Monday, January 04, 2010

Pidgeon: Impossible


Lucas Martell spent nearly five years creating this computer-animated short film about secret agent Walter Beckett and an overly determined ornithoid. PI has won over a dozen film festival awards and Lucas has created a series of podcasts detailing the technical achievements of the film for budding young animators.

001 - The Production Triangle
002 - Writing is Rewriting
003 - Multipass Lighting
004 - Lighting Hacks
005 - Lighting the Eyes
006 - Camera Projections
007 - RGB Passes
008 - Synoptic Views
009 - FK Arm Setup
010 - IK Blending
011 - Cloth Cheats
012 - Follow Through
013 - Smear Campaign
014 - Why It Took 5 Years
015 - Anticipation
016 - Animating the Pidgeon
017 - Pidgeon Rig
018 - Single Pass Lighting
019 - Rendering

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