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You are not alone Op... I feel like strangling the government of this country with my bare hands. what a hell is this.!!! just last month the bill came #16,000 we lamented on deaf ears now is #30,000 .

Anim8naija:
Its time to let the world know that animators in Naija can go toe to toe with the best anywhere in the world.

Love the spirit. Ride on, am onto it.
@Kazuna... shout out to you Boss. I feel your presence.

so cool.... I can't wait.

wonderful
Aka Chukwu di ya.

the prison time just began... season 6epi1will show Mike getting out of prison.
Sweet movie. I guess by June
modified ....
gushh! they won't be jumping time.

What is Season 6 going to look like? Are we
going to see him in prison? Are you going to
find a way to get him out of prison early?

Korsh: [Laughs ] We're working on figuring that
out right now. It is our plan currently to have
Mike be in prison next season. We don't know
at the moment when he's going to get out. We
haven't gotten there yet. We're not rushing to
get him out and we're not jumping ahead in
time to when he gets out.

durels101:
Please answer me ASAP, I now have a system, can I learn how to animate myself without any body's assistance??....... I would really love to learn how to animate...... Or you can still volunteer to teach me free...

Animation,you can learn on your own via constant practice and research. Also being inquisitive in that regard helps to.
so now you have got a PC... you can learn it now. it could be 2d or 3d... that is up to you. However, the software to learn and master should be considered too.
If you are still indecisive as par software to use, I welcome you to https://www.blender.org/ . That is what we all use herein and tremendously helpful we have been to each other. So you too can key in.
Once again you are welcome.

kazuna:
graphic designer...



finally I have climaxed with the eagle shot...thanks Tos for the engaging xtizms.

pleasure is all mine... you are welcome.

Nice sculpt...things like this make me hit brick walls during inception. i don't know why... but this year I shall overcome.
You can add flame to it. thus bringing it to life. you can composite the flame with a flame texture or with ps.
Funny animation .Nice one.

Abraham to Glenn. "when you were, uh, pouring the Bisquick, were you trying to make pancakes?"

That isn't my work... I decided to share a blender Artist work. One of my blender3d artist friend on FB. I knew when he announced the completion of the project and the commencement of rendering. Which he did in cycles and he just published it.
These I believe will go a long way into making some of us to foster courage and determination.
He just announced that he will make it into series.

There are mysteries in this world that can't be explained... Arineze discovered that for himself.
Animated and rendered in Blender using Cycles
Video edited in After Effects
Sound modification in Audacity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Kzg_Y-5-BM&feature=youtu.be

seriously you have to break that bond. you can't be doing same stuff always and expects different result.
"i can't do environs" is more like cliche to me right now.Aside environs,there are other ways one can express oneself via cg art. However, i do know there are areas you fancy and want to devote your time and effort into but you should ask yourself how well you have really fared in those areas. OK, you said is animations. What are you , DREAMWORKS wanna be. common bro, you of all people should know better. Na NIJA we dey ohhh, and what ever we do must reflect towards it. Listen to me...what you should be craving for is selling point,awareness and setting a standard.Animation is not about modelling some characters,rig them and make them perform a short movie but it ranges from making a default cube move,making a sphere bounce,a bird fly to its nest,a character taking a walk, to the complex part that you can imagine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2sum4fZW1s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSpow_VCl2s
check out this videos, this video is to tell you what any good animation should look like, the length isn't the problem but the quality. it can be 15sec,but awesome and .
You use 8gig...awesome too,...am battling with Pentium Intel of 4gig ram, just for the record. ;Dlol,..you mentioned Andrew. Andrew is one of my great blender mentors and i can remember he always mention about fireflies and how to get rid of it. It has being working for me if i must let you know. Listen, what cause fireflies in cycles is
(1) the value of your light or your light source
(2) low sample
And you can get rid of it by checking the clamp box and making sure that you don't have excess light source with huge values. Then you can always increase your samples. some times when i want to get the best render in cycles, i do it over night. search for blender guru bonus packages like nature academy free pack, architecture free packs, even his pro lighting skies demo...you wont regret it. i do know that your failure to kill fire flies in cycles is because you haven't ventured proper in it.
Pixel sample of 6 ...you kidding anyways, i haven't done more of animations. but the last i did, i used 250samples. If i am to do any now i will use more than that as long as i get the best result. Frozen by dearmworks, if only you can imagine how long it took to render the whole movie just to reach that quality not to mention the techs they are using. So, quality animation deserves quality render period for quality result.
For the man, you need to work more on the human anatomy.i don't know if you sculpt with mouse or tablet,...but tab is easy to maneuver. The bird is ok for me.
I know you can do much better with cycles...give it your time and practice, you will come to love it.

