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A view from a Dreamworks computer animator working on How to Train your Dragon 2:

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A 3D animator and overseer of the 3D character artist team working for 3 years on the Monsters University film is interviewed about their creation process of 3D character for animation.

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Behind the scenes footage including 3D character animation demos from the production of Pixar’s Inside Out.

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Headset goggles with high definition computer generated holograms that don’t require any markers overlaid over what you’re actually looking at in the real world. A real set of 3D animation advantages.

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3D animation advantages in applications used in 3D design: (image below shows holographic bike seen on the desk next to the real screen and user.)

Crazy detail and realism in the environments and creatures in the new blockbuster movie.

A novel example of an animated short film created from 2500 3D printed parts.

Trailer from Gilles Deschaud on Vimeo.

Making of Chase Me from Gilles Deschaud on Vimeo.

Hollywood comes up with some of the most speccial endearing 3D character designs that stick in the mind creating a strong linkage with audience:
http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2011/09/10-best-cgi-film-characters.html

Brad Bird who previously worked on then directed 3D Animation Pixar films before moving back to Disney where is early animation pal-mares were won is overseeing their latest live action epic with special effects provided by ILM.
http://www.awn.com/vfxworld/ilm-and-vfx-futuristic-tomorrowland

Animated Videos can get across concepts quickly and increase a website’s stickyness:

http://thestartupvideos.com/video-tips/animated-demo-videos-biggest-marketing-tool-2013/

Best and Worst examples of the 3D character design of CGI animals in adverts:

http://www.marketingmagazine.co.uk/article/1325008/best-and-worst-cgi-animals-ads

New way of applying colour patterns and logos to 3-Dimensional objects:

Computational hydrographic printing isn’t new, but scientists at Zheijiang University have brought new precision to the practice. http://voc.tv/1nh50OR

Posted by Vocativ on Monday, 18 May 2015

When he peaked in his chosen field as an avant-garde commercial and music video maker Michael Gondry leapt to the top echelon of film making, feature films. His first 2001 effort “Human Nature” was ignored by the public and disliked by the critics. He had previously made an impact with imaginative “Human Behaviour” Bjork music video which centred around a giant teddy bear in a magical woodland world. He made cutting edge commercials such as the Levi advert named “Drugstore” which ratcheted up the most awards of any commercial winning over audiences usually turned off by commercials which repetitively numb the mind he actually told a story in a compact interesting evocative grainy style.