Author: Atia Newman
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Animation with John Lasseter
This is an article posted originally on the SIGGRAPH website. I found it so important for students to read it that I am reposting it here. But you can find the original link at: http://www.siggraph.org/education/materials/HyperGraph/animation/character_animation/principles/lasseter_s94.htm Tricks to Animating Characters with a Computer John Lasseter Pixar Reference: These notes come from Course 1 at SIGGRAPH 94,…
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Fun links to read
It’s always important (as part of being an artist and storyteller) to make sure you keep up with the works of other kooky and non-kooky artists and ideologies out there. To that effect I must say the internet is a wonderful, wonderful thing. Feel free to comment and show more interesting links under this thread,…
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How to Write a short story
So, as discussed in class, there are a few basic elements that should be addressed when it comes to writing good short stories. We start with a basic Concept or moral to the story. This is not a list of what happens! This is the central idea that the audience can take-away from watching your…
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Commander SafeGuard Ep 1
Commander Safeguard was commissioned to be created by Procter & Gamble in Pakistan as a way to market antibacterial soap. The concept art was created at International Advertising Limited or IAL (Saatchi & Saatchi). I was an intern at IAL during this time and created the initial artwork towards this project. 1.5 years later I…
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Story-writing and inspiration
One of my favorite characters of all time: Basic Idea of a story: Inspiration: http://www.zefrank.com/zesblog/archives/2007/11/on_feeling_unin.html
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Dungeon Lords
Dungeon Lords is a real time fantasy role-playing video game developed by David W. Bradley of Heuristic Park, published by DreamCatcher Games and Typhoon Games, and released in 2005. I worked as a creature and villain animator and occasionally as a texture artist. It was an incredibly exciting project for a young animator such as…