Júlio Sardinha

THROWBACK THURSDAY: ARTIST TALK STARRING 2VEINTE from Playgrounds on Vimeo.

In reflection of 10 years Playgrounds Festival we want to share some of the best artist talks with you. Starting with 2VEINTE, who were present at Playgrounds 2015. Relive their artist talk in just 18 minutes! Hear all about their profile, influencers, their team and of course their work: how they design their characters from first roughs to the actual animation. How cool! Let us know what you think of it.

NOX ATACAMA | 8K from Martin Heck | Timestorm Films on Vimeo.

The Atacama desert is home to the darkest and cleanest skies in the world. A view to the nightsky rewards with uncountable numbers of stars and fantastic nebulas in one of the most quiet a empty places on earth. Not a single noise distracts from the grand show the nightsky has to offer. The environment is harsh though. Filmed in freezing temperatures, altitudes up to 5000m/16000ft, salt lakes and icy slopes, the Atacama is not friendly to life and equipment. Though it provides without doubt for epic and vast vistas of one of the greatest landscapes on earth.

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MUSIC: “ You'll Believe A Man Can Fly” - Mattia Cupelli: mattiacupelli.weebly.com/

Primeiro teste de fluídos no Blender! Gostei!!! First fluids test on Blender! I like it! #cinestudio #blender #blender3d #fluid #simulation #render #cool #sphere #domdia #boatarde #videooftheday #webstagram #statigram #igersminasgerais #igers_bhz #igersbrasil #hdr

Atheum's Way from Sakowski Studios on Vimeo.

Selected for SIGGRAPH 2015

A father must confront an eternal storm to reunite with his daughter, and learn that man must tame his past before he conquers his future.

Made by 2 people over the course of 1 year, Atheum's Way is an animated music video by New Zealand based production house Sakowski Studios, to the music of Solstate. Directed, composited and animated by Aleksander Sakowski, illustrated by Linhan Ye, music by Troy Mckubre.

Composited and animated entirely in After Effects with some minor sail simulations done in Maya.

The eternal storm in Atheum's Way is representative of the hardest challenges we face in life. One can not wait for the storm to pass, because there will always be another brewing. Facing those challenges teaches us the most about ourselves, and in the last leg of our journey we will face our greatest obstacles. The machine serpent is a reflection of this ultimate challenge.

Generations ago, these man made monsters were created as tools of war; after we lost control of them they became their own masters. Now after years of battles and navigating the oceans, this one has lost its eyes and attacks anything that crosses its path.

If our most advanced machines are guided to war, would it be no surprise that once they are intelligent, war is all they will know? Humans have trouble showing empathy for their own kind let alone other thinking creatures, and machines are a reflection of us. If we create them in the name of war, war is what we will receive. The father must confront this challenge, and tame the blind beast.

Thanks to Liam Williams, Loic Yearbury, James Aldous and Jesse Meha for lending a hand when things got heavy, and special thanks to Troy Mckubre for his insurmountable patience.

Silent place making Of from Gediminas Pranckevicius on Vimeo.

GP- "Foxie" GreasePencil, Freestyle & GP tools addon (Fan art, based on a ChrisLam anim) by Daniel M. Lara (Pepeland) from psl on Vimeo.

More Blender Grease Pencil works: vimeo.com/channels/greasepencil

Fan Art, Recreation of an original animation from Christopher Lam chrislamart.blogspot.com Made by Daniel M. Lara with Blender Grease Pencil and GP tools addon and rendered with FreeStyle.

GP tools addon by Antonioya. youtube.com/channel/UCUoJMye2LuZQ1b6xBSEbbow/videos

Grease Pencil main developer Joshua Leung (Aligorith) aligorith.blogspot.co.nz/ aligorith.github.io/

Music: "From_Truth" Dexter_Britain

GP -"Skull Chaser" Fan art, character by Jake Parker, based on a Anthony Holden anim) by Daniel M. Lara (Pepeland) from psl on Vimeo.

More Blender Grease Pencil works: vimeo.com/channels/greasepencil

"Skull Chaser" character by Jake Parker (mrjakeparker.tumblr.com/). Fan Art, a recreation of an original animation from Anthony Holden (anthonyholden.tumblr.com)

All done inside Blender by Daniel M. Lara with Blender's Grease Pencil and GP tools addon and rendered with FreeStyle.

GP tools addon by Antonioya. youtube.com/channel/UCUoJMye2LuZQ1b6xBSEbbow/videos

A dedicated Channel for Blender Grease Pencil works: vimeo.com/channels/greasepencil Grease Pencil main developer Joshua Leung (Aligorith) aligorith.blogspot.co.nz/ aligorith.github.io/

Music: "From_Truth" Dexter_Britain

HyperZooming through Hallstatt from geoff tompkinson on Vimeo.

HYPERZOOM COMES OF AGE.

The beautiful historic town of Hallstatt is a Unesco World Heritage site in Upper Austria.

It is visited by many thousands of tourists each year but perhaps none of them get to see it quite like this.

As if on the back of an invisible insect we fly around the sites of this wonderful town in one continuous journey passing through buildings to emerge in different parts of the town, finally ending up on the new viewpoint from Rudolfsturm perched high above the ancient town square.

Those of you who know Hallstatt, as well as anyone who watches the video carefully, will appreciate that I have applied a little artistic licence to the geometry of the town in order to seamlessly link the locations.

The footage was shot over a two day period but the post production, of course, took considerably longer.

SEE MORE HYPERZOOM EXAMPLES geofftompkinson.com

5 Killer Drone Shots and How To Pull Them Off from Story & Heart on Vimeo.

Drone shots can almost always take a story to another level. Here are 5 examples to help your next film take flight.