BREAKING – Ton Roosendaal to receive honorary doctorate today

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ton-honorary-doctorate-of-technologyTon Roosendaal will be receiving an honorary doctorate at the Leeds Metropolitan University in the UK later today for his work on Blender. A streaming video of the entire ceremony (direct link for Windows Media Player here) will start at 11am UK time (GMT+1) and is expected to last for two hours. As it will cover multiple persons, we can’t predict when Ton will be on.

More details and photographs will follow later today.

Update: Ton was the first graduant to speak. His part is over now.

Update: 07-16-09 4:11PM CEST: Added pictures – Tim

Update: 07-17-09: More pictures added. Video registration of the entire event. Ton makes his appearance around 22:30.

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    • Agile

      WOW. Congratulations!

    • ThoC

      Big wow! Congratulations! I think this is more than well deserved :)

    • tyrant monkey

      gee wow super congratulations, the only give those out to bigwigs or if you are in africa (where I am) to politicans and presidents. So DR. Roonsendaal is now an offical bigwig. But perharps the title should be reworded to “Breaking News….” because when I saw the partial link at blenderartists I thought ‘what! who just broke Ton how dare they’

    • http://www.digital-air.co.uk Ricky Dee

      Great news and thoroughly deserved. Congrats Ton, thanks for all your work and dedication and long may it continue.

    • http://www.sympodius.net sympodius

      Congratulations, Ton!

    • beta3designs

      Congratulations Ton, you really deserved it for all your work in blender :)

    • Hedge

      Congratulations Ton!
      Thanks for everything you do for Blender and the Blender community

    • Wookie1

      Woot! Really really deserved. Standing ovation to you.

    • http://speed-codings.de cperrin88

      He’s on now!!!

    • Rouven Markovic

      Hey Ton big Congratulations to your title. That was long overdue.

      That worth a tripple:

      HIP HIP HOORAY !
      HIP HIP HOORAY !
      HIP HIP HOORAY !

    • http://www.blendernation.com Bart

      Video is over. Ton was great :) ‘One word of advise: if everybody does it, it must be stupid!’ :-D

    • Awards

      Dr. Ton Rosendaal
      Beautiful!

    • http://skiri-ki.deviantart.com/ Skiri-ki

      Mayor congratulations Ton, and well deserved indeed.

      and
      “If everyone does it, it must be stupid.” nice one Ton XD

    • smadahar

      Superb! We should all insist on calling him Dr Ton from now on! And by the way, wouldn’t that be a brilliant name for the villain in the new Durian Project?

    • Awards

      Did you listen to what Ton said?
      He said this degree is for the Blender community as a whole!
      I love you Ton!

    • gustavg

      Congrats! You really deserve a funny hat!

      btw. Dr. Ton sound like the name of a supervillain (especially if you say with a dutch accent) ;)

    • zapman

      congrats! :D

    • http://dm7.deviantart.com Dm7

      Wow, a big congrats to you DR. Ton! This is amazing – I have been watching Blender grow and expand since 1998 all because of your positive vibe and of course, with programmers and artists’ contribution. It is indeed a honour for me to know somebody who received a honorary doctorate! Now that’s mind-boogling! Do keep this up and pull up a revolution in our present society with open content ideas, I’m all in with you! I love you Dr. Ton and once again a big congratulations from me!

    • Toni Grappa

      Congratulations. But this cape he had to wear was a little bit “colorful” :-D

    • http://mfoxdogg.googlepages.com Mfoxdogg

      Congrats ton, well done, and still as humble as ever :)

    • http://www.3dzentrale.com sebastian_k

      congratulations dottore!
      :D

    • madturtle

      Cool! Congrats!….Dr. Roosendaal!…..Dr?!?!?!?….may by he can take a look on my arm, he hurts since yesterday………
      ;)

    • http://digitaldraw.wordpress.com/ aws357

      Congratulation ! A well deserved honor !

    • oxigen

      Excellent!!! Haha, they needed to do something, because he is actually the King!!! \o/

    • Nik

      I also vote for Dr. Ton as a supervillain :P Has anyone managed to record this? I wanna see it…

    • http://blog.damiles.com damiles

      Congratulations!!! That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for Ton and Blender

    • http://3d-synthesis.com ROUBAL

      Well deserved Dr Ton ! Congratulations and a big thank you for all you did and do for Blender !

