Check this video on CNN on how they have survived the stormy weather

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This Short film is  Academy Award Nominee(good Luck). it a great film about the struggle between life and death, it is a great roll coaster ride

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The video here show the production work



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The producer of Avatar had a chance to explain how the Autodesk software help create the World of Avatar. This is very amazing stuff. and like he said this is just the beginning

Imagi International Holding  the studio that brought use Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Astro boy is getting closed down.  I am not surprise that this happened. I think their big mistake is that they tried to make a big blockbusters of these movies. Astro boy would only made 23 million worldwide (that would only cover Nicolas Cage and Samuel L. Jackson asking fees).

The really should have made them smaller budget
movies or just dvd releases.

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I don't know if this is still around but i always enjoyed watch.

Zbrush to Blender and 3dwing

From http://www.scotdrake.com/

Lee Stranahan a writer about visual Effects wrote open letter to James Cameron on Huffington Post. His letter is asking for the fair practices for the people in visual effects

Here is the letter

Setup Blueprints in 3DS MAX

Here is bunch of picture of good photoshop images

There are times where artist need a little help to get their creativity going. Gamasutra has an article that might help get the rivers flowing again.

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