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Shawn Kelly and BlenderNation

Thu May 21, 2009, 5:15 PM

I couldn't believe what I saw on Shawn Kelly's blog just awhile back and I thought it might have been just a typo error or some mistake of some sort, but when I followed the link, it is indeed the true and active one. Yeah I know, this is going too dragging already.

Okay. To those of you who doesn't know Shawn Kelly, he is the co-founder of AnimationMentor, one of the very first online animation schools I have ever ever seen, and believe me, even though I haven't yet enrolled myself in their program, as far as I have read and heard, it is THE animation school for you. He is also the senior animator at ILM (Industrial Light and Magic). Transformers, Yoda, ring a bell?

And the link I was telling you of was BlenderNation's. BN is the central news site and repository of sorts of Blender (the world's leading open source 3D App).

So what's the fuss about it then? Yeah, what about it? Well, you might have probably noticed I was talking about ILM, which, as far as I'm concerned is a huge studio at par with Pixar, Dreamworks, etc. And with that in mind and Shawn Kelly being one of the Senior Animators there, you might probably have guessed already that the tools they most likely use are the proprietary and commercial tools out there. And I haven't thought Blender has somehow made its way into being recognized by one awesome guy there.

I would like to thank Shawn for linking over to BN, whatever reason he might have.

'Till next time. ^_^

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~nash88 May 22, 2009, 7:25:13 AM

wow grabe isa pala syang "SENIOR" sa ILM (Transformers/Starwars)... idol ang galing, believe ako sa mga ILM and watcher din ako sa isang ILM artist dito sa dA...

~darkMyke May 22, 2009, 1:31:16 PM

The world is changing, I think. Blender DOES get noticed lately. Actually I think anyone NOT noticing Blender is not doing a good job.

The price is just unbeatable and its tools get better and better. Honestly, I do believe, once it gets a new interface (for all these "haters" out there), a decent Rendering engine and some other new tools / improvements from 2.50 (threading, animation...), people and studios will take a really serious look at it. I believe

~reynante May 24, 2009, 6:55:36 PM

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Wow, sinong artist po 'yun?

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~reynante May 24, 2009, 7:04:11 PM

Hehe! Yeah, I think they're working on the interface right now. But it will not get that total overhaul I guess since the present UI is one of Blender's strengths. People must get used to it one way or another. I found it too troubling and confusing at first but after a few weeks of getting used to, I realized what Ton Roosendaal was stressing from the beginning.

The rendering right now suits fine with me. But boy, the threading sure will be a big change! Can't wait to see what the Blender Foundation is up to. ^_^

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~nash88 May 27, 2009, 5:47:23 AM

ay! mali pala ako hindi pala sya ILM pero meron ako nakita na artist galing ILM. Ang transformers ba ay ILM works? Siya si Ben Procter - [link] Art Director ng Transformers.