    • Ashmunaday

      Well deserved honor for the man behind Blender! Congrats Dr. Ton

    • Shiretoko
    • Airsnake

      Congratulations Ton!!! ; )

    • Jadawin99

      That’s how this world should operate as a whole. Honour to the ones who really deserve it.
      Congratulations Dr. Ton and many many more years of dedication to your work.

    • http://siranikosbox.blogspot.com siraniks

      Congratulations Ton! from PinoyBlender :D

    • Elubie

      Congratulations Ton! And well deserved!

    • chimericidol

      Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • MmAaXx

      well done Ton!

      regards ;)

    • Heho

      Congratulations!!!

    • random

      as from the audience:
      WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

      lol and btw congratulations you deserve it.

    • http://bloodbathsuck.webnode.com/ blood

      yipppeee!! congratulations Dr. Ton!! Very well deserved!!

    • hitechboy722

      loving that hat! lol

    • http://spotmeon.blogspot.com gauravanim

      HIP HIP HURRRAHH YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

    • pima

      great event for Ton, blender… and open source !

    • http://hamsterking.com JoOngle

      Fantastic!

      Well deserved Ton (and co-devs), you have indeed worked for it – hard – without any exceptions.
      This piece of opensource software have changed peoples lives all over the world, including mine.

      Once again – congratulations!

      Tommy Helgevold
      JoOngle

    • slukas

      Thank you Ton.

    • Ianvdl

      Well done Dr Ton!

    • http://www.melbournebs.com David_Mac

      Certainly someone that deserves an honourary. Good show!

    • http://www.epanimation.com.ar Martín Eschoyez

      heyy! Congrats Dr.!!!! ;P

    • http://www.esi.uclm.es/www/cglez Morcy

      Congratulations Dr. Roosendaal!!! Well deserved!

    • Anja
    • Kukanani

      Congrats Mr. Roosendaal!

      The Blender Foundation is awesome.

    • Kukanani

      >Sorry, *Dr.* Roosendaal.

    • http://joshua.worth.id.au/ yokljo

      Awesome work Ton! If anyone deserves it, its you!

    • http://www.funkboxing.com teldredge

      Bravo! Well deserved!

    • Darrin

      Couldn’t have happened to a better guy!!! Congratulations Doc!!

    • kABHIr

      Congratulations Dr.Ton

      you deserve it!

    • VanPelt

      Wow, congratulations Ton!

    • Born

      Congrats to Ton!

      I am proud!

    • Jimmie L Simpson

      Wow!! Congratulations Ton!! You tha man! I have been observing the growth of blender from a weee baby – all the way up to it’s mature stage of development. And I am amazed at the transformation. I mean, this 3D suite has functions that are up there with 3D max and the like. And it is still growing. I enjoy downloading and testing the new functionalities and any improved stability. All the bug tracking, fixing & constant updating is phenomenal. Keep the passion, and may God bless you above anything you can imagine. Also big ups to the blender community. You guys are like a family. Keep hope alive. Long live blender!

    • Kirado

      Congrats Ton!

    • http://blendernewbies.blogspot.com Kernon

      Congratulations!! It’s very well-deserved.

    • travisdk

      Well congrats to Ton,
      You of all really deserve this !

    • kijja

      || || ||

      CONGRATULATIONS TON

    • http://www.virgiliovasconcelos.com Virgilio Vasconcelos

      W00t! :)

      Dr. Ton!

      Congratulations!! You REALLY deserve such recognition!

      :)

    • RadialRonnie

      Hearty congratulations Ton!

    • Arnaud

      Dear Doctor Ton, congratulations! Well done, well deserved.

      And thank you for your incredible leadership.

      When do you start seeing patients?

      Quintuple Cheers!!

    • Olaf

      I’m not sure if Blender is worth a doctorate, but Ton is surely a beacon and an icon for the open-source community, no question about it.

    • http://www.loklomedia.com/gallery.html Dwayne

      Congrats Dr Ton! You deserve it every bit!

    • http://4rtedigit4l.blogspot.com/ Bruno Alberto

      Congrats, Dr. Ton!!!!!

      Thanks for Blender!

    • TxRx

      Congratulations indeed Dr Roosendaal!!!
      Also may I just say this “Nice one Leeds Uni!”
      C

    • Xrage

      Congratulations Dr. Rooseendal
      It is more tan well deserved, thank you for all your work on such an amazing application as Blender is.

