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Client: Multinational media training institute
Date: December 2005
Applications: Cinema 4D

I made these quick renders as backgrounds for a leaflet for a multimedia training course, which I can't find now. I thought I'd upload them in case anyone wants to use them; they could make nice desktop backgrounds.

Client: Multinational media training institute
Date: February 2005
Involvement: Whole project
Applications: Cinema 4D, Photoshop

This is a comparison of the original image of a G5 from Apple's website (top) and a render of my 3D model (bottom), which was used in the 'yellow people' campaign.

We all hear Gnomon (Hollywood) and VanArts (Vancouver) being namedropped all the time, but here's a look at some of the big name schools from the Animex festival.

Supinfocom Arles, France
Ecole des Metiers du Cinema d'Animation, France
Ecole Emile Cohl, France
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, UK
Glasgow School of Art, UK
Thames Valley-Ealing, UK
Duncan of Jordanstone [...]

Here: http://www.animex.net
2D, 3D, Stop frame, motion graphics, Visual effects...
Aim to submit your finals for the 2008 awards and note how simple yet innovative and polished some of the animations are, and also how they use audio.

Keyframing in 3D applications - soft interpolation vs linear
Hi, prompted by a question by Jason, here's a look at what happens and why when you keyframe in Cinema 4D.
As default, Cinema 4D uses curves between keyframes, making your animation smooth, which is usually a good thing.
However, look at the following example. Lets say I want [...]

I should put these in the links section, but this is quicker for now.

FXGuide.com
CGTalk.com
CGChannel.com
SIGGRAPH
VFXPro.com
Turbo Squid
Flay.com

Reference resources:

www.3d.sk - Human reference photos.
www.1000skies.com - High Dynamic Range (HDR) sky textures.
BBC Motion Gallery - Video clips from BBC news and documentaries
Open Video Project
ImageAfter - Hires textures and images
FotoSearch - stock photo library search portal
NASA Blue Marble Earth Imagery - [...]

I should put these in the links section, but this is quicker for now.

Animal Logic
Blue Sky
Cinesite
Digital Domain
Double Negative
Framestore CFC
ILM
MPC
The Orphanage
PDI/Dreamworks
Pixar Animation Studios
Rhythm & Hues
Rising Sun Pictures
Sony Pictures Imageworks
Tippet Studio
Weta

Life drawing Workshops are available at the Islington Arts Factory. They are run by the Register of Artists' Models (RAM), which should mean good quality models and staff. I'd highly recommend any 3D Animation students to drop in and give this a try. (Wednesday evening class, there should be a Friday morning class running later)
Islington [...]

Tim Cameron's found an interesting niche by combining work and pleasure. He designs beautiful conceptual motorcycles. I would not be surprised if one of his designs is picked up on / inspires a real world design soon.
V-REX - Tim Cameron's next big design
Tim's personal Site

Ren asked about whether you can make a 16:9 movie rather than 4:3 for your project. I am fine with this, although it can be a bit fiddly setting it up correctly for a DVD.
There are various standards of widescreen, to aid compatibility with older TV sets.
Letterboxed - actually 4:3 ratio (like 'normal' TV) but [...]