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 – Judith Umaña
**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
