Hottest MCs In The Game Feb 13, 12, 11:50 a.m.

Opening sequence I edited / animated for an MTV show, Hottest MCs In The Game VII

Looking for a video... Jan 19, 12, 10:09 a.m.

It was an animation done not all that long ago. Started with lots of awesome character 3D, and the graphic style changes between video game styles.. full 3D, 8 bit, 16 bit, etc.. culminating with a helicopter fight.

Thought I had it saved in my vimeo but can't seem to find it! No idea who made it or the exact date.

Reel 2011 Oct 13, 11, 2:41 p.m.

Latest cut of my motion + design demo reel. Enjoy :)

PSB Scared Bros Oct 6, 11, 1:34 p.m.

This could be fun

http://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer…

Gnomon Master Classes 2011 Oct 5, 11, 1:58 p.m.

14 classes for under $300 ($30 off if you sign up with the early bird discount), including one by GMUNK. Looks really cool and useful, you should check it out.

http://gnomonschool.com/master/2…

C4D / Shadow Issue Sep 26, 11, 12:37 p.m.

Hoping for leads from the few cinema 4d users we got here. I'm rendering a simple scene, which has a light behind a set of wooden "blinds", and a text object in front of the blinds. The blinds open, the shadows are cast from behind the text. Simple.

Sample render:
https://www.yousendit.com/downlo…

Issue I'm having is with the shadows. Every frame, the shadows jump super noticeably. What is causing this? I've tried everything I can think of. Shadow depth, global illumination, ambient occlusion, all with the same results. The scene / geometry are super simple! Please help me make sense of this.

My car was totaled Aug 17, 11, 11:47 a.m.

My 10 year loyal Honda Civic SI was crushed this weekend by a drunk driver (while parked, no injuries). Just got word from insurance that it's totaled, not surprised about that.

Car shopping has begun. I have a $10k check coming at me, figure I'll use it as a down payment on something. Suggestions? I want something I can tow a dirt bike with.

Particle Designer Jul 29, 11, 6:14 p.m.

This is a cool app I came across while looking for ways to implement a trapcode particular-like effect into an iPhone app. Only $8, and really easy to use.

Haven't tried the integration into a project yet.. that bit of trial and error will be going on this weekend. Worth checking out, IMO.

http://particledesigner.71square…

Skittles "Newlyweds" Jul 22, 11, 2:04 p.m.

I have no idea what to think of this. I can't imagine it's an official Skittles spot.. what do you think?

NSFW, btw

http://vimeo.com/26753142

Crowdsourcing.. how to? Jul 19, 11, 12:04 p.m.

Hey everyone, here's the skinny. I'm in this punk band, been playing for about 9 months, and none of us can agree on a band name. Literally hundreds have been thrown around.. some silly, some serious.. but none of us can agree on any of them.

We had the idea to somehow crowdsource the naming. Let people we know suggest / vote on names, and whichever one wins, that person gets $100 and we use that name. Basically, remove our own minds from the equation and see what people come up with.

Are there any sites out there that would manage something like this? Let us set up a page that we can send to friends, and that lets them participate in the process?

I know crowdsourcing design is super shitty, but I think that doing it to name a band is kind of a fun and ridiculous thing to do. We'd take over design and branding once the name was chosen, two of us are designers.

Also, suggest names here :) Thanks in advance.

F**k Yeah Fest! 2011 Jun 21, 11, 9:59 a.m.

Anyone in LA checking this out? The Descendants and Kid Dynamite are playing, among others..

http://fyffest.com/

Polar-to-Rect in Flash? Jun 13, 11, 4:06 p.m.

I realize I'll get few of the answers I need here, but I am desperate!

I need to convert a polar image (from a 360˚ camera) to a cartesian (rectangular) image using Actionscript.

I've found samples using things like processing or C++, but haven't found any that do it in Flash in a reliable and efficient way.

Here is a processing sample of what I'm trying to achieve:

http://www.gaffta.org/tag/dewarp…

Does anyone here know a resource that can pull this off, or have a sample project anywhere? The math seems fairly straightforward, but getting it all to work in Flash is boggling me, and I've wasted a whole day on bogus code I've found on the nets.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

MAD Spain, 2011 May 12, 11, 8:07 a.m.

http://www.madinspain.com/en

Anyone going to this? I'll be there both days. Never been to Madrid before, and should have an extra day or two to myself. Anything I gotta see or do?

Public Choice Signups? Feb 7, 11, 9:13 a.m.

Ponder this QBNers: What if you had to be officially approved in order to have permission to post to the public choice? I'm sick of this blog spam. Discuss.

QBN Creative Collab Dec 30, 10, 11:59 a.m.

Anyone around here up for some type of creative collab? Every new year I look for a project to get a wave of creative juices flowing, but have never collaborated with any other designers on one.

I'm sure this type of thing has gone around here before.. I think there was a moleskin or notebook project once? Something like that.. I can't quite recall if that was here.

Who is up for creating something great? Can be simple, can be complex, can be 'layer tennis', short film, animation, interpretive dance, shit I do not care.. as long as its unique and makes our community stand out. Something that hypes you up to be creative in the new year.

Are you up for the challenge?

Photography gifts? Dec 13, 10, 2:35 p.m.

What to get an aspiring photographer for xmas? She has been drawn to toy cameras lately, but I don't want to get the standard holga / lomo nonsense you can buy at any urban outfitters.

Also looking for book suggestions.. general inspiration, photo process etc.

Windows Phone 7 BDE Dec 8, 10, 5:08 p.m.

Shameless self-promotion of an animation I worked on for the WP7 campaign. Enjoy.

games you've never beat!! Dec 2, 10, 4:15 p.m.

Inspired by the other thread, what are some games you just couldn't finish through? For me its more often out of lack of dedication, but there is surely a list of "impossible" games out there..

One I'm ashamed to admit I never saw the end of:

NYC 11/18 - 11/23 Nov 12, 10, 1:24 p.m.

Going to be in the big apple next weekend. Anything going on, or anything I can't go without seeing? First time heading up there.

pose morph - c4d question Sep 30, 10, 2:39 p.m.

The c4d minds here are slim pickens but I am hopoing someone's run into this.

I'm using the new pose morph tag. all is well in setting up my poses but when trying to animate their strengths on the timeline using keyframes, the animation never takes place.

meaning, set key A to 0%, set key B to 0%, key A is in the visual pose of key B, even though the keyframe data shows 0%.

Any help on this out there?