Category — Projects

+ In this, the first of a series of interviews with the animators and designers of Adam Walker Studio, I talk to 3D animator Aldrich Tangpos about the importance of animating weight convincingly, the methods, and the trials associated with the procedure.
We discuss the evolution of his animation, from his Shadow of the Colossus-inspired second-year art school project, to the professional work he is involved with at Adam Walker Studio today.

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Adam Walker Studio is proud to announce the release of our latest project, an adaptation of Edward Lear’s 1871 poem, The Owl and the Pussycat.
What started several years ago as an experiment in 2D animation has grown to incorporate segments of 3D that put a uniquely AWS twist on the classic rhyme.

Sprite characters that are woven around the rhyme

AWS’s The Owl and the Pussycat will be released this Friday 13th (AAARGH!) August, but for now, we thought we’d show you some of the storyboards and design concepts that went into the production. Marvel!

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Often I find myself searching for some kind of meaning - a reason for existence, a purpose to being, some way of understanding the ins and outs of daily life.

Shortly after I begin to undertake this weighty topic, it’s inevitable that I find myself overcome with an intense urge to play video games. Then I think, “If only there were a way I could combine the two; a life lesson with a high score.”

Help me Adam Walker Studio! You’re my only hope!
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Following on from Big Boss’s blog a few months back about stereoscopic rendering, I took it on myself to take it one step further… Realtime stereoscopic flash!

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We had the cast and crew screening of “The Room at the Top of the Stairs” at the Peacock Theatre in Salamanca on Friday night.

Highlights from the night include:

• The Red wine mysteriously “hiding” under the bar (no points for guessing who eventually sniffed it out - yeah it was me!),
• Briony thanking everyone in the universe (and Adam forgetting to thank anyone),
• My unintentional stand-up comedy debut (…but hey, remember if you need a crowd pleaser - I now have a booking agent),
• Our leading lady (Fiannah) looking like the glamourous star that she is destined to be,
• Kate (who of course was glamourous too!) coming in costume - well at least the dreaded shoes…
• “LIVE” film trailer narration and music demonstration by Aldrich and TheMaster (me),
• Very little memory of the proceedings from about 2am onwards…

To all those involved in the film that weren’t able to make it on the night - thanks for your awesome help making this great film happen, and we are all looking forward to working with you again.

Sorry no pics from the night, but for nostalgia sake here is a shot from the shoot of James trying (and failing) to play “The Producer” to Briony.

There has been some talk around the office of a possible project that consist of two strong mediums: Animation and Live-action. A combination that’s become a trend in most movies. Now, imagine AWF (with our paranormal creativity) making a project that relies heavily on that combination. Well, you get a Cloverfield……in Hobart. But this isn’t going to be anything like that movie, instead you might get things like an dragons, giant squids, giant crab attacks or even giant transforming isobar building that turns into a Mech!!!! Bet your curious now huh?

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“Paper Fury” is the code-name for our latest game concept, and this time around, we’re tackling an online-playable casual game.

Click on the “Read More” link below to see how the game is developing and to play the early game engine demo.

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In the recent weeks of working on 4Pantun, I’ve been drawing the background elements for the Asian sequences….I wonder why. But before I started we had a student named (?) that designed a few of the first drawings, when she left, I took over and I used her drawings as a reference for my designs. So if you’ve been stalking me throughout my blog’s you’ll know that I love to draw Only difference with these drawings is the style. Generally when I draw I tend to be very fussy with perfection, making sure everything looks right; shape, size, detail, etc. But Adam has explained to me that these drawings are meant to look drawn, meaning he wants me to fail epic’ly on straight lines, draw abnormal circles and worst of all, overlapping…..:O

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Well, they’re not exactly twins but there’s a sort of suggestion in the story that they could be.  Today was the day Fiannah and Kate shot all their scenes together, and it was intense — with blood, swearing, laundry and designer labels - and that was just in make-up.  We won’t give too much away, you’ll have to see the film.  Here’s Fiannah and Kate not in character.

Keeping warm between scenes.

Relaxing after a hard day.

And, yes, that was a wrap.  Somehow, miraculously, everything got done — I even managed to grab a few cutaways that I was sure would be scrapped, thanks to the enthusiasm of Matthew, the 1st AD, and the hardworking and self-sacrificing nature of the crew in general.  Okay, so I didn’t get everything I wanted, but it was all covered and it was all good stuff.

Setting up for the last shot.

Thanks everyone, it was truly above and beyond.  Let’s go get a drink….

This was the day that the supporting characters in the film (the three housemates) shot most of their scenes.  Having had a fair bit of rehearsal, Lucy, Bryony and Ben were prepared. Still, it probably came as a shock to churn through their dialogue scenes so quickly.  Speaking of churning - it didn’t help that I, like many others on this production, was suffering the effects of a nasty strain of some kind of stomach flu. Clutching my trusty orange sports drink, I watched as the characters came to life — with all their eccentric studentish ways –drinking beer outside on a windy day, never washing up, playing the guitar rather badly and so forth.

The crew meanwhile, were suffering and even a curry for lunch didn’t seem to cheer them up (!)  But a lot got done today, that’s for sure.  The pace seems to be picking up.