I recently found some old files and ran across something that made me do a google search for Animusic. I was amazed with what I saw and I have to say I’m very inspired by what I’ve seen. Check it out.
This is the first one I saw, check out the rest of this post to see the others I was able to find on YouTube.
After spending a lot of time this last week learning how to use blender (standby for some posts about some of the projects I’ve been working on) I have finally been able to import a file we did as vector graphics in Illustrator directly into Blender and use it’s wonderful capabilities to turn it into a 3D model. There are so many things we can do from this point with our designs and I’m just getting started in seeing what is possible.
These two pictures are almost identical except that one of them had the Mattang logo placed between the sun and the object to cast a shadow on it.
Here’s my first animation using Blender. It’s the logo for the business I’m starting with my brother.
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Well I’ve been loosely following a tutorial I found about how to create a low-poly tree for use in the Blender Game engine. I gotta say, the more I use this program the more fun it is! Here’s a render about about 1.5 hours of learning. And learn I have. The things this program can do are amazing!
It’s been many years since the last time I did any real 3D work in any programs. I’ve been a little reluctant to start again because I knew I would have to start from scratch. I used to do quite a bit when I was in High School but that was 13 years ago and back then all my 3D work was in AutoCAD. I’ve heard about a lot of the different programs out now, 3DMax, Maya, Mudbox, Z-Brush etc. I didn’t really want to pay for any of them because I knew I would never have the time to learn to the level where I would be able to justify the expense. Well recently I stumbled upon Blender and s0me of the videos people made with it and I will admit I was blown away that something so capable is completely free. Not only that, it seems that everyone has jumped on the bandwagon and the speed of development plus the commercial/professional grade of the program is extremely impressive. There are alos a ton of free tutorials out for it that are providing a great starting point.
After watching about 1 hour of video and doing a little reading, I made my first image. A Chess Pawn that I applied a texture to and sat on a chrome like surface. I am really impressed at how easy it was to make this. Here are a few of rendered images.
Anastasia's Beautiul Eyes
So much going on in our lives right now. Work seems to always have another emergency or a hot situation that needs attending right away, projects keep piling up, more VIPs want to visit, more people keep making dumb decisions or turn it shoddy paperwork that wastes my time… but overall, I don’t think I’ve never been happier than I am now. The job I have for the navy is the best I’ve ever had and I think I’m doing a pretty good job at it.
My home life with my wife and daughter are better than I ever imagined it could be. Just look at the picture of Anastasia, every day she does something new that puts a smile on my face. A couple weeks ago she said Papa for the first time! While I heard her say, “Mommy!” once when she was 3 months old and we say that was her first word, she has yet to repeat it so her first word she can say repeatedly is Papa or Abba!
I’ve also been working a lot on the setup of what I hope will be our future. I don’t know how much longer I’ll be staying in the Navy but next, I’m getting out and instead of going to work for someone else, we’re trying to start our own business. So much to learn though, so much to setup, but I know that God has blessed us and it seems that at every step along the way, He provides exactly what we need for the next step along the way. There have just been TOO MANY COOINCIDENCES along the way to think that this doesn’t have a divine blessing.
Just updated my iPod Touch to the new Firmware 3.0. Started testing it out but not sure yet if it will make a big difference. The main thing I’m interested in is knowing if I can now keep skype logged in as long as I’m on a wireless network?
My younger brother works as a mentor and case worker at a non-profit organization in Souhern Oregon called, The Maslow Project which is dedicated to helping homeless youth. The director and founder recently whet to Washington DC to be given an award for the best organization in the country dedicated to helping homeless youth.
When my brother started working there they were looking for someone to pu together a website for them, I volunteered to do this for them.
After working on the RainbowReaders website for over three years, It is finally finished!
I started this site for my mother before she retired as a school teacher. She through her teaching career she became an expert in teaching students with reading disabilities. She wanted to hqv a site where she could share some of her experience with other teachers with the end goal of helping struggling readers learn to read.
While teaching, my mom developed some new methods of teaching reading. The results of her programs won her international recognition. Most of the students she tried her methods on increased their reading level by two to three grade levels in only one year.
Well I’m back in Chinhae, I had a great time in Hawaii, but I was really missing Tanya and Anastasia. People keep asking me why I want to get out of the navy, my answer always has to so with how I want to be close to my family and how serving in the military just doesn’t fit anymore in my life. I have really enjoyed the last 12 years, but if my one week trip is any indication of what it would be like to be deployed for a year, then I don’t think I could handle it.
It’s really hard to believe how much Anastasis has changed in the time I was gone. She learned how to crawl, she started making a new face that is hillarious, lots of new sounds and even just her appearance. She’s getting more and more beautiful every day.
