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Toy Story 2 3D Review
February 13, 2010
This isn’t really a complete review as I’d normally write here on Zath as I’m sure everyone has already seen Toy Story 2. But as with my ‘review’ on Toy Story 3D, this is just a short post about seeing Toy Story 2 in 3D.
But just in case you haven’t seen it, Woody is kidnapped by a toy collector who wants to sell him and the rest of ‘Woody’s Roundup’ to a Japanese museum. It’s then up to Buzz & co. to find Woody and bring him home. We meet new characters including Barbie’s Mrs Potato Head and Buzz’s arch enemy, Emperor Zurg.
Continue reading »Eurogamer Expo 2009 Review (Leeds Gaming Show)
October 30, 2009
Eurogamer Expo 2009 (Leeds) was our first venture out into the world of gaming shows and we were both quite impressed with what was on offer, so here’s a quick review about what we saw.
There were a few games that I was dying to play and some that I was mightily surprised with once I had some hands on time with them. Upon our arrival we were shocked to see the size of the queue that surrounded the building. Luckily we managed to take advantage of our press passes and jump straight through without having to wait for hours to get in.
Continue reading »‘Toy Story 3D’ Review
October 12, 2009
OK, well this isn’t really a review of Toy Story as I don’t see the point, but I just thought I’d do a small post on reviewing the 3D side of the film. Now everyone knows how amazing the film is and it was a benchmark for all animated films. It was the first ever fully CGI full length feature and was released 14 years ago in 1995. Toy Story fuelled my hunger for wanting to know more about animated films and led me to getting my degree in Computer Animation.
I still remember going to see it at the cinema and was absolutely blown away from what I saw. Now with Toy Story 3 less than a year away (controls the excitement), Pixar have re-released this absolute classic again in 3D.
Continue reading »Eurogamer Expo 2009 Preview
September 7, 2009
The Eurogamer Expo is almost upon us, so seen as though we’ll be heading along ourselves for zath.co.uk’s first ever games expo as members of the press, we’d thought we’d share with you a few of the titles that have been announced to show their faces in Leeds and London this year.
For the first time, the Eurogamer Expo will be coming up North to Leeds (which is where we’ll be going) to The Royal Armouries on 27th and 28th of October, and then down to London’s Old Billingsgate on 30th and 31st October.
Continue reading »Toy Story 3 Teaser Trailer
May 31, 2009
Having just seen the Toy Story 3 teaser trailer, I’ve just drooled all over my keyboard!
It’s been 10 years since Toy Story 2 and I can only see the 3rd being the best of the bunch.
I think one of the reasons this is being made is because when Disney bought out Pixar, they had the rights to create any sequel of the Pixar films. So instead of Disney creating Pixar’s baby, they created it themselves, thank God!! But could the whole sequel thing get a bit old, especially with Cars 2 coming out in 2011/12??
Er….no!
Continue reading »Top 5 Morph Animations
May 12, 2009
You may remember that about six months, we featured the Make Your Own Morph kit which we thought would make the ideal gift for any budding animator or just anyone who remembers the stop-motion early classics that were featured on Tony Hart’s TV art show – I remember watching those Morph animations after school as a kid myself! Great times!
What made this ‘My Own Morph’ kit event better was the fact that it was a usable plasticine model with which you can create your own stop-motion animations and upload them to the official Wallace and Gromit website for everyone else to watch.
Continue reading »Cool T-Shirt Designs (Bleee)
September 21, 2008
T-shirts are a great way to get some custom designed clothing for yourself to show off your individuality, that’s one reason why I feel much more at comfortable wearing jeans and a T-shirt than a suit or shirt and tie.
Ender’s Superhero Animation Coming Soon…ish!
July 7, 2008
Hi folks! I’ve just finished storyboarding my new animation about a superhero! I’m going to using the same character as ‘The Graveyard’ but everything else will be my own work.
It’s going to take me about 3 – 4 months tops to get it finished (hopefully earlier) if I work through some night shifts!!
Continue reading »New Ender Animation!
June 16, 2008
Hi all!
This is the new animation that I’ve been working on. The main reason for me doing this was to practice my lighting skills as I’ve never really done any, and also work on textures and modelling.
The character I used (the ‘generi’ rig) is a free download from a few animation websites, but everything else in this animation is all my work.
Continue reading »New Ender Animation Coming Soon
May 18, 2008
Hey guys!! I’m just over half way with my new piece of animation, and hope to have it up on the website within the next 2-3 weeks.
If you could take a look at some of the stuff I’ve done so far over at Danny Martin’s Animation Videos and let me know what you think, it’d be much appreciated!! They’re mainly ‘cycle’ animations, but I’m working my way up to bigger things.
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