“Ways to Skin a ‘Hairless’ Cat: Building a Creepy Kitty Villain at Tippett Studio” by Bourland, Farnsworth and Liedtka
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- Ways to Skin a 'Hairless' Cat: Building a Creepy Kitty Villain at Tippett Studio
Session/Category Title: Fur, Feathers and Trees
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After more than 25 years of mastering the art of furry creatures and character animation, we were approached with a new challenge: creating the CG anthropomorphic “Kitty Galore,” the hairless sphinx cat villainess in Cats & Dogs 2: The Revenge of Kitty Galore. And by “hairless” we mean creating 2-million hairs of peach fuzz and sparse patches of long hair on a cat that has skin and wrinkles that shift, stretch and bunch as the cat moves along with her manic acting, talking and expressive movement.
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