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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.
2016 Trinity Animation Christmas Card
Every year Trinity Animation develops a creatively unique Christmas card featuring each employee as cute 3D rendered avatar elves, interacting in comical Christmas activities. This year’s front cover of Trinity’s Christmas card presents a 3D model based on the actual company building, festively decked out in Christmas lights and decorations from top to bottom and surrounded by mounds […]
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. Featuring several pages on environment development and Trinity’s role in creating Archer background art, this new book will answer the […]
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. Learning about the making of “Iron Man” is more interesting than learning about the inner workings of an iron. But, […]
3D Architectural Rendering of a Residential Campus
When the Methodist Retirement Community was ready to market the new Langford project in College Station, Texas, they needed a 3D architectural exterior rendering and animation to show the beautiful interior and exterior designs they had planned. The Langford is the first full-service senior living community in College Station, Texas. The Langford is named after […]
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 of Certified Professional Animators by Autodesk in relation to their mastery of 3ds Max software. Matt Tyree and Travys Keto […]
Creating a VR Tour
Trinity Animation Creates VR Tour A VR tour for a proposed construction project can make sure that everyone involved is on the same page. For both the architect and the client, a certain amount of faith and imagination is required to see the final construction. Sometimes, a difference in opinion can lead to costly changes […]
Shopping Mall Interior Animated Tour- Mall Renderings
Trinity Animation has a wealth of experience creating fully realized commercial environment mall renderings. As a companion piece to the beautiful Summit Plaza animation, Trinity Animation has created a fully fleshed out and realized 3D real estate walkthrough of their shopping mall interior. Every piece of this 3D real estate walkthrough was created digitally, from […]
10 Most Complex Animation Environments for Archer
ANIMATION ENVIRONMENTS AND ARCHER Trinity Animation has been fortunate to work on the hit FX show “Archer.” Almost every episode takes the cast to exciting locations that are a blast to construct. From the Louisiana bayou to a space station orbiting the planet, the Archer team has gone just about everywhere in pursuit of justice. […]
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 card design continues with an elf avatar for each of Trinity’s employees – a theme that began a few years […]
Corporate Animation Created for Trilliant
Trinity Animation has created a corporate animation for Trilliant Networks, Inc. The animation showcases the benefits of the smart grid communication technology using a NPR (non-photo realistic) style. The Trilliant Smart Communication platform allows electricity meters and utilities to communicate with each other to maximize efficiency and minimize waste. This is the first step in […]
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 animation which led to freelance work as a comic artist. She currently has two published comics including “Border Wars.” When […]
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 a whole lot more, a little closer to home By Christopher Clark Photography by Parker Harrison To know a little […]
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 holiday. The felt trees in the background are styled like the “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” Rankin-Bass stop motion animations of […]
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, and was featured in detail on the second episode of the new season. After Trinity’s pre-viz of the C7 design […]
Jet Interior Renderings
Full HD Jet Interior Renderings and Movies Trinity Animation provides full HD private jet interior design renderings and hyper-realistic exterior views as well. Private Jet Aircraft Interior Rendering from Trinity Animation on Vimeo. This animated fly-through movie of a private jet interior design rendering features interior design elements, colors and layout for evaluating a design. […]
3D Stadium Renderings – Mizzou
3D Stadium Renderings and Animation Trinity Animation Created this full set of 3D stadium renderings and an animation of Faurot Field. This is the football stadium for the University of Missouri – Columbia (Mizzou). The finished animation includes moving cars, a completely populated stadium, large numbers of idle people, fully filled parking lots, nearby entourage, foliage […]
Retail Real Estate Rendering
Retail Real Estate 3D Rendering is a useful tool in marketing an existing location to a new tenant. These renderings can also be invaluable for showing buyers, the local government and permitters, or even contractors a precise idea of what you are planning to do. Trinity Animation has years of experience in creating exciting, visceral […]
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 – a Monday – at 10pm/9pm Central Time. The show used to air on Thursdays. Another new series with Trinity […]
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 our holiday spirit. The concept for Trinity’s 2013 Christmas card consists of the team portrayed as elves going for a […]
Furniture Marketing Video: Upwards
View finished furniture marketing video on Vimeo When National Furniture needed to illustrate a new stacking chair line called “Upwards,” they called Trinity Animation. In this single project, Trinity would provide the furniture marketing video, photography, environments, and camera-ready 3D furniture rendering that would be needed. And all without a single physical chair! CONSTRUCTING CHAIR VARIATIONS […]
Brochure: Technical Visualization
DOWNLOAD TECHNICAL VISUALIZATION BROCHURE PDF [2MB] EXPLORE YOUR CHOICES Weigh the benefits and drawbacks of choosing between photography, in house design, and Trinity’s 3D technical visualization, and the decision is clear. With Trinity, any environment, any function, any effect can be displayed. From outer space, to the size of a bracket the sky is not even the limit. You can cover marketing […]
Brochure: Furniture Visualization
Trinity’s new glossy 12 page furniture visualization brochure is back from the printer. View the 3D furniture animation PDF below or contact us for a printed copy! 12 page Furniture Visualization Brochure PDF Download – 6 MB This furniture visualization brochure lays out each of the features and benefits of using Trinity Animation’s services. Probably the […]
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 movie hits like “Pacific Rim” and “Despicable Me 2” are loaded with computer generated imagery (CGI). But did you know […]
ECA Isle Product Renderings
NOTE: HD ANIMATION AT BOTTOM, or CLICK HERE to view at Vimeo. Product Renderings & Animation for ECA’s Isle Electri-Cable Assemblies (or ECA) had a new tower base for USB/power/ethernet product called Isle. The first order of business was to produce studio “beauty shot” product renderings in various finishes so that the product could be marketed before waiting […]