Recently I was trolling the ‘net and came across this tasty info:
Pixar, makers of some of the most memorable 3D movies, has a very informative Online Library to share animation techniques.

Marianna and I managed to get out today (thanks Mom!) and watch ‘9‘, a recently released computer generated movie with dark and sinister overtones.  Great action and visuals, excellent voice acting, and a solid plot.  I must say though, if your child is less than say, 12, perhaps don’t take …

Steve Scott, animated this for the Led Zeppelin reunion stage show to be projected behind them while the song Kashmir was playing.
He also worked on Birdy Nam Nam’s video for The parachute Ending. Trippy

Apple finally releases a major update to the video editing suite called Final Cut Studio.
Included are:

Final Cut Pro 7 for video and film editing
Motion 4 for motion graphics and animation
Soundtrack Pro 3 for audio post-production
Color 1.5 for color grading and finishing
Compressor 3.5 and DVD Studio Pro 4

Most tasty are the …

Finally got out to see a movie with my love, thanks to Candice taking care of the wee one for a few hours, and we took in Pixar‘s latest visual tasty, Up , in digital 3D.
What can I say?  Once again they’ve nailed it.  Great characters, amazing graphics, and thank …

Here’s a cool animation called Oxygen made by Christopher Hendryx as his thesis for the Computer Animation at the Ringling College of Art + Design.  It’s pretty neat.

As a hobby, i’ve worked with many 3D packages over the years, from Sculpt3D (Amiga), Lightwave3D (Amiga, PC and Mac), to 3ds Max (PC), Maya (PC, Mac, Unix) and Softimage (PC, Unix).
Over time, many companies have merged or been eaten up by companies like Autodesk.  I feel that while they …

Sita may sing the blues, but she is now available to everyone for free, for viewing pleasure and/or download through many sources.
Sita was created by Nina Paley, with music from Annette Hanshaw, a jazz singer from the 1920′s.
Here’s a rundown:
“Sita is a Hindu goddess, the leading lady of India’s epic …

Been working hard on setting up a music video of late, and have been learning Adobe CS3 After Effects.  It’s a weird bird, but i’m starting to understand it and see the potential.  Fun!
*Aww snap!*  I powered up my PreSonus Firebox today and oddly I wasn’t hearing sound out of …

Recently, i’ve been seeing a lot of really cool visual techniques.  One artist who really excites consistantly is Desaxismundi, and his work with feedback shown here.  Optical Feedback, otherwise known as Video Feedback can be used to create very fractally intense imagery.