This is beautiful. Despite what critics say about Blender3D, I am constantly amazed at what can be done with this piece of open source software. The learning curve can be more difficult at the beginning but it is one of those systems where once I get used to the commands, I can express myself efficiently in the rich UI environment it offers.
Wow, what a beautiful tribute. I only discovered Miyazaki's stories last year but how I wish I had grown up with them! As an adult, I even enjoy his children's movies. This project captures the essence of some of his classics: a touch of heartwarming character in each vignette. And bringing them together is really a special presentation.
I was excited to see that Miyazaki is making one more movie: http://www.dailydot.com/parsec/hayao-miyazaki-one-last-movie...
I want to know how many hours went into this.
I've played around with Blender, and this seems like it would take months of effort. But for a professional with a decent workflow and total knowledge of the tool, how long did it actually take?
Wow. This is such an excellent work. Thank you so much for it.
This is unrelated. I recently went and watched Markoto Shinkai's latest film : Kimi no Na wa. (Your Name.). Like his previous works, it's extraordinary. I encourage everyone to give it a try.
While Markoto Shinkai won't be Miyazaki, his work are pretty good and he's still very young so I really hope to see him making great ones like Miyazaki.
> rotoscoping is very, very time consuming
I feel like there is a cool machine learning project in here.
Blender 2016 DemoReel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIiY6aGefvI
(Strictly speaking it's a Cycles showreel but presumably everything there will have been created in Blender as Cycles is Blender's rendering engine).
Ah, Miyazaki. Whenever I feel down and the winter is darkest, going back to this world fills my heart with joy. I'd say already the music of Hisaishi has some medicinal qualities.
And what a nice rendering!
> The rendering time for one frame was from 4 minutes to 15 minutes
I have zero experience in this space but this bit caught my attention. If I'm understanding this correctly, he is saying that the production render of a single frame would take anywhere from 4 to 15 minutes PER FRAME?
If that's the case, the fact that the video is around 200 seconds long would imply that the lower-bound estimate of the time it would have taken to produce the final render of this is around 320hrs assuming 24fps. That's two weeks. I can't imagine the artist actually had to wait two weeks to render his product -- what am I missing?
Am I the only one who saw this headline and thought "Fuck, did Miyazaki die too?"
I am glad to see he is still with us. And nice work.
On December 4 & 5, select theaters will be screening Spirited Away. The 4th is the original Japanese audio + English subs, the 5th is the dubbed English audio version.
More details here: http://www.fathomevents.com/event/spirited-away/more-info/th...
I would like to learn how to use Blender quite effectively.
What would be the best, non-obvious, perhaps non-googlable, path?
Its spectacular.
From what I know Miyazaki doesn't believe in computer generated graphics. Will he appreciate it?
Miyazaki movies are overwhelming: beauty, imagination, and very inspiring. Love it.
well done, but the painted backgrounds of ghibli's work is a huge part if its charm... the 3d cgi robs it off that
This is amazing. Respect
That's excellent work, a good tribute. Thank you.
I was essentially raised on Miyazaki. Some kids grew up with Toy Story and Finding Nemo, I grew up with Kiki's Delivery Service, Howl's Moving Castle, and The Cat Returns. I mean, I watched other films to (a lot of other films), but Miyazaki had a huge influence me: without him, I would have likely never gotten into anime. To this day, his films are still some of my favorites.
Whoever made this tribute, you have my salute: The 3D CG, while quite obvious, blends very well with the rotoscoped animation, something that doesn't always happen (just look at some of Cowboy Bebop). It also captures the feel of Ghibli's animation amazingly well.
I salute the animator, and I also, of course, salute Hayao Miyazaki: Farewell, and may your legacy live on.