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This is the personal blog of Bastiaan van Rooden / aka Spot (CEO/ Head of Rocket Age Development) of Nothing and scholarship-winning graduate of VFS, one-time Siggraph speaker for Pixar about his endeavours in computer graphics.-
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spline ik setup for the spine
while going through all the different rig setups of my character, the spine needs specific attention, too. later on, i’ll dig into a full rig, but for now i just want to note down certain parts in order to …
creating a reverse foot lock system
i’m at the stage if rigging the character (lt. lou) i created for my upcoming short and oh yes, this means high brain activity. but you know what? i like it as a working rig is the portal of …
talking about low poly modeling
i was honored to meet ben mathis in berne/ switzerland lately who stays here for about 2 months with some of his relatives. we had a nice chat together about the game industry and especially about low poly modeling. …
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the evermotion tutorial collection
the evermotion tutorials collection is always worth a look every now and then. i especially recommend the rendering chapter: some hot topics are covered there.
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animated nuclear explosion without a plugin
an interesting little tutorial on an animated nuclear explosion from the 3dcreative magazine. the volumetric feeling of the has been done very nicely – even without any plugin like afterburner or the like.
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ambient occlusion/ global illumination: what’s the difference?
ambient occlusion and global illumination are both buzz words in the 3d market, but what’s the difference? check out this tutorial, then you should know better.
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roll your own hdri
a good documentation how to create hdri files on your own. it’s used for maya here, but the production of hdri is software independet.
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faking hdri
a tutorial showing how to fake a hdri integration in a scene. it shows some neat ideas how to do this.
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