Released ROTK Image

[hatala]

Hey guys,

Not too sure if anyone's gonna dig on this, but thought I'd post an officially released still image from one of my animations in ROTK. It's only a couple seconds onscreen, but I guess it's not everyday you get to animate the Witchking on his Steed; so, needless to say, I savored it.

enjoy.


http://www.conceptart.org/forums/creatures_witchking1_1280.jpg

[Skank]

wow...
thats badass =)
i watched the behind the scenes for TT, good gawd there was sooo much work that went into those films...amazing stuff.

[character]

looks cool. can't wait to see it move =0

[davi]

wow the quality of that picture is amazing, fantastic res too :]

thanks for posting man!

[Ant4d]

dude! I can't stress enough how much I envy you:D
good post!

[NOOSE]

hatala- honestly does it realy get any better then working on that movie with that creature?...it must be all down hill from here! lol cant wait to see you work with about 20 of my friends in our local theatre about 6 times!!!

[el coro]

aw shut up hatala. this guys a pretty good animator, remember that legolas shot where he jumped onto the horse in the 2towers? thats this guy. me and hatala go waaaaay back, to artschool, where we shared a studio and would stand out on the fire escape and talk about our big dreams....i wanted to get into movies, and all hatala wanted to do was to work in games... haha...good to se ya postin here buddy. its about time. see ya sunday.-c36

[Scotty]

Very nice! I can't wait for the flick to come out, and this pic will be very helpful when texturing my creature sculpts. :)

[Halis_Aetrous]

I dont think there are words to communicate what I'm feeling now.

It is a combination of joy, awe, and butterflies in my stomach. I cant wait to see it on the big screen!

[Android]

brother Hatala,

thats B-B-B-Bad ASS!!!

[DanSTC]

Originally posted by hatala
Hey guys,It's only a couple seconds onscreen, but I guess it's not everyday you get to animate the Witchking on his Steed; so, needless to say, I savored it.

Indeed. That's a few seconds of pure quality time.

So you work at Weta digital, eh? That's pretty cool. With LOTR, they're rapidly becoming to the film industry special effects field what IL&M was at its peak.

Although I think if I were at Weta digital, I would goof off all day just messing around with the AI soldiers in "Massive."

[Loga4]

Wow,AWESOME!

[Skello]

DROOOOL!!!:eek:

[Ender]

holy moses!

[jrr]

roxzor. :shocked:

[geoffd]

***** five stars
i just saw fellowship of the ring for the first time a couple days ago, next up is the two towers... gotta see that before i can check this big lug out on the silver screen. nice one

[mushuhaha]

thank you! for the great animation in the two towers and this post. those movies would never have happened with out freaks of your kind..

[Kortez]

wow thanks for sharing this.

I just wanted to let you know that me and my nerdy friends talked over and over and over about that legolas jump. It was the main topic of discussion for like a week. That was freakin unreal. :bow:

so coro, now you're working in computer games... while hatala is working in films? interesting :)


thanks for posting

[Lono]

thats really awsome men,, you should be proud.

-Lono

[chukw]

Did you do the concept design and modeling? EDIT: that sounds harsh- oops! It's just that I don't find this image very compelling- quite the opposite! I wanted to know your involvement before making any statements. I'm in a fakking crunch right now, too, and type ever so slowly...

[bRyaN]

Gorgeous...I'm a huge fan of the worth the Art team put into this movie...

Fantastic...

[bubu1983]

Fantastic...

nice job!:)

[PhilHolland]

Very cool.
But I must say. I give you big props for that Legolas shot. That was some crazy stuff.
That caused some interesting coversation down here @ Rhythm.

Cheers,

Phil

[Jason Manley]

hatala...you are a true playa. watch out for this guy folks.

j

[hatala]

Hey cool, thanks guys! Glad we got some fans of the films, woot!

Just to clarify, I am an animator, so that's really all i do. I don't model, write shaders, or anything of that sort, just straight up anim. So, props on this pic really goes out to the shader guys, modeling dept, creature dept, comping, etc; i only made the sucker move/his pose. Also, they zoomed up on it for the still, so in the flick it's actually a bit further off (sorta spoiler: he's perched on the Black Gates, bwaha!)

As far as that Legolas shot goes (gee, thanks Coro, lol); that one was brutal. Believe it or not, I actually animated him jumping on that horse 9 different ways, then they picked their favorite. Talk about trial by fire. I still look at it and cringe, but glad some of you thought it was passable.

There's some great stuff ahead for you guys in ROTK, hope you enjoy watching it as much as we did creating it.

rock on..


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for those that are interested (old shht):

http://www.massiveblack.com/animation/film/1.html


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[alti]

hatala- > i'm gona get a kick out of seeing this baby perched on top of the black gates.- looks awsome well done.

[cam]

I remember about 5 years ago when I first heard the films were being made I got a sick feeling in my stomach. I was so scared that it would turn out to be a disneyed-up version of an eternally classic and phenomenonally DEEP story and universe.
But, when I saw all the concept work and art and models and armour and sets and research on the website and surrounding media I couldn't have been happier. These movies had LOTR geeks working on them. Not only was there old and new talent working together, but those talents weren't very well known in the mainstream, if you catch my drift (i mean really really mainstream, not trying to understate the outstanding reputations of those involved). This meant that these guys could put EVERYTHING they had into this, and I don't think a single element of the cast and crew slacked off on their part of the project.
It is the dedication and the guts of those involved to take it so seriously that has made these movies a triumph.
I'm a self-confessed LOTR geek, and it is beautiful to see the molded interpretation of all these different talents of what the LOTR world is. What Middle Earth means to them.
That image above stirred me up man, I got butterflies all over again, I simply can't wait to see the final product.
kudos to you and all involved.

[-The Swift-]

This is amazing! what did you use? wow! keep up the good work, post more!!!!! definatly a 5 star!
:D

[MindCandyMan]

amazing...fantastic...everything...awesome

I have to say too...looking at the trailer for the third movie...the nazgul flying...that shot from high up above them is amazing...the witchking taking out all those horses is amazing...and when the witchking lands on the ledge to face gandalf...all those from an animation standpoint look AMAZING...fantastic work.

[Oblio]

Yo, Chris... 9 times??? ...boy
Welcome to the crazy area :D - nice to see you here.

Oblio

[Scotty]

Must be amazing to work on such a film, and I cannot wait to see this this in action.

I would give anything to just sit and watch the concept sculptors do their thing....I would just watch and learn. Maybe if they do THE HOBBIT I can sneak my butt in there. (hehehe) :)

[jilted_one]

Drool...that rocks, i still haven't broken record i set for LOTR 1(7 TIMES!) on the second, and i think i will break that one with this movie, that looks awesome :eek: