Blog migration

I've decided to create a website to keep my works more organized, so I'm now in http://renatogsousa.weebly.com/

This blog will then be continued in the new website, you can keep following me here:

http://renatogsousa.weebly.com/blog.html

see you there.

My new desktop background

Blender-PT conference

In April 2013, there will be a conference in Oporto (http://problender.pt/en/conf2013/ ) to show the Blender potential in the Portuguese comunity.
For that, I've prepared a simple case where Blender can be used for example to visualize statistical data:

The data can also be shared to be explored in a simple browser:

"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.

Short movie animatic - 1st shot

I keep developing the short animation movie I'm planning to make in the next months. The script is finished, the characters concept is under development and I started to make the animatic to set times and to see how much scenery has to be made and how many secondary characters will be included.
So here it is the first shot animatic, which might make sense to you only in a few months.

Albert (WIP)

Back to the Albert (still a work in progress), here is a turntable of a coloured model and then an image of a rendered model already with fur. Still some improvements to be made until the final version.

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.

Spaceships contest

For another contest of the Blender PT comunity, I've made these two images. The second one was the one that I submitted for the contest.

Heat pump

A quick picture created for a flyer, describing the possibilities of a heat pump system.

Shapeways

Still making the ad and already have the script for the short movie.
Meanwhile, a short break to create a 3D model to be made in Shapeways, taking benefit of a coupon I got when I asked for the materials samples.
It is an object to celebrate the new member of the family that will arrive in April and will be the 4th R' at home, so this object was created with four R's, mirrored which create a heart shape connecting them.
I'll then post here a photo of the real model as soon as it arrives.

EDIT: It finally arrived, so here is the photo, as promised:

2012

For this year I have two main objectives with Blender, first a small ad of a business idea I had a few years ago, then an animation short. I've already started both of them, hope to finish on time, even knowing that I'll have another daughter around April ;).
In the meanwhile, I've also been modeling some furniture, which unfortunately I can't post here due to client restrictions.
I'll probably post some images of the work in progress soon.