Tom Cannell - Animation Demo Reel

[L33tace]

I enjoyed it, the baby was cute. It may have ended slightly abruptly but I'll let the experts speak up.
Good luck with the job hunt. :)

[kabojnk]

This is the best demo reel I've ever seen.

And for once you've posted har har har.

Seriously though, looks great!

[grafi]

Nice reel man! I like the range of emotions you got out of your characters. :)

[imashination]

Servers dead, get some mirrors up :P

[robcat2075]

I like the poses!

the woman in the burglar clip does not seem to be saying her lines.

Yes, I know her mouth is not visble to the camera, but some more sort of body nuance needs to be going on there to connect her to the audio.

Good looking stuff!

[TheFreak]

Great stuff tuna, really looks well and all the characters really do have a feeling of life.

And here was me thinking you were just some random bloke on IRC, and there you go and pull out some talent!!

[theazz]

really enjoyed that man, the everything is great, although i do think the dialogue piece could have more subtlesties in his gestures, but i'm nit picking, well done

edit: i work at blitz games as an animator, its not exaclty in London but we're always looking for talented guys like yourself, google is, its in Leamington Spa, pretty cool place to work!

[vlad74]

KGB - hahahaha. Really enjoyed it. Great reel Tom. When I saw the tumbnail on the front page I thought about you straight away. Recognized the style. Well deserved front page.
Hope you are OK.

[Larry_g1s]

Nice stuff you got there. I think the burglar scene was the best work.

I like the poses!

the woman in the burglar clip does not seem to be saying her lines.

Yes, I know her mouth is not visble to the camera, but some more sort of body nuance needs to be going on there to connect her to the audio.

Good looking stuff!Funny I thought the same thing. lol

[Whitmire]

Pretty sweet. Some of the dialogue could use a little more exaggeration in my opinion but overall i really enjoyed the reel. The baby is PRICELESS! Very nice.

[pussycat]

It was short but great. When you're skilled you don't need a 5 minutes long demo

[skAt3f0r71f3]

HAHA!
Very good!
You should have absolutely no problem finding a job!

GOOD LUCK!

[Titus]

The last clip made da missus and me to laugh.

[animking]

GREAT GREAT STUFF. :thumbsup:

[Insomniation]

Dude...awesome awesome awesome reel you got there. I'm an animator myself and I must say that is some really inspiring stuff to me.

I tip my hat and now I must work harder on my reel because you just took one more job opening ;)

[Pooyag]

Hey,
Great stuff, they look good! :)
how long did it take you to animate each shot?

Goodluck on the Job hunt!

[frogchild]

Nice work, you're only looking in England?

[MonteCristo]

hehe Tom ! Great Reel, i especially like the funny twist you have in each shot !

Keep up the good work!

-Monte

[tuna]

Thanks a lot everyone for the nice comments and good feedback :)

the woman in the burglar clip does not seem to be saying her lines.

I think you're right, actually. I seem to have neglected secondary characters a bit (I also think in the baby one too), so it's something I'll try and remember to watch out for more, thanks :)

Hope you are OK.

Hey man, thanks :) Good to see you spotted it on here, hope you're well, and good luck with the kittens :scream:

Some of the dialogue could use a little more exaggeration in my opinion

Yeah, there is always this :) Thanks for the feedback.

you're only looking in England?
Yeah, I'm not really ready to move abroad or anything like that quite yet, although it is something I'd like to do in the future.

[firstsingle]

Nice reel dude.

[BadG3r]

that was brilliant. congrats on your great reel. digged it.

[mrtprodz]

Haha that was so entertaining I just wanted to see more :thumbsup:

[vfx]

haha that baby scene was excellent - really made me giggle - you deserve to be at one of the big boys like Dreamworks or Pixar.

Very nice shading on the fella, did you use fresnel falloffs?

Best of luck!

[ReMen]

Nice reel! The bartender clip made me laugh.

Oh and Peter McConnel/Grim Fandango for the win!

[urgaffel]

Pfft, it's all crap and you know it ;)

Seriously though, some great work there. You should make a short movie or summat, ditch that no good Reevesy :D

[PaLantir]

Wow. That's was great. Congratulation i loved it.
You show a great feeling for animation and dynamics.
Love the expression.

Bravo!

[SimonReeves]

Good to see it finished old bean. Now you can be an adult and get a job and such. (also ignore urg)

[alfsea]

Hah - now that's what I call real animation!

