THE WALKING DEAD "Opening Titles"

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"Making of" now available at artofthetitle.com/2010/10/29/the-walking-dead/
"We are arriving at that unique moment in time where the
term "fan-made" becomes moot. This is extraordinary."
- Damon Lindelof, Executive Producer, LOST
"Kudos to Daniel Kanemoto for his terrific fan version of
THE WALKING DEAD opening titles -- they rock big time!"
- Gale Anne Hurd, Producer, THE TERMINATOR, ALIENS, THE ABYSS, THE WALKING DEAD
My favorite "exclusive" from this year's Comic-Con was a beautiful painting by legendary artist Drew Struzan, featuring a horde of zombies from THE WALKING DEAD. Frank Darabont is adapting the apocalyptic Image Comics book created by Robert Kirkman, and man, it looks really, really great.
As I was admiring Struzan's work of art, I wondered what the opening titles to this terrifying new television show might look like... so I animated a spec title sequence using artwork ripped from the pages of the comic, originally illustrated by Charlie Adlard and Tony Moore.
Just so there's no confusion, I'm not affiliated with the production in any way -- I'm simply a huge fan of both Frank Darabont and Robert Kirkman, and this is my attempt at creating a cinematic introduction to one of the all time great "continuing stories of survival horror."
THE WALKING DEAD premieres on October 31st on AMC.
CREDITS
Animated by Daniel M. Kanemoto
"The Walking Dead" Artwork by Charlie Adlard & Tony Moore
"Fresh Blood" Written & Performed by eels
Music Editing by Jeff Yorkes

 

 

Black Ops 2: Screen Graphics

Client: Activision / Treyarch

Spov began working with Activision and Treyarch almost 18 months ago, conducting initial design research and producing early concept art and animation tests.
Current commercial and military technology prototypes were used for inspiration to develop screen graphics depicting how the world might be viewed in 2025. From this emerging technology, Spov created a technical vision through which the global narrative could unfold as the player tries to make sense of tangled events and prevent an emerging catastrophe, put in motion by the games calculating villain, Raul Menendez.

 

Gravity Defying Photography | Li Wei

Li Wei takes us behind the scenes of his unbelievable photo productions, tells us what it feels like to be suspended from the side of a tall building, and speculates on "unseen forces."

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Toyota - "Stories of Better"

Wanting to create truly special visuals for their appearance at the 2012 Paris Motor Show, Toyota along with Saatchi & Saatchi turned to Hornet & Blinkink. The result, Stories of Better, is made up of four unique films (two from Hornet directors and two from Blinkink directors) that tell the remarkable stories of extraordinary Toyotas and their owners.

Directed by: Sumo Science
Produced by: Julie Crosbie
Exec Producer: James Stevenson Bretton
Post Production: MPC/WAM London

TemptingTypography

During the Graphic Design Festival Breda, Studio AIRPORT held a workshop called 'Tempting Typography'. This three-day-long workshop was based on window-typography.

Every participant joined a retailer on the St.Annastraat. On the basis of an assignment, the participants designed to reach a result which had to qualify and be able to stay on the shopping windows for a longer period of time.
The end result is a beautiful street with extraordinary handwritten window-typography.

Sony Music Timeline

The Sony Music Timeline celebrates 125 years of musical history covering almost 150 square meters of wall space in Sony’s Derry Street offices. Using just CNC cut vinyl as the sole medium, 54 columns measuring over 2 meters tall cover feature nearly 1000 of Sony Music's signed artists from 1887 to the present day.

sonymusictimeline.com
Watch the time-lapse video of the process here: vimeo.com/51451449
Track produced exclusively for this video. Download album for free here: bit.ly/OUrfZo
Design: Alex Fowkes - alexfowkes.com
Media: Rob Antill - robantill.com
Music: Avenue Beech - avenuebeech.com
Printers: Lex Media - lexmediauk.com

The Egg Painter

The Easter tradition of dying eggs is practiced by people all over the world, but in Ciocanesti, a small village in Romania's northern region of Bukovina, this tradition has evolved into an art form.

Exquisitely hand painted with intricate traditional designs, each of these eggs takes hours to create and is among the things the people here are most proud of.
This docu-short offers a glimpse into the art and craft of egg painting.
A film by: Titus-Armand Napirlica (titus.armand@gmail.com)
Egg Painter: Elena Craciunescu (elena.incondeietoare@gmail.com)
Music: Johnny Ripper (johnnyripper.bandcamp.com)
With the Support of: Dorin Dumitru Taranu (totuldesprehostel.info)

Portrait of a Train Driver

A short film that takes a look at the life of a train driver.

