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Blog of the Week January 6, 2009

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Being ill before Christmas i didn’t get chance to make the Blog of the Week Award as usual so have decided to make a belated award now. The award goes to Stumpy the Sheep or rather his creator Damien Williamson
Damien obviously kept himself busy over Christmas and i love the way he has evidence the production of Stumpy and the other characters and the problems encountered. It is really nice to see the development of the ideas and also just how much work Damien has put into this. Even though he had problems with the shooting stage he should be commended for his hard work and sharing the process with us. Well done Damien.

Blog of the Week November 12, 2008

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This weeks Blog of the week award gos to third year BA(Hons) Graphic Design (Interactive Media) student Jonathan Joly. Jonathan who is well known to the first years is using his blog as a research tool for his dissertation This an approach we have been campaigning for the Institute to adopt for a while, we feel students should be able to submit there dissertations in other ways like Blogs, web sites, videos or presentations. Jonathan’s dissertation is entitled CAN A POLYGON MAKE YOU CRY? The main question he is asking is “Is it possible for the user or viewer to get emotionally involved with their chosen platform of entertainment if CGI is present?”
He has undertaken some interesting research so far. One piece that may be of interest to all first years working on the Maya project involving face rigging, is this youtube video on a company called Image Metrics.
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Hopefully you can see the importance of working with face rigging now?
To visit Jonathan’s Blog click below.
http://jonathanjoly.wordpress.com/
Also have a look at Jonathan’s web site for some excellent examples of 3D work in 3D Studio Max.
http://www.jonathanjoly.com/

Blog of the Week October 30, 2008

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The Blog of the Week award goes to (drum roll) Anthony Rowe. Ant has been documenting his work with Squid Soup and in particular his fantastic Stealth - Under the Radar project being shown at the V & A this Friday. Click on the image below to go to Ant’s blog.


http://www.vimeo.com/1628892

Blog of the Week October 22, 2008

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I thought it would be a nice idea to introduce a blog of the week award as I have seen some really nice work appearing on peoples blogs. So this weeks winner is………..Elliott Trent. A staggering number of entries and some really interesting work being produced. Who will win next weeks award and topple Elliott from the top spot. Check back next week.