I am very much into 3d at the moment. so here is something I have started to work on tonight. I had this thing in mind for many years.

Last week I went to Alias SuperToon Masterclass and was a bit disapointed but today Alias sent me the notes from the Masterclass 😉 I can only tell you that … I am now very happy. This great “broken hierarchy rig” they showed us, is in the Notes I just received. I will give it a go when i have a bit more time.

I should be part of those people attending Animation mentor from January next year. I still need to fill up the forms, gather my diplomas and pay the fees 😉 If everything goes well I should start in January 2006.

I am helping my friend Osagie to do an Animated Christmas card for his girlfriend. We are aiming for a South Park kind of animation. Character design and mouth shapes are done, I now need to rig all of that in 3dsmax. I will try to reuse a script I made for Max4 in order to animate in a very efficient manner. Here is the look of the main character:

Hi my name is Olivier, please read my profile for more personal informations.

Since my application to attend Animation Mentor has been accepted, just like everyone else I have decided to share my experience with you all.

My french fellows will probably ask why Animation Mentor since there is a very good school in Paris called Les Gobelins?
Well …. I don’t live in Paris mate! After 2 years in Africa, serving in the Air Force, I moved to London 6 years ago and I kinda like London you know.

What about learning animation on your own?

Let’s be honest here, I have been moving vertices around since Ms-Dos 6.2/3dstudio r4 in 1995 but to the dismay of my friend Andy, in nearly 10 years, I have never been able to put some stuff together to look for a job in Computer Graphics. For specific circumstances I will this year, be able to concentrate solely on 3d animation and other parts of VFX production.

Have an interesting reading.

Olivier Ladeuix