VPRO Interview with Anikey Studios

We got interviewed the other week by the VPRO TV Guide for our work on the film 'n Beetje Verliefd.

Forest pan PART DEUX!

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

Forest pan

Uncomplete forest pan. To be continued!

Paultje & de Draak Storyboard

Here are some shots from the new storyboard we are doing for Paultje & De Draak animated short.

Lousy drunk

What beter way to enjoy your new Wacom Cintiq than with smooth ice cold Duff!

Pigeons!

Some pigeon sketches. Tweet. Tweet.

Enter the dragon

Some new sketches for the Dragon:

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 life of an animator: Beer, strippers & plants

SO in a pathetic attempt to lure more visitors to our little blog, we thought we'd post some pictures of hot chicks. And beer. And a plant!

I got Albert the Jessica Rabbit statue from Disneyland.
Albert says he can't remember where he got the Duffbeer from.
The plant we got from my sister. We called him Charlie. Doesn't he look happy?
The stripper is a birthdaycard illustration.

Burn, baby, burn!

This week we're going insane on ' Paul & the Dragon', improving the story, burning all the old storyboards down, making fresh new layouts and designs. It's mental.
We'll post some new storyboard panels soon. Here's a new sketch for the dragon:

Knighty Knight

Quick character sketch for the openingsscene of 'Paul & the Dragon'.

~Paco

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!