Found this site a few weeks back, and I though I should share it. Just like the two game studio and animation maps I posted earlier, this map has a list of a bunch of CG studios. So this map should be really useful if you’re looking for a job in the CG industry, whether its in animation, 3D modeling or anything else. As I’m writing this there are 700 studios listed on the site, I’m not sure if all the information is up to date, but you should still have more then enough to choose from if you’re looking for a job.
Posts Tagged ‘Animation’
CG Studio Map – Another Job-Hunting Tool
Sunday, October 24th, 2010Slacking Off
Saturday, October 23rd, 2010It’s been a while since I wrote anything here now, mostly because I haven’t really had anything to write about, but also becuse I’m lazy at times. But I figured it was about time to add an update.
I’m still working away at my demo reel. It’s going quite slow though, but I think I might be going in the right direction, finally. Currently I’m working on a new body mechanics shot, which I think is going quite well, for once. I’ve taken some idea from things I’ve posted here before, and simplified them a bit. Gone away from the Bishop rig and switched to the Stewie rig for example, so that I can just focus on the body animation, and not having to worry about facial animation etc. This has helped my progress a ton, and I will be sure avoid making things more complicated than they need to be from now on.
One other reason for slacking, at least for this week, might have something do to with the fact that this little baby arrived in the mail on Monday.
So I have to admit that I’ve been spending some time playing Red Dead Redemption and Batman: Arkhan Asylum. Both fantastic games, and huge time sinks. Other than that I don’t think there is anything else interesting to mention. I’ll be back with an update on the new shot I’m working on shortly.
Two Brilliant Sites For Job-Hunting Animators
Sunday, August 15th, 2010Discovered these two fantastic sites a few days ago and thought I should share them with all you fellow animators and VFX-geeks out there that are looking for jobs in the industry. Both of them are really neat and should help you with finding different studios you can apply to. I’m definitely gonna have a closer look at these two sites once I get me demo reel done.
GameDevMaps

GameDevMaps basically gives you a map of most of the game development studios in the world. All you have to do is click on a location and the site will show you a list of all the studios in that area together with a link to their web site. Absolutely a great web site if you’re looking for any kind of job in the games industry.
Wayfaring – Animation Places of Interest

Same concept as GameDevMaps, except this site covers all kind of games/film/commercial studios etc, not just the ones that are game related. Also if you see a studio that is missing, you can easily add it to the maps yourself. And since Wayfaring uses Google Maps the site gives you a much more accurate location of where everything is.
Progress Update
Friday, August 13th, 2010So I finally got around to actually doing some animation that I figured was worth posting. What I’m currently working on is a sequence of three body mechanics shots, because I really wanted to do some action/parkour type animation which I never got around to doing when I was a student at Animation Mentor. This shot is part of what will hopefully end up on my demo reel.
The blocking is still quite rough. It’s still missing quite a few in-betweens, and the poses them selves need some polish. I also have yet to do any work on the hands, so that needs to be dealt with. Other than that the shot is moving along quite nicely I think. I have also started blocking the second shot in the series, but it still needs some work before posting it here. I am getting closer and closer to having an actual demo reel at least.
The Goon, Teaser Trailer
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010I very rarely post trailers for movies and what not here on this blog, but the teaser for The Goon was too fun to not post here.
Great to see an animated movie that seems to be made for an older audience. The animation looks great!

