In this Unplugged challenge review we look a the work of Israel Long, Renzo Reyes, Robert Bojor, Mark Shingleton, Alexander Massey and David Gugel

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Thinking of starting your own business, breaking into a new industry or switching careers to pursue your dreams? Then this BOD is for you.  When John’s creative passion meets Robin’s diamond-tipped commercial focus,
the result is a treasure trove of tips, tricks and ideas to get you off to
a powerful start. Read more…

In this extended tutorial learn how to identify the field order of footage and interpret it collectly; create a realistic Jumbotron-style look using CC Ball Action, Glow, Levels and Curves; turn the jumbotron into a 3D column mounted on grungy wire mesh using Zaxwerks 3D Layer Warps; and fine tune the look by adding animated arrows plus a touch of Read more…

Over the next few weeks I will be reviewing each and every entry to the Unplugged challenge. These will be short critiques where I will discuss what I believe are the strengths and areas for improvement. If any entrant would like to discuss their entry in more detail don’t hesitate to contact me. This time we look a the work of Hugo Goudswaard, David Kwasnik, Read more…

Everyone who took the time and made an effort to display their work in this challenge is a winner. Choosing from the top 10 was not easy and after much deliberation we have decided to use Robert Leger’s entry as the title sequence for Unplugged. Robert based his animation on the existing style and colour palette and reworked it into a fun and stylish sequence. I’m looking forward to discussing the animation with Robert during his Unplugged interview. To all other entrants, once again thank you, and look out for my video review of your entries.

In this revealing episode of Unplugged, Ross Shain shares his journey from art college to Avid to Imagineer Systems – makers of the powerful Mocha, Mokey and Motor software applications. Ross clearly explains the difference between these popular tracking and rotoscoping packages and hints of great things just around the corner. Read more…

Beautiful work by Korb. Check out his reel too – magnificent in it’s simplicity. Via @engine.

I recently used Red Giant Software’s new Holomatrix effect for Terminator: Salvation promo graphics. Watch out for a full post and tutorial.