Learn the art of creature animation, by Lukas Niklaus and Fernando Herrera.
VFX is one of the continuously evolving segment of the Media & Entertainment industry. Over the years, we had seen a steady progress in 3D Animation and Visual Effects tools and techniques. With cutting edge technologies of GPU rendering, advanced softwares and third party plugins, seamless integration between various tools, powerful programming languages; we have succeeded the uncharted territory of realistic character animation.
We had seen a long journey from Stop Motion Animation Puppetry to super smooth Animatronics. Animatronics has played a vital role in Jurassic Park (1993). This movie set the benchmark for on-set creature animation. Fast forwarding to 2020, we have seen a giant leap in animation technology. From stop motion to motion capture, and now we in the era of specialized ‘Creature Animation Performance’. Earlier techniques were giving standalone character output, there was no or little interaction with live action shooting actors. But, now all thanks to Motion Capturing and other advanced Animation techniques, we are seeing a lot of interesting interactions now. It helps the Director to convey his/her story better.
List of some of the best Animation and VFX Hollywood movies which excelled at creature animation performance are:
- King Kong (2005)
- Planet of the Apes series
- Pacific Rim
- Avatar
- Godzilla series
- Zootopia
- Kong: Skull Island
- Life of Pi
- Kung Fu Panda series
- The Jungle Book (2016)
- Dumbo
- Beauty and the Beast (2017)
- The Lion King 3D
Learn all about these and beyond in the latest advanced VFX webinar. This online training session will demystify many wrong theories and shed light on actual techniques, used by various international post production studios. Complete details of this exclusive webinar by Creature/VFX Animators are as follows.
Title: Majestic Beasts ! The Art of VFX /Animation in Film & Television
Webinar Host: Frank Cordero
Session experts (Creature / VFX Animators):
- Lukas Niklaus: Senior Animator (Weta Digital, ILM, Animal Logic, Framestore, MPC)
- Fernando Herrera: Animation Supervisor (Framestore)
Topics:
- The evolution of the art of animation, branching to two main areas: CG cartoons and VFX
- The differences between Cartoon and Realistic animation
- Case studies from recent projects like ‘His Dark Materials’ or ‘Peter Rabbit 2’
- The spectrum of creature animation from ‘King Kong’ to ‘Lady and the Tramp’
- The underappreciated mastery of some of the world’s best animators
Date: 29th May, Friday, 2020
Time: 4 PM Pacific Time – US and Canada (Change timezone to your country in the registration page)
Webinar registration link: https://event.webinarjam.com/register/3/1nympb3
Learn advanced VFX from the masters in this COVID-19 situation and help yourself to utilize your time in better manner.