I was anticipating getting some animation done this week, just not the sort I was just handed (y'know, stuff with an actual, rather aggressive deadline). (Details to follow after the weekend, after I know whether or not I can even talk about it.)
Things will be very busy this weekend. But, I hope, the good kind of busy.
Showing posts with label animation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label animation. Show all posts
Thursday, June 26, 2008
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Wednesday, May 28, 2008
CG History
The computer (I wish I knew who it was who originally said) is a stupid pencil with millions of colors. I'm rather late to the game in even appreciating the value of CG to filmmaking (that is, it took Jurassic Park to get my eyes clawed open).
After that, I was all about those awesome tools they used (I acquired one first in 1996; an Indigo R4000.) I still maintain and use a number of SGI machines: Octanes, an Indigo R3000, an Indy (which has an amazingly fast boot time), and an Indigo2. (All SGI IRIX machines are named after animals like Sarcosuchus_imperator, Paradoxides, Helicoprion, Carcharodon; the Macs in my employ must make do with names like Tsuburaya, Miyazaki, and Harryhausen.) Modern SGIs make use of conventional CPUs and are Linux, rather than IRIX-based, so I tend to pay far less attention to such things (and there is nothing more demotivating to the acquisition of new hardware like the feeling you're getting something that can be found in a common PeeCee). I now concentrate on the systems I have (one of the Octanes and my G4 PowerBook) in order to produce. I have a long way to go. But, CG has come a longer way, so I don't feel so bad.
Some good stuff (good == historical):
Pencil Test. Made entirely on (several) Mac II computers. (For some reason, I'm having trouble locating a similar project done entirely on the PeeCee. Anyone know of one?)
After that, I was all about those awesome tools they used (I acquired one first in 1996; an Indigo R4000.) I still maintain and use a number of SGI machines: Octanes, an Indigo R3000, an Indy (which has an amazingly fast boot time), and an Indigo2. (All SGI IRIX machines are named after animals like Sarcosuchus_imperator, Paradoxides, Helicoprion, Carcharodon; the Macs in my employ must make do with names like Tsuburaya, Miyazaki, and Harryhausen.) Modern SGIs make use of conventional CPUs and are Linux, rather than IRIX-based, so I tend to pay far less attention to such things (and there is nothing more demotivating to the acquisition of new hardware like the feeling you're getting something that can be found in a common PeeCee). I now concentrate on the systems I have (one of the Octanes and my G4 PowerBook) in order to produce. I have a long way to go. But, CG has come a longer way, so I don't feel so bad.
Some good stuff (good == historical):
Pencil Test. Made entirely on (several) Mac II computers. (For some reason, I'm having trouble locating a similar project done entirely on the PeeCee. Anyone know of one?)
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
The I Hate Moving Post
Necessity is the mother of invention, but it's also the mother of moving. And this move has been a mother.
Yes, you were all set up for just that line.
But things are settling down. I hope to begin animation again next month, among other things...
Yes, you were all set up for just that line.
But things are settling down. I hope to begin animation again next month, among other things...
Monday, April 7, 2008
A Big Box of Animator Crack!
Arrived Wednesday, but didn't get a chance to pick it up until Saturday:
Oh! Could this be that box of animator crack I ordered?
Could be! What's inside?
Flawless performances!
Fifteen films (actually 14, with one supplemental disc, for a total of seventeen discs)!
Yes, DVDs can suck it. I really like LaserDisc.
Oh! Could this be that box of animator crack I ordered?
Could be! What's inside?
Flawless performances!
Fifteen films (actually 14, with one supplemental disc, for a total of seventeen discs)!
Yes, DVDs can suck it. I really like LaserDisc.
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