3DFestival.com have posted their interview with Jeff Lew who has worked on projects like: X-Men, and was the lead animator on the upoming The Matrix: Reloaded. Here's a snip.
Tito A. Belgrave: Being involved as an animator in such films as X-Men, Kung Pow and the recent position as lead animator on the upoming "The Matrix Reloaded", how have these experiences helped you in assembling your own training material?
Jeff Lew: Well, people in the CG industry tend to jump around to a few different companies a few times. The last place I worked had artists and technical people from many different companies and many different schools. In most companies, the employees specialize, meaning that they only do one thing. An animator just animates, a rigging person just sets up the character, a modeler just models. This has its advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that the artists can focus on what they are hired to do and excel at it. The disadvantage is that you need a big support team. If an animator gets into technical trouble, they often have to wait for the rigging department to address the issue. BTW, in my experience, most character setup people are not animators themselves, so they may not setup your character in a way that is easy for you to animate. In this DVD set, I will go through many tips on how to setup your character to be animated easily.
Click on the Image for the full interview.
Tito A. Belgrave: Being involved as an animator in such films as X-Men, Kung Pow and the recent position as lead animator on the upoming "The Matrix Reloaded", how have these experiences helped you in assembling your own training material?
Jeff Lew: Well, people in the CG industry tend to jump around to a few different companies a few times. The last place I worked had artists and technical people from many different companies and many different schools. In most companies, the employees specialize, meaning that they only do one thing. An animator just animates, a rigging person just sets up the character, a modeler just models. This has its advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that the artists can focus on what they are hired to do and excel at it. The disadvantage is that you need a big support team. If an animator gets into technical trouble, they often have to wait for the rigging department to address the issue. BTW, in my experience, most character setup people are not animators themselves, so they may not setup your character in a way that is easy for you to animate. In this DVD set, I will go through many tips on how to setup your character to be animated easily.
Click on the Image for the full interview.
