World Build with Lightwave

My sister pointed me to this video:

World Builder from Bruce Branit on Vimeo.

It is a wee bit lengthy. But the 3D was created with Lightwave.

Drew Tip of The Day

Tip: Holding the ALT or OPTION key while already dragging an object, such as a null or bone will allow you to snap it to the location of another object. I assume this means the origins are snapping, so I would check pivots just in case. I also do not believe it aligns the origin to the snap target, which presents both benefits and drawbacks.

Work fast and prosper.

Painted Animation

Computer animation can be a time consuming endeavor. But it still beats painting every frame by hand! That is what Reza Dolatabadi did for his graduation project:

Khoda from Reza Dolatabadi on Vimeo.

Via Drawn!

SIGGRAPH 2008 CAF screening

Just a reminder that our local SIGGRAPH chapter will be screening a selection from the SIGGRAPH 2008 Computer Animation Festival at FIT's Haft Theater on March 3.

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NYC Blender Users's meeting

Somehow Big Buck Bunny came up in the ARIL 319 / 321 class today. As it may be of interest to all Montclair animation students, I thought I'd throw this on here: there will be a NYC Blender User's meeting on Saturday March 7, at Polytechnic University in Brooklyn. That is right next to a Metro stop, so easy to reach

I went to the one a little over a year ago, and found it quite inspiring, even though I'm only a half baked Blender user.

Particles

Threw this on my personal blog, so might as well put it here too:

The first one is an example of a particle system rendered using sprites. The second one consists of partigons and was rendered as points with motion blur. The stuff falling out of the guy is rendered as a volume.

Into the computer

This one is for Lauren, via BoingBoing

Orginates from Cette Merde est Folle. How's your French?