Today I saw at Cartoon Brew something that really made my jaw drop:
The promo videos for the game Team Fortress 2 made by Valve Software. Although I'm not a gamer (and those videos are probably around the net for a while without I got to know about it), these are some of the most entertaining animated shorts I saw in a while.
Be sure to check this making of video out, which talks about the visual concepts for the game.
IMHO, the best promo videos are these, with the best dialogues, scripts and wonderful character animation:
http://www.teamfortress.com/spyupdate/
http://www.teamfortress.com/sniper.htm
http://www.teamfortress.com/engineer.htm
A comment in the Brew's post is somewhat profetic:
"The next golden age of animation will not be in theaters."
Maybe it will, maybe not. But despite that, I think Valve's team deserves kudos for putting some brilliant pieces of animation out.
E bastante antigo... por volta de 2007!
Mas é hilária as animações.. lembrando que os gráficos são em tempo real!
Cara o vídeo que vc achou massa com a explicação de como eles fizeram tem o artigo cientifico na net detalhando tudo e o calculo de materiais e talz.
http://www.valvesoftware.com/publications/2007/NPAR07_IllustrativeRenderingInTeamFortress2.pdf
Hey, that's really great! Thanks for turning me onto it, I had no idea. I love the look and style of their animation, really top notch.