ROLES: Director, Story/Character Artist, Animator

Poly's Feast (2013)

Poly's Feast is a humorous interpretation of Homer's Odyssey that illustrates the amused reaction of two Greek soldiers with the view of a tiny cyclops, behind whose cute and innocent look hides an insatiable predator. Poly's Feast is unique as it is a CG film which emulates the miniature look of a stop motion set, but whilst giving the characters the snappy motion typical of 2D animation masters such as Tex Avery.

HONOURS & AWARDS

BFX Competition Awards:
- Best Character
- Best Rendering
- Best Film
Best SIGGRAPH 2014 Dailies Presentation

Team Members:

Simone Giampaolo: Director, Lead Animator, Story Artist, Character Designer
Henrik Linnes: Lead Modeller
Tuomo Rinne: Pipeline/Effects TD
Alexandra Birchmore: Concept/Texture/Lighting Artist
Wojtek Zankowski: Shading/Lighting/Rendering TD
Robert Stratton: Rigging TD

Team Members: Simone Giampaolo: Director, Lead Animator, Story Artist, Character Designer (http://simonegiampaolo.com/) Henrik Linnes: Lead Modeller (https://vimeo.com/henriklinnes) Tuomo Rinne: Pipeline/Effects TD (www.youtube.com/user/MrSlope52/videos) Alexandra Birchmore: Concept/Texture/Lighting Artist (https://vimeo.com/user10367959) Wojtek Zankowski: Shading/Lighting/Rendering TD (https://vimeo.com/wzankowski) Robert Stratton: Rigging TD (https://vimeo.com/rstratton)

This is the presentation Robert Stratton and I gave at Siggraph 2014 in Vancouver as part of the exciting Siggraph Dailies programme (13/08/2014). It displays a brief making of our short film "Poly's Feast", created last year during the BFX Festival Competition in Bournemouth. Among the 40 entries selected, ours was voted by the audience the best Dailies presentation of 2014! :-D