tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83675047610942724312024-03-12T17:06:15.174-07:00Alan Eddie's Blog & AED ScriptsAfter Effects Scripting, After Effects, Corner Cutters for After Effects, workflow, shortcuts, 3d animation professional, specical effects, Softimage, After Effects, trickery, visual Effects, Television production, Film, Animation, fun, ideas.Alan Eddie - alanedd(at sign)gmail(dot)comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557111833140538847noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367504761094272431.post-80958232708433892252012-11-09T01:02:00.000-08:002012-11-09T01:02:07.729-08:00A good night at the IDI Awards 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Alan Eddie - alanedd(at sign)gmail(dot)comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557111833140538847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367504761094272431.post-1121047437940611642012-05-11T05:01:00.001-07:002012-07-11T04:05:52.839-07:00The Saturday Night ShowThe Saturday Night Show Opening Title - This was designed by Linda Griffin and then became a hybrid production job between myself and Ian Kenny (Benny). Benny did a lot of the illustration and character animation, I did the 3d and composition. For instance we used Benny's cat which my (3d) moped dodges.A nice working combination.<br />
//Design - Linda Griffin<br />
//2d animation/Backgrounds - Ian Kenny<br />
//3d animation & VFX - Alan Eddie<br />
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<br />Alan Eddie - alanedd(at sign)gmail(dot)comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557111833140538847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367504761094272431.post-16012907033810476862012-05-02T05:27:00.002-07:002012-07-08T08:35:02.301-07:00IllustrationSo I was asked to do an illustration for my friend Mike's wedding!<br />
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<br />Alan Eddie - alanedd(at sign)gmail(dot)comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557111833140538847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367504761094272431.post-50976301362378232692012-04-04T02:46:00.001-07:002012-07-11T02:43:59.570-07:00Titanic & Fr. Brown<a href="http://www.getoffthatship.com/">Graphic novel</a> in progress by friend Alan Dunne...
http://www.getoffthatship.com/
Well worth checking out.Alan Eddie - alanedd(at sign)gmail(dot)comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557111833140538847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367504761094272431.post-41804359297215618812012-03-23T10:03:00.000-07:002012-03-23T10:22:41.449-07:00Dr.Fairytalez - Interactive story/game (2001) - student projectFound this buried on my hard drive, my student project for my degree in Interactive Multimedia. I know it's pretty rough around the edges - but I kind of enjoyed seeing it again. It has some interesting takes on interactive story telling. It's only now that I can see how I was heavily influenced by the original Austin Power's film!
//Alan Eddie - everything.
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So a little bit of oil painting for a Christmas present. I must send a link to Ardal O'Hanlon and Grahaem Linehan, see what they think. Imagine, no computers were used in the production of this.</div>
<br />Alan Eddie - alanedd(at sign)gmail(dot)comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557111833140538847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367504761094272431.post-30641017046497456782011-11-23T06:48:00.001-08:002011-11-24T04:51:09.937-08:00A Little Bit TVThis title will never see the light of day. After project completion, it was decided the programme would take a different direction, rendering this title unsuitable to the content of the programme. Nevertheless - here it is.<br />
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// Art Direction / Design - Alan Eddie<br />
// 3d Animation, VFX - Alan Eddie<br />
// An RTÉ Graphic Design Department production<br />
//Client - Niall Matthews / Ann Roper - Documentary Unit, RTE<br />
//Audio Track - LCD SoundSystem -<i> Dance Yourself Clean</i><br />
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//Client - Jim Booth, RTE Promotions Dept.<br />
// Design, Concept and Art Direction - Conor Cassidy<br />
// Alan Eddie - 2d, 3d animation, compositing and art direction<br />
// Audio Design - Ivan Fitzpatrick (<a href="http://www.ivanfitzpatrick.com/">http://www.ivanfitzpatrick.com/</a>)<br />
// Assistant Animation - Fran Power, Chris McEvoy<br />
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I am currently rummaging about my archive of work. I'll start posting some stuff that I think was interesting over the next little while, this is one to get started.</div>
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This SFX shot was made for a Primetime documentary about tyre dumping in Ireland and exploitation of government incentives. It's a simple shot and the result is suitably eerie. It makes me think of shots in Kubrick's 'The Shining'.<br />
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// Prime Time Investigates: Tyres - A Dirty Business - Paul Maguire/David Doran/Brian Paircéir<br />
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So this is a foray into full 3d rigging and character setup and animation. SetSpy is a character used to promote 'behind the scenes' footage in RTE. This is a spot promoting the television website. I created, rigged and animated the character. SetSpy was originally a purchased model - with about a day's modifications done in Softimage.<br />
