If you have visited CGSociety (CGTalk) recently you may have noticed that they now have a CGSociety Wiki. One page of interest at the wiki is the 3D software comparison chart.
Victor Navone first came to the attention of Pixar with his animation 1999 classic Alien Song. In Alien Song, the character movements are fluid and expressive and it’s easy to see why Pixar grabbed him. Since then he has worked on the major motion pictures Monster Inc, Finding Nemo and The Incredibles.
To all of you following what is being done for the upcoming versions of Blender, this might be a really good one to keep an eye on.
Jahka has been rewriting the Particles system. And while I would normally save this for my monthly CVS report I just couldn’t wait to show you guys his latest image.
The German TV news-mag Heute has published an article and a six-minute video interview with @ndy about Elephants Dream.
As Blender matures, so does the level of artistic works created by the Blender community. While browsing online 3D art galleries, it quickly becomes clear that there really isn’t a good representation of Blender’s current capabilities. Of course, there are galleries and forums that we all are aware of within the Blender community but, we can’t expect the world to flock to our doorsteps. Sometimes, you have to deliver the message.
Gustavo Giannini wrote:
Hi Bart, I have good news, this sunday, at 24:30 hs Buenos Aires, the most popular tv chanel of Argentina, Telefe (www.telefe.com.ar) show “Elephants Dream” at the screen in original English with spanish subtitles, after the special show of “Mana” group, in the program “Telefe Cortos”.
Virgilio Vasconcelos, who was nominated for “Best Character Animation” on this Blender Conference, is going to give an introduction to Blender in Goiania, Brazil on October 28th. He writes:
Well… this is another event in Brazil involving our beloved Blender.
28 of October I´ll be giving a short course, an introduction to Blender in a local Free Software event. This event will be in Goiania and is called “III Forum Goiano de Software Livre”, the link to the website is http://fgsl.aslgo.org.br/
I´ve translated the introductory tutorial (“Your first animation in 30 + 30 minutes”) of Blender´s wiki Manual to portuguese and I´ll use it in the short course. I´ll post the translation in the wiki, obviously… =D
Giuseppe Luca Scrofani (gls) has re-established the ancient web pratice of the webring – for Blender.
The line from the Monty Python’s Flying Circus “And Now for Something Completely Different” comes to mind when I was watching Sago’s 2006 Suzanne Award Winner Man in Man animation for the first time. I love humor that is “off the wallâ€, something that takes you by surprise and Man and Man captures that spirit.
More proof that Blender makes an excellent commercial tool. Zac Duff (Greenlig@blenderartists) utilized Blender to create a 7.5 minute animation for an Engineering company. The animation while not full of special effects like hair or softbody dynamics does show the range of flexibility and how Blender can be used within a commercial project.
