Landgenoten - Jean-Louis Pisuisse & Anna Maria Sibylla Merian

Here some more tasty screen dumps of the latest episodes of Landgenoten.
We had to animate the murder of Jean Louis Pisuisse on the Rembrandt Plein in Amsterdam. Mr. Pisuisse is said to be the godfather of Dutch cabaret. He was murdered in 1927 by a jealous lover.




The other is the story of Anna Maria Sibylla Merian, who was a famous lady that documented plants and insects back in 18th century.

Maria in Suriname

Maria as child chasing butterflies

Floris must die!

So last week we had a lot of fun killing count Floris V in a spectacular cruel way for new episodes of 'Landgenoten'. Below are some random screenshots of the scenes. Here's a sweet taste of history:

If that wasn't enough, we were allowed to play around with some knights kicking each others shiny metal asses. View some of the awesomeness:

We hope to post the actual animation soon, which is way more rock & roll with freaky fake 3D spinning cameras and all that.

~Paco

Our new office

Ok, not really. This week we started working again on new episodes of 'Landgenoten'.
This episode is about Belle van Zuylen.
Here are some of the backgrounds we are currently working on:

Forest pan PART DEUX!

Whoa. It's, like...superlong.

Forest pan

Uncomplete forest pan. To be continued!

Arr, damn that dam!

Pissed off fishermen. Including a tribute to Popeye the sailerman.

This one is for you, Cor

Concept art for the next episode of 'Landgenoten' about Cornelis Lely, a famous Dutch engineer, responsible for the Zuiderzee Works, which meant the enclosure of the Zuiderzee by building the Afsluitdijk:

The effects madness continues

After the huge success of our last 'How to make explosions in 6 easy keyframesteps' post, we bring to you 'How to create billion gallons of water bursting into a shipwreck in 9 keyframes'.

So we're nearly done with these crazy superdetailed actionpacked scenes, only a few more to go.

In other news, we updated our demo-reel a bit with new bits and pieces, including the scenes we posted these days, so check it out! NOW

How to make explosions. Don't try this at home.

Hi kids. Welcome to the Anikey animation lessons. This post shows you how to create an cannonballexplosion in 6 easy keyframes steps.
Watch and learn.Step 1: A shipcrew is just standing there, chillin', talking, enjoying the view. " What'd you have for lunch today?"
Step 2: "Holy f***! I am losing my leg."
Step 3: AARGH!!
Step 4: AAAAAARGH!
Step 5: Whoooosh.
Step 6: "My ears are buzzing dude. Hey there's your leg. Falling from the sky." Yay!

Easy as that. Now it's your turn.

Landgenoten

Here's a snapshot of the new shipbattle scene for the series Landgenoten. This episode shows Michiel De Ruyter and his ship ' De 7 Provincien' battling the barbaric English in 1673. Spectacular!