Re: [videoblogging] 3D animator [WAS Re: Elephants Dream film is an open source success story]

2006-05-31 Thread johnie tidwell
Hey OJ,I took a look at your animated vlog - good stuff!I guess it is a matter of finding your week to week format - how the show is going to appear from episode to episode? So you will be able to streamline your productions from week to week.Do you createall the animation from scratch with

[videoblogging] 3D animator [WAS Re: Elephants Dream film is an open source success story]

2006-05-31 Thread ojjolly
Hi Johnie, Thanks. I'd say that about 70% of the animation is new for each episode. Thanks for your tips... some things for me to consider. Just spent quite a bit of time following several links on your cartoons page on cartoonmogul.com. Wow! The modeling and character animiation of Sussi,

[videoblogging] 3D animator [WAS Re: Elephants Dream film is an open source success story]

2006-05-30 Thread ojjolly
Thanks, Josh! I'm doing the animations in Poser, using pre-made, customized pre-made models, and original models. The original models are made in Lightwave. I did not know of the 3dwarehouse... looks very promising so far. Thanks for the tip. I usually prowl around http://renderosity.com/ and

[videoblogging] 3D animator [WAS Re: Elephants Dream film is an open source success story]

2006-05-30 Thread ojjolly
My goal had been 1 three-minute episode per week. It's been quite impossible so far. There are many 3d animators posting on the web, but I hadn't been aware of anyone doing it on a regular schedule. Currently I'm working on an episode which includes samples from 2 other 3d animators. With

[videoblogging] 3D animator [WAS Re: Elephants Dream film is an open source success story]

2006-05-29 Thread ojjolly
I'm a 3d animator. Don't use blender though. I was wondering if there were any other 3d animators on the list. Would love to discuss the topic of 3d animation vs. timely vlogging. Topic may be more suited for off list. OJ The Silicon Soul Show http://somestrange.com/siliconsoulshow/ --- In

[videoblogging] 3D animator [WAS Re: Elephants Dream film is an open source success story]

2006-05-29 Thread Casey McKinnon
Hey OJ, We're starting to use 3D on our new show (Galacticast.com), although due to online accessability and time restraints we've been using a lot of pre-made models. Casey --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, ojjolly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm a 3d animator. Don't use blender though.

Re: [videoblogging] 3D animator [WAS Re: Elephants Dream film is an open source success story]

2006-05-29 Thread Joshua Kinberg
Hey OJ, Cool stuff. Are you using Second Life for these animations? Also, while I'm sure there are more places on the web to find cool 3D models, I recently discovered this new offering from Google -- still pretty empty though: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/ -Josh On 5/29/06,

Re: [videoblogging] 3D animator [WAS Re: Elephants Dream film is an open source success story]

2006-05-29 Thread johnie tidwell
I work with a few animators,but most of them are not working within a strict delivery schedule- due to the amount of workload needed to produce and design art for their animated online series...althoughCollege University- www.collegeuniv.com creatorsseems to have a consistent schedule for their