    • http://kijja kijja

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      CONGRATULATIONS

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    • http://vgspectra.net Sephiroth the Bimbo Master

      Crongrats doctor Ton!!!!!!, you really deserve it, wow I got a surprise when I read the new on blendernation, and Damn I got the new late, I couldn’t saw him.

      Cheers
      Sephiroth the Bimbo Master

    • Sa

      Bart can’t you find us a video anywhere? you can ask them for it.

    • http://www.watchmike.ca Mike

      Holy crap that’s a lot of comments!
      Anyways congrats Ton!

    • tom h

      Video advalible bu going to: http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk/graduation/summer09live/index_video_streaming.htm then select the “Thursday 16th Law and Business” on the right hand side.

      Tons bit starts at 22:30 minuets in

    • Saverio

      Congratulations!!!

    • ShilaM

      UAOOOOO! Congratulations Ton!
      Standing ovation and best wishes to you!!!!!

    • http://--- pip

      CongratuLLLLLLLLationS DOCTOR TON !!!!!!!!
      YEPEEE!!!!!! now where’re all doctors Blenderheads!! Let’s show the world how can we feed culture!
      Big round of applause for THE DOC

    • http://www.byronsdesigns.com ByronK

      Dr. Ton, You are a hero to all of us and now a Doctor too! I am so happy that you have been recognized for your great gifts to the world. Thank you.

    • thinkinmonkey

      Congratulations, Ton!
      That event, and the reaction of Blender community, reminds me you’re not just a “simple” programmer or a dreamer, but you are mainly a good symbol of endurance and belief!

    • J.Dumisani

      CONGRATS DR. ROOSENDAAL!!! :)

    • http://www.blender3d.at Karl Kühberger

      Ton, you really have deserved it. Congratulations to Dr. Roosendaal!
      And thanks for all the work you have put into the Blender project!

    • http://mke3.net Matt Ebb

      Haha, congrats! Now he really is one step closer to Dr. House ;)

    • http://www.studiorola.com Sim Pern Chong

      Wow… Congrats !!!

      I am so proud to be a Blender user…

    • http://www.wandalizar.net Wanda L

      Congratulations, Ton!

    • Arterial Tree

      Congratulations!! You are a true inspiration.

    • http://kork.us polytropoi

      Congratulations, Dr. Ton! I think you should get a Nobel Prize next… you’ve given more to humanity than many yet realize, and we’re all in your debt. Democratizing the tools with which the future will be built, providing opportunities for millions of folks who otherwise would be locked out, truly empowering people to create – it’s difficult to overstate your accomplishments, and you’re just getting warm. You’re an inspiration. Thank you!

    • Kemeros

      Congratulations Ton!, a great achievement :)

    • Sanne

      Congratulations, Ton, and thanks for everything!

    • http://wwww.witkampwebdesign.nl Jasper

      feli !

    • Anubhav

      This is great news.Congratulations Ton!!!

    • stan

      congratulations Ton!

    • http://www.mountuponwingsofeagles.blogspot.com Matt

      Yay for Dr. Roosendaal!!

    • Andrew Gregori

      Congratulations Ton!

      U must be proud of your work, because we are proud to have u as our leader :D

    • http://www.osysi.net Bmud

      Did anyone record it? This would be another one of those things that deserves multi-lingual subtitles so everyone in the whole blending world can enjoy it. :) I’m proud to be a Blender-head today. Wow.

    • http://zooley.extra.hu degentd

      Gratula!
      Congrats Ton. And thanx for all of your hard work made for the community.

      Regards, zoli

    • http://zooley.extra.hu degentd

      BTW. Ton We (the whole community) are PROUD of You!

    • mercury

      felicidades Ton :)
      saludos…

    • http://gauravnawani.byethost7.com/ Gaurav Nawani

      Congratulations Ton :)

    • Herbert123

      Congrats – well deserved. Here’s to Ton, the Blender Foundation, and the community.

    • Pranke

      Congrats!!!! :)

    • http://www.colinlevy.com Colin Levy

      Exciting day! Congratulations Ton, I’m watching it now. :)

    • Karthik

      Congrats Dr. Ton !!!
      You greatly deserve it

    • http://www.dustyghost.com dusty

      AH!!! Well done Ton!!!!

      if I had known I would have paid a visit to congratulate you!

      My brother lives in Leeds.

      as everyone else already said, you deserved it!

