tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post4032206376099682790..comments2024-03-28T16:36:12.581-04:00Comments on Gurney Journey: Lanzendorf Paleoart PrizeJames Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-26140318558554083832010-03-14T14:44:01.846-04:002010-03-14T14:44:01.846-04:00cool!cool!Justin M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11356057803281481095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-11033756616637403842010-03-08T04:16:39.122-05:002010-03-08T04:16:39.122-05:00Make that 'much' obliged :)Make that 'much' obliged :)Andrew Finniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08877768852340470022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-17746936958568335772010-03-08T04:05:37.700-05:002010-03-08T04:05:37.700-05:00Yes, thanks for the info, obligedYes, thanks for the info, obligedAndrew Finniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08877768852340470022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-22899912410270725382010-03-06T23:38:52.294-05:002010-03-06T23:38:52.294-05:00Gorgeous! Something to enter next year. It'll ...Gorgeous! Something to enter next year. It'll be interesting to see how they judge the 3d animation, considering how much the mechanical physiology of dinosaurs has changed in the last 20 years or so. They could judge it on how realistic the animal appears by animation of its movement or by how well it moves given due consideration to all that they know about it's skeletal and muscular anatomy. I hope they aren't just wowed by the technology, and choose the latter. <br />Incidentally, theres a fantastically in depth and intricate tutorial in 3D WORLD by Steve Lambert (of Weta Workshop) on the whole process of animating a dinosaur (or any animal) from concept sketching -> modelling in Maya and Zbrush with high detail and correct topology -> texturing -> skeletal rigging -> lighting -> animation -> rendering. The only fundamental element not covered is compositing the animation into a scene. Tasty and rewarding stuff if you can spare 6-8 hours just watching and reading tutorials. <br />The dinosaur he models is an Atrocitasaurus. He doesn't mention much about paying attention to actual fossil records though. Its mainly a project in making something that would look good in a movie, rather than a museum.groperofeuropahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09234690663336830890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-35029767010974203652010-03-06T22:51:21.655-05:002010-03-06T22:51:21.655-05:00Wow! thanks for the heads up Mr Gurney! Cant wait ...Wow! thanks for the heads up Mr Gurney! Cant wait to see the results of this competition!goat89https://www.blogger.com/profile/11974550560309398896noreply@blogger.com