Kung Fu Movie Auditions

Hi there. I know I haven't posted anything in a while, so I thought I would share this clip to keep this blog alive (and maybe DMCA and Wesley will give me a break now).

"I hope you like pain!"

Animation Reel 2007

My animation showreel, at last!
All comments are welcome.
UPDATE 4-11-07: New cut after feedback


Showreel 2007

I was joking

I was joking from Coolio Iglesias on Vimeo.

While I´m Here I´d Like to Thank...

So this is it. Many thanks to my buddy David Beer (AKA The Dude, 3D Animator from Central Saint Martins) for making the wacky music and for his dedication. Many thanks to Thibaud Floutier (AKA Teapot, Supinfocom student and the next Spike Jonze) for his lighting and rendering masterclasses. And many thanks to Yann Boyer (AKA Boyer, animator from Gobelins, Paris), who tried to work out some cool textures for my movie (but time run out!).





The Rise and Fall of Doctor Cerebro from Coolio Iglesias and Vimeo.

Rendering Lessons

I can spend hours animating but I feel totally unable to work out a proper lighting. I am grateful there are people out there with an infinite patience and great talent willing to help. People like Thibaud Floutier (lighting intern at Framestore CFC), who, after seeing the lousy renders I was doing for my final project decided to give me a hand in such a task.
Here you can see my disgusting and crappy render, after ten minutes tweaking the lights:



And this one is Thibaud's work:

2D-3D Collaboration

I thought I might share this animation as I really like it. It is the pairs project we did at the studio. We were given a line (a dad talking about his daughter: "She's very good at sports") and we came up with this idea. The hand drawn animation was done by my 2d mate Shouren Ho, and I animated the little girl.
We acted it out first, and shot some reference videos where DMCA hit my head quite hard with a ball. He enjoyed it.




Very Good At Sports from Coolio Iglesias and Vimeo.

TRAKTOR: Great Inspiration

One of my heroes. TRAKTOR is the L.A. based scandinavian collective of filmmakers responsible for some of the wackiest and funniest and craziest commercials ever done. Every time I watch their ads I think: I wish I had done that!
These are some commercials from the Discovery.com campaign, in which TRAKTOR's non-actors casting reached its pinnacle. Always an inspiration. Hats off!