I just come back from Chile, where I had some great time (very great country and people) and I took 12 photos of Tara salt flat, in order to make a wide one. It was very inspiring and unfortunately this panorama can’t communicate the immensity and the beauty of this place… I used the last version of Hugin to merge the 12 pictures, and it worked like a charm !
I am approved for workshop 2 !
So happy 
I have made in 2008 for my work a small robot based on a Mac Classic design which we are using to make illustrations for our events (original concept from my colleague and friend Sébastien Lasserre). It was also an opportunity to improve my skills in blender and to learn a bit about rigging and animation.
As you can see, it started with a very ugly model and a very bad lighting.
Then I quickly refined the model and materials, added an armature, better lights, and it was time to do some poses with him.
As blender is offering an all new rendering engine called cycles (which is really great), I gave it a try last week and it seemed obvious that design could be improved.
So here is the new one with a mouth, and some tests on shapekeys and mesh deformations.
And I hope to have the time to make a little animation with him…
Finally I have drawn a side view and started the 3D modeling of this silly “animal” (I need a name for him)… I changed my mind on hands because it would be nice to have him grab things and perform some great acting. I have nothing to show as it is in an early stage. iAnimate is going to take me more time as we just have started to work with TOTS (thing on the spring) and next assignments will certainly require much more time to get some nice animation.
This drawing came into my mind while looking at my cat which was waiting for the food… It has the same attitude, and a very close silhouette (close to a famous soda bottle too).
I don’t know if I will do a 3D version, but it could be fun to animate with all this fat and this silly face…
Done with Inkscape.
Hello world and happy new year !
Petite explication pour les réfractaires à la langue de Shakespeare : j’ai choisi d’utiliser l’anglais parce que je commence une formation en animation dans une semaine avec iAnimate où tous les échanges se font en anglais. Je ferai peut-être une deuxième installation en parallèle de WordPress en français si je trouve le temps, mais rien n’est moins sûr…
As I did not want to post without any material, here is a quick painting done with MyPaint to wish you an happy new year.
