Making of Sayonara

Making of Sayonara

An overview of some of the techniques I used to make the short film, Sayonara.

Check it the entire version of Sayonara here:
http://eric-bates.com/sayonara/

**Credits**

Director – Eric Bates

Puppeteer – Rulo Lopez

Stereoscopic Consultant – Masayoshi Arimoto

Sky Paintings – Yuki Murabayashi

Overlay Textures РJudith Uma̱a

**Special Thanks**

Ayumi Bates
Yasu Suzuka
Hirokazu Sato
Kazuo Hirose
Masahiro Kashima
Kyoto University of Art and Design

**References**

facial rigging “pooby”-style
by Paul “pooby” Smith
si-community.com/​community/​viewtopic.php?f=22&t=159

Illustrative Rendering in Team Fortress 2
by Jason Mitchell, Moby Francke and Dhabih Eng
valvesoftware.com/​publications/​2007/​NPAR07_IllustrativeRenderingInTeamFortress2.pdf

Awesome Spine Setup
by Mat Berglund
http://faithofthefallen.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/awesome-spine-setup/​

Stop Staring: Facial Modeling and Animation Done Right
by Jason Osipa
ISBN-10: 9780470609903

Ponyo
by Hayao Miyazaki
Studio Ghibli 2010
“Do everything by hand, even when using the computer.” – Miyazaki