2019 NASA Science Animation Fellowship

This is a great opportunity for an alumni (you have to hold a BFA) if you are interested in Science and Animation:

This is a yearlong program for animators wishing to explore the intersection of animation, motion graphics and science. You will work in NASA’s Conceptual Image Lab with an outstanding team of animators, data visualizers, video producers, and science writers as you create animation and graphics for some of NASA’s most exciting science missions : mind bending results from the Hubble Space Telescope, the inner workings of a hurricane, racing rivers of plasma beneath the surface of the Sun, audacious new concepts to sample the atmosphere of Venus, and extrasolar planets with clouds made of rubies and sapphires.

More info:

• Google Doc Explaining the program
• Job Listing on Silkroad

Application deadline is February 28, 2019

If you've ever wondered about rigging in video games

So this game is specifically "For Honor"

For Honor is a 2017 action video game developed and published by Ubisoft for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The game allows players to play the roles of historical forms of soldiers and warriors, including knights, samurai, vikings and since October 2018 the Chinese Wu Lin, within a medieval setting, controlled using a third-person perspective.

Watch For Honor Warrior’s Den Livestream from ForHonorGame on www.twitch.tv
The developers to the game to occasionally stream about the creation and development of the game, this one happens to have a segment about character rigging and environmental prop rigging
The video has been time-stamped at 03:19:30, at the start of the segment

SVA Five Seconds of Animation

Details coming soon for free ride to the city.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/titmouse-presents-5-second-animation-day-2019-tickets-54980818107?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

Maya 2019 released

Autodesk used to have the annoying habit of releasing the new version of Maya just before Fall semester starts. No more! They just released Maya 2019, right when the Spring semester starts. I have not seem any explanation for the almost half year delay, this version does not seem to be a complete overhaul, although most improvements may be under the hood.

Read the release blogpost at the Autodesk blog

We will NOT be installing this new version in the labs this semester. Not only do new Maya versions tend to be pretty unstable until the first update is released, we are in the middle of group animation productions and switching software versions during productions is usually not advisable.

Welcome Back Students (Almost)

Here is something I finished over the break:

Spawn (Vicious Cycles #2) from Wobbe on Vimeo.