Posted in Beast, News on May 8th, 2008 3 Comments »
I’ve handed off the last chapter of the book to my technical editor, the excellent Andy Dolphin (andyd). The book also has a page up at Amazon.com, although it’s not going to be shipping until September. As for The Beast, there is only about 15% left to render and edit. Things are nearing completion!
Posted in Beast on Apr 19th, 2008 1 Comment »
I’m in the final stretch of writing the book. Next week, I write the rendering/compositing chapter, followed by the “final edit” chapter. Then, the manuscript goes to Focal Press, who edits, etc.
On the topic of The Beast, I think it’s going to be a great learning tool. It’s not unbelievably complex like Elephants Dream was [...]
Posted in Beast, News on Feb 26th, 2008 1 Comment »
While the cloth simulator that just made it into Blender is great and easy to use for demos, I’ve found it more difficult to use in a production fashion. The Mom’s skirt in The Beast was scheduled to get the cloth sim treatment, but after fighting with it for several days, I’m going to have [...]
Posted in Artwork, Beast on Feb 25th, 2008 2 Comments »
Not quite final settings for final render, but it’s getting close…