Posted by Mad Violinist | Posted in Video Clips | Posted on 13-05-2010
Yesterday I posted “Meet Meline”, which is a short film with incredible detail. It would have taken forever to make all the stuff in the garage, and get the lighting and animation to look right. After trying to do 3d modeling myself, I can appreciate that it is a masterpiece.
However, it has one problem, and that is that it is French. This means it is kind of arty-farty and limited in it’s real entertainment value. I don’t care who that offends.
I’d prefer to see an animation that might be rough around the edges in comparison, but gives me a good time. It’s hard to beat Australian creativity, it is second to none. That’s why I present Kajimba!
An interesting thing about Kajimba is that it is made using Blender. Blender is software much like 3Ds Max and Maya, except it has a lot less features. BUT! It is free. Anyone is welcome to download the software free of charge, learn how to use it, then create entertaining masterpieces like Kajimba. It can be downloaded from http://www.blender.org/ . People often put Blender down, but if you go to the Blender website and see the gallery of things people have made, you’ll be like me and see nothing wrong with it. Since the code is open source, you can bet that Blender will improve a lot more in the coming years and eventually become a genuine competitor to 3ds Max and Maya.
Ok, made with Blender, but unlike Meet Meline, you’ll want to watch this over and over again.
Posted by Mad Violinist | Posted in Video Clips | Posted on 12-05-2010
I’ve been pretty busy lately, but I’ll be updating a lot more regularly. Here is a link to an amazing short video I’ve been meaning to highlight for a while, but am only getting around to it now. Most people who are into 3d stuff would have seen this by now.
This video is called Meet Meline, and it is really incredible, especially as it was created by just two people, with no budget at all. Without exaggerating, it would have to rank along with the best of Pixar’s short films, for it’s great detail. It took two years to make. Anyone who knows how young children look around with their eyes would appreciate the great level of detail in this animation. It also has great lighting effects, and some interesting camera angles.
Posted by Mad Violinist | Posted in Video Clips | Posted on 10-12-2009
This is a montage of behind the scenes footage which gives some idea of how the videos are put together. Make sure you have seen the first four episodes first to avoid spoiling the story lines.
The music was not composed by me. It is distraction-free, royalty-free music that will do the job.
Posted by Mad Violinist | Posted in Video Clips | Posted on 02-12-2009
Mad Violinist receives a gift from his friend Reaper to help make the place look better, while Igor has to deal with the mice problem.
This one is pretty long, the entire clip goes for a whopping 5 minutes. Better get your popcorn!
Please, if you don’t have decent speakers, use headphones. Laptop speakers in particular, are horrible for playing good bass sounds in these video clips.
Press play on the player below to start the video. There may be a slight delay as the video downloads the buffer. After that, all will be right.
Please don’t forget to comment, it’s good to get some feedback.
