I just picked up another CGW Magazine, this time it was the March/April 2014 edition. In this magazine it gave me a real insight into the production and making of the film ‘Mr Peabody and Sherman’.
Within this magazine, I saw the familiar name ‘Autodesk’. This caught my attention as I know that the Maya program we use in class in an Autodesk product so I latched onto that and started to read up on what it was saying.
It informed me of a new 3D character generator that Autodesk are planning to bring out (or may have already brought out due to this magazine being almost 2 years old). This generator will make it easier for animators and designers to create, modify and add to characters in a more simplified and controllable way. The sounds of this program sounds amazing and maybe as we continue in this course, we may get the opportunity to even use it!
After this article it went on to give a list of Autodesk’s 2015 software releases and this also got me intrigued as I read my way through the many different add ons and improvements they were making to their range of software packages. Again, this is hopefully something we on our course can get to take part in and experience at some stage.
Near the end of this edition of CGW, it gives a short but informative insight into Mr Peabody and Sherman, highlighting the processes and methods used by animators to create it. It talks about how the designers on the production used a 2D style for these time-travelling characters to be formed. They put this 2D style into a CG context and made this production a unique and interesting view for the audience. The storyline to this film was also good and the processes and techniques used within it helped to ensure the project was both fresh and appealing to the market. I enjoyed reading about the work that went into this film and the various techniques that were brought to the table in the hope of making it a success.
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