OK sir @Kazuna..but I have a lot ohh.

let me proceed...arts ranging from the traditional way to the modern and digital as we have it to day is always evolving. Though art is all about self expression, that should not give it lack of aesthetic. Aesthetic is Beauty. Beauty is always one of the reasons people, mostly non art lovers appreciate artworks .
Aesthetic, is what your work lacks the most. The creativity is there but that appealing part of a piece of artwork which is ignited by its beauty is not felt.
Blender is a very very powerful 3d tool. As powerful as it is, it's efficacy can only be exercised, rekindled and of course put to use efficiently by the user. You are efficient with Blender3d software but you don't use it to achieve the best of it.
Cycles render, to the best of my knowledge surfaced as a result of the developers believe that Blender can do more than its previous version and release and still compete with other 3d softwares out there. Believe me, I totally understand your love for Blender internal, but no matter what you do with it, it can't give you the best of Blender.
I want you to see this as a call to switch to cycles render .Due to my love for Blender, I am opportune to have known some Nigeria Blender users outside NL and their works are so amazing. They inspire me a lot because with there works I am able to see what I can achieve with Blender and cycles render.
Speaking on the decals you have posted, I have actually waited for its arrival. I needed to see more to what I have seen herein. At this point in time every art one is creating should be able to tell a story and that can be achieved in a well rendered and composited work. On that your bird and a man image, it needs more work not to mention the water simulation. the water sim is not lively, Lacks focus, poor in composition, lights not used well and all this enhance beauty in any work not minding the person's style (photorealistic or abstract ).
You need to move forward...cos Blender has moved and is still moving. #NO PROFESSIONAL BLENDER USER RENDERS WITH INTERNAL THEY USE CYCLES OR ONE HIGHER THAN IT
correct me if am wrong. Aspire to produce a work that will be near professional level. Use addons, both free and paid(if you can afford it ), like and follow pages on fb that talk about blender3d and cg arts. make friends with Nigeria cg artist on FB you will see most of their works there.
No matter how UGLY a work of art is, there is always... I mean ALWAYS beauty in ugliness. so let's not forget the aesthetic part of art because that is why people love and cherish artworks not minding the look of it.
I hope to begin seeing your works rendered in cycles . I will never forget to reiterate that you are among those that inspired and pushed me into making Blender my loved 3d software.
Thanks, compassionately written, no offence meant.

Glad you guys finally buried the hatchet.

I must first commend you on your latest post herein. wonders if one if allowed to comment on them.

the latest episode is action packed... .
Lemme not go into details for spoiler sake.

so so bad ...I feel for the kid especially the Dad. the guilt level no bi here .but some kids can be very very annoying.

Nice render...the first seem a bit cool. Well done Don.

donemmx:
My first render this year.... hurray!! finally!! after 3 days of intense work...

Nice...looks hard surface like.guess next in line is texturing.
BTW i sent you a mail...havent got a reply.

Thanks Don, wish you same. Happy New month to you all.

kazuna:
Finally, after suffering Seun's Ban I'm Back...

@ladanski...I like the overall scenery but the grass up close, seem fat at the base. unless if its elephant Grass or Genetically modified Rice

seun ban anyway welcome back

I need Nuke... is a professional vfx software. can you get it for me?
I will pay if you do... but not as much as what it goes for on its site.

ladanski:
Long time indeed. Just the grass please. The trees are part of a picture background Just the foreground leaves.

ok...I did say something about it too.

ladanski:
What do you guys think about the grass?

Ladanski....ho ho ho, just out of the blue... hmm. you are welcome. just seems long time no see kind of thing. hope you are good. missed your contributions herein so far. The grass is greener needs some variations. though the pastures seems nice.
btw... the render is not that bad but needs some serious touch. 1) the lightning is poor 2) seriously, the trees though seems from a distance can't really be that dark. 3)sky lights should reflect on the leaves and grasses. wonders if you added translucent material on them. 4) the render lacks hdr sky texture (correct me if am wrong )
The ladanski I know can do better than this.

OK

abouzaid:
relax, all you need to do is produce the 3d models and i would worry about the programming aspect, i solicit for volunteers later. happy new year to you too.

that would be nice... what software do you work with?
@kazuna... let's not debate on it.. lol, one thing am sure is we all are making good renders this year.

BTW.. Please who has Blender guru pro night sky
addon.
I really need it, I will pay to have it.

To all the blender gurus, I wish you all a successful year 2016. I Jesus name. Amen.

abouzaid:
have you ever considered working with like minded people to produce a short one level only video game as a proof of concept? I'm willing to learn just to partake in it with you.

that will be nice... but seriously I have never considered game.

Please who has Blender guru pro night sky addon.
I really need it, I will pay to have it.

Happy New Year in Advance.

hmm... interesting but short episode series. But the suspense is quite intriguing at the moment.
Is going to be a long wait.

kazuna:
Merry Xmas everyone...

Merry Christmas to you too.. thanks for featuring my last and completed blender project for the year. Am honored though it didn't reach its expectation. well, am happy I did it.
I really hope that year 2016 will fetch smiles for us.
Merry