http://annamations.animationblogspot.com work by Anna Stylianidou - an animator in progress Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:04:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yes, it has been a while since I have shared anything - mainly because I have been waiting for the latest game to be released so I can show off some recent work. Until then, here are the concepts for a personal project I have been working on with some animator friends ... http://annamations.animationblogspot.com/2010/02/16/busy-bee/ (No sound)  Short animation exercise I did during my probation period at Gusto Games, about a year ago. Using 3ds Max and MAX rig by Peter Starostin which can be found at http://www.3dluvr.com/clisk3d/ Props (glove, hat, ball) and quickie environment modeled and textured by myself. Was a good exercise to get to ... http://annamations.animationblogspot.com/2009/01/26/baseball-pitching-animation-exercise/ So finally here it is, a first sample from the Ultimate I Spy game. The game, made by Gusto Games, is published by Elastic (the games-involvement name for well-known american publishers Scholastic) and includes 10 levels of object finding riddles and minigames. Although primarily aimed at children I feel that it visually makes full advantage ... http://annamations.animationblogspot.com/2008/12/30/robot-dance-finale/ Finally I can show and tell about the game I've been working on since January. Unfortunately only american audiences get to play it - for the moment - but you can have a peek here: http://www.ispyvideogames.com/ (another trailer under About tab and image stills under Features) I will be puting together clips and ... http://annamations.animationblogspot.com/2008/11/10/ultimate-i-spy-released-in-the-us/ Unfortunately I can't be puting up any images of the game I'm working on as junior artist /animator since it is all confidential. But I can promise I am enjoying it lots and looking forward to the game being released to see if non-biased people like it as much. Although ... http://annamations.animationblogspot.com/2008/04/30/random-sketches/ Some life drawing I scanned recently - about a year old. A definite improvement from previous years especially with quick sketches, and much more enjoyable and chilled sessions. Finally I could let go and not care if each sketch is a portfolio piece or not. Hope find somewhere to do some ... http://annamations.animationblogspot.com/2008/02/15/life-drawing-2/ Thank you for visiting my space of bloggings and work in progress. My personal website is finally up and running, visit it here: www.annamations.com You can see my showreel and short film / tv shows involvement under animation, life drawing, sketches, paintings etc in the gallery and find out more about ... http://annamations.animationblogspot.com/2007/11/15/website-coming-up/ My animation showreel, featuring scenes from mainly three short films (Squeaky Clean - MA Final Major, Petrified - BA Final Major, Dreamcatching - MA Group Project). For concept and character design you will have to watch it to the end. Music - Akilah by Turiya Mareya Latin Jazz Ensemble.  [kml_flashembed movie="http://youtube.com/v/AQ6rh-yJ4Ak" width="425" ... http://annamations.animationblogspot.com/2007/10/03/showreel-sep-2007/ Ladies, gentlemen and animation ppl (a species of our own), I present you my MA final major project, CG animated short, 'Squeaky Clean'. Enjoy! http://youtube.com/watch?v=cJmZkdPF0vc http://annamations.animationblogspot.com/2007/09/10/all-clean-and-squeaky/ Three days before hand in, I thought I'll post a few stills of the rendered shots, which I must say I'm quite proud of how they are looking. Still need to rerender a few passes and colour-match all the shots together but if someone told me last September that I'd ... http://annamations.animationblogspot.com/2007/09/04/film-stills/