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Modeling a Porsche 911 GT3 RS – part 02
Blender Cookie - 2009-12-19 22:45:23

In this multi-part tutorial we are going to be taking a close look at how to model a Porsche 911 GT3 RS. Due to the nature of the car the tutorial encompasses a lot of techniques from both organic modeling and hard-body modeling styles. A particular emphasis is placed on creating good topology that will [...]

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Happy Holidays! 2010 is going to be a big year for Project London!
Phil McCoy's Posts - Project London - 2009-12-19 22:42:09

Thank you everyone for your support. We are looking forward to 2010 as the year that Project London is unleashed on an unsuspecting planet. To prepare ourselves for the onslaught, and to enjoy a bit of the holidays, we're going to take a break from blogging through the holidays.

However, we will continue to work on the film and Ian will recap our progress in his next post right around January 7, 2010. In the meantime, we are preparing a new issue of our sometimes monthly email newsletter. If you don't get this, I recommend that you signup for it.

There's a couple other things you can do for us, if you don't mind. First, we are compiling a list of blogs and entertainment news sites that we should contact with press releases. Would you mind telling us who you think should be on our list? And second, if you have any links pointing to www.projectlondon.net as the movie site, would you kindly change them to point to the official site for the film, www.projectlondonmovie.com? Thank you!

Happy Holidays!

Phil McCoy
on behalf of Ian Hubert, writer director, and the producers, Phil and Nathan McCoy

Another test render
mike's digital anthology - 2009-12-19 20:23:06

I added a few details during my spare time yesterday.  Exterior modeling is now complete except for the rim, headlights, foglights and tail lights.

The Producer’s Report #97 - One Big Fail
Phil McCoy's Posts - Project London - 2009-12-19 18:00:00

This week smelled like something that had been dead for about three and a half years. Lie. I was utterly repulsed by what I saw today, and I no longer have any faith in this project. Lie. I wish to assault physically the last three years. But that's an intangible object. So I'm taking it to the streets. Lie.

Hey, just shaking it up a bit today. The truth is, I'm "over the moon" about all that's happening.

Here are the stats:

Status of Visual Effects (VFX) Shots:
Number remaining: 39 (LESS THAN 40 Woot!)
Number in progress: 4 (Wow that's 10%!)
Number completed: 580
Percentage remaining: 6.3% (That's a full percentage point in a week! Huzzah!)
Total VFX: 650 (a bunch were completed before we started tracking them)

Doom: "Maniacal Laughter" (calculated by Ian)

Projected date for completion of all VFX:
26 January 2010 (based on projected time estimates of all tasks)
8 February 2010 (based on spreadsheet items completed per week)

This week’s recommendations:
Ian: "Brick" It's a good film.
Jen: "My Life Would Suck Without You" by Kelly Clarkson. Because it's a profound statement of affection.
Nate: "The Wretched" by Nine Inch Nails. Classic NIN - intense.
Phil: The "Assault Girls" trailer. This looks like fun!

Cheers,

Phil McCoy, Executive Producer
on behalf of Nathan McCoy (left), also Executive Producer and Phil McCoy (right)

Durian: Directorial Address 02
BlenderNation - 2009-12-19 16:50:57

Reel – Ohweb
BlenderNation - 2009-12-19 12:35:45

Big Pixel Racing out now
BlenderNation - 2009-12-19 12:29:10

One month ago we reported about ‘Big Pixel Racing‘, a game made with Papervision and Blender. You can have a go at it now! James wrote: Hi again, Thanks for all your positive comment last time on our video. I thought I would just drop you a quick message to let you know that you can now [...]

Twitter Updates for 2009-12-19
Matt Ebb - 2009-12-19 10:01:00

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Tutorial for painting a gimp gallery spaceship.
Starbright Illustrations (blog) - 2009-12-19 03:17:53

I’m painting a spaceship, in GIMP, and you can look over my shoulder and see how it’s done if you like. When it’s finally done I might even add it to my User account | gimp gallery. I just found this gallery on the Internet today and I’m having a look around to see if I like it.

So to start with I got hold of a grainy old free and open source NASA image of a nebula. It’s a bit flat, low resolution and it has some creases on it where more than one photo was stitched together by NASA to produce the final image, but through the magic of GIMP I’m sure we can get it looking pretty good.

