Apr 2010
War-E... the badass Wall-E
I think this is a very cool mod to a Wall-E toy.
Makes him look so much more Terminatorry (I just
invented that word, so you got to pay me some
royalties to use it). 
New Toy Story 3 Poster!
27/04/10 16:32 Filed in: Animation
| In The News
A new poster for Toy Story 3 is out.
Gorillaz - Stylo
99 year old iPad user!
23/04/10 21:20 Filed in: Apple | In The News
Wow, I stumbled upon this news article over at
Wired.com about a 99 year old
lady... using the Apple iPad to read books again! She
suffers from glaucoma and with the iPad’s ability to enlarge
text, she can read books again. Plus the VoiceOver facility which lets
the iPad speak the word(s) you
select, she can thoroughly enjoy her reading
again.
This granny rocks!
Original article here.
This granny rocks!
Original article here.
Ray & Anita - In Da Name Of Love
18/04/10 15:52 Filed in: In The News
| Music
Wow, the guys from 2 Unlimited are back with this new
song “In Da name of Love”. They are not allowed to
use the name “2 Unlimited” anymore due to it being
owned by somebody else. So they now go by the name
“Ray & Anita”. Just have a look at this video, I
quite like it.
Pixels
10/04/10 08:08 Filed in: Animation
| In The News
Just saw this short film by Patrick Jean and it’s
amazing.
PIXELS by PATRICK JEAN.
Uploaded by onemoreprod. - Watch original web videos.
PIXELS by PATRICK JEAN.
Uploaded by onemoreprod. - Watch original web videos.
Maya 2011 is here!
08/04/10 10:11 Filed in: Animation
| In The News
And it is official. Maya 2011 is available! I just finished downloading a 30-day trial version of Maya 2011 for OS X last night. The System Requirements on the Autodesk website states that you need OS X 10.6.2 but for the hell of it I tried installing it and it’s starting up on OS X 10.5.6. Don’t believe me, here’s my screenshot:
Time to take this bad boy for a test drive. The interface feels so much better already.
Last Toy Story 3 characters revealed
06/04/10 15:52 Filed in: Animation
| In The News
The last of the new Toy Story 3 characters have been
revealed:
That also means that the poster with all the new characters are also completely lit up.
I think I covered all the new characters now. They all seem familiar to me at least.
Now June 18th better come along swiftly.
That also means that the poster with all the new characters are also completely lit up.
I think I covered all the new characters now. They all seem familiar to me at least.
Now June 18th better come along swiftly.
9, Secret of the Kells and Fantastic Mr. Fox
I’ve managed to see a few movies this weekend.
9
This was one of my favorite movies. The story was great, animation well done. The only thing that bugged me was the burlap texture. At times it felt flat with no bump/normal mapping whatsoever. Visually it was pleasing and fit right in with the mood. Might at times be a shocker for people. The scene with the dead mother holding her dead baby comes to mind immediately. Only further on in the movie do you realize what happened to them.
The Secret Of Kells
Wow! This was definitely one visually stunning movie. And with my love for Ireland I enjoyed this one tremendously. Story was good, animation too. But those celtic symbols and signs throughout the movie was just pure eye candy. I would definitely recommend this movie. And if you can, go see the Book of Kells. Last time I saw it was at Trinity College in Dublin.
Fantastic Mr. Fox
With having big names such as George Clooney and Meryl Streep provide the voices, I was expecting more from this movie. The story itself wasn’t bad, based on the Roald Dahl book by the same name. Visually it wasn’t that pleasing. At times I was distracted by the fur on the stop-mo puppets that constantly moved at random places throughout the movie. This is one huge reason why stop-motion puppets shouldn’t have fur... at all... ever!!! The animation was done on what felt like 4’s. There was also part where it felt uncomfortably stiff, with no moving holds to keep things alive.
All in all, I reckon I had a very relaxing weekend.
9
This was one of my favorite movies. The story was great, animation well done. The only thing that bugged me was the burlap texture. At times it felt flat with no bump/normal mapping whatsoever. Visually it was pleasing and fit right in with the mood. Might at times be a shocker for people. The scene with the dead mother holding her dead baby comes to mind immediately. Only further on in the movie do you realize what happened to them.
The Secret Of Kells
Wow! This was definitely one visually stunning movie. And with my love for Ireland I enjoyed this one tremendously. Story was good, animation too. But those celtic symbols and signs throughout the movie was just pure eye candy. I would definitely recommend this movie. And if you can, go see the Book of Kells. Last time I saw it was at Trinity College in Dublin.
Fantastic Mr. Fox
With having big names such as George Clooney and Meryl Streep provide the voices, I was expecting more from this movie. The story itself wasn’t bad, based on the Roald Dahl book by the same name. Visually it wasn’t that pleasing. At times I was distracted by the fur on the stop-mo puppets that constantly moved at random places throughout the movie. This is one huge reason why stop-motion puppets shouldn’t have fur... at all... ever!!! The animation was done on what felt like 4’s. There was also part where it felt uncomfortably stiff, with no moving holds to keep things alive.
All in all, I reckon I had a very relaxing weekend.
