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Mikros Animation unveils a breakdown for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.
The studio show how several shots were created, and how the team managed to get a stylized, hand-drawn look for this animated feature.
For more information, watch our interview with Mikros Animation Paris. They gave us lots of information about the look of the film, crowd sims, the use of matte painting, how NY was achieved, and more! And don’t forget to subscribe to our Youtube channel if you don’t want to miss our upcoming video interviews!
00:00 – Introduction
00:13 – Visual style, collaboration with Jeff Rowe/Nickelodeon
06:19 – How the hand-drawn look was achieved
07:38 – Mikros Animation Paris/Montréal
09:09 – Matte painting, how to blend matte & CG, New York
13:13 – Crowd sims, Golaem/Houdini, Times Square
17:20 – Bad guy (spoilers!)
17:44 – Lighting, shading, compositing
19:36 – halos
20:06 – Stylized animation trend
21:58 – AI at Mikros Animation ?
23:43 – Real-time rendering?
23:51 – Advice for young artists
