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Greetings,
great news for me; Underworld Awakening is finally out. Not, that I'm a big fan of the serie, but I actually animated some Lycan shots on the movie.
Fun times! So, our team went to check the movie on friday, and it was actually better than I expected. It was fun to watch; It's an action/gore/fx galore to say the least.
Another great news is that it did very well this week-end at the box-office, it finished first with 25m. Not bad! :) Congratulations to everybody who worked on the movie and big up to the Mokko team!

Here's the official trailer of the movie:

]]> 3D Design http://turboatomic.com/index.php?itemid=52 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:59:35 -0500 http://turboatomic.com/index.php?itemid=50
Here's my 2011 animation DemoReel. I figured I should make it short and sweet, so it's about a minute long. For the most part, it's a collection of work done in 2010/2011.

Enjoy! :)

You can watch it bigger or download it in HD here:
http://vimeo.com/32828858
Breakdown of the shots is available on the vimeo page.
]]> 3D Design http://turboatomic.com/index.php?itemid=50 Thu, 1 Dec 2011 23:31:46 -0500 http://turboatomic.com/index.php?itemid=49 Frederick le chat, a personal project I've been working in my spare time for a couple of months. It's an original drawn character by my friend Frederick Tremblay and I did conversion to 3D (and the animation). This animation purpose was to test the rig(kindly done by Mathieu Fiorilli (cgaddict.com)using it's fstretch plug-in), so I wanted to try many positions and actions; that's why I choose a dance from Gene Kelly in Singin in the rain as a starting point for this clip; lots of movements, spins and use of space. It was fun to animate, but took more time than expected... I went throught many rig experimental tweaks and 3D look researches. There are still some things I want to tweak before(and if) I do a short film with the character, but overall I'm happy with the result. Stay tuned for more exiciting(and cute) Frédéric le chat material! Enjoy!


Click here for higher resolution

Full Credits:
Directed/Animated/Modeled/Lighted by J.R. Gauthier
Created by Frederic Tremblay
Rigging: Matthieu Fiorilli (cgaddict.com)
additional modeling: Olivier Turcotte, Christophe St-Pierre-Paradis
Music: From the original soundtrack of Singin in the rain
Softwares: Maya, F-stretch, Mental Ray, Houdini, Photoshop]]> 3D Design http://turboatomic.com/index.php?itemid=49 Mon, 7 Nov 2011 06:26:12 -0500 http://turboatomic.com/index.php?itemid=48 Frédéric le chat, was created(in 2D)by my good friend Frédéric Tremblay a few years ago.I really likes the character and the stories he wrote about it, so I proposed him to 3 dimensionalize(tm) it! :) Eventually, I'd like to produce short films staring this cat, but first, I needed to do test/experiments. I got the modeling and the rigging (kindly done by Mathieu Fiorilli (cgaddict.com)using it's fstretch plug-in) and here's what it looks like in a couple of test poses.





In the next few days, I'll put the finishing touch to an animation test staring this guy. I'm Hoping to put it online within the next 2 weeks. Stay tuned for more exiciting(and cute) Frédéric le chat material!]]> 3D Design http://turboatomic.com/index.php?itemid=48 Sun, 30 Oct 2011 09:27:45 -0400 http://turboatomic.com/index.php?itemid=47 Dinosaur Revolution. Lots of complex and long shots that were lots of fun on to animate!
All animations were done by me at Mokko Studio(where they also did shading,lighting and compositing. Please click on the Vimeo icon to watch at full resolution. Enjoy!
]]> 3D Design http://turboatomic.com/index.php?itemid=47 Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:37:08 -0400 http://turboatomic.com/index.php?itemid=45 Spark and Exodyssey by Steambot Studio . Those books are so interestings and full of handy inputs. I recommend those books very much to people who like sci-fi art or want to learn about the process of speedpaint. Those guys really know something about kick starting inspiration and just have fun with the creative flow. Big up to the Steambot Studio crew!

Here are my first experiments at Speedpainting.
















]]> 2D http://turboatomic.com/index.php?itemid=45 Sun, 18 Sep 2011 09:53:04 -0400 http://turboatomic.com/index.php?itemid=43 Dinosaur Revolution is just around the corner. I've been Character animator on this project for a couple of months last year. Mokko Studio, where I work, was responsible for producing 2 entire episodes: Episode 2- The Watering Hole and Episode 4 - End Game
It was quite a fun ride with pretty intense(and long) shots. I am really happy to finally be able to share it with the world! :)

Dinosaur Revolution premieres Sunday, September 4, 2011 at 9PM e/p on Discovery.
More infos and clips here.

]]> General http://turboatomic.com/index.php?itemid=43 Thu, 1 Sep 2011 07:01:33 -0400 http://turboatomic.com/index.php?itemid=42 Was lots of fun to do. Next time, I'm aiming for a more dynamic subject with a more elaborated BG. Cheers!

for high-res version




]]> 2D http://turboatomic.com/index.php?itemid=42 Sun, 27 Jun 2010 20:50:05 -0400 http://turboatomic.com/index.php?itemid=39
This image is the first sketch of project I started for the "B-movie contest" on cgtalk.com. It's been a long time since I did not produce material for that kind of event. The theme just got me hooked.I don't know if the final image will be 2D or 3D yet. I don't even know if I'll have time to produce a final image actually. Time will tell. I'm working on other projects at the same time...Stay tuned!



===OFFICIAL CGTALK THREAD===]]> 2D http://turboatomic.com/index.php?itemid=39 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 08:47:22 -0500 http://turboatomic.com/index.php?itemid=36 http://www.vimeo.com/user2847970
There is not much in there yet, but I'm planning to move all my website videos to it. The quality is very good, and it allows to download the original, uncompressed, video file source...Sweet!
]]> General http://turboatomic.com/index.php?itemid=36 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:49:20 -0500