“Frank” by Fuyama

  • ©Taruto Fuyama


Conference:


SIGGRAPH Video Review:


Track:


    13

Title:


    Frank

Length:


    1:45

Director(s):



Description:


    This work is an animation of a part of Jim Woodring’s comic series “Frank,” known as “Pushpow.” It is a joint project with the publisher that first produced the Japanese version of “Frank.” I created it as part of a bigger project that seeks to produce an animation of “Frank” using the techniques and interpretations of several of my animator colleagues who are “Frank” fans. This work is the first phase of the project. Subsequently, a number of works have been created using a diverse range of methods such as clay and collages, and all of them have been very well received by Jim Woodring. This version explores how to best express the movements of the charac- ters using computer graphics without deviating from the image style and world view of the original work.

Hardware:


    HARDWARE: PC/Intel P4 single 2 GHz CPU, 1 GB RAM.

Software:


    SOFTWARE DEVELOPER: Modeling and animation: Softimage XSI 3.5, AURA 2. Rendering: Mental Ray. Compositing: AURA 2. Additional software: Premiere 6.5 Pro Tools. OS: Windows 2000.


Additional Contributors:


    Sound Designer: Keiichi Kitahara
    Story & Character Design: Jim Woodring


Additional Information:


    PRODUCTION
    Modeling: Softimage XSI. Rendering technique used most: Characters rendered with Mental Ray, especially Toon Shader. Most backgrounds are hand-drawn and mapped onto 3D objects. Average CPU time for rendering per frame: one-five minutes. Total production time: three months. Production highlight: All production by a single person.

Animation / Video Overview:


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