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[digital] Modeling Book

Tofu — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:53:40 +0000

2011 is about to come to an end and has been quite the roller coaster ride. Over the last two months Applehead factory’s Creative Director, William Vaughan, took on the monumental task of writing a new book for Peachpit, [digital] Modeling, and we are happy to say that he made it through to the other side.

The book is currently available for pre-order at Amazon and should be released in January 2012.

Below is the official description of the book:

Professional modeling is the foundation of every aspect of the 3D production pipeline and is essential to the success of any 3D computer graphics project. [digital] Modeling is unlike any other modeling book you’ve seen—it gets to the core of what it takes to create efficient production-ready models and demystifies the process of producing realistic and jaw-dropping graphics. Taking a software-neutral approach, it teaches you the essential skills and concepts that you can apply to modeling in any industry 3D software, such as 3ds Max, LightWave 3D, Maya, Modo, Silo, XSI, ZBrush and other leading programs. Modelers, animators, texture artists, and technical directors can all benefit from the valuable information covered in this jam-packed guide containing years of industry knowledge. Simply put, if you work in 3D, you must have this book.

We’ll keep the site updated about the book so stay tuned for more information.

CGW Interview: William Vaughan

Tofu — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:54:02 +0000

In a CGW Online Exclusive, Applehead’s Creative Director, William Vaughan gets interviewed.

Click Here to read the full interview: CGW Interview

SyFy Kids: Dr. What

Tofu — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:11:56 +0000

Dr. What is a character we designed and modeled for World Wide Biggies, designed to live in the worlds of animation, gaming and beyond. A mystery-adventure series, Dr. What focuses on the world of a thrill seeking inventor whose risky experiments take an unexpected turn, and will be introduced through six animated shorts that will premiere on both SyFy and SyFy.com.

Joe DiDomenico is a semifinalists for two Adobe® Design Achievement Awards

admin — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:51:43 +0000

Two entries from Applehead Factory’s Art Director, Joe DiDomenico, were selected from over four thousand submissions for Semifinalist this week from the 2011 Adobe Design Achievement Awards.

The Adobe® Design Achievement Awards celebrate student and faculty achievement reflecting the powerful convergence of technology and the creative arts. The competition – which showcases individual and group projects created with industry-leading Adobe creative software – honors the most talented and promising student graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, animators, digital filmmakers, developers and computer artists from the world’s top institutions of higher education.

The Semifinalist Certificates were awarded to Joe in the Innovation in Traditional Media category for his work on the “I Put the Can in Cancer” book, a visual journey through illustrator and cartoonist Christian Patchell’s life changing battle with cancer and the Agorable Teddies Style Guide.

The team at Applehead Factory Design Studio is excited that the judges for the Adobe Design Achievement Awards recognized Joe’s design abilities for visual communication and look forward to the awards ceremony being held in Taipei China in October.

Philly Ad Club Summer Social

admin — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:05:17 +0000

Applehead Factory is hosting the Philly Ad Club Summer Social event on August 18th! For more details, go to http://www.phillyadclub.com/summer-social.html

Joe Discusses the Vision Behind Applehead Factory

Tofu — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 19:53:05 +0000

Joe DiDomenico, Head Honcho over at Applehead, recently took time from his busy teddy-twisting schedule to offer some pearls of wisdom to Animation Career Review.com’s readers. Read the full story here:

Animation Career Review

WANNA MAKE YOUR OWN TOY?

Tofu — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:53:49 +0000

Have you had a killer toy idea in your head for years, but don’t have the know-how to make it a reality? Does the idea of it leave you awake at night with a gnawing, burning desire in your gut to turn your dream into a toy?
Well, after you’ve been to your doctor to rule out an ulcer, get your butt on over to the Origins Game Fair convention in Columbus, Ohio Thursday June 23rd and Saturday June 25th, because we’ve got the cure for what ails ya!

Joe DiDomenico, Art Director at Applehead Factory and the demented mind behind the Teddy Scares toy line, will discuss the “how to’s” of designing your very own toy! This guy knows his stuff and has mentored others through this process. Now he wants to give you his years and years of expertise… FOR FREE!!!

Still not motivated to come out and listen to this toy guru answer questions and offer insights into the making of the hit toy line Teddy Scares? Well, he will also be giving away some awesome, scary swag!

Click here to get details about the show: http://www.originsgamefair.com/

AWN LW Review

Tofu — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:59:40 +0000

Applehead Factory’s Creative Director recently wrote a LightWave 10 review that was published on the Animation World Network site. Be sure to check it out!

Click here to read the review: AWN LW Review

Meet Mystic!

Tofu — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:13:22 +0000

Applehead Factory had less then 48 hours to transform a horse into Mystic the Unicorn. The horse was filmed with no tracking markers, a soft focus and the camera was not locked, which made it a challenge to place the horn on the horses head. The artists at Applehead Factory created a 3D unicorn horn, and built a rig to give the artists multiple controls to aid in matching the live action horses movement. The live action background plates were used for each of the 5 shots and hand tracked frame by frame. The Horn was textured and lit to match the background plates and the final renders were then passed on to the production company, Get-Kinetic, for final compositing and then delivered to Tremor Video’s agency, 20nine.

Click here to watch the commercial: Meet Mystic

Free Comic Book Day!

Tofu — Fri, 06 May 2011 18:39:11 +0000

Joe DiDomenico (co-creator of Teddy Scares) and William Vaughan (creator of Tofu the Vegan Zombie) will be at Brave New Worlds Comic Shop in Philadelphia for Free Comic Book Day this Saturday – May 7th. Come on out we will be doing free drawings for all!

Click here for more information: Free Comic Book Day