Hjalti Hjalmarsson is an excellent animator, director, rigger, and layout artist from Iceland. Lately he's been working on the open movie projects with the Blender Institute, including Caminandes, Cosmos Laundromat, Glass Half, Agent 327, and more!
In this interview, Jonathan Lampel and Wayne Dixon will be talking with Hjalti about Blender productions, his workflow, and how he's learned to be a better animator.
Early Agent 327 test (unlisted):
Dweebs shot: https://twitter.com/hjalti/status/907611840984834048
Character rigs:
Red Nelb - coming soon (it’s already completed and Daniel M Lara has given permission to release it)
BBB Bird - Coming soon(??)
Books:
Illusion of Life - Frank Thomas & Ollie Johnston
Animators Survival Kit - Richard Williams
Character Animation Crash Course! - Eric Goldberg
hahahahah
@theluthier Jealous of the matrix right now... *huge brain overload* in Keanu voice "I Know Maya"
So true
I haaaaate that stage of learning a new 3D app - Knowing what I want to do but not knowing any of the buttons/UI.
Hjaltu, is there gonna be an opportunity for distant work as animator in Blender studio if Agent 327 full movie gets green light. If you good enough for it of course.
I wonder, has Ton Roosendaal ever said how big companies would react if Blender gains huge momentum and starts to hurt their sales?
oh man, thats hardcore
@theluthier Big money back then, I guess that's from buying 3DS Max license
Yesssss
dostovel. At the very least would have saved the 14 year old me $600.