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It’s been a long semester, but we did it! We want to thank everyone who helped us produce Collectible. We’re thrilled with the result and we couldn’t have done it without you! Note: The video is on lockdown for now … Continue reading →

Ladies and Gentlemen, hold on to your (metaphorical) hats and prepare yourselves for Collectible: the Trailer

How are you? It’s been a while. We’ve been working the kinks out of our pipeline and now have some things to show. Is it rough? Oh yes. You’ll see a mix of final, rendered animation, rough preview renders and … Continue reading →

Do you know about SIGGRAPH Dailies?  Imagine the coolest image makers (moving and otherwise) you know talking about how they do what they do.  It’s an awesome time, and Stoveghost wants to be there. Great dailies stories are all about … Continue reading →

We’ve chosen Cartoon Modern as a render style, now it’s time to get what we want out of the computer. Here’s the art we showed at pitch along with the (very early) visuals our computers are producing: We’ve got a ways … Continue reading →

Take a look at this! Patrick has taken his first crack at animating Andrew’s rig. We’re exploring how Lenora’s personality comes across through her actions. Birdlike? Heavy? Fragile? We’ve got to explore them all!

In pitching Stoveghost Studio to the faculty, we had to come up with an appealing, but doable, visual style. We started with research.  We looked at 3 main visual styles: Hand crafted Think Aardman claymation. American RegionalismThink Thomas Hart Benton … Continue reading →

How did Lenora get where she is today?  Take a look at this concept art!

Cruise on over to our video page to see the work we’re doing on our storyboards.  Our goal is to hit 3:30 for our final short length.  We’re also working on increasing shot variety and solidifying pacing.

Stoveghost Studio aims to simulate a professional feature animation studio environment culminating in a polished CGI animated short with a unique visual style and an engaging original story. The team started pre-production in summer of 2010, focusing on story, visual … Continue reading →