Share VR Anatomy Project Diary – Mozilla Grant Progress This blog will update each time we post an update to our progress on the Mozilla Gigabit Grant for our VR Anatomy Project. March 29, 2017 Update: Major advances on this update, including full hair,... News VR Jim Lammers March 9, 2017 Like 1 Comment Read More
Share Trinity Animation welcomes new Project Manager Tracy Spainhour Trinity has a new project manager for helping projects get planned out and then producing them on time and on budget: Tracy Spainhour. Tracy is a veteran of the contract furniture industry, having worked with... News Jim Lammers February 13, 2017 Like 0 Comment Read More
Share Mozilla Gigabit Grant for Trinity Animation’s VR Medical Education We’re pleased to announce that we have won a grant from Mozilla and the National Science Foundation to create a Virtual Reality simulator for realtime human body exploration and VR medical education! This project will... News VR Jim Lammers January 23, 2017 Like 0 Comment Read More
Share Animation Career Tips and Information Advice for an animation career from a 3D animation studio owner. Helpful info for the aspiring animator on learning the craft and on getting hired. News Jim Lammers January 10, 2017 Like 0 Comment Read More
Share The Art of Archer Book Released Archer Background Art Explained Just in time for the holidays, a great new coffee-table book on the Art of Archer is available for sale in fine bookstores across the United States as well as Amazon.... Cartoon Backgrounds News Jim Lammers December 6, 2016 Like 0 Comment Read More
Share Animation Magazine: Best Technical Animation Studios Animation Magazine recently published an article featuring firms that focus on the non-entertainment areas of animation. Movies, TV and visual effects dominate the magazine’s coverage of the industry, purely for the entertainment value and reader interest.... News Technical Animation Jim Lammers September 13, 2016 Like 0 Comment Read More
Share Certified Professional Animators at Trinity Animation 3 New Certified Professional Animators and Licensed Trainers Trinity Animation takes a very active role in mastering the software it uses for 3D animation and rendering. Several of Trinity’s staff has been awarded the status... News Trinity Artists Jim Lammers July 25, 2016 Like 0 Comment Read More
Share Trinity 2015 Christmas Card Revealed Every year Trinity Animation mails out 300 or more greeting cards at Christmas time, a chance to send well wishes and to show our holiday spirit with a new 3D rendered illustration! Trinity’s 2015 Christmas... News Jim Lammers December 10, 2015 Like 0 Comment Read More
Share Trinity Welcomes New Animator, Mallory Dorn Trinity welcomes Mallory Dorn to the animation team! Originally from Saint Charles, Missouri, Mallory graduated from the Kansas City Art Institute with a BFA in Animation and Art History. She specialized in traditional hand drawn... News Trinity Artists Jim Lammers May 27, 2015 Like 0 Comment Read More
Share Midwest Animation Studio Featured in LS Lifestyle This article on midwest animation studio Trinity Animation was published in the March 2015 issue of Lee’s Summit Lifestyle Magazine. THE ART OF SERVING CLIENTS IN 3D Lee’s Summit video effects business brings Hollywood, and... News Jim Lammers March 1, 2015 Like 0 Comment Read More
Share 2014 Christmas Card’s Cute 3D Character Renderings Trinity’s 2014 Christmas card design is now revealed, and it includes a variety of cute 3d character renderings. The cover is a snow-man and his two little friends, tossing his hat into the air to celebrate the... News Jim Lammers December 10, 2014 Like 0 Comment Read More
Share Trinity Animation on Velocity Channel’s “Corvette Nation” Trinity Animation’s pre-visualization of the 1967 series rebody design by Classic Reflection Coachworks is airing on each episode of the Velocity Channel’s Corvette Nation TV Series. Classic Reflection Coachworks is a key sponsor of the show,... Automotive News TV Jim Lammers November 8, 2014 Like 0 Comment Read More
