If you’ve been watching Discovery Channel recently then you’ve undoubtedly seen commercials for their upcoming special program “Discovering Ardi”, discussing the discovery of the oldest known fossil of a human ancestor. Several CG shots are in the upcoming program, showing Ardi in various states of life and existence, and were all created by the guys at “Impossible”.
Employing a team of about 30 artists, animators, modelers and motion capture experts, Impossible created Ardi from the actual skeleton as well as anatomical drawings from the scientific team. Particularly difficult was creating skin, fur, lighting and natural environments for a creature that hasn’t existed for some 4 million years. But over the course of two and a half years, the team successfully produced the critical shots for this historic television program.
via Impossible Brings Oldest Human Ancestor ‘Ardi’ to Life | Reuters.
