marvel productions

the cgi spider man logo from 1985 exellent for its time

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[majdamage]

How cool to see this here. I animated this logo 20 years ago at Digital (Last Starfighter) Productions. The concept of the chrome Spidey flying through space was bizarre, but that was the assignment. Anyone know where I can find a copy with better resolution?

[tnawcwvictoria]

Marvel Productions

The company that gave us Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends, Jim Henson's Muppet Babies, Kid 'N' Play, Rude Dog and the Dweebs, Dungeons & Dragons, Transformers Generations 1 & 2, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Jem and Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock The Animated Series

They even gave us The Incredible Hulk and The X-Men on Fox as well as The Grinch Grinches The Cat in the Hat

God Bless Marvel Productions and God Bless Stan Lee for a job well done

Long Live Spider-Man & Friends

[SethBlizzard]

This Spiderman gave me a nightmare when I was very little. Heh, but when I see it now, I think it's great.

[myjagi]

@majdamage Sometimes it does not have to be the most complex thing, to become the most effective piece of work to be created by one or more artists. The thing that really counts is the effect you leave within your audience. This Marvel Logo Advert is not even 10 seconds long and almost 30 years old, but people still remember it. You created an emotional reaction, that is worth more then any short lived CGI overloaded 3D feature film. Thanks for this memory!!!

[TheLerandom]

It still looks incredible even today.

[majdamage]

@myjagi A friend of mine says that it's the coolest thing I ever did. LOL...not true, but I guess he loved it as a kid and can't believe a friend of his animated it.

[myjagi]

@majdamage ... and actually.... How much rendertime did you need back than? We work today on some difficult visual effect shots for our final exam film project and the composeting needs a lot of rendertime. What equipment did you use back than?

[myjagi]

@majdamage ...OMG... I loved this as a kid so much... And I think it is still great Artwork. The last time I saw this is almost 20 years ago... Actually I asked myself as a kid because of this Logo, if a silver Spiderman existed in the Marvel Universe.

What are you doing today? Do you have a showreel of other works? It is a pitty that nobody rally knows, who made all those great artwork in the past... but Internet makes connection possible. Small World.

Best wishes from Germany!

[ouro3001]

David315842, If you are who you say you are---As a kid, I used to sit through 30 minutes of boredom JUST so I could see six seconds of CGI Spidey in the early eighties...Take that as quite a compliment! :-)

[sk8rdude2992]

@majdamage You're The Best 3D 80's Animator Alive!

[David315842]

@majdamage Still it looks rather impressive for a graphic that was designed the year I was born. So yeah I'm the same age as this ident it would seem. :)

[majdamage]

@David315842 This was once of my first gigs out of school and done around '84. The chrome thing was all Marvel Productions' idea...In retrospect, maybe it wasn't a terrible choice as their was no "skin" for cg characters. Spidey's joints interpenetrate like an action figure. The chrome helps hide the seems.