 

Next I added a layer above the background so that I could start drawing a basic spaceship shape without disturbing the original background  image of the nebula.

I started sketching a vague outline in white so that it would show up nicely, and a concept for the spaceship started to form. I thought that with such a beautiful backdrop the brave adventurers aboard the spaceship would like to be able to get a good look outside, so I added, not one, but two observation decks to the top of my design.

Then I just kept going, adding shapes to the spaceship’s hull.

I also worked on the starscape. Adding layers of black to the darker areas and turning down the opacity so the structure can still be seen. I did the same to the nebula, adding washes of pink and orange at half transparency to take away some grainyness without destroying all the structure.

 

Now it was time to add the greebles. This is a process of doodling in details, like airlocks, windows and other less identifiable hatches, wires, pipes and plates to the surface of the spaceship.

This was all done freehand with some quite rough edged shapes being sketched in on the graphics tablet.

The final step – for now – was to make these greebles more regular by going over them one more time, but this time holding down the shift key quite often to turn use only straight lines drawn between two points. I cropped the picture down to make the spaceship bigger, and I was done.

Modeling a Strand of Christmas Lights in Blender 2.5
Vimeo / Blender3D [Tutorial] - 2009-12-19 00:49:59

In this modeling tutorial we are going to go through the process of creating a strand of Christmas lights that are easily adaptable to any scene. The tutorials covers modeling and how to use array and curve modifiers to create a strand of lights that will automatically lengthen as needed.

Cast: Wes Burke, Jonathan Williamson

Tip: Rendering an Infinite Ground Plane
Vimeo / Blender3D [Tutorial] - 2009-12-19 00:49:09

In this quick tip we will go through the process of setting up a infinite ground plane with shadows to better display your model. The tip also looks at a couple of tweaks while using Ambient Occlusion to adjust the shadows.

Cast: Wes Burke, Jonathan Williamson

Creating an Urban Stairway Scene - part 3
Vimeo / Blender3D [Tutorial] - 2009-12-19 00:47:31

In part 3 of this Urban Stairway tutorial series we will finish modeling the details of our scene.

Cast: Wes Burke

Creating a Urban Stairway Scene - part 2
Vimeo / Blender3D [Tutorial] - 2009-12-19 00:47:00

In part 2 of this tutorial, we begin modeling the details of the Urban Stairway scene. This tutorial demonstrates many different techniques used for modeling hard-surface objects and creating small details.

Cast: Wes Burke

Creating a Urban Stairway Scene - part 1
Vimeo / Blender3D [Tutorial] - 2009-12-19 00:46:43

In this multi-part tutorial, we'll take a look at modeling an old stairway platform in an old abandoned building. In this part, we'll focus on aligning our camera to the reference image and blocking in the main elements of the scene.

Cast: Wes Burke

Texturing an Alien Character
Vimeo / Blender3D [Tutorial] - 2009-12-19 00:45:23

In this follow up tutorial to the Alien Box Modeling tutorial we show you some basic texturing methods, as well as uv unwrapping, sculpting, baking, and more.

Cast: Wes Burke

Box Modeling a Alien Character in Blender 2.5 Alpha0
Vimeo / Blender3D [Tutorial] - 2009-12-19 00:45:00

In this tutorial, I show you a few basics of Blender 2.5, and cover how to use the box-modeling technique to create a full character. The box-modeling technique is a good way to quickly visualize the shape of your character, rather than a creating the detail from the beginning.

Cast: Wes Burke

Rubik's Cube - website intro
Vimeo / Blender3D [Animation/Videos] - 2009-12-19 00:43:07

client: Click Marketing+Design

concept: Marg Cousens (Click Marketing+Design)

artist: Konrad Haenel (MARCREA)

For Click Marketing+Design we animated a very short intro using a Rubik's Cube as a link to the concept of "clicking".

Click approached us based on a previous work with a Rubik's Cube we did for the Biokon bionics-research-network here in Germany.

The whole animation was done in Blender and rendered at full 1080p HD for use in future marketing materials. Currently you can see it in action at their website: clickwithus.ca

Cast: Konrad Haenel