...finding an old man with a squared shape head and a talking dog. :D

Got this tip simultaneously by Suryara and Jovan.

Jovan de Melo now has a Flickr. I'm a big fan of his work, and have the honor of making lots of works with him. :)

Wanna live in Vancouver?

I do! :D

And they're hiring! Soon they'll need animators.

A few days ago, the great developer/artist/genius Matt Ebb sent me this image via Twitter, which made me very happy:

He was at a bookstore in Sydney and saw the book Secrets of Digital Animation, which have an interview with me along with some stills of the short I'm (still) producing.I don't have my copy yet, but it should arrive soon.

About my short: it is taking (way too) long to complete. It won't be an epic. It is taking so long basically because I'm producing it in my spare time, and spare time is something I really need (I'm working in three jobs lately). I'm also planning to change lots of things, based on everything I've learned since I've started it. Among those changes I plan to use the new version of my rig Otto. This short will act as a testing environment for it (bug testing, features, etc) :)

Back to the picture: thanks, Matt! :)

I don't know exactly if it's just an animatic (a very good one, by the way) or a promo short for the release of Up in DVD and Blu-Ray. One thing I know, though: it's another hilarious Pixar short! :)

It seems like this is an animatic made to pitch an idea to be included as an extra of the DVD/Blu Ray. Since the short produced for the disc is "Dug's Special Mission", I believe this could be a rejected idea. But it's was so cool to be called "rejected" they decided to release it online.

And in case you didn't see, Blender 2.50 Alpha 0 is available for download. This is the first of five alpha releases before it's considered stable and finished. I've been playing with daily self compiled builds from SVN and I can say it is getting sexier each day. :)