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Elye wrote:
Hi, I've recently completed a new music video for some local rappers I know. I did all the animation in Blender, even though it's 2D (or 2.5D). Thought you might like to check it out!
I certainly do :) Very nice and professional work, thanks for sharing!
Ivan Hoffmann (digitalh) has made a case study on a great compositing technique for turning a day shot into a night shot – and he had to do the compositing work in a short amount of time. For all you filmmakers out there, here's your chance to learn more about this very useful "Day to Night" technique!
An artist from Brazil called Leonardo Davi published on his blog, a great collection of tutorials about sculpting with Blender. The tutorial was meant to be his final project, for a degree in visual arts.
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Here is a report on Google Summer of Code Summit from Kent Mein. Go ahead and read what he has to say
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Tony Mullen has posted a set of pictures from his latest workshop in Tokyo.
The Chinese blog Crossmovie diligently translated our articles into Chinese. Hello unknown author – now YOU're on BlenderNation too! :) Would you care to introduce yourself to the community?
See3D recently completed work on a visualization of Pontcysyllte Aqueduct for the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales.
It is due to be aired on BBC Wales for their premier episode of 'Hidden Histories', a series documenting great engineering achievements of the Industrial Revolution.
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Randall Rickert (professional 3D animator, used to work for Not a Number) showcased Blender at the new Intel Core i7 launch event.
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For those of you who are interested in learning to draw by hand, this book may be a big help: its concept is that all people can learn to draw what they see by using techniques to trick the right side of the brain to take over and block out the left side. This right side is the artistic side the left side the more analytical.
Covering every aspect of the short-film production pipeline, this book demonstrates each concept and technique through a combination of general theories, examples, exercises, case studies, and interviews with short-film directors and industry specialists. Full of amazing imagery and one-of-a-kind content (including a robust DVD filled with dozens of award-winning short films) it is a must-read book for current and future animated filmmakers.
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