    • Cunera

      Lief broertje; ik hoop dat je dit kunt lezen want ik schrijf natuurlijk gewoon in het Nederlands:
      Super gefeliciteerd. We zijn vreselijk trots op zo’n geweldige broer.
      En; dr. Ton klinkt best wel goed hoor!!!
      Groetjes, Hans en Cunera uut Azum.

    • Kuz

      I have his autograph! Good Job, Ton!

    • Nikolay740

      Blender is the best!

    • Wii

      Congratulations Ton!

    • Manuela

      ¡Happy Dr. Ton´s Day to everyone!

    • Cub

      Cheers! Congrats, and more than well deserved.

    • metalliandy

      Go Dr.Ton!

      Congratulations :D

    • vykelt

      Awesome awesome awesome, I love it. Dr. Ton has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it? Congratulations Dr. Ton.

    • Nemesis

      Ton is one person who really deserves an honoury doctorate.

      Well done Ton and thanks for all the hard work.

    • http://www.virtualmatter.org Kevin

      WOW Congratulations!!!!!!

    • http://www.youtube.com/user/jimmiezowie 3djimbo

      Congratulations Ton!
      I have severe dyslexia but was able to learn Blender.
      Just proves the interface IS EASY for those who want to see!

    • ghost

      Congratulations Ton! You really deserve it.

    • http://www.theorangeday.com/ Thomas Francis

      wow, they have such weird apparell… Is that natural?

    • rogper

      Parabéns (congratulations) Ton!
      Well deserved is a understatement ^_~

      …and I sadly didn’t saw it :(

    • Pettson

      wow, this is fantastic, big greets. know that your work is much appreciated by me and many.

    • Month3d

      gefeliciflapstaart dr ton :)

    • Henry

      And he damned well deserves that honor! That man is a prime example of a modern role model. Of course, the clothes in those pictures do not exactly flatter him, or anyone, LOL!

    • http://mf.intro.hu Peter G.Kovacs

      Respect! Congratulations! Ton, we will put one of that images onto a wall in our studio.
      This is great!

    • Chucker

      woot! Congrats Ton, if I was there I’d shake your hand

    • http://meandthecomputer.blogspot.com meandthecomputer

      Congratulations Doctor Roosendaal.

    • BlenderLovingPandaBear

      Wow Congratulations Dr. Roosendaal

    • DeathCloud

      http://video-2.leedsmet.ac.uk/Asx/?mswmext=.asx&id=2075%7C4o%7CopjSKuy7*
      He’s at 22:00; requires windows media player.

    • http://www.oleeblood.com Oleeblood

      Great news ! Congratulations Master

    • http://www.richardcuddy.com Rick

      This is very cool ^_^

    • Hai

      Congratulations to Ton!

    • http://melting3d.com meltingman

      Youhouuuuuuuuu ! I Love youuuuu! :lol:

      congratulation Doctor :-)

      lo merece, si trabajo en blender es fabuloso :-P.

      ++

    • http://www.seanjmacisaac.com SeanJM

      Aww, you look so cute.

      Congratulations you are an angel Ton.

    • http://sensi.org/~svo svofski

      Congratulations Dr. Ton!

    • florinel

      Well deserved! Congratulations!

    • DJPhotoduck

      Congratulations Ton!

    • rednelb

      Congratulations, Dr. Ton Roosendaal!

    • Piiichan

      Congrats’ Ton!

    • Stéphan Rodriguez

      Congrats Ton !! This is really deserved. And thanks for all the work you’ve done for us.

    • Neil

      Just adding my bit to the ever increasing volume of applause.

    • http://home.deds.nl/~mp/ ysvry

      congrats Ton, didnt i say 4 years ago tha you should be knighhted in holland too :p, well done.

    • Kyle Dell’Aquila

      Ton! You are a legend now!

    • timothy_truckle

      Congratulations Dr. Ton ! You really deserve it, as does everyone involved in the development of this great app Blender !

    • Bill N

      congrats Ton!

    • http://songserver.org.uk Phil

      Well Done

    • cindergarten

      Congrats Ton and thank you!

    • kikko

      this is history. congrats

    • http://freshsurge.com RH2

      Congratulations!
      “Dr.Ton” does have a nice ring to it.

    • themonster

      WOW. Congratulations!

    • http://www.ubuntu.com/ Socceroos

      Brilliant stuff! Fully deserved, Dr. Ton!

      Your efforts with Blender are an inspiration. We’re so proud of you and all that you have done for each and every one of us.

