tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656349379273067052024-03-13T04:54:03.772-07:00Animation Nourishment!James Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07685790999723047669noreply@blogger.comBlogger124125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-765634937927306705.post-8141807564811503162013-05-16T10:21:00.000-07:002013-05-16T10:21:23.485-07:00Milt Kahl sequence from Disney's Robin Hood<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/LYf2Eg0f0go?rel=0" width="640"></iframe>
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Great sequence from Disney's Robin hood with some interesting insight and breakdowns on Andreas Deja's blog: <br />
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Source: <a href="floobynooby.blogspot.com/">Flooby Nooby Blog</a> / <a href="https://vimeo.com/user1517849">Vimeo</a>James Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07685790999723047669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-765634937927306705.post-19575265222382104302013-03-21T09:38:00.003-07:002013-03-21T09:42:38.355-07:00Nicolas Weis ArtworkAn interesting style to this guy's artwork. <a href="http://www.cartoonbrew.com/illustration/artist-of-the-day-nicolas-weis-79339.html">View more over on Cartoon Brew</a>. His rough use of watercolour techniques looks great.<br />
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Gorgeous fabric environments and characters by Kiwi motion graphics studio <a href="http://www.onesize.nl/">Onesize</a> for Warde
Source: <a href="http://motionographer.com/">Motionographer</a>
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Museum for illustration, comics, digital arts, and all kinds of movie arts. Proposed for San Francisco.<br />
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Source: <a href="http://blog.drawn.ca/">Drawn </a><span id="goog_1207915643"></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a><span id="goog_1207915644"></span>James Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07685790999723047669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-765634937927306705.post-35099437020580816542013-03-14T10:07:00.001-07:002013-03-14T10:10:02.550-07:00Woah... a year out?...Somewhat spookily I felt I should get back into posting to this blog, checking in today for the first time, 1 year exactly to the day since my last post! It seems this blog took a year long sabbatical! What with final work on <a href="http://www.devilmaycry.com/">Devil May Cry</a> with Ninja Theory where I worked as an animator until recently and looking into new opportunities, I've neglected these pages.<br />
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From here on though, I intend to add update regularly as an ongoing scrapbook of all things inspirational.
As of January this year I'm working in animation at <a href="http://www.mgsvancouver.com/">Black Tusk Studios</a> (Microsoft) in Vancouver.<br />
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The move has been exciting, exhausting and a little daunting, as moving to a new country almost certainly always is, but it's already proving an incredible experience.
Devil May Cry shipped to great reviews almost universally, something our team at Ninja can be really proud of.<br />
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James Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07685790999723047669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-765634937927306705.post-21642267750521805442012-03-14T03:13:00.000-07:002012-03-14T03:14:01.860-07:00Paranorman Trailer (Laika)... from the makers of Coraline<iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Gzjhej9pVuY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>James Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07685790999723047669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-765634937927306705.post-23567660800670978952012-03-14T02:57:00.001-07:002012-03-14T02:59:16.660-07:00"Cenk" Character Reel: Inspiring facial riggingWow... some of the best facial deformation I think I've seen in a character. 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It seems to borrow heavily from a sequence in Studio AKA's short film Lost and Found, in itself no bad thing!James Stevensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07685790999723047669noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-765634937927306705.post-79131669446874166352011-10-17T02:06:00.001-07:002011-10-17T02:08:25.037-07:00Stopover (LeMob)By all accounts, this is almost a 1-man job. 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