Share New Seasons of Archer and Chozen Archer Season 5 Trinity Animation has produced background art for the hit FX series Archer for four seasons now, and the fifth season is about to start. Archer Season 5 will premiere on January 13... Archer Cartoon Backgrounds News TV Jim Lammers January 2, 2014 Like 0 Comment Read More
Share Trinity’s 2013 Christmas Card Roses are red, violets are blue. I wrote this on my sled, under the cool blue…igloo! Each year the team at Trinity Animation collaborates to create entertaining 3d illustrations in a Christmas setting to share... News Kenray Barnabas December 12, 2013 Like 0 Comment Read More
Share KCUR Radio Interview – Movie Special Effects KCUR radio interviewed Trinity Animation founder and President Jim Lammers along with VFX wizard Bruce Branit on the topic of visual effects in movies. This show has a page on the KCUR web site. Current... News Jim Lammers July 20, 2013 Like 0 Comment Read More
Share Uncrossing the Wires: Technology Discussion at UMKC Trinity founder Jim Lammers is a graduate of UMKC’s school of engineering, and was asked to participate in a roundtable discussion of technology for UMKC’s “Perspectives” magazine for an article titled “Uncrossing the Wires” which... News Jim Lammers March 12, 2013 Like 0 Comment Read More
Share Car Animation Goes Viral! About the Car Animation 3D Model Design To date, Trinity’s 3D car animation on YouTube has garnered over 500,000 views. Thanks to Jalopnik, Motor Trend and Yahoo News for making our C7 previz a front page item!... Automotive Marketing Animation News Jim Lammers September 16, 2012 Like 0 Comment Read More
Share KC Studio Article on Trinity Animation Studio [An article from the magazine KC Studio from Jan/Feb of 2011, featuring Trinity Animation Studio in Kansas City and their history and work on the Archer series.] BEING REALISTIC TRINITY ANIMATION: BUILDING A NEW DIMENSION... Archer News TV Jim Lammers January 7, 2011 Like 0 Comment Read More
Share Kansas City Animation Studio Draws Growth The Kansas City Business Journal wrote a feature on Kansas City Animation Studio Trinity Animation in 2010, discussing the company’s history and recent growth, in a section of the newspaper called “growth strategies.” The feature also... Archer News Trinity Artists Jim Lammers May 9, 2010 Like 0 Comment Read More
Share 3D Printing Service for New Mizzou Basketball Arena As the design for the new basketball arena for the University of Missouri took shape in 2003, R&D Prototype asked Trinity Animation to help develop a model that could be made to a physical “rapid... Exterior News Jim Lammers October 23, 2003 Like 0 Comment Read More
Share It’s a virtual world now for Disney museum [Note – this article describes an early attempt to create a virtual world for interactive game-engine style online viewing, circa 2003. The virtual tour had to work on a web browser on a MAC or PC,... News VR Jim Lammers January 19, 2003 Like 0 Comment Read More
Share Maya 4 Fundamentals book published Trinity Animation Founder Authors Maya 4 Book Trinity Animation’s president Jim Lammers co-authored this beginner’s book on Alias|Wavefront’s Maya version 4 with Lee Gooding in 2002. Lammers noticed that with the new, free, learning edition from Alias|Wavefront (called... News Trinity Artists Jim Lammers February 19, 2002 Like 0 Comment Read More
Share Starship Troopers and Trinity Animation The Kansas City Star’s Robert Butler featured Trinity Animation on the front page of the Kansas City Star Arts section for Trinity’s work on the just-released Sony/TriStar film Starship Troopers (wiki). Technical background: With no... News TV Jim Lammers November 8, 1997 Like 0 Comment Read More
Share 3D Studio For Beginners Book Published Trinity Animation Founder Authors 3D Studio Book Trinity Animation’s president Jim Lammers co-authored this beginner’s book on Autodesk’s 3D Studio version 4 with Michael Todd Peterson in 1995. Partly due to 3D Studio 4 being the last... News Trinity Artists Jim Lammers September 21, 1995 Like 0 Comment Read More