      Keep up the champion effort! We’re all cheering you on!

    • http://shrinidhi666.wordpress.com shrinidhi666

      Congratulations Dr. TON :-) .. U deserve it ..

    • chimericidol

      Wow check out the amount of the replys o_0

    • http://www.blenderart.org dreamsgate

      Congrats!

    • http://www.negdesign.com DeMoN

      Wow, I was vegging out watching “So you think you can dance” on TV and they said that one of the judges was not present because he was getting his Honorary Doctorate in the UK, then I look at BN and this!

      Congratulations, It really means something when it is given in recognition hard work, and not just because of fame. Absolutely brilliant!!

    • Ron Proctor

      Congratulations Ton! You deserve about 4 or 5 of those bad boys!

    • http://www.finitycorp.com Gargoyle1971

      This is epic. I remember my C key license and the story of the self invented code at the studio and every detail I always followed because I loved this 3d software that followed practical human use rather than sheep marketing data leading up to what he turned into a gift to the world that keeps on giving. So deserved, congratulations! Awesome.

    • Alex Delderfield (AD-Edge)

      Congrats to Dr. Roosendaal, this is massive!

      Its great to see him getting some appreciation like this for all the work hes done.

      Looks to me like a scene from harry potter though ;)

    • irf

      Selamat dan salut untuk anda, Dr. Ton…

    • http://www.davidrevoy.com Deevad

      Congratz Dr. Ton ;-)
      This video moment is great, and it was a pleasure to see it.
      Your advice at the end is very very inspiring ( and more as a concept artist ) !

    • http://wickes.webs.com Papasmurf

      Feeling the love, Ton? Congratulations.

      and you really do look like Dr. House in a way…

    • johnwind

      I cant believe I’m sheading tears of joy for your achivement Dr, Ton. *sob*.

      Blender have given me soo much hope and streght for the pass few years that help me carry on living my life believing that it is never too late to learn.

      Blender has open so many doors and enlighten the path that I truly believe could be achived with greater height.

      The greatest reason would be having something to believe in that I thought could never be possible, even with the condition of the world today that we live that is full of greed and suffering.

      If it wasnt for you and this whole communion, I dont know where I’ll be.

      Thank you Dr, Ton. for this gift you’ve give us, and to the whole community of blender heads that worked
      effortly to support this great fenomenon.

      ** seeing you standing side by side with all the messiah of our time… Linus , Stallman etc …

      May peace be with you…

    • Vassilios

      ——->CONGRATULATIONS TON!!!!<——–

    • Gerbin

      Congratulations Ton!!

      And more power to blender!!!

    • http://www.tonymullen.com/Books.html Tony

      Congratulations Ton!

      And kudos to Leeds Metropolitan University for being the first to recognize Ton’s contributions with an honorary degree!

    • http://www.thoro.de thoro

      Congratulations Dr. Ton!
      Well deserved.

    • http://boombox.se/image/tid/22 Arru

      Congratulations Dr. Roosendaal, utterly well-deserved!

    • he

      Félicitation, je suis très content pour toi !

    • Thorben

      Congratulations!

    • Julian Frank

      Congrats Ton

    • jin

      what the hell? was he getting an honorary doctorate at HOGWARTS?!

      lol….

      AWESOME DR. ROOSENDAAL! you deserve that and more. congratulations and rock on!

      jin

    • Bozo

      Congratulation, Doc :)

    • Lyron

      Congratulations Ton!!

    • Jonathan Merritt

      Congratulations Dr Roosendaal,

      Your contributions to both scientific and artistic pursuits with Blender have been astonishing, and have built a wonderful community that encourages participation and diversity. A very well-deserved honor!

    • http://dominodesigns.info Domino Marama

      Congratulations Ton! Very much deserved.

      PS: this just in – I was first first viewer :)

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoQW-rcpKTI&feature=PlayList&p=88228C241B291D07&index=0

    • http://dominodesigns.info Domino Marama

      Damn.. Guess I was the only viewer :(

      It was the Honorary Degree Profile for Ton, hopefully they’ll repost it soon.

      It was on this playlist: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=88228C241B291D07

    • johnj

      congrats tons doc Ton ;-)

    • Thomas

      Absolutely stunning achievement! Congratulations Ton!

      May Blender continue to thrive on your vision!

    • http://leedsmet.ac.uk Mike Joslin

      I was there!!. It was my first time in meeting Ton and I was struck by his humility and gentleness as well as his passion for Blender. It is a long and complex process to select people worthy of this award and Dr Nick Cope Associate Dean for Innovation North and user of Blender chose and put forward a persuasive and winning argument for Ton’s selection. I have sat through a number of these ceremonies, but for me Ton (and the Blender community) are a well deserved and excellent choice for this honour

    • Sankhon

      Congrats Dr. Ton, you deserve more than this. Wish to know if there is a way to contact him directly …, an email?

    • http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk Bal Singh

      I was at the ceremony too!!. I was fortunate enough to spend an hour or so chatting to Ton after the ceremony. It was an honour meeting you Ton. Congratulations to you and the blender community for this well deserved honour.

    • http://www.blender.org ton

      Hi all,

      Thanks for all the great reactions! It’s been a tremendous day there in Leeds. The Brits love to do things with decorum and style, which was a wonderful experience to take part in. It indeed was all very Harry Potterish, but that’s only illustrating where Rowling comes from in the first place. :)

      Special thanks to Nick Cope and Mike Joslin (posted above!) for putting this forward. It was great meeting with them, and – for those who wondered – we’ve not had contact before ever… to me it was a totally unexpected honor, and was so great to see their enthusiasm embracing Blender there on the Innovation North faculty.

      The picture of me holding up the scroll is when I said: “Thank you Blender developers, website admins and website makers, documenters, and all the Blender artists world-wide… this one is for you!”. And I mean that, we’re all honorable now!

      -Ton-

    • Kirado

      Someone should model a 3d blender character of Ton in his regalia!

    • NielsBlender

      Van harte gefeliciteerd!

      Niels

    • arti

      Congratulations Ton!

    • Sleeper

      Congratulations Ton.

      @Mike Joslin – Sure beats Videoscape on those Amigas in Harrogate, doesn’t it.

    • terence

      Congratulations Dr. Ton. I’m glad to see Leeds University recognizing the work you’ve done.

    • vidrazor2

      A Windows Media video stream? Does anyone see the irony in this? LOL!

      Confgrats Ton

    • Hamed

      congratulation, hope god help you beat all of obstacles.
      I honestly think this award is just small for you MAN.

    • Nixon

      CONGRATS DR. ROOSENDAAL!!!!!
      You really deserved this honor for all the work and heart you put into blender and its evolution!!
      I also feel think of this as big honor for the whole community of developers and supporters wich keep this 1337 3D tool state of the art, you all do a great job!!!!

      Gotta say thank you to Ton, the DEV’s and all the people who share their blender expertise with tutorials, scripts and .blends.
      So this also goes out to everyone at blendernation, -artists, artist-mag, cg-cookie, -guru, cg-guerilla, and everyone I couldn’t get into this text.
      You all make the world of 3d suites a better place:)

      NOW IT’S TIME TO PARTY!!!

    • http://traylorpark.com +peter

      Someday, I would like to meet Dr. Roosendaal.

    • http://drawlabs.com drawlabs

      Congratulations on your success with Blender and research that is a play tool for me nearly every day.

    • SanderWit

      Congrats Ton! Well earned I’d say!

      And such a brilliant hat and robe! Hope ye can keep all that.

      Sacha will need to revise the Ton Action Figure now..
      http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v483/sago/Ton_Action_Figure.jpg

    • Husam

      Congrats .. Somebody’s got to update his Wikipedia page.

    • Slowboy

      Congratulations Ton, well deserved!!!!

    • http://lug.nnov.ru gumanoed

      My Congratulations, Tom!
      You looks cool! :)

    • Anber

      Well deserved. It’s nice to see Ton get reconsigned for his accomplishments.
      I agree that the headline is a bit misleading. I also thought that Ton was Broken :)

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    • http://www.youtube.com/user/jimmiezowie 3djimbo

      Congratulations-I have been a Blender user for years! Blender is great because I was “locked out” due to the high price of software. The Blender UI is easy! I have severe dyslexia and was able to complete the Tony Mullen tutorials.
      (look at my youtube page-I modeled, animated and rigged it all!) Currently I am making my own short.

    • JIMMIE L SIMPSON

      Congratulations Ton! I am so happy for you. This is the fruit of your labor and generosity to all of us blenderians. Just one reward of many more to come. God bless you and works of your hands my brother. Blenderrific! Blender BombFest Baby!