Thursday, May 31, 2012

What Family Rendering! Elrod Action! Digital Interview!


Test render/lighting/composition progress by John Chen
webbyeasy@gmail.com
http://www.vfxforge.com/


animation progress by Kevin Matsui
khmatsui@shaw.ca

Interview at top comic book site "Bleeding Cool" with George Peter Gatis, who is in the process of turning the comic book pages into webcomics, adding sound effect plus an audio reading by the the creator of Cerebus, Dave Sim - and Deni Loubert, his ex-business partner and ex-wife who helped launch Cerebus. He's also working on the Cerebus Film.


Wednesday, May 30, 2012

What Prince Mick! Pigts! Store! Digital!


Animation progress by Sergey Belyaev
comicsserg@gmail.com


Animation progress by Kristopher Houge
kristopherhouge@aol.com


Animation progress by Kevan Balmer
kevbalmer@gmail.com


Cerebus has been in the comic book world news today for it's record breaking digital sales campaign the last 24 hours!.

Screenwriter and book author, Carma Chan, explains how it pertains to us in her blog "HOLY AARDVARK, BATMAN!!"



Below is a selection of the some of the top comicbook websites reporting on the story:

Bleeding Cool with the heading: "Cerebus Kickstarter Smashes Records"


"The Beat" says: Sim is the author of one of the great feats of the indie comics age: his 300-issue run on CEREBUS, a genre-defying melange of slapstick, fantasy, and social commentary.



"Comics Alliance" with the funny line taken from the Graphic Novel itself: "Unorthodox Economic Revenge: Dave Sim to Digitize 'Cerebus' via Kickstarter"


The campaign has gotten support from top comicbook folks such as (in a alphabetical order) Kurt Busiek, Colleen Doran, Dylan Horrocks,  Marcus Lusk, James A. OwenPaul Pope and many more in addition to those such as Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore and Frank Miller, even Peter Hook from the bands New Order and Joy Devision, listed on the site. And support includes no less Deni Loubert, who used to be married to Dave Sim, Cerebus creator, running the business side of the comic series. In a great twist: she will now be doing audio tracks for the digital edition -reading from her original "Note from the Publisher" from the earliest years of Cerebus.
The campaign at this writing has tripled it's initial goal in 24 hours.

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

What Cerebus in tavern! Lord Julius Cloth! Town!


ncloth dynamics progress by Paul Ormeord
paul_ormerod@hotmail.co.uk
Tie done. Jacket next.


animation progress by Lorraine Howard
creaturezoid@gmail.com

modeling progress by Adam T Wilk
Thordwilk@gmail.com

Cerebus Graphic Novels soon to be available as digital comics!
see the campaign and the many goodies available
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/189735833/cerebus-high-society-special-audio-visual-digital?ref=card 
It has exceeded it's Kickstarter goal in less than 9 hours!



Monday, May 28, 2012

What Family! Rendering/Lighting/Compositing! Storm'send! Rigging! Blendshapes!

Below: Rendering/Composition/Lighting progress by John Chen
webbyeasy@gmail.com



A look at the process:

Lord Storm'send rigged by James Zonta
rancie11@gmail.com


Sunday, May 27, 2012

What Balcony view! Lord Storm'send!



Animation progress by Sylvain Noel
noel.sylvain@gmail.com


Lord Storm'send blendshapes by Paul Ormerod
paul_ormerod@hotmail.co.uk
Rigging progress by James Zonta
rancie11@gmail.com

Saturday, May 26, 2012

What Baskin! Map! Store!

early modeling progress by Daniel Grant
daniel.grant.j@gmail.com

Parchment progress by Wesley Tseng
wesleyt@optonline.net
See below for a rough example of it's use



early animation progress by Kevan Balmer
kevbalmer@gmail.com

Thursday, May 24, 2012

What Well! What Scroll! What Lord Stoem'send!

Well modeled and textured by Salvatore Parigi
salvatore.parigi@libero.it

scroll modeled and textured by Wesley Tseng
wesleyt@optonline.net

Lord Storm'send blendshapes by Paul Ormerod
paul_ormerod@hotmail.co.uk
Rigging progress by James Zonta
rancie11@gmail.com

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

What Hey! What Well!



animation progress by Adam Roades
adam.roades@gmail.com

modeling progress by Salvatore Parigi
salvatore.parigi@libero.it
design by Evan FireHeart
evanfireheart@gmail.com

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

What fast! Chandelier! Wooden! Stick! Walking!


animation progress by Kevan Balmer
kevbalmer@gmail.com

Tavern Chandelier modeling progress by Steven Shearing
Stevenshearing198807@googlemail.com
Design by Evan FireHeart
evanfireheart@gmail.com

Walking Stick design, modeling and texturing progress by Wesley Tseng
 For this and similar scenes of the High Priests Journey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1G3Py-5lnzo&feature=plcp

Wooden-pole design, modeled and textured by Salvatore Parigi
Used for this scene and similar scenes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta2nmrJ9LCo&feature=plcp

Monday, May 21, 2012

What Princes! What Trotu!


animation progress by Laurence Kit de Castro
laurencekit07@gmail.com


Animation progress by Sylvain Noel
noel.sylvain@gmail.com


Animation progress by Matteo Rovatti
rovattim@gmail.com


Sunday, May 20, 2012

What Tavern! Town! Hair!

modeling progress by Steven Shearing
Stevenshearing198807@googlemail.com
http://stevenshearingslife.blogspot.com/

Village greeble progress by Adam T Wilk
Thordwilk@gmail.com

Dad and daughter hair by Mohit Sherman
mohitsherman@gmail.com

Friday, May 18, 2012

What Trotu! Hair! Rigging! TV!

animation by Matteo Rovatti
rovattim@gmail.com 

Hair by Mohit Sherman
mohitsherman@gmail.com

rigging progress by James Zonta
rancie11@gmail.com

Was Cerebus creator, Dave Sim's Bday yesterday, and today airs the last episode of Cerebus TV
Also playing on SIMTeeVee youtube

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

What Weisshaupt! Bag! New York Times!


Ncloth simulation/dynamics of coat progress by Paul Ormerod
paul_ormerod@hotmail.co.uk



Animation progress by Justin Rogers
justindesigns@yahoo.co.uk



interview with Neil Gaiman where he calls Cerebus one of the best Graphic Novels he's read.

Monday, May 14, 2012

What Elrod and guard! What Luzzo!



Early Elrod animation progress by Kevin Matsui
khmatsui@shaw.ca

Luzzo rig by James Zonta
rancie11@gmail.com
Blendshapes by Paul Ormerod
paul_ormerod@hotmail.co.uk

Sunday, May 13, 2012

What Medallions! Tavern! Trotu! Lotus Blossoms!


Cerebus' medallions script/code by Nicholas Wolensky

The medallions in this test were set up using the script Nick made in just a few clicks.

Nick's Medallion instructions: I include a .ma file of the medallion rig itself and then the medallion script. When running the script, the animator can source the script directly and it should run, or they can take the text and place it in the script editor and run it and the window should pop up. The script then asks them to find the location of the medallion rig. Then to import the medallions, you must first have the Cerebus neck ctrl selected. The medallions will import and snap to the neck of Cerebus. The medallions may need to be adjusted on a scene by scene basis, and there is a control attached to the medallions that adjusts various dynamic properties of the chains


Animation progress by Rob Ellis
robellis.animator@gmail.com


Animation progress by Matteo Rovatti
rovattim@gmail.com


Animation progress by Brandon Aument
thebranimator@gmail.com

Saturday, May 12, 2012

What Prince Mick and Prince Keef!


Animation progress by Sergey Belyaev
http://www.3dserg.be/


Animation progress by Laurence Kit de Castro
laurencekit07@gmail.com

To read about Mick Jagger's and Keith Richard's reaction to seeing themselves in the Cerebus comic:
http://momentofcerebus.blogspot.com/2012/05/mick-keef.html

Friday, May 11, 2012

What Clothing Store! Home! Luzzo! James Cameron! TV!

