John Carter Trailer 2

Check out the new Trailer for John Carter, the film I worked on in Dneg until last September.
VFX by Double Negative, MPC and Cinesite London.

Azores: Sao Miguel

Azores: Sao Miguel, un set su Flickr.

Pictures from my trip to the island of Sao Miguel, Azores.

Aliens and Martians

During these last couple of years spent in Double Negative I met a lot of talented animators, here are some of the links to their reels and websites, enjoy!

Aldo Gagliardi
Alvise Avati
Amedeo Beretta
Arne Kaupang
Brecht Debaene
Brendan Body
Chiara Antelmi
Craig Bardsley
Dan Fotheringham
Daniele Mieli
Darren Rodriguez
David S. Peng
Gianluca Fratellini
James Wilson
Jason Martinsen
In-Ah Roediger
Michael Brunet
Mike Hull
Nathan Mcconnel
Nicolas Gueroux
Nicolas Prothais
Nicolas Seck
Patrick Giusiano
Paul Davies

I will try to keep adding new links as soon as I'll find them out.

Brendan Body's Animation

I read a lot of animation related blogs, and one of my favorites is Brendan Body's one... so it was a really nice surprise to find my comparison reels posted there!

Brendan is a fellow colleague in Dneg, currently working on John Carter.
Prior to that he was in Animal Logic, where he worked on Legend of the Guardians.
On top of being a great animator he can write and teach really well. Among the others, his bird flight tutorial is excellent: flight is a very complex motion and is not explained in other animation books.
He also created with Julia Goehle the ReelBarrow: an online archive of inspiring animation reels.

And here his Brendan's reel, be sure to head over to his website for many other inspiring works!

Showreel 2011 from Brendan Body on Vimeo.

Artist Reel su Render Global

Questa settimana il mio reel e' "l'artist reel" della settimana su Renderglobal.
Se vi va passate e lasciate un messaggio!

LINK

Demo reel 2011

I put together a new demo reel, with my recent work from Paul, Clash of Titans, Night at the museum and more...

Paul animation reel

Here is my Paul animation reel, with finals first, then the playblasts and the video references I used.

John Carter trailer

John Carter trailer is out. That's the movie I'm working on in Double Negative.
Cinesite and MPC are working on it as well.



And here are some interviews:

Guardian

Slashfilm

Milano libera tutti!

Today is a great day for Milano!

Animation Gallery updated

I updated my Animation Gallery with works from Animation Mentor and Ubik Vfx, years 2004-2007.

LINK

Elio italian voice of Paul

Have a look at this clip where Elio, from the milanese band Elio e le storie tese, is voicing Paul.
I animated the first part of that sequence, when Paul is reviving the bird. Jonny Macintosh animated the middle part and Nathan Mcconnel the end.

Animation Gallery

I created a new blog with my recent animation work done in MPC and Double Negative.
It's a sort of history reel divided per show.

Have a look here!

Rwanda: Kigali Memorial Centre

Rwanda: Kigali Memorial Centre, a set on Flickr.

My last day in Rwanda (and last photoset) with visit to the Kigali Memorial Centre.