The journal
Writing on the craft
Reviews, interviews and practical notes for creatives and the studios who hire them.
Sir Barksalot – Collaborative Short Film Community Project
My name is FineSpline. Yes my parents named me that from birth… kidding! I’ve been an Animator in the film and game industries the past 11 years, and worked on a handful of notable projects. The most well known is probably Avatar
February 10, 2016
Interview with David Luong – Blizzard Cinematic Artist
We have the awesome opportunity to interview Senior Cinematic Artist David Luong from Blizzard Entertainment. I’m not sure about any of you but I am super excited to be part of this interview and yes, I screamed like a fangirl when he agreed to be interviewed.
January 30, 2016
SMITE – Behind The Scenes Part 2
The RealSmiteUK team shared with us their second release of their “Behind The Scenes” series of their earlier cinematic release. They chat about different stages of the cinematic, how the sequences were planned, mapping keyframes and how they developed a new facial rig.
January 29, 2016
Animating Like A Pro… Almost
We recently featured Animation Career Pro on our blog and it was an awesome article to write. We actually enjoyed our interaction with Chris from Animation Career Pro so much, that I was enrolled for the 3D animation course.
January 25, 2016
SMITE Cinematic Trailer – To Hell & Back
With this latest smite cinematic trailer, RealTimeUK have pushed their boundaries to create a cinematic which focuses on character progression and the journey each character goes through which reveals their own unique colorful,fierce or mysterious personalities.
January 11, 2016
More Stuff – A Cheeky Production by Blue Zoo Animation
Early Christmas cheers for everyone and Happy New Year! Enjoy this “in the spirit” video …
December 23, 2015
‘Warcraft’ Unleashes Trailer Sneak Peek
Warcraft Sneak Peek released by Universal and Legendary Pictures before Friday Premiere. Release Date in South Africa June 10, 2016 for the Warcraft Fans.
November 3, 2015
Sculpting Timelapse of “Brute”
This interesting speed time lapse comes from Marco Hakenjos (Modeling & Texturing artist) which shows how he modeled an old knight character with Zbrush, pretty amazing final result!
October 13, 2015
CGI VFX Fluids Showreel by RealtimeUK
Just wanted to share this amazing showreel by Realtime UK, a CG Creative Studio, which showcases their mastery with different forms of fluids and how they’ve incorporated it in different large scale projects (Nike, Warburtons, Aston Martin, LG, Sony,Fiat and more).
October 7, 2015
Interview with Chris Fazio – Animation Professional/Lecturer
We had the awesome privilege of having a Q&A with Chris Fazio who works with Corus Entertainment. He is an animation professional as well as owns and manages Animation Career Pro – an online school for 3D and 2D animation.
September 21, 2015