Kristian Skeie (aka Elk) has just premiered a music video made using Blender for its 3D visuals. The song is Take Off by Christian Welde, from his album ‘Fairytales’.
Christian Welde – Take Off
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Monthly Archives: July 2008
The Making of Pigeon: Impossible
Lucas Martell has been working for a long time now on a 6 minute short called Pigeon: Impossible. Hes recently been posting a video blog which gives and interesting and humorous insight into the making of the animation.
Animation Mentor to Host Tribute to Frank and Ollie at SIGGRAPH
For those of you attending SIGGRAPH in Los Angeles this year, Animation Mentor will be hosting a panel discussion and tribute to the life and work of Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston on Wednesday, August 13, 2008.
Yo Frankie!: A Furry Vendetta
After a lot of votes from the Blender community the Apricot team has decided on a final name for the Apricot game.
Its official title is ‘Yo Frankie!’ and the game episode is entitled ‘A Furry Vendetta’
Troll vs Cube animation
This is a fun little animation of a Troll and a cube created in Blender. Video embedded after the cut. Or view it directly on Vimeo here.
TopMod
TopMod is pretty slick and complete open source modeling application with a unique workflow. It is officially available for Windows and OSX. But a Linux version is available. Quite a few tutorials are available. I recommend taking a look at the video tutorials.
Modeling a thrust vectoring engine
Blender GSoC – Multires Screencasts
Nicholas Bishop has uploaded a series of screencasts demonstrating the work he has done on Multires for the Google Summer of Code.
See the all current screencasts embedded after the cut. I’ve included Nicholas’s descriptions from Vimeo describing what each video is demonstrating.
Or if you’d like to browse each video individually you can find them here.
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Basic toon character rig available
dav_ recently announced the release of a simple toon character and rig on Blenderartists. He describes it as having basic controls and says that it is a work in progress. Because it is a work in progress, dav_ would like to hear any feedback you may have.
Russian Translation of Essential Blender in Progress!
A group of Russian Blender enthusiasts have picked up the task of translating ‘Essential Blender’ into Russian. As the content of the book has been released under a Creative Commons license, I’m actually surprised that we don’t see more initiatives like this!
