Blender Indonesia has just released the second issue of their e-magazine, .Blend Magz! Complete with community news, artwork, tutorials, and interviews (including an interview with yours truly,) this magazine shows an impressive arsenal of work. Congratulations, Blender Indonesia Army! Check it out now!
After the exceptional results from the CGenie Survey we reported on in February, CGenie has interviewed Ton Rosendaal about his views on the survey and the future of Blender.
Linux Outlaws did a recent Podcast interview with Campbell Barton about Apricot and Yo Frankie. The interview with Campbell starts at 35:50.
I caught up with Shawn and Carlos again at this year’s SIGGRAPGH in Los Angeles. We discuss some changes and milestones at AnimationMentor as well as what it’s like to work at a big studio. I did the interview just outside the Expo, in a common area, and well, that always leads to some interesting background noise. You’ll hear Fjorge members screaming “Fjorge” as they wonder the halls.
Itsartmag has posted a nice making of interview on Promotion Studio’s Lighthouse film. The article is a nice look behind the scenes and into the thought process of the short.
A few days ago, Campbell Barton was interviewed by the guys of The Linux Link Tech Show, about the Big Buck Bunny project.
(Chicago, IL) – ACM SIGGRAPH announced the selection of Irish Artist and Director Catherine Owens, best known for her staging and film work with the Irish rock band U2, as a featured speaker for SIGGRAPH 2008 to be held in Los Angeles this August. Owens will present “Giving Technology Emotion: From the Artist’s Mind to ‘U2 3D’,” which details her co-directing and producing experiences during production of the film “U2 3D”, the first digital 3D, multi-camera, real-time production.
Brecht and Campbell were interviewed for over 30 minutes on this week’s FLOSS Weekly podcast. FLOSS Weekly is a very popular show – this news item was submitted by 5 people, a record!
Remember Adam Procter’s short ‘Doljer’? Director’s Notes, a website on independent filmmaking, have posted a 35-minute interview with him.
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Two weeks ago I visited the Blender Institute in Amsterdam, where I had a chance to talk to the members of the Peach team (and a member of Apricot as well!). I taped my conversations with them and for the next week, we’ll publish one interview each day. Today the eighth and final part: Brecht van Lommel, Technical Director.
