In my journey through the inter web, I was really really amazed by one of the very best findings I've ever made, a podcast episode about the Disney Animation's masterpiece: Tangled. This is a podcast that was hosted by Clay Kaytis a veteran animator that had a great Idea, to put it in his own words: … Continue reading Tangled – “unnoficial commentary”
Tag: Feature
Dante’s Lunch
I know i'm a bit late to the party, but at least I'm here.: Dante's Lunch is a little promo short for Pixar's Coco, that portrays a stray dog that found his Lunch and chases it around town, funky and beautifully animated this 2 minute pieces probably has nothing to do with the movie itself, … Continue reading Dante’s Lunch
Add-on: Bone Select Sets
This is something I've been wanting for a while, and didn't realize it was in blender for some time now, though it has been recently rewrote, or fixed at least, and even if I'm bugging the developer to improve it, she won't and that's okay, she's got a lot to do, and I'm just an … Continue reading Add-on: Bone Select Sets
Pose Breakdowner
What is it? some might wonder... well first of is a tool only for animators, actually its so "only for animators" that you can only make use of it in pose mode, I wish we could take advantage of it in object mode for animated objects, but for the most part, it's pose mode where … Continue reading Pose Breakdowner
Quick Tip: Keep your menu order consistent
There is this "feature" that Blender has, that really bothers me, have you noticed how menus often change their order direction depending on how close to the bottom or top of the screen they are? To me it always felt like it was a UI design "no-no" reordering menus like that makes you have to … Continue reading Quick Tip: Keep your menu order consistent
Pro Tip: Custom colors for weightpainting
I've been wanting to talk about this for a while, and I kept forgetting, until the next time I had to do weight painting, and so this time I just decided to write the post, it's a bit longer than usual, but it has big rewards. The problem: ever painted weights?... well if you have, … Continue reading Pro Tip: Custom colors for weightpainting
Add-on: Selection Restrictor
Oh yes, I'm going to give you hints on add-ons that I use, and I use at least 5 or 6 on a daily basis, and this came out a few days ago, and is something I wanted to write myself since no one was doing it, but thanks to Alesis Sidenko I didn't have … Continue reading Add-on: Selection Restrictor
Feature: Grease Pencil
It really amazes me how the Grease Pencil has grown in the past year or two. When i first came to blender for serious about 6 years ago, I found the grease pencil to be a great tool as an animation helper, you could create your thumbnails there, and i used it a lot to … Continue reading Feature: Grease Pencil