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Don’t Feed the Creatures…

By admin | Published: March 25, 2010
Director: Kickstand Producers: Rob O’Neill, Daniel Dawson, Greg Elshoff Modeling: George Smaragdis, Bryan Eck Rigging: George Smaragdis, StretchMesh Animation: George Smaragdis, Jonathan Lee, Bryan Eck Lighting and Compositing: Jonathan Lee Sound Design: George Smaragdis and Paris Smaragdis Special Thanks: NYFrequency. Shot on RED, produced at Kickstand, Brooklyn, NY in 2009. Shot breakdown on our reel: vimeo.com/8089163
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OpenPipeline on openSourceVFX.org

By admin | Published: February 23, 2010
The open source animation pipeline OpenPipeline has been added to openSourceVFX.org. The site is an amazing collection of production-proven tools for visual effects and animation that have been made open source. The site has three goals: 1. Present the best open-source projects. 2. Provide an up-to-date directory with relevant links. 3. Aggregate news for those projects. Opensourcevfx.org [...]
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Welcome to the Kickstand Den!

By admin | Published: February 23, 2010
Take a look around– we’re adding all sorts of new things to our website to make it easier for us to interact with you. On our new blog, the Kickstand team will be posting weekly about new work, events, and ideas for the future, plus updates from around our studio in Brooklyn, NY. We are also integrating [...]
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Rob O’Neill discusses OpenPipeline in CGWorld

By admin | Published: August 23, 2009
Animation students face many challenges as they prepare to enter the workforce– one of the most obvious is the lack of experience working in a studio production pipeline. For studios juggling tight deadlines and even tighter budgets, this issue can oftentimes be a deal breaker when it comes to landing the job … [OpenPipeline], [...]
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