A Gentlemen's Duel on iTunes!

You can finally download Blur's short, "A Gentlemen's Duel" from the iTunes store!



The thing will only run you $1.99, so just downsize your cup of Starbucks for today and get this as well!

Blur's Official Website

In the Rough on iTunes!

Blur Studios' awesome "In the Rough" short is now available on iTunes.



At only $1.99, you really can't go wrong. It's either that or you go buy a hamburger, but who needs to eat stuff when you have awesome animations to watch instead?

Just hit up the iTunes store and type in "In the Rough." Tell em' BP sent you.

A Gentlman's Duel

The hits here on Bleeding Pixels have really spiked in the last few days, and it seems to be directly related to Blur's short film "A Gentleman's Duel."



I think the reason for this stems from people searching for the film on Google and hitting my site thinking I have the film posted. Yes I know the film has been leaked to a couple of video sites, and I won't say that I haven't watched. That being said, I'm also not going to provide links here for those types of unauthorized videos any longer.

While I can totally understand the desire to see something like that, I also feel that by not actually purchasing films like this one, it's going to cost studios like Blur money, which will in turn cause them to take less risks and produce a smaller number of films.

Again, I'm not trying to get all preachy here, because I too have watched the film in the format listed above, but I've since found out that it's available in a paid format as well, and so I promptly ordered it.

My hope is that Blur releases it to iTunes very soon, and in the meantime, you can use the link below to purchase the Stash Issue #32 DVD, which has the film on it as well.

Stash Issue #32 DVD, which contains A Gentleman's Duel

Blur Studio Animation Reel 2007

You may want to tape your jaw in place so it doesn't get bruised hitting the floor.



This demo reel is a fine example of why few companies can match the level of quality that Blur continues to kick out time and again.

The best part of the entire reel?

Right around 2:29, when you get a very brief glimpse of what a 3D Opus would have looked like.

Amazing stuff.

Blur Studios Interview

There is a great interview up with Blur Studios over at It's Art Magazine.



This of course had to be my favorite question from the entire article:

J.L.- Of course, I must say the girl’s boobs in 'A Gentlemen's Duel', are excellent! Who is responsible for such cartoony delight, Sze Jones perhaps?

B.S. - YES! Sze Jones is a fabulous character modeler and supervisor. She is extremely talented and passionate about her female models. She leads a team of very devoted character modelers here at Blur and we believe they are all quite enamored with large boobies. Of course, the animation of the breasts was a key factor.

You don't get that kind of hard-hitting journalism just anywhere!

It's Art Magazine's Interview with Blur Studios

Transformers By Blur

While I'm not a fan of Michael Bay's new Transformers designs, I am a fan of Blur, so below is a video link where members of the Blur staff talk about creating cutscenes for the TF game.



Again, I happen to think that Bay (or whoever on his crew was responsible) redsigned the Transformers so poorly that I have a hard time differentiating between whether I'm looking at a face, foot or butthole, and yet I really enjoyed getting a glimpse into Blur's creation process.

Blur's TF Cutscenes Making Of

Blur Studio

Gopher iTunes!

Blur's Academy Award Nominated short, "Gopher Broke" is now available on iTunes.



At just $1.99 for the short, you can't help but buy it. It would be sort of like refusing to pay $1.99 for a bowl of gold nuggets dipped in chocolate, where all you had to do was suck all of the choclate off of the little nuggets and then take the gold to the bank. Of course when you got to the bank with a bowl full of slobbery gold nuggets, the teller may ask what the heck you were up to, so maybe getting "Gopher" off of iTunes for the same price really isn't the same at all.

Or is it?

Blur Website Update

The folks over at Blur have finally updated their website, which now includes a trailer for their latest short film, "A Gentleman's Duel."



Seeing the teaser only makes me want to see the entire film that much more, and I really hope that they post it online just as they have done for their previous short films.

To see the two giant robots collide in front of that beautiful mansion sent chills down my spine. The entire film just looks gorgeous from start to finish.

Official Blur Website

Blur Studio Interviewmercials

Softimage has interviews now up with some of the key figures behind Blur's latest short, "Gentlemen's Duel."



Featured in the interviews are Tim Miller, Jason Taylor, JD Fievet, and Remi McGill. In case you've forgotten, Mr. Taylor did a 10 Quick interview right here on Bleeding Pixels not so long ago.

As for these interviews, they're really more infomercials for how amazing Softimage is, according to the Blur crew. This stands to reason, as the "interviews" are housed on the Softimage website. So don't get your hopes up that you'll see any clips from the short, but some plot details are revealed and you can finally see some of the faces behind Blur Studio's amazing work.

Now if only I could find a place to see the short...

Softimage's Interviews with Blur

10 Quick with Jason Taylor

Gentleman's Duel Article

CGSociety has a great article up on Blur's brand new short, "Gentleman's Duel."



From the article:
Each year for the past four years the crew at the small visual effects studio Blur has created one or more award-winning short films. This year, a film that in many ways represents the studio’s most ambitious work, is once again likely to make the short list for an Oscar nomination and could go all the way. It’s the first animation from Blur in which the characters have speaking parts; in which the dialog matters.

I can't wait to see the short, and hope that it gets released in DVD form. Of course, I'm still holding out for "Charles In Charge" and "Small Wonder" to be released on DVD as well, so what do I know?

CGSociety's "Gentleman's Duel" Article

First Info On Blur's Gentleman's Duel

The first splash of info I've seen on Blur Stuido's upcoming "Gentlemen's Duel" has been posted on the XSILosAngeles site.



I'll see what I can do about digging up more info on it, but for now, if you live in or around Hollywood, try and swing by and check out the screening on 11/02/06. Details by clicking the link below. If Blur's past shorts are any indication, this one should be nothing short of marvelous.

XSILosAngeles Site

Blur Studio