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<br />Alan Eddie - alanedd(at sign)gmail(dot)comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557111833140538847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367504761094272431.post-10117886031609330552011-04-18T06:23:00.000-07:002011-11-20T13:34:03.979-08:00RTE News - Virtual Sets TrickeryThis brief for this job was essentially to make the RTE News Studio look bigger and more impressive than it actually is. An artificial 'other side' of the studio was built in 3d complete with TV cameras with blinking lights, to look more pleasing than the existing restrictive wall and unsightly cables and accoutrements. A gobo light effect was then placed on the floor with the title of the bulletin. Creating this in 3d meant I could get accurate reflections in the floor etc. So everyday it is overlay-ed on the real live shot to give the impression of a more impressive, cohesive studio setup. All in a day's work for the artificial nature of television.<br />
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<br />Alan Eddie - alanedd(at sign)gmail(dot)comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557111833140538847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367504761094272431.post-26343480329410512752011-04-15T10:00:00.001-07:002011-11-20T13:45:54.238-08:00New Season 2010/2011 (RTE)<br /><br />This was a full 3d and VFX job for RTE New Season Launch 2010. For those unfamiliar - RTE is a public service broadcaster in Ireland, in the same vein as the BBC in the UK. This piece was made for a press launch in RTE and used subsequently in on-air promotions on RTE. I am very happy with how this turned out, I feel it took on a life of it's own and has the feeling of a real epic space that you could almost walk into. This has a lot to do with Alan Dunne, the designer and art director on the project. The music is by Alexander Desplat (http://www.alexandredesplat.net/us/news-e.htm). This track was not used in the final draft (or broadcast) but it was the track that drove the design and mood of the animation - so we have included it here. This animation was also used in the promotion of RTE TWO HD in 2011.<br /><br /><div>
// Design and Art Direction - Alan Dunne<br />//Additional Design - Alan Eddie<br />// 3d Animation, VFX and compositing - Alan Eddie</div>
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Broken chair and a brush wrapped in green paper.<br />
This effects shot was achieved by moving the action in 3d space rather than moving the camera in 3d space. Then I created an artificial 3d background and moved it in the inverse direction to simulate the movement of the camera. The camera doesn't actually move in reality or the 3d virtual camera in Softimage doesn't move either. The trick here (much credit to Mick McKeon - Senior designer in RTE), was the use of a broken office chair to rotate Scott and the use of a broken brush wrapped in green paper to rotate him in position. Even the footage was shot on a crappy hybrid cam. You won't find any computerized RED camera rig here with synchronization software, just a broken sweeping brush really.<br />
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Design : Mick McKeon, Scott Bryan, Alan Eddie<br />
Production/Animation/f/x : Alan Eddie<br />
Project: "MNS" (Monday Night Soccer) for RTE Television - Ireland.<br />
www.blogspot.com/alaneddieAlan Eddie - alanedd(at sign)gmail(dot)comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557111833140538847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367504761094272431.post-55929964999894163332011-02-22T03:28:00.000-08:002011-02-22T03:34:42.234-08:00The GAA cups built in 3d<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-irzEIQ-mYFY/TWOfK8Y86yI/AAAAAAAAAhI/mon80NDIcUY/s1600/Cups.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 65px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-irzEIQ-mYFY/TWOfK8Y86yI/AAAAAAAAAhI/mon80NDIcUY/s320/Cups.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576475773973097250" border="0" /></a><br />The RTE Sport department asked me to generate the 2 GAA cups in 3d for various graphics in 2008.<br />They were built by analyzing photographs of the original cups. I photographed them in person in the<br />GAA museum in Croke Park, this turned out to be a waste of time however. The original cups were so badly<br />damaged, they weren't a suitable reference for the build so I had to use images of the replicas.<br />I even saw 'CONNO' scratched into one of the originals, it looked like it was done with a compass! They really<br />were two battered entities.Alan Eddie - alanedd(at sign)gmail(dot)comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557111833140538847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367504761094272431.post-79999886535297353512010-08-11T02:25:00.001-07:002010-08-11T02:30:49.444-07:00Grubz Up! Children's TVOpening animation of a children's TV slot on RTE (Ireland). The inspiration for the animation is drawn from <a href="http://www.airfield.ie/" target="_blank" title="http://www.airfield.ie/" rel="nofollow" dir="ltr">http://www.airfield.ie/</a> where most of the series was shot. The programme will be on RTE in the Autumn. 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Design and animation Alan Eddie.<br /><br /><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uWWGDUfdgcs&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uWWGDUfdgcs&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="250"></embed></object>Alan Eddie - alanedd(at sign)gmail(dot)comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557111833140538847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367504761094272431.post-9144694326247048422010-03-06T10:45:00.000-08:002010-03-12T01:31:03.463-08:00The Book of Genocide<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yhqGWHs77sM/S5oJivZT5vI/AAAAAAAAAfc/6qEh9heWH5A/s1600-h/Elisha-and-the-Bears_v_02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yhqGWHs77sM/S5oJivZT5vI/AAAAAAAAAfc/6qEh9heWH5A/s320/Elisha-and-the-Bears_v_02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447677191700866802" border="0" /></a><br />This is a group illustration project concerned with the socially unacceptable and illegal acts of cruelty committed in the Bible in the name of our Lord.<br />http://bookofgenocide.blogspot.com/<br /><br /><br />I will contribute this piece to this interesting idea by Alan Dunne and Steve McNally.<br /><br />This is the wonderful passage:<br /><h1 class="ha"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span id=":9j" class="hP">Elisha & The Bears</span></span></h1><span style="font-style: italic;">And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">2 Kings 2:23-2:24</span><br /><br />Would you slaughter 40 kids if they had a laugh at your comb-over ? I think this passage clearly shows the motivation to create monsters such as the Devil. Maybe then it won't be so funny.Alan Eddie - alanedd(at sign)gmail(dot)comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557111833140538847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367504761094272431.post-26387228083846893242010-02-02T20:23:00.000-08:002010-02-02T20:28:11.091-08:00Footlocker'They are near your socks' was an entry for the Footlocker, sort of make them a free advert competition. They pay you 65 pairs of sneakers (€1000 ish) to make an ad for them and save €125,000 for themselves. I know 2 things in life, good math, and how to wiggle ears independently so I went for it! Boy did I lose!<br /><object width="420" height="280"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hEWVt2Yrs-U&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hEWVt2Yrs-U&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="420" height="280"></embed></object>Alan Eddie - alanedd(at sign)gmail(dot)comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557111833140538847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367504761094272431.post-27449558695248149222010-01-29T13:44:00.000-08:002010-02-01T09:05:46.899-08:00Sommersby - short filmWell well, I have been busy making a short film with Alan Dunne (or to put it another way not busy at all). We decided to put an extreme lack of planning at the center of this project and just sort of wing it. Our prep work involved 5 min of scribbles in a pub. To look out for: Alan Dunne's earrings are 20c coins sellotaped to his ears. The military arms on my hat are literally 2 cigarettes. My Ford focus is actually not a horse. When Alan is at the window we lost Edward (the cat) so in a brilliant piece of problem solving I suggested to keep stroking as if there was a cat present. If you have seen 'Sommersby' you will know that the central plot is ridiculously funny, which renders this piece of work as something more somber. mmmmmm.<br /><br /><br /><br /><object width="420" height="240"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yJGAnU4Rr8w&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yJGAnU4Rr8w&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="420" height="240"></embed></object>Alan Eddie - alanedd(at sign)gmail(dot)comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557111833140538847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367504761094272431.post-76520480208581268362009-08-12T03:47:00.000-07:002009-08-12T04:28:26.822-07:00Confession (Short film)<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hnfMCNWTxCg&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hnfMCNWTxCg&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br />A little girl interprets her local priest's advice as absolution for her murders. This is a black-comedy-horror from the depths of rural Ireland. This was a final year film in DLIADT, Dublin, Ireland. The Priest is played by Michael West and the girl by Lisa McKeon. Created by Alan Eddie in 2000.Alan Eddie - alanedd(at sign)gmail(dot)comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557111833140538847noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367504761094272431.post-45230855319449170302009-04-16T06:47:00.000-07:002010-02-01T09:14:36.095-08:00The Meaning of Life (TV animation)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yhqGWHs77sM/SedPV9dd3RI/AAAAAAAAAeU/dnvQvPiXcsM/s1600-h/GayByrne05.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 224px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yhqGWHs77sM/SedPV9dd3RI/AAAAAAAAAeU/dnvQvPiXcsM/s320/GayByrne05.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325312323082902802" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yhqGWHs77sM/SedPHJoBwfI/AAAAAAAAAd0/Cpc1LW5pMFU/s1600-h/GayByrne01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 224px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yhqGWHs77sM/SedPHJoBwfI/AAAAAAAAAd0/Cpc1LW5pMFU/s320/GayByrne01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325312068650385906" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yhqGWHs77sM/SedL3rRmGzI/AAAAAAAAAds/NoDy78ZRSFU/s1600-h/GayByrneShootSmall.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 221px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yhqGWHs77sM/SedL3rRmGzI/AAAAAAAAAds/NoDy78ZRSFU/s320/GayByrneShootSmall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325308504270314290" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yhqGWHs77sM/SedLMnx2aEI/AAAAAAAAAdc/RHiZmDASeBQ/s1600-h/GayByrne_GreenScreen.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 260px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yhqGWHs77sM/SedLMnx2aEI/AAAAAAAAAdc/RHiZmDASeBQ/s320/GayByrne_GreenScreen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325307764597483586" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left; font-weight: bold;">Just to remind you of Gay's skills in interviewing : <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8T0Q03oJSc" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?<wbr>v=s8T0Q03oJSc</a> </div><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><blockquote></blockquote></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">The greenscreen shoot was completed in about two hours. Gay had never done a greenscreen shoot before, but once briefed, took it in his stride. It can be difficult when you have to guess at your possible surroundings might be. It was shot by Dave Perry, with makeup by Fiona Hogan. The 'Bullet Time' technique was achieved by rotating Gay on a rented turntable. In creating the 3D and effects, we actually rotate the scene to match Gay's movement. While leaving the virtual camera static, this makes us feel the camera is travelling around Gay. An RTE News promo made a few years ago was a main reference for this technique. First, we edited the greenscreen footage to the track, then we keyed out the green. Then it was simply a case of generating all the imagery and compositing it all together. Perhaps 'simply' was a bad choice of word. We shot footage on campus that would become the park in which Gay is reading the paper in. The bench he is sitting on was built on the computer too. The 'Keep off the grass' sign was built in 3D and composited on to footage that was shot near the radio centre. The real camera move was tracked with software so the sign appears to be really in the grass. Thanks to Sean Condon and David Stafford for helping on the shoot.</span>Alan Eddie - alanedd(at sign)gmail(dot)comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557111833140538847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367504761094272431.post-33009987713420170162009-02-23T11:38:00.000-08:002009-02-23T11:45:49.025-08:00Audrey! Audrey! - Hold the tonic<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yhqGWHs77sM/SaL83YK1bDI/AAAAAAAAAcE/BTLY6vAp7TI/s1600-h/Jameson.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 323px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yhqGWHs77sM/SaL83YK1bDI/AAAAAAAAAcE/BTLY6vAp7TI/s400/Jameson.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306081339306765362" border="0" /></a><br />The next time you down a scotch in some bankrupt uppity dump in town, think that there may just be a little bit of me on your lips, ahem. This Jameson glass, I helped design and visualise with Lucas promotions. It was a few years ago but I only come across them ocassionally. We spent time getting the perfect indentation on the sides of the glass. I am particularly proud of this because it ironically compliments my raging scotch and ginger ale addiction. Audrey!Alan Eddie - alanedd(at sign)gmail(dot)comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557111833140538847noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367504761094272431.post-18253847999853779372008-12-09T13:57:00.000-08:002008-12-09T14:33:51.419-08:00RTE ONE Xmas IdentsWell hello there! These are 2 Christmas idents based around the centre of Dublin. I technically supervised the shoot (great craic) and produced the f/x and 3d animation. People were curious and friendly until a car blew up outside Penny's - no kidding. They took their camera phones and wandered in that general direction. What is the world coming to when people want to photograph carnage, having said that I got some nice shots of the burning car. We had to wait until the smoke cleared to continue. It's all Christmassy and I really enjoyed working on these with Jim Booth and Conor Cassidy. I have posted a before shot, just to illustrate how threatening Henry St. looked. Thank God for computers. I also sneakily put my name into the ident, picture below. These will be on RTE ONE all over Chrismas 2008.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yhqGWHs77sM/ST7wSLDEHjI/AAAAAAAAAao/BfBYdWmziIQ/s1600-h/XmasIdents.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yhqGWHs77sM/ST7wSLDEHjI/AAAAAAAAAao/BfBYdWmziIQ/s400/XmasIdents.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277920008318754354" border="0" /></a>Alan Eddie - alanedd(at sign)gmail(dot)comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557111833140538847noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8367504761094272431.post-51400967259519566822008-11-06T08:20:00.001-08:002008-12-09T13:50:56.486-08:00Breathing life into Peig<span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >The aim of this was to extract Peig from an iconic photo, reassemble the scene in 3d and animate the contents as if it was a live shoot. If you look closely I gave her a 3d foot and she is breathing. Then there was the mouth to mouth.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> This never went to air as the project is on hold. Assembled in XSI/AFX/Pshop.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Click to find out who was </span><a style="font-family: georgia;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peig_Sayers">Peig Sayers</a><span style="font-family:georgia;">.</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"> <iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='365' height='303' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw-PgqJVscczvQSTwlbTwSLmYLQoXyqSSJyM_BEaVrTlohMFS5fehu8eHt4dKjTvTLlcToKj_g401nbB5HE3w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><blockquote></blockquote> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yhqGWHs77sM/SRR_eVwDg5I/AAAAAAAAAUA/2gJ36v0WKEE/s1600-h/PeigPhoto.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 318px; height: 271px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_yhqGWHs77sM/SRR_eVwDg5I/AAAAAAAAAUA/2gJ36v0WKEE/s320/PeigPhoto.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265974023514456978" border="0" /></a></div>Alan Eddie - alanedd(at sign)gmail(dot)comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557111833140538847noreply@blogger.com1