Great stuff, and typical of you to go from nought to the Front Page in one leap:-)


btw - Mr. Puss now calls himself 'Uncle Tom'. He says hi.

[Remi]

Nice reel Tuna, as stated the secondary characters could use a little TLC but really that's secondary:) Strong stuff, keep it up.

[Anil-Kapoor]

Hey Tom,

Thats a very good character animation reel . enjoyed watching it. there were couple of things but its already been pointed out in the posts. great work overall

[acamporota]

really impressive stupp.. good pose. overlapping and arc..
i'm sure ypu will find a job without problem man
good luck

[FalseCathedral]

love the baby animation! spot on mate!

[mistasam02]

Loved the baby :D Great work overall!

[Paul4wood]

Very good work, Tom! Some minor issues in parts but on the whole outstanding.

Happy job hunting! :)

[TheGoozer]

I agree with robcat2075. But that's notting worse.
Your animation is great!!

Your in England and you are talented so you won't have any problems finding a job ;.

Btw: did you learn animation by yourself? Or college or something?

[living_for_cg]

Wow..that was great. I love all of them specially the baby :thumbsup: .
Wish you the job you are looking for.

[tuna]

Cheers again everyone for the comments :)

You should make a short movie or summat, ditch that no good Reevesy :D
Haha, I've been meaning to disassosiate myself with such riffraff for years!

btw - Mr. Puss now calls himself 'Uncle Tom'. He says hi.

Hehe, well say hi back! (and thanks!)

Btw: did you learn animation by yourself? Or college or something?

I've always just learned it by myself, buying books, getting feedback and reading stuff online. You'd be amazed at some of the great animation blogs online these days if you look around. Getting it all to stick in your head while animating is another matter though... I'm always reading stuff in the illusion of life or on a blog somewhere and hitting myself on the head, wondering why I didn't think of this extremely obvious thing at the time of animating :banghead:
Sorry for the mini-rant there :)

Nice reel Tuna, as stated the secondary characters could use a little TLC but really that's secondary

Hey man, thanks. Yeah it seems this is the main problem, I only wish I realised it earlier as it's probably a bit late to fix now, but will definitely pay more attention to it in the future.

Thanks for the feedback everybody.

[mediaramas]

I love the animation! perfect timming, poses, attitudes!

[ssebastienn]

Brilliant!!! :o)
I love it ! Every scene (especially the "Father and Baby" shot) ! :p

Sebastien LABAN
www.sebastien-laban.com (http://www.sebastien-laban.com)

[XYZRGB]

I enjoyed it, the baby was cute. It may have ended slightly abruptly but I'll let the experts speak up.
Good luck with the job hunt. :)
I too noticed that it cut off rather abruptly. I checked the YouTube version and it had the extra second or two at the end with the baby that is missing on the download version.
I'm watching it with VLC media player.
Anyone else having the same problem ?

Thanks for the laugh ! I'm glad that I got to see the whole thing.

Inspiring work !

[brazz]

hey Tuna, great seeing your reel man. It´s looking great, I like your timming, kind of snappy.

Dont think you will have a problem finding a job for sure.

cheers from MF

[journeyz]

hahaha !!!very funny:applause: :applause:

[WadeNing]

nice work mate!:applause:

[TANGOMAN]

Greate Reel! The robber has a lot of personality..very nice how you did the eye movements..Good Luck!

[jchmack]

I like your facial expressions a lot. Overall great work =).

[Jazzbreeze]

GREAT GREAT STUFF. :thumbsup:

Nice Good job!!

[Winner]

hey Tuna,

Theres some great work here. To be honest I dont think the burgular scene is under-animated at all, despite what some have mentioned. Its always hard to figure out how much is too much and how much is not enough, and its almost ALWAYS worse if you go too far instead of too little. I think you hit a great balance. The little eye dart after he says "neightbourhood" communicates so well. It seems like you made this scene much about the eyes, and toned down the body movement, which was a good choice.

I love the section where the baby goes to cry, raises his arm, and then does the hand plant on the mother... its perfect how you offset the timing and it delivers brilliantly.

for crits, I would maybe suggest rendering your sequences with some motion blur? ... they appear a little strobey sometimes, especially noticable on the bartenders arm swings in the first shot. maybe some of your offsetting of body parts can seem a *little* hitchy ( when the baby sits back up after looking at the fallen rattle for example )...but this is minor. I assume you work in a pose based stepped-key way right? I think maybe just spend a little extra attention to the arcs and fluidity of some of the transitions.

anyway.. nice work mate.

