3D curve sketching
With a tool like this, maybe there wouldn’t be such a strong aversion towards using NURBS in the entertainment industry. ILoveSketch from Seok-Hyung Bae on Vimeo. Thanks to Drawn! for the link.
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Metal Gear Solid’s Characters
Love character rigging and especially good rigging… and above that, I love to see how others achieve great results. Chris Evans has dug up some info on the character work that has gone into Metal Gear Solid 4. I’m on the fence about which console to buy, but the tech... -
Emily is Not Real
Believe it or not, she is not real. I recommend going to Youtube and clicking the “Watch in High Quality” link. Image Metrics Tech Demo is showing that we’re getting closer to “bridging the gap uncanny valley. For once it’s spooky because it’s so close to real, not spooky because... -
Guinness Commercial: noitulovE
Guinness gives us a little history of life with “noitulovE” (that’s “Evolution” backwards, if you haven’t noticed). The question of “Daddy, where did we come from?” can be answered in less than 1 minute! I know this commercial is old news, but needed to post it anyways. Get a better... -
Radiohead – House of Cards
“Geometric Informatics scanning systems produce structured light to capture 3D images at close proximity, while a Velodyne Lidar system that uses multiple lasers is used to capture large environments such as landscapes.” The making of this video can be found here. Thanks goes to Simon and Dan for this one. -
Softimage’s ICE
Softimage has introduced ICE (Interactive Creative Environment) in XSI 7. Taking strong cues from Houdini’s procedural workflow, ICE finally brings XSI a particle system and much much more. Despite what the general public thinks, there is a LOT that can be done on a 3D production that does not require... -
Big Buck Bunny
Big Buck Bunny, Blender’s open source movie has been released! Yes, I know I’m a little late on this announcement, but better late than never. I received my DVD in the mail a few weeks back and was stunned at the quality of the short. The story is a little... -
NaturalMotion’s Endorphin
I’ve heard of this as an “Animation Synth”. Being able to take keyframed animation and then applying it to a dynamic dummy. Why haven’t I played with the demo yet? I’m disappointed that I haven’t yet animated a cartwheeling fool roll off a cliff… and then drop a safe on... -
King Kong Dynamics
Without a doubt, there’s going to be some serious destruction in Peter Jackson’s rendition of King Kong. Word is, Weta Digital is currently using BlastCode to handle some of the tricky dynamic simulations. I’d highly recommend checking out some of sample movies they have in the gallery. Yeah. YEAH! NUKE... -
Houdini and Mr X Inc
I just finished watching Resident Evil Extinction. It’s the third movie of the Resident Evil series and I was pleasantly surprised. If not for any other reason, the FX don’t feel so fakey and the action is continuous. How about the story? Mad Max w/ zombies? It worked for me....