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Virgilio Vasconcelos

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About

I'm an Animation Professor at LUCA School of Arts, campus C-mine in Genk, Belgium. I teach at the Re:Anima Joint Master in Animation and I'm a senior researcher at the Inter-Actions Research Unit. My research interests include philosophy of Technics, power relations inscribed in and reinforced by technical objects, and decolonial perspectives in animation. Previously, I was an Animation Professor at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), in Brazil. MFA and PhD by the Graduate Program in Arts at EBA/UFMG. I'm also a free software advocate, animator, rigger and I also like to code. You can see some of my works and know a bit more about me at:

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Blender Animation Book

I've written a book about Rigging and Animation in Blender for Packt Publishing. You can get the files here.

Old Blog

Yes, I had a blog. Haven't updated it since 2011. Anyway, if you need something from there I have kept backwards compatibility and you can read it below.

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2009-Mar-11: Up

I know you have probably watched the new trailer for Pixar's Up.

I also know how redundant it seems to say that something from Pixar is brilliant. Sounds like "free gift" or "unconfirmed rumor". But this trailer had something above the usual jaw-dropping eye-candy: the dog's animation.

Fantastic. Since Remy on Ratatouille I'm not that amused by a character animation from Pixar.

And now, for justice, I'll press [Enter] a couple of times to get this piece of art a bit further from my humble work on the last post:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:)

(6) Comments

11/Mar/2009
Dalai Felinto said:

Esse trailer é ótimo.
Eu tinha visto uma outra versão no cinema (mais curta), e vendo agora em HD .. wow

Não vejo a hora da estréia!


11/Mar/2009
Nigel Brereton said:

You mean you're embarrassed by the comparison? A team of five and a turnaround of five days?!!!

Also, Pixar work looks like Pixar work. I'd rather watch something you've made, and be amazed.


11/Mar/2009
Virgilio said:

:)

@Dalai: Também tou contando os dias... =) Vi outra versão no cinema também, em 3D antes de Coraline. Acho que esse filme no cinema 3D deve ser o máximo! :)

@Nigel: Wow... Man, I'm flattered by your comment. Really. Thanks a lot for that! ;)


12/Mar/2009
Marck said:

Fanboy! :)


13/Mar/2009
inazuma said:

Virgilio,

Yeah, I've watched the 'Dug' scenes so many times now...

Genius!


13/Mar/2009
inazuma said:

oh...and, btw...

SQUIRREL!!!