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June 2010 Blog Posts (4)

Starting Rendering

Setting up all the asset shaders, lights, render settings and layers has taken up a huge amount of time, but most of the problem solving seems to be out of the way and I'm expecting to be starting to render a Death close up shot very soon. If our plan works well on that (as well as our single frame tests) then I'll try to automate the lighting setup as much as possible. This may mean trying to make a big Mel script. If anyone wants to help with that let me know.

Added by Michael Cawood - Director on June 30, 2010 at 9:34am — No Comments

Project Update

With Siggraph looming towards us it's not all that surprising that the activity on the site seems to have slowed down a little. It's perfectly understandable that many people will be preparing material for the event. I'm also becoming busier at work and discovering that the social scene in Austin fires up only when the sun comes out.... so suddenly I have a lot more commitments. Coming from England I'm not used to that, we do stuff all year round (or don't as the case may be). But Austin seems… Continue

Added by Michael Cawood - Director on June 24, 2010 at 10:30am — 2 Comments

Rhythm and Hues

Hey Everyone!
I just got the call yesterday and Im really excited to be joining Rhythm and Hues as an Animation Apprentice!!

I've had a lot of fun working on this short with you guys and I'm going to try and come on as much as I can to leave feedback. Thank you all for such an awesome experience :) You all rock!

Added by Amanda Wagner on June 12, 2010 at 3:49pm — 6 Comments

Finishing up a shot.

The time to really have fun, get that subtle stuff going. Working on the hair and some minor things for the shot but feel pretty good about where it's gone. Look forward to getting back into prodwand and seeing what a few weeks away from it will present. I'm almost certain that I want to go in and get rid of some things and add others, now that I have a better feel for who Devil is. Thanks for all the feedback to the people that gave it. It's much appreciated. Keep…

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Added by Ryan Hagen on June 10, 2010 at 12:00pm — 1 Comment