Thank you droosan , it is good to be back, it has been a while. We have been busy as bees :-) This TV series was a bit of an experiment, but it turned out very very well, and we are looking forward to work with this format again :-) In the mean time we also worked on complete automation of TVPaint f...

Hello eddievalient 26 x 11 min Flash was produced for about 4 million USD including story, design, animation, comp, vfx, post, voice, noise and music and the lot. I do not know the distribution between those costs though. The total crew for animation, comp and vfx was ~40 people split between Brusse...

HoBSoft recently finished our work on the TV-series Kika & BoB II http://www.kikaandbob.com/header.jpg Trailer: http://www.kikaandbob.com/trailer.html Our involvement was slightly different from the usual interventions. Historically HoBSoft concentrated on complicated feature films like Brendan and...

Chico & Rita nominated for the Academy Awards - Best animated feature Check out the trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMdL4Y5KB6A Tono Errando said during the conferences in Annecy 2011 that (I'm quoting to memory here - but it to this very effect) "I am TIRED of winning prizes, I WANT SA...

And "A cat in Paris" is now nominated for an Academy Award for the Best Animated feature

Almost like they were computer-generated characters in 2D backgrounds. It's funny you say it like that, because it is actually the backgrounds that were "kind'a computer generated" and the characters that were hand drawn :-) Backgrounds and props (mainly cars) for scenes with camera movement were m...

Can someone explain to me the difference in Chico and Rita for rotoscoping? Unless it was some entirely different process... :/ Hi ELIOLI Well I guess it depends of your definition of rotoscoping... WikiPedia says: "Rotoscoping is an animation technique in which animators trace over live-action fil...

http://www.folimage.fr/dvd-une-vie-de-c ... e-chat.cfm

But it is probably the french version

Here:

http://www.amazon.com/Paris-kwaad-NON-U ... B005K270VK

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I would think so

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Now speaking of Pigeons, as in this thread, one should not forget Walter Beckett in Pigeon Impossible:



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Have a look at this nice short



Created by:

Mehdi Alavi
Loïc Bramoulle
Alex Digoix
Geoffrey Lerus
Alexandre Wolfromm

http://www.parigot-themovie.com

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Based on the experience we have obtained doing films like "Asterix and the Vikings", "Brendan and the secret of Kells", "Chico & Rita" and now "A monster in Paris", we have learned that making textual notes really limits the communication to the artist during approval situations. We have therefore b...

"Yuki-7 and the Gadget Girls" as a feature - same ambitious level - yes please.

I would be the first to be standing in line at the cinema

... and it would be an honor to work for such a cool project

... and part of the merchandising is already in place

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Check out this animation :-O http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLZRpHpSYFw International Girl of Mystery. Operates as a spy-for-hire from her secret HQ in Tokyo. Formerly an agent of F.O.X.Y., trained in Paris. Expert in information recovery, undercover operations, and catwalk fashion. It is publicity ...

The DVD and BD is out:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Chico-and-Rita- ... B004MEZOKG
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Chico-Rita-Blu- ... B004MEZOTW

Graphics novel:
http://www.amazon.com/Chico-Rita-Javier ... 1906838291

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