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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I've written a book about Rigging and Animation in Blender for Packt Publishing. You can get the files here.
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.
For my new Demo Reel I wanted to create a new piece of a walk (or run) cycle, with something beyond the pure basics:
I also wanted to play a little with the squash and stretch built in the rig, and I'm quite satisfied with the result. :) And tomorrow mourning I'll give a lecture on open source graphics software at Faculdade Senac to Graphic Design students. It's always a pleasure to go there and meet all that cool people. :) I must say I wasn't very excited about How To Train Your Dragon, by DreamWorks. Even though it is directed by the great Chris Sanders, I still shiver when I remember the absolutely terrible Monsters vs Aliens, the last movie from that studio. Fortunately this trailer shows that this upcoming movie is closer to Kung Fu Panda in terms of quality than to bombs like MvA and Shark Tale:
I loved the character design and animation. It entered my list of awaited movies for 2010. It's been a while since I wanted to update my Demo Reel. Finally that time has come. :)
Not in YouTube mood? Watch it on Vimeo or download the quicktime file in 720p! So, you think making a 3D animation is hard, huh? Watch this and think again:
Cartoon Studio from David Nethery on Vimeo. Aren't we lucky? :) Read more about Fleischer Studios and their productions. Saw a while ago at Stephen Gregory's blog this video by the experienced animator Kyle Balda about his process of animating a scene:
And I wish you a happy International Animation Day! :)
2009-Nov-04:
Otto at the Gym
2009-Nov-03:
How to train your dragon
2009-Nov-02:
New Demo Reel
2009-Oct-29:
Fleischer Studios
2009-Oct-28:
Animation Masterclass with Kyle Balda