See examples of the work at: http://www.usefulslug.com/2011/09/plankton-invasion/ Over the past few months I’ve had the pleasure of working on the rendering and effects side of Plankton Invasion, and in so doing I created a very extensive system that would go from A to as near Z without artist intervention in as many cases as possible [...]
There are many reasons for why you should take the time to help out your peers in a professional or learning environment. Here are some motivators: One: Helping others helps you! If the person you help buggers off and you never see them again, you will at the very least have managed to solidify your [...]
The past few months I’ve been down in Belgium working with GRID and together with TeamTo on setting up the pipeline, rendering and effects for Joeri Christiaen‘s Plankton Invasion. Finally some of the images are ready for the small screen and will be hitting VTM in Belgium this month, Canal+ [...]
useful slug is pleased to present this new TensionMorpher deformer for messiah:studio. Below is a video tutorial on how to set it up. The deformer / weight tool combo uses the tension of the edges to find out if it’s being squashed or stretched, and performs a tangent space morph.
I wrote a 5 page article with 18 tips for messiah studio for 3d World issue 142. The tips range from beginner to advanced level, and include video tutorials as well as start and end project files. Make sure you pick up a copy! http://www.3dworldmag.com/2011/04/04/get-the-most-out-of-messiahstudio/
Vegard is working closely with Joeri as technical director on this short film in production.
