Blend Shapes!

I was looking for a very basic little video about Maya blend shapes, and this lovely Southern gentleman posted something that was simple and very easy to follow. Plus he actually tells you what menus you need to click on to do stuff!

His accent just adds to the greatness. It's a very simple video, but definitely something worth looking at if you want to animate some blend shapes for facial expressions, etc.

First Texture Assignment!

This is what I created for the first texture assignment - I'm taking it as an independent study this semester. I wanted it to look kind of like a crime noir scene. The paper towels did it.

Shmoo!

Shmoo was originally a Lil' Abner character, then at some point in time found his way into Hanna-Barbera cartoons. Apparently he was pretty darn popular after WWII.

So now you know.

Shmoo on Wikipedia

Stop Motion Animation!

So this isn't 3D, but it's a great example of a simple idea that's incredibly well executed!



Enjoy!