Chicory on FSF3

Iztok Mlakar introduction speech before Chicory&Coffee animation. It's old stuff, but it's worth of seeing it.

Chicory & Coffee on DVD

Advance booking for Chicory&Coffee DVD on Official site.

Chicory&Coffe on RTV SLO

A few words about 11th Festival of Slovenia Film.
http://www.rtvslo.si/play/ponudba-festivala-slovenskega-filma/ava2.21526336/00:01:02/00:05:30/

Decision of committe - 11. Festival of Slovenia Film
http://www.rtvslo.si/play/sklep-11-festivala-slovenskega-filma/ava2.21606457/

Award for best animated film

Vesna Award for the best animated film – Chicory’n’Coffee, Dušan Kastelic

Definitely one of the undisputable highlights of the festival, one of the top achievements of Slovenian animation and a short film in general. With a striking accuracy and a well applied touch of finery, it tells a story full of bitter-sweet truth. Using modern animation technique, the film can shamelessly match those from the best and the richest of the studios. The film makes chicory smell just like coffee. On behalf of all the viewers, we kindly thank the author’s wife for the patience she showed throughout the years.
(from left to right: Uros Hohkravt, Mateja Staric, Dusan Kastelic)

(Festival Selection Panel)


Link to Slovenian version

Link: www.fsf.si

Festival of Slovenia film - Festival slovenskega filma

SREDA, 22. oktober 2008

Glavna dvorana / Main hall

Ob 21.00 uri Čikorja An' Kafe,
kratki animirani film, Dušan Kastelic, Dušan Kastelic, 8 min, 35 mm

Kje / Where: Festival of Slovenia film

Premiere of Chicory&Cofee Animation

6.10. 2008 Kinodvor, ob 21:00 uri

Cikorja an`kafe, Dusan Kastelic
(Predpremiera: zahvaljujemo se Filmskemu skladu, ker je dovolil predvajati film pred uradno premiero, ki bo na FSF 2008 v Portorozu).

My diploma paper

My final work for College was scenography with props for 3d animation, called "Chicory&Coffee". In this book I explore the history of 3D computer graphic, something about storyboards, limitations in 3d computer graphic ...etc.

The very core of my diploma paper also points out the way how the industrial designer thinks, how he sees the solutions and the importance of those solutions in animation. In this respect, we can realize the essence and importance of his knowledge, with which he can operate in any field and branch possible (within the context of his professional know-how and expertise). To enhance some interesting points, I also included the manners with which I solved some technical difficulties and compared them to world renowned studios and workshops.

Link: Chicory&Coffee Book

Mentor: prof. Milan Erič

T-shirt (2d sketches)

Here I used storyboard sketches.

T-shirt (3d pictures)

I made a few drafts for Chicory&Coffee T-shirts.

...first seconds!

...a few seconds from animation, just for the feeling (great job Dusan).

Web page: Chicory&Coffee

Chicory&Coffee in Razvoj magazine

Razvoj magazine has published an article about Chicory&Coffee animation (it speaks mostly about our procedures and attitudes about it).

Here you can download the whole article in pdf format (or you can use "My share box" on the right side of the blog).

Author of article: Tatjana Polanc Kolander

Chicory&Coffee in Klik magazine

The article about Chicory&Coffee is published in Klik magazine. Article speaks about how the idea was created, something about developing and authors.

Here you can download the whole article in pdf format (or you can use "My share box" on the right side of the blog).

Author of article: Irena Hlede

Graveyard scene

Dusan has already set up the graveyard scene. I think that this is the final solution.
This image has also won the award at Hash contest "Anything goes".

Ladybug

I create a ladybug for the animation. For the living room and graveyard scene.
Dusan has also add bones and made test (with wings).

Graveyard

Graveyard is almost finished (only a few trifles have to be placed and Dusan Kastelic is already dealing with this).
This is also the last scene for animation (unfortunately that means that my work is almost completed).

In the future I will try to make an examination of creating animation Chicory&Coffee.

Graveyard fence

I made a graveyard fance - old and rusty.

Props for animation 2

Here are a few new props for animation Chicory & Coffee (all props are made with very small number of patches).
Right now I am modeling the last scene - Graveyard.

Web page - Chicory&Coffee

Web page Chicory an Coffee is now finally opened for public. Now you can see work in progress (concept design, story boards, models, scenes, characters...etc.).

Team:
Dusan Kastelic, Ken Heslip, Cory Collins, Iztok Mlakar, Alenka Leskovsek, Branko Gradisnik, Jure Tovornik, Saso Krumpak and Uros Hohkravt

Link: Chicory&Coffee web page

Evermotion & 3DM

Article was also on {E}vermotion and 3DM sides (as a news).

Making of on 3dtotal

Chicory&Coffee article was published on 3dtotal side. You can read it on 3dtotal side (direct link to article) or you can download it in PDF format here.

Next to this I would like to thank all who visited and read the article Making of, specially to Chris Perrins (3dtotal) for publication of the article.