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The 12 Principles of Animation.

1.Squash and Stretch.

Its the most important the purpose of which is to give a sense of weight and flexibility to drawn objects. It can be applied to simple objects, like a bouncing ball, or more complex constructions, like the musculature of a human face.

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Top Ten Artists Tips When Working In the CG Industry

1) Always leave some obvious but minor mistakes in your work when submitting shots for initial review, and this gives your lead or supervisor an opportunity to demonstrate his intelligence.
Don't argue with your lead or sup, even if you know they made a mistake. A "yes" with smile goes a long way.

2) Lincoln once said "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." Think you know your buddy at work, wait until he is made a sequence lead.

3) Keep a good relationship with middle management; they have the power to destroy you and a company.

4) Give yourself very impressive credits and titles on IMDB and Linkedin; your achievement is only limited by your imagination and ego.

5) Put some technical books on your table, such as "Python" or "C++", and always insert programming jargons in conversations with colleagues here and there; they will make you appear very, very knowledgable and important.

6) Don't just quit and take a gig at some known facility if your motivation is to show you are better than people. These days, many career college graduates have fairly impressive resumes, thanks to rapid technology development and movie studios' hunger for profit. You are not fooling anyone but yourself, and you are no longer special, just a member of a vast international workforce.

7) Don't trade your precious time and social life with meaningless titles like "lead…" or "senior…"; unless your are financially compensated accordingly.

8) You may feel like a supreme human being when you can rig and animate a six-legged fish in Maya or create a turd tornado simulation in Houdini, but no one really gives a sh*t. A dental hygienist has much more respect and understanding from public than you have.
So there is no need to act like you just healed a sick, get real and drop that ego, it's just a job that pays bills.

9) Don't expect to retire gracefully in the industry. Your career lifespan generally ends when you reach 40s, and you'll be replaced by newer tools and younger, cheaper career college graduates. What do you do from there? Well it's your problem.

10) If you're just starting in the CG industry, there is still time to leave. This field is over crowded, and it's time to start thinking outside the box.
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has released the names of the 10 films in contention for the visual effects award for the 87th Academy Awards. Here’s the list:

Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Godzilla
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Interstellar
Maleficent
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Transformers: Age of Extinction
X-Men: Days of Future Past

The VFX bake-off for the 10 films takes place on January 10th, and the five remaining contenders will go to the Oscars on February 22nd.

So, what do you think? Which films will make the final five? And who do you think missed out in the 10?

The Fx guide podcast on the new Nolan Movie "Interstellar".
http://www.fxguide.com/thevfxshow/the-vfx-show-192-interstellar/

Gravity VFX Breakdown By Prime Focus
http://vimeo.com/78259829

Gravity (Artist Breakdown) In this Artist Breakdown we analyse a scene from 'Gravity' starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. Prime Focus World's Richard Baker (Creative Director, View-D™)…

As we are getting excited about the BlackMagic design cameras, the Bolex team has just released a RAW shooting digital camera called the Digital Bolex D16 with a variety of formats including SD 720p 1080p 2k etc
And it's affordable

http://nikitapavlov.com/blog/digital-bolex-d16-vs-blackmagic-cinema-camera-comparison-table/