GT5:prologue - Car porn

 So Europe gets to play this now while we have to wait till mid april..I want to race my ferrari f1 car too! :(


Click Here for amazing gameplay footage of the F1 car.

Real life imitates cartoons

Awareness Test

Drunk + head + wall = fail

This is one of the funniest things I have ever seen.

Helpful MEL Scripts

  These are some of the MEL scripts I use daily when animating that help tramendously! If I am missing some make sure to drop a comment and tell me which ones so I can add it to the list. Click on the scripts name to go to the download page for it.

Parenting for animators

Amazing script! It simplifies picking up\dropping objects so greatly. You will wonder how you lived without it!

Tween Machine

A script that will save you a lot of time when you are working on adding your breakdown poses.

abx Smart Key

My favorite script of late. Smart key lets you isolate channels in the graph editor and the timeline based on what you have selected on the channelbox.

Pose 2 Shelf

This Script lets you save poses and selections to the shelf. Great time saver.

Tj's Animation Workflow

 Tj Phan, who is one of the best game animators I know of, has posted a really great and informative blog post on how he approaches his animations. make sure to check out the rest of his blog too!

Click here to read.

Manipulation

This is one of the most creative and amazing animations I have ever seen. A must see!

Click here to check it out.

Turok - Animation Workflow

Cameron Fielding posts a very informative games animation workflow postmortem on his blog. Must read for all games animators.

Click here to read it. 

The Art of Keith Thompson

 

Take a look at the incredible drawings of Keith Thompson by clicking here.