Stardust Pictures is Dino Athanassiou's production company.
They helped produce Series 12 and suggested Nitrogen Studios for animating the show. They created a test pilot of the eleventh series episode, Thomas and the Stinky Cheese for the HiT Entertainment executives.
Other work includes, "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron", "Gnomeo and Juliet", "The Hunger Games", "Shark Tale", "Madagascar" and "The Sorcerer's Apprentice".
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CGI Testing
In 2008, Thomas and the Stinky Cheese was used for a CGI testing[1][2] by Stardust before the series switched over to Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI) animation. A few of these re-created clips can also be seen in a 2009 CGI promo featured on certain DVDs.
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Screencaptures
Storyboards
Storyboards for the episode Don't be Silly, Billy were also created for CGI testing purposes.[3]
Concept Art
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Storyboards
CGI Character Orthographics
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CGI Animation Direction
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CGI Model References
Engines
Figures
Railway Workers
Narrow Gauge
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