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"O Parque" - stop-motion movie

During holidays, in a cloudy afternoon I decided to introduce my 4 years old daughter in animation. Not to work with Blender since it is a bit complicated for now (let's wait 1 or 2 years...) but with the stop-motion technique, taking several photos to create the illusion of movement.
It was funny to create it, now she knows how some of her favourite tv programs are made and who knows if she will be interested in the area.
The story is nothing special, just a day at the park ("O Parque"), the post-production was made in Blender. Here it goes:

Short movie animatic - Complete

So I've finally finished the 2nd and longest animatic scene of the short movie and I compiled everything. It is probably still not fully understandable due to missing details, but you can have the idea of the final version that will be based on this sketch:

Albert - Final version for competition

Here is the final version for the forum.blender-pt.com competition. I'll probably improve it but for now this is the version I submitted.

Short movie animatic - 3rd shot

Here is the animatic of the 3rd and final shot of the short movie, since the scenery is the same as the first scene. It's now missing the 2nd and longest shot.

Rio Ave Futsal

I used again camera tracking feature of Blender, this time to create a movie to promote my hometown team, Rio Ave, that might soon return to the first division in Futsal.

Albert

In the portuguese Blender comunity, we are now having a small contest to model a monkey, Albert, from the concept of Anabela Faria.

Here is the concept:

And here is my Albert, still a work in progress. I'm already satisfied with the general shape, although it might need some optimization of the mesh if I want to rig it later. I'll soon create the textures and probably the fur.

Camera Tracking

I've been testing the new camera tracking feature of Blender and although my camera is nothing special and the video quality could be better, I've tried to use the camera tracking.

First, I put my SpaceSheeps flying at home:

Then I used the same video for an April 1st fool, looking like there was a snake at home:

Say Goodbye

This was my entry for the "Say goodbye" themed Blender Guru competition. My initial idea was something different but I ran out of time to finish it as I wanted, so here it is.

Have a nice 2012!

In a year of economical crisis, we have to recycle the calendars. Have a nice 2012!

Pet Rock

A Pet Rock, created for a competition in the portuguese Blender comunity.

Rose

Another image created in Blender. The rose was created to be part of the flowers tutorial in Nature Academy, but I didn't have time and patience to make a very complete scene so I used it now in this simple composition using cycles render engine.

Dessert

Here goes another still image created in Blender, now a Dessert for a short contest on Portuguese Blender comunity, related with food.

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short 2D animations

Meanwhile, I made some quick 2D animations in Blender to introduce photos of the bride and groom in a wedding.

Forests

Forest scene created in Blender, still included in Nature Academy tutorials.

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Mountains

Here's my result of the mountains tutorial in the Nature Academy:

Ocean

Another nature scene created after following Nature Academy Tutorials, this time, the ocean.

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Grapes

Back to plants, a scene created based on Porto Wine production in Douro region.

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Lake

From the lake tutorial, here's the final version, without time to make variations of the tutorial.

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Plants

Back to Nature Academy tutorials, here is the final image made from the Plants tutorial:

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