The Ivy Tree

Author: Atia Newman

  • Blend shapes and their awesomeness

  • Rotation Orders and Gimbal Locks

    This has been picked up directly from a really nice post I found at this blogger’s site: http://thinkanimation.blogspot.com/2007/03/maya-rigging-gimbal-big-no-no.html   So the video isn’t attached (and it wasn’t there on the site either)

  • Interview – The Occasional Shopper

    Oct 2011     Interviewed by The Occasional Shopper: online magazine for the National College of Arts Lahore. Pakistan. Find the story here.

  • American Martyr – Clip

    This was a short promotional animation commissioned by Armistice Media to accompany a book launch. I worked as a an animator and rotoscope artist on this.

  • Commander Safeguard Ep 2

    A continuation of the Commander Safeguard series commissioned by P&G Pakistan. I worked as a lead animator, rigging artist and supervised a team of junior animators for secondary characters.

  • Shader Recap

    Shaders are more commonly known as shading networks, because they rarely ever include one item (node). What a shader network is, is a shading group which has a surface material connected to it. The shading group engine is what’s actually connected to your model, or, more specifically, the shape node of your model (this is…

  • A novel approach

    Check this out:   Read more about this at http://www.behance.net/gallery/DOORS-Installation/471863  

  • Must-see Animations

    Some of these are really popular but I think you’ll get a kick out of the rest!   http://machoarts.com/15-amazing-animated-short-films  

  • Quirky stuff

    I added this just because I couldn’t resist. And I think my students are starting to feel this way! Click and enjoy! http://www.devastatingexplosions.com/

  • New Heights of Concept Art

    And to see the actual artwork, please follow this link: http://aurelien-predal.blogspot.com/2011/11/un-monstre-paris.html