Ptex was used on virtually every surface in the feature film Bolt, and is now the primary texture mapping method for all productions at Walt Disney Animation Studios.

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More than a year has passed since BLENDING LIFE 1 finished, and after its success last time we are happy to soon present you with BLENDING LIFE 2!  We received loads of entries during the first challenge and were blown away by the Blender community’s talent and also their determination to learn and have some fun!

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Share your best work and become one of “The People Behind the Pixels” at SIGGRAPH 2010 this July in Los Angeles, California. Thousands of industry professionals will gather at the Los Angeles Convention Center for the 37th International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, and they need to know about your work.

SIGGRAPH 2010 is now accepting submissions from everyone who has a hand in inspiring, creating, producing, or teaching computer graphics and interactive techniques. Important deadlines are quickly approaching. So be sure to submit your best work as soon as possible!

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I just wanted to thank all of you for your support of BlenderNation. Its been amazing to see the growth firsthand of Blender and its community over these past years.

A special thank you to Bart Veldhuizen for creating this site and allowing me to be part of it. Three cheers to Ton Roosendaal for his vision and generosity to the artist community.

I wish you all good health, happiness and creativity in the new year!

Happy New Year!

Tim

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This is the first pass at a storyboard Animatic for the first minute of Durian. Lee Salvemini

Here something for all of you techie tinkerers to try when its released. In a presentation by Pranav Mistry  on “several tools that help the physical world interact with the world of data”, Mistry says he’ll open-source the software behind SixthSense, to open its possibilities to all.  I expect we’ll see some of these ideas interfaced with Blender in the future, we’ve already had others such as Wiimotes by Thomas Eldredge

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(Chicago, IL) – ACM SIGGRAPH announces the 2010 Call for Submissions for contributors and volunteers for the 37th International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, Sunday 25 July – Thursday, 29 July 2010 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California.

SIGGRAPH 2010 will bring together the “People Behind the Pixels” – the brightest minds in computer graphics to share ideas and knowledge on many diverse industry disciplines. From students to studio executives, from scientists to researchers, SIGGRAPH provides contributors with the opportunity to present their work to the world.

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Our friends at Animation Mentor are hosting two events in November with acclaimed Disney animator Eric Goldberg.

Eric Goldberg and Animation Mentor CEO and cofounder Bobby Beck will discussing Goldberg’s book Character Animation Crash Course! at a free webinar on Nov. 17, 2009. With Hollywood credits ranging from Looney Tunes, Fantasia/2000, Aladdin, Pocahontas and Walt Disney Animation Studio’s upcoming 2D feature The Princess and the Frog, Goldberg will offer insight into how to bring animated characters to life.

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Andy’s website

OMEGA STOP MOTION PROJECT – TEASER TRAILER from Andy Goralczyk on Vimeo.

Andy’s training DVD “Creature Factory”

“I just completed an animation of a bumblebee for a microgranting project. I’d love to share it with the blendernation community, and if there is interest I’d  love to share the rigs and write up a tutorial of some aspect of the production.”

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