[XRTGX]

I noticed a problem with the scene where the guy slides down the stair railing. During his anticipation before he begins the slide, his right hand penetrates through the railing where he's gripping it. I would clean that up before sending your reel out to studios.

Overall though, nice work!

[JensDenker]

thats some nice work you share with us.
one little critique. watch out, in your last shot, near the end..
there is geometry from the baby intersecting/crashing with the other character..
besides that i really enjoyed watching it!

cheers

-Jens

[tuna]

Thanks again to everyone's comments!


for crits, I would maybe suggest rendering your sequences with some motion blur? ... they appear a little strobey sometimes, especially noticable on the bartenders arm swings in the first shot. maybe some of your offsetting of body parts can seem a *little* hitchy ( when the baby sits back up after looking at the fallen rattle for example )...but this is minor. I assume you work in a pose based stepped-key way right? I think maybe just spend a little extra attention to the arcs and fluidity of some of the transitions.


Hey, great crits, thanks a lot. About the motion blur, I wasn't sure if either way was the correct way to do it, so I decided not to because it was a lot faster to render (and re-render). I think by the time it came to rendering, I had seen them so much in playblasts that the strobing wasn't as obvious to me as fresh eyes. So I've definitely noted for the future to add motion blur :)

About the arcs, I totally agree. I said to myself "wow I've really been neglecting any sort of opportunity for major arcs in these shots" and decided to do the bartender thing with a lot more arcs in the arms and movements of the hips and head. As for the breakdowns, I've also been trying to tackle that, you were spot on when you brought up the pose to pose method. I've since been trying to incorperate a lot more breakdowns before I switch to spline, so I can work out those issues before it gets too busy. Hopefully it'll work.

Cheers :)



During his anticipation before he begins the slide, his right hand penetrates through the railing where he's gripping it.

Grr I didn't notice that, thanks.

[Parsec3d]

I noticed a problem with the scene where the guy slides down the stair railing. During his anticipation before he begins the slide, his right hand penetrates through the railing where he's gripping it. I would clean that up before sending your reel out to studios.

Overall though, nice work!

did not noted it.. and don't think that's a reason for not sending or showing your reel at all
but again is not like a big fix if you just go to that frame and paint those 4 pixels on the
hand.

awesome! stuff ,, and even more if you learned on your own.

[switchblade327]

Nice work man. I agree with the above comments about motion blur and animating the woman a bit more in the speech scene but otherwise I think you're in pretty good shape to land a gig. Best of luck on the hunt.

[mastajappa]

Very nice m8. Don't think you'll have to search long for a job.

[LukeRandall]

Awesome man! best of luck with the job hunt

[dreamsdestiny]

Burgler Scene! :thumbsup: Wow! U theft our hearts..

[elvrace]

Your demo rell is very impresive...I like it !!! thief...cool!!!

[thebrianproject]

looks great!

[mayaartist]

Fantastic work. I think you have a great chance at making it in this industry.:applause:

[Momentum]

great reel! i love the shot where he slides down the rail it has a really nice flow!

[Animramesh]

Nice Work. Best of luck.

Ramesh V

[MAKLtd]

Nice timings, physicality and expression. Wasn't too sure about the resolve of the middle piece. Best of luck with your career.

Mak

[Ulven]

Good work tuna.
If I was hireing right now I would certainly jump on a chance to get such talent in.

[dangerweenie]

Oh man, great reel dude.

I especially love the parent / baby scene @ the end. You really nailed it ... would love to see that as part of a bigger story.

http://www.puppetstring.com/blg/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/reel_banner.jpg (http://www.puppetstring.com/tom_cannell_animation_h264.mov)


Hey everybody,
This is my current animation showreel. I hope you enjoy it, as it was quite fun animating it all :) (and a lot less fun watching the encoding process). Done in XSI and Maya. I'm also looking for work in London right now as an animator.

It can be downloaded from here or the image above:
http://www.puppetstring.com/tom_cannell_animation_h264.mov

Low quality Youtube version for convenience:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKO0wW_vRYc

C&C very welcome as always.

[saks27]

Love it!

made me laugh out loud. :)

i really like that dorky akwardness in the characters.
beautiful! That arm drop in the one where he's gonna rob the house is hilarious. and the dramatic baby cry is great.

Beautiful!

[gagbarbie]

bellavoro!!!confrimenti!!

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