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Monthly Archives: June 2007
Monster Truck sidescroller game in Blender
Here’s a very cool and playable game project being developed by “martinsh”.
Recruiting for the Blender Institute has Begun
If you’re a Blender artist and you would like to spend 3-6 months in Amsterdam, the Netherlands to work on the next Blender Open Movie or Open Game project, then this is your chance!
New Procedural Tiles Texture in Blender
A new and exciting type of texture is being developed for Blender! And yes, builds are available so you can check it out…
More Facial expression reference sites
Here are some more interesting facial expression reference sites.
This site is is 2D which I think makes it easier to see the facial movements. You can also select combinations such as the eyes up or down or the mouth – smile, sneer etc. You’ll need Java to run this one.
This game allows a player to experiment with the different effects of moving separate facial parts. In teaching someone how a face conveys emotion, you may choose to isolate one part, such as turning brows down to indicate disapproval, or up for surprise.
Toon Style Motion Blur Technique
Some of you may remember Ekakiya from our previous article about his technique for illustration style rendering. Now he has come up with another excellent compositing technique for toon-style motion blur. And an example file has even been provided!
Second Edition of the Brazilian Blender Book
The Brazilian Blender book “Blender 3D – Guia do Usuárioâ€, it gains one second edition in less than eleven months! With the first edition sold out in April, I have been updating the book content for the latest Blender release. Last week, the publisher (Novatec) just release the second edition.
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Essential Blender is Ready!
We received word from Ton that Essential Blender is as good as ready to be shipped. Ton writes:
Right now the CD’s are being inserted, and books get packed. Next week people can expect the books getting in the mailbox!
[insert obligatory remark to support the Blender Foundation by ordering this book ;-)]
Freelancer`s Manifesto – A Collection of Advices
A few weeks ago a very nice article called, “Freelancer`s Manifesto – A Collection of Advices†was published on cgarena, by an artist called Anselm V. Seherr, or 3Delicious. The article gives some tips and advices, for artists that work as a freelancer. Like how to deal with projects and get organized. And the author mentions Blender in the article!
YafRay Fifth Anniversary Contest
This July will be the 5th Anniversary of YafRay and they want you to make a commemorative render for this anniversary.
