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In this episode of the podcast, Karri, Henrik, and Zach watch several short films utilizing the Blender 3D animation software. Some are playful, some serious, and one involves murderous Smurf-like creatures. Which are worthy of our recommendation? You can watch ALL of the films for free on Youtube using our playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhWc3b3KhnY&list=PLcjR0oe-fPN587T3WL82w4oyzVt7nLBKu Sadly, this is also Zachary Pen's last episode with The Flick Lab. More about his departure at the end of the episode. Thank you Zach and all the best. Films covered in this episode: Elephant's Dream (2006) Big Buck Bunny (2008) Sintel (2010) Tears of Steel (2012) Caminandes (2013) Cosmos Laundromat (2015) Glass Half (2015) Agent 327: Operation Barbershop (2017) The Daily Dweebs (2017) Hero (2018) Spring (2019) The Iron Woods (2020) Casper (2021) Relic (2021) Sprite Fright (2021) The Drink (2021) Hear new episodes several days in advance and access extra content by becoming our Patreon supporter: https://www.patreon.com/theflicklab Hosted by Karri Ojala, Henrik Telkki and Zachary Pen. Edited by Karri Ojala. The Flick Lab theme tune written and performed by Nick Grivell.
We are starting to recover from the Caminandes release and working on training and assets for the Blender Cloud!
Big variety of topics this week, from BlenRig release to Blender Development in Caminandes
Caminandes 3 trailer release, how we got started with Blender, Sanjay's Superteam review.
Production updates on Caminandes: new deadline, holiday teaser, soundtrack and sound design, first renders!
Caminandes production, BlenRig release and more!
If you're new to Blender or are feeling stuck, this episode is for you. In this episode Pablo Vazquez (Sintel, Caminandes, Cosmos Laundromat) gives lots of great advice to help you through slumps in the future. In this episode we discuss: -Some of the biggest myths and wastes of time when learning Blender -Whether it's better to be a jack-of-all-trades or become specialized in one area -Some side hobbies that will help you in Blender -Advice for making your own short film Plus! Blender Q&A from the Twitterverse: -How can I learn Blender when I don't have any free time? -How can I get past the fear of how much there is to learn? Got a question for next month's podcast? Use #bgpod on Twitter!
A chat with Andy Goralcyzk, who worked on Big Buck Bunny, Caminandes and Omega among others. He gives his tips for being creative, having hobbies outside of blender, staying productive and what to do when feeling burnt out. Solid advice for anyone interested in turning pro.
Francesco Siddi was the producer of Caminandes 2 and now works for the Blender Foundation running the Gooseberry Campaign. In this podcast he talks in detail on Gooseberry and answers some of the questions from the community. Also, I talk about the recent Sintel/Sony infringement debacle, the new Captain America movie, my stupid bicycle accident and April Fools prank from last week :)