Clothing Store modeling/texturing progress by Wesley Tseng
wesleyt@optonline.net

Home texturing progress by Greg Hunsburger
mrcrinkles@gmail.com

Luzzo blendshapes by Paul Ormerod
paul_ormerod@hotmail.co.uk

Also a NPR article comparing James Cameron, George Lucas, Douglas Adams and Cerebus all in the same breath: "The sort of dedicated focus on a single narrative that Cameron envisions can certainly be productive. Cerebus author Dave Sim used a comic book about a grumpy aardvark as a 26-year platform to explore whatever narrative, political, and philosophical threads interested him."


Cerebus TV episode 112!


Also on "SIMTeeVee" youtube

Thursday, May 10, 2012

What Bonding! What Tavern!


animation progress by Adam Roades
adam.roades@gmail.com


modeling progress by Steven Shearing
stevenshearing198807@googlemail.com
http://stevenshearingslife.blogspot.com/
modeling progress by St
stevenshearing198807@googlemail.com
http://stevenshearingslife.blogspot.com/


Wednesday, May 9, 2012

What Princes! Trotu! Wizard! Lord Storm'Send!


Prince Mick and Prince Keef animation progress by Laurence Kit de Castro
laurencekit07@gmail.com


Trotu W'arr animation progress by Jimmy Litz
grimjim@thegrimsinc.com


Animation progress by Kevan Balmer
kevbalmer@gmail.com



Lord Storm'Send modelling progress by Daniel Grant
daniel.grant.j@gmail.com

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

What Thrunk reaction! What High Society entering!


Animation progress by Kristopher Houge
kristopherhouge@aol.com


animation progress by Bappa Biswas
bappa.biswas84@gmail.com
Pouch ncloth bounce progress by Paul Ormerod
paul_ormerod@hotmail.co.uk

Monday, May 7, 2012

What Trotu! Lord Stom'Send!


animation progress by Matteo Rovatti
rovattim@gmail.com

modeling progress by Daniel Grant
daniel.grant.j@gmail.com

Sunday, May 6, 2012

What Medallions! Despuess! Keef and Mick! Thrunk reaction! Tavern People!


Medallions simulation/dynamics code/script by Nicholas Wolensky for easy addition to any Cerebus animated scene.
Nick says: It can be tweaked and adjusted individually on a shot by shot basis. I plan on tweaking the medallions so that they don't collide and then I can write up an easy script which will make it easy and understandable for the animators to import it themselves.


Animation progress by Justin Rogers
justindesigns@yahoo.co.uk


Animation progress by Sergey Belyaev
http://www.3dserg.be/


Animation progress by Kristopher Houge
kristopherhouge@aol.com


Animation progress by Rob Ellis
robellis.animator@gmail.com



Saturday, May 5, 2012

What Tavern! What Storm'Send!

Tavern modeling progress by Steven Shearing
http://stevenshearingslife.blogspot.com/
Stevenshearing198807@googlemail.com

modelling progress by Daniel Grant
daniel.grant.j@gmail.com

Friday, May 4, 2012

What Prince Keef! Wizard! Clothing Store!

Girl's hair created by Mohit Sherman
mohitsherman@gmail.com


Animation progress by Laurence Kit de Castro
laurencekit07@gmail.com


animation progress by Kevan Balmer
kevbalmer@gmail.com

Clothing Store progress by Wesley Tseng
wesleyt@optonline.net

Thursday, May 3, 2012

What Regency Hotel! Medallions! Trotu! Luzzo!


Animation progress by Bappa Biswas
bappa.biswas84@gmail.com


Code ceation progress by Nicholas Wolensky
nicholas.wolensky@gmail.com
Code inserted into any Cerebus animation will generate medallions dynamics and simulation -to then be finetuned.


Animation progress by Julio Inchusta
julioinchusta@gmail.com

rigging progress by James Zonta
rancie11@gmail.com


Wednesday, May 2, 2012

What Tavern People! Trotu! Production Design!



Animation progress by Rob Ellis
robellis.animator@gmail.com


early animation progress by Jimmy Litz
grimjim@thegrimsinc.com

Production Design progress by Evan FireHeart
evanfireheart@gmail.com


Tuesday, May 1, 2012

What Medallions! Prince Keef!



Animation by Lorraine Howard
creaturezoid@gmail.com



Code ceation progress by Nicholas Wolensky
nicholas.wolensky@gmail.com
Code inserted into any Cerebus animation will generate medallions dynamics and simulation -to then be finetuned