Sunday, December 27, 2009
Update to main site
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I just redid the main Heresy Studios site (it was long overdue)..and it came out quite well. One of the nice things is: a lot of it is using google. If you are reading this from (heresystudios.com), if you click on blog...Joomla is pulling that from blogger. The video menu option? that is a componant pulling from youtube (may change it but want to see how well it works over all). The still gallery? Picasa.
If you are going "Why?"
My answer is managability. On my side of the equation, these three things are just minute entries into the database...and not something I have to make sure I get the link right or help me lilith. I simply use Picasa to load the pictures onto the web gallery, and it will populate on the site. Same with the blog and same with youtube (although it is loading that into a playlist).
Just seems easier on this end.:)
Just cause I felt like it..
Made this today with idea of her protraying a czech..and tried to get the national flag working with the lights.:)
Friday, December 25, 2009
A nice Cinema4D shader
One of the things I was worried about for this scene is how to depict the jail cell, and still have Jason see the action from behind. One way I COULD do it is to animate the scene, and put the animated scene onto one of the monitors. Well... unfortunately, I am lazy.:) I would much do it on the same scene. As I was browsing the internet for enDOFin (which I will purchase in the immediate future), I ran into this nice little shader. Essentially, it takes the output from any camera and puts it on the material. In this little jail picture, you are seeing one camera looking into the monitors with two seperate cameras being linked into the monitors as it renders. Pretty cool.:)
Monday, December 21, 2009
Testing hair / using features to make certain changes
As I progress to making Signs of God, one thing I always wanted to do with Kayla..is try to make her resemble her mother a little. A goof from lack of earlier research, her mother does indeed have black hair. Which isn;t a bad thing >:) However, Kayla is known for being a redhead..but thought it would be cool if I added some hints of black hair. To do that with current hair requires modifying the hair pack...and if I am not sure, that can be disasterious.:) So I used a feature in Cinema4d called Fusion to spread a gradiant of the color black throughout the hair and this is the result.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Hmm...
It has been an interesting year. This was the year I FINALLY finished my first animated movie, but it was also the year I spent the most time unemployed. Despite the fact I got unemployment because I was laid off, it was still a little tough. You know it is amusing when you make too much money for state funded health insurance on Unemployment that only paying you 235 dollars a week.
I did eventually get a job doing what I do best: Tech support. It has proven interesting so far, and my only set back was severe case of cold/bronchitis/asthma issues.
On the other hand, I did work on these pics to keep my mood up there. It's been awhile since I have done pics with no real background (most of them are using volumtric lights.In the long run, I am proud of them cause they are better then I have previously rendered. I am hoping good for the new year..and possibly a finished movie.:)
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