Monday, March 30, 2015

Flocking Particles

nParticles, Pointlights and a simple expression to combine the two:

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Particles and Pixels

Played with nParticles a bit in an attempt to create frozen motion but created this sequence in the process:

I used a Motion Capture example that came with Maya years ago and made it emit particles.

Meanwhile I came across this trailer:

Monday, March 16, 2015

HyperShade Ball

I posted an instruction video to explain the basics of Hypershade. Some may recognize it as a condensed version of a demo I gave in class last week. If you do, it means you were awake early: kudos to you!

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Animation Jam

This event could be an interesting: The First Annual Animation JAM!

This it the first installment so I have no idea what quality of work is expected / will be produced. The instructors will be from the organization, it is more intended as networking and community building opportunity than an a place to learn software.

Friday, March 6, 2015

BYOA March

NYC ACM SIGGRAPH is having another Bring Your Own Animation event on Monday, March 9, 2015 at Scallywags

Come show your stuff! More info…

Job Opportunity

Andrew Demirjian alerted me to the following:

"We're an art collective looking for a 3D artist for a couple of projects short-term, and with intention of establishing a long-term relationship for freelance work. Our practice revolves around the contemporary sublime, high-end work that takes glitchy post-internet aesthetics towards a Greek ideal / Hollywood finish."
Post on Rhizome.org

Rhizome is a respected digital arts organization so it surprises me a bit that the web link supplied does not work. The email address should

Monday, March 2, 2015

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"Chromie the space robot" by Peter M.