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Monthly Archives: April 2010
Cover Me!
Cover letters are my kryptonite. I’m a half-competent bullshit artist when I need to be, just as long as I don’t need to talk about myself. But writing a pitch letter for potential employers? I think I’d be better at … Continue reading
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Like riding a bike…
…or jumping into a pool filled with cold water. Sure it’s awkward at first, but once you get used it it’s not so bad. This past week I did some freelance animation. I’m not sure what made it more difficult … Continue reading
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When in doubt, fake it
You’d think I would have learned by now that anytime I decide to experiment, it’s going to lead to a lot of headaches. I thought the most difficult part of comping Mary into a photo would be matching the camera, … Continue reading
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Problem Sol… crap.
For some reason, some of Mary and possibly Daisy’s MegaTK shaders just don’t want to play nice with Final Gather. I tried to track down the problem by first applying a lambert to everything, then re-applying the TK shaders one-by-one, … Continue reading
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Learning never felt so dirty
I kinda wish I had a really fat character. At least that way, some of my experiments with Maya 2010′s dynamics might be a little lesss creepy. That said, Daisy’s… proportions… make her a nifty learning aid. In some ways, … Continue reading
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Today’s homework
I new nCloth was much simpler than oldschool Maya Cloth, but I didn’t expect to get results likes this after only 10 minutes of playtime – …now I want to animate her skirt with joints even LESS. After this I … Continue reading
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Taking a Peek
My curiosity got the better of me again – I downloaded the trial of Maya 2010 64-bit, mostly to see if it could handle large renders without choking. I must say, I’m impressed. Most of the Daisy images were rendered … Continue reading
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Super-simple pose reader
From what I’ve seen so far, this pose reader actually works pretty well – Create two locators, then group them together. One of them will be our pose driver, while the other will be a target, so name them accordingly. … Continue reading
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April Fools’ Day
I hate this ‘holiday’, mostly because it means I can trust everything I see and hear even LESS than normal. Plus, I’ve never really been clever enough to come up with a good prank, which may’ve left me a tad … Continue reading
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