I've always had an interest for trains but never got to know much about them or the people driving them. There's a lot of information on the subject out there, but being a visual person I wanted something more than poorly formatted walls of text. So I made this.
A film by: Titus-Armand Napirlica (titus.armand@gmail.com)
Music: Voyager One - "Snow Angel Summer"

Love Letter to Plywood. By Tom Sachs

Directed by Van Neistat, 2012. Watch the other two movies from the "Energies and Skills" trilogy:
Space Camp: vimeo.com/44954870
How to Sweep: vimeo.com/44956998

Produced on the occasion of Tom Sachs' Space Program: MARS
tomsachsmars.com

How to do Time-Lapse Photography

TWIPPHOTO contributor Nicole Young shows you how to make time-lapse photo/videos.

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Inside Random House: Bringing Our Authors' Books to Life

Many people work behind the scenes at Random House to bring each book to the widest possible audience. Here, you'll meet some of them and learn more about what's involved, from editorial and design through production, marketing, sales, and distribution.

The Birth of a Barrel

Shot inside the storied walls of the Brown Forman Cooperage in Louisville, Kentucky, this short film follows the creation of a whiskey barrel from start to finish. Jack Daniel's is the only major distiller in the world that still makes their own barrels.

Agency: Arnold Worldwide
Client: Jack Daniel's
Creative Director: Wade Devers
ACD/Art Director: Travis Robertson
ACD/Copywriter: Greg Almeida
Director of Global Marketing: Carmen D'Ascendis
Director of Photography: Stebs Schinnerer, Paper Fortress
Producer: Ben Ouellette, Alex Saevitz, William Near
Account: Nate Stewart, Shannon Coletti
Editor: Paul Snyder, Lost Planet NYC
Music: Neil Cleary, Made to Feel

Iron Man: Behind the Scenes - Robert Downey Jr (04 Parts)

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Extras

CGI VFX Breakdowns: "Game of Thrones" by Pixomondo ******SPOILER ALERT****

Creative Arts Emmy Winner for outstanding special visual effects for Game Of Thrones by Pixomondo. http://www.pixomondo.com ******SPOILER ALERT****

• Valar Morghulis • HBO • Bighead, Littlehead, Generator Productions, Television 360, and Grok Television in association with HBO Entertainment

Credits:
Rainer Gombos, Lead Visual Effects Supervisor
Juri Stanossek, Visual Effects Supervisor
Sven Martin, Animation Lead
Steve Kullback, Lead Visual Effects Producer
Jan Fiedler, Visual Effects Producer
Chris Stenner, Lead Animator
Tobias Mannewitz, Visual Effects Concept Artist
Thilo Ewers, Environment Lead
Adam Chazen, Visual Effects Coordinator

The Amazing Spider-Man High School Fight making-of

Le making-of de la bataille dans le lycée entre Spider-Man et le Lézard par Imageworks. Article complet sur Pixelcreation:
pixelcreation.fr/3d-video/animation-3d-vfx/the-amazing-spider-man/

Lemon Water

The Pond were asked to create all the CGI VFX shots for this Square Box Film's TV spot. We used motion control camera data to track the CG elements into the live action footage. We rendered the CGI elements and composited them with the green screen live action to created the final images. To view a shot by shot breakdown of how it all came together, please visit our website, here... thepondstudio.com/#!lwow/vstc25=lwow_split_screen

TOTAL RECALL HUD + GUI REEL / ASH THORP

In mid January of 2012 I was introduced to the very talented Patrick Tatopoulous who brought me on board as a freelance designer to build and develop graphics and user interface technology for the world of Total Recall. It was an amazing opportunity that I knew I couldn't pass up seeing as the original was a childhood favorite of mine. I soon discovered just how vast the world Len Wiseman and his team had built and knew right away I had lots of work ahead of myself. My total contribution on the project lasted about 5 months, it was an intense amount of work to be done about 200 shots in total made it to the final print of the film.

The reel above is a portion of the graphical elements I created for the film. All the approved designs where then taken to the animation stage by my very talented friend Ryan Cashman whom I worked very closely on during the remainder of our stay on the 5 month project. Our work was then sent to post production houses where the designs where composed into the final print of the film. A HUGE thank you to the enormously talented team on this project and for having us on board with you guys it was a great journey! CHEERS!
Please see the full credit list for details:
AT+RC=
Ash Thorp - Designer / ashthorp.com
Ryan Cashman - Animator / nanoanimal.com
TR Edit by:
Franck Deron / franckderon.com
Edit title animation by:
Alasdair Willson / alasdairwillson.com/
Edit music:
aphex twin - windowlicker
Full movie credit list / imdb.com/title/tt1386703/fullcredits#cast
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Studio Aiko demo reel 2012

A compilation of our best work from 2012 and past years.

A big thank you to Vladimir Loginov for sharing with us the bee shots.