Love it, hate it, fail to see the point of it, or not know what it is or how it came about – it is rare to find someone who has absolutely no opinion about the world’s most political musical competition, the Eurovision Song Contest. For years, I have pondered what was missing from this glitzy extravaganza, and today I happened across the answer: Lego.
If, like so many of us, you have tuned into a modern cartoon only to realise that you could do better, here is your chance. Studio Ghibli (who produced the likes of Howl’s Moving Castle, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Spirited Away, …
Update 15.12.16 – OpenToonz has been released and can be found and downloaded here. Graduating to a career in animation? OpenToonz, an open source version of the software used by Hayao Miyazaki’s animation studio, Studio Ghibli, becomes available as a free open source and download from …
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In recent weeks I have spent quite a lot of time working with students in the School of Creative Technologies and so I have selected ZBrush Character Sculpting: Projects, tips & techniques from the masters as my book of the …
For new users of Digital Tutors there is an updated video on the library catalogue showing CCI staff and students how to register for an account with Digital Tutors. Digital Tutors is an online CG training library for a wide …
We thought we’d covered this before, but evidently not. It’s certainly a delight not to miss: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=SKVcQnyEIT8
TOTD doesn’t know whether to be more staggered by the original model or the animation of its construction. Either way, it’s staggering! Save three years of life and watch the animation! http://vimeo.com/36768371
We featured an RSA Animate video on changing educational paradigms back on the 14th January (https://liblog.port.ac.uk/blog/2011/01/2536/) Here’s another on the divided brain: http://comment.rsablogs.org.uk/videos/ which is rather fascinating.
For those who’ve complained that we haven’t had enough Lego of late (or that Monday’s TOTD was too static), try this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22PAaX_cEOI&NR=1 An instructional video on how to build, and use, a multi-story carpark.
This excellent piece of 3D animation is part of The Scottish 10, a project that uses 3D laser scanning to create exceptionally accurate digital models of Scotland’s five UNESCO designated World Heritage Sites, plus five international ones, as part of …
