iPhoning it in

Finally got me an iPhone!
Apparently I have fat thumbs.

Actual artwork

Here;s a sneak peak at the covert art I'm working on for Mastering Maya 2009. Some ZBrush and a teensy bit of Phsop/Painter but its 90% Maya 2009. Click on the image to see the whole thing.

I may do a revision with a much bigger tentacle, looks kind of anemic. Inspiration came form Frank Frazetta and Luke Skywalker.

Lynda.com Essential ZBrush 3 training online now!

yaay! The Essential ZBrush 3.1 course I created for Lynda.com is now available on line! Check it out. Example movies are available for free.

Check it out yo:

http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=642

Mastering Maya 2009

My next book is available for preorder on Amazon.com. Check it out: Mastering Maya 2009.

This book covers almost all aspects of Maya 2009 and is aimed at helping you achieve professional quality results. There are 3 chpaters on nDynamics (nCloth and nPaticles, well, really 2 1/2, the third chapter includes hair and fur). mental ray will be emphasized over other rendering techniques plus there's lots of stuff on new features, 2 modeling chapters, and Eric Allen will be a guest author for the chapter on character rigging. He's covering new features including the new muscle tools.

All in all, 17 chapters will be written, 16 of which are mine. I have done 11 already, I'm editing chapters now while writing the last 5. Lots of scene files and other good stuff. Anthony Honn and Chris Sanchez have pithed in with models and concept art. Gael McGill of molecularmovies.org is tech editing. I think it will be a good book, just trying to get in as much as I can!

I'll post the cover art once its approved.

Obama

"Lord, there goes Martin Luther King
Notice how the door closes when the chimes of freedom ring
I hear what you're saying, I hear what he's saying
Is what was true now no longer so

-J. Strummer

It's a great time folks!!!

Next post, back to Maya and ZBrush, I promise!!!!

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Ink on my fingers....

Must have gotten a toenail caught in my throat!

My pumpkin for this year is.....Marshie!!!




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Autodesk Acquires XSI

The best parts of this new arrangement:

- Less competition among 3D developers means less incentive to create new features that work yaaaaay!
- Now the Autodesk User Group meetings at SIGGRAPH will be even more rushed and become even more of a corporate pep rally yaaaay!

I hope eventually Autodesk acquires ILM, Disney, Microsoft, Apple, and Genentech. Maybe eventually they will feed entertainment directly into the back of our skulls.

I guess I need to start learning Blender...