Mantis Thoughts

Pet WalkCycle

Charles Mantis — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:23:37 +0000

Little bit late?

Yes… but finally it is alive.

We present to you the little attachement of Charles Mantis formally known as

“The Pet”

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A bit off-topic…

Charles Mantis — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:42:29 +0000

… but this is the reason, why we sometimes cannot work properly!

Looking for junkfood to keep our brains running and what do you get? An empty, yet still sealed bottle of a beverage we all know. And an empty, yet still sealed wrapping of a chocolate bar. We got both during the last week.

Click on the thumbnail to see the truth!

Capitalism at its best

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Let there be sound!

Charles Mantis — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:35:18 +0000

What’s a movie without the appropriate sound? Same question arose amongst the Mantis crew, so we discussed various ways of what the score should be like. We tried several approaches, including orchestral tunes, south delta slide guitar blues, jazz trios, you name it. Finally we ended up with the conviction that we need nice, handmade piano music, pretty much the style of old silent movies, yet not as exaggerated.
Fortunately, among the widely spread talents within our production team, we also have a piano player to take care of this part. So, after a couple of days of composing based on our layout animation, we already have the score finished. Here you can take a glimpse on it (Score for the last scene)

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It´s rendertime

Charles Mantis — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 14:58:40 +0000

So we were very busy in the last weeks and neglected the blog a bit.

The environment and props are nearly complete.

So here is our first rendertest .

First rendertest

There will be more updates within the next few days so stay tuned:)

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Where does Charles Mantis live???

Charles Mantis — Wed, 16 May 2007 11:22:56 +0000

Here you got a first impression of Charles’ surrounding. He lives in a small and shabby backyard together with his little pet. He had a house, an old straw hat, but not to long ago a terrible storm blew his hat away. Now he is homeless!!!

quick environment composition

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