Author Archive
The Celestia Motherlode: Earth Surface Maps
The Addon Repository for the 3D Space Simulator Celestia
Buildings & Vampires
Buildings & Vampires from Nico Casavecchia on Vimeo. You don’t have to have seen “Where the wild things are” but it helps Found through: Egill’s Facebook (Linking to his Twitter here)
Frank’s advice to a graphic design students?
If you can’t draw as well as someone, or use the software as well, or if you do not have as much money to buy supplies, or if you do not have access to the tools they have, beat them by being more thoughtful. Thoughtfulness is free and burns on time and empathy. Great blog [...]
Your Lucky Day
Your Lucky Day from Dan on Vimeo.
Making of AT-AT day afternoon
Remember Patrick Boivin’s short film AT-AT day afternoon? Found through: My RSS Reader.
Christopher Nolan vs. M. Night Shyamalan
They were born within seven days of one another. Including their breakthrough films, they have directed six and seven movies, respectively, and each heavily contributed to the screenplays of their films. They both work on big budget studio pictures and yet are allowed unprecedented levels of creative control. FXRant compares and contrasts these two auteurs.
Music Video // Heart of Stone
The video, set in a fantastic illustrated world, portrays the epic journey of a heartbroken man rambling across a unique and beautifullly stylized landscape – a subtle blend of Pop Surrealism and Victorian/Steampunk aesthetic. Artist: Ravonettes Studio: Blind Director: Chris Do. Client: Vice Records/The Orchard. Weapons of choice: Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects, Maya, 3DS Max, [...]
HDRI applications – a comparison of acuisition techniques(pdf)
Found through: #VFX search on Twitter (via. @maximd2)
VES Announces 2010 Winners of the VES Awards
Los Angeles, February 28, 2010 – The Visual Effects Society announced the winners of the 8th Annual VES Awards tonight at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, California. The annual event recognizes outstanding visual effects in more than twenty categories of film, animation, television, commercials and video games. Found through: RSS
Behind the Wild Things
Director Spike Jonze reveals the secrets behind bringing his giant monsters to life. Found through: Alba’s Twitter Feed
