Escape From Planet Earth

Escape from Planet Earth was release in theaters today. I help convert it from 2D to 3D Stereoscopic with some of the same crew from Spy Kids 4. It was a fun film to work on, and from the footage I saw it seems like a exciting fun movie for families to see! Its kind of neat having done conversion on a few different films. Each one was a completely different process but the end had the same result. 

-Tim

New Website For The New Year

Finally got around to updating my website a few weeks ago. Completely revamped the site and redid my reel/portfolio. Big thanks to my friend Jay for the help with the site! Here is a sample page along with my latest reel.

-Tim

 
Tim Kafantaris Animation Demo Reel 2012 from Tim Kafantaris on Vimeo.

KICKSTART Round 2!

The Alpha Omega team is back at it and were back on KICKSTARTER! Here is the link! We lowered the amount that were trying to fund this time around but kept the same great pledge gifts, give them a look. Just to sum up about the pilot were trying to create, it is called the ARMSmaster Project. The project it self has been getting worked on a little over 5 years now. It started off as a great idea by Mike Winn, that he turned into his Senior Thesis. After college he ask a few of us to jump on board and try to developed into a full blown TV show. We all jumped at the opportunity to say the least. With a world filled with magic, mystery, and adventure who wouldn't? Now with a pitch bible complete and more opportunities knocking on our door, were trying to create a episode pilot to help pitch the show. If you go to the page, blog, or website, you'll see tons of great art we have created along the years along with a 30 sec teaser trailer that we finished up a year ago.

Take a look, spread the word, and all that fun stuff. Thanks for the support!

-Tim



Thieves & Butchers

Thieves & Butchers from Tim Kafantaris on Vimeo.

This is another test I've been working on. The audio is from Iron Man 2 and I used the Morpheus Rig. It was a really nice rig that was very customizable, I highly recommended it. It was a lot of fun animating this test and trying to really sell the performance. I can't wait to take what I learn on this test and use it on the next one!

-Tim

Elephant Walking Test

Elephant Walking Test from Tim Kafantaris on Vimeo.

Besides working the day job, I've been spending the last few months working on animation tests, redoing my portfolio, and reworking my website. This is a test I did to work on my quadruped skills. The rig worked great, with a minor issue with the front legs. They should be able to break at the ankles to walk correctly, Here is the link for the rig.

-Tim

KICKSTARTER

Hi Everyone! The ARMSmaster Project is finally launched on Kickstarted. We are looking to raise a total of $25,000 in 44 days which will help us produce the animation pilot for the show. Please take a moment to check out the page and see exactly what we’re looking to create. There are plenty of pledge amounts that vary and each with a great gift for helping fund the project.   The AO crew has put many hours and love into this project, and I believe once you take a look at the page you will see how great this project really is. Check it out and spread the word!!!!!

Here is the link:

 The ARMSmaster Project: The Animated Pilot

-Tim

Piranha 3DD came out earlier this month and I had a chance to do some animation on it at a local studio called SpeedShape. We did around 20-30 shots of the movie that included animation and other vfx as well. It was great to do some feature film animation, and finally be able to see it on the big screen! I worked on a couple other movies and did a process call Rotomation were we had to take a cg model and animated over the plate, but since only the animation depth was use for the stereo conversion you couldn't really see it.....unless you put on 3D Glasses.

-Tim