UV-ing Jane, Part 1

The eyes, The EYES!

I finished the first video of what I tried to have you all play along with last Wednesday. More to come.

Texture Painter

There is an interesting article on CGSociety about texture painter Justin Holt:

"Holt keeps a keen awareness on color variation and composition when painting textures. He describes looking at a surface he has to recreate and visualizing a kind of an exploded view of the different components that comprise the surface quality. “I separate out the displacement detail in my head vs. the color variation on the surface vs. the reflective qualities, kind of like deciphering a visual puzzle,” he explains. “I go about building it back up layer by layer and then fold it all together.""

On an unrelated note: where are all the beautiful images of Black & White kitchens?

Galleries Updated

I updated the student galleries with work produced in the past academic year: MSU Animation Student Gallery

Golem Final Project

Done.

Futurama NES Game: Stage 1

I think we should be doing more game design stuff in class also.

Awesome netbook comes to life. Hologram? Claymation?

Flour Sack 2D, 3D

Since you are all putting up these great posts, I thought I'd share this animation with y'all. Found in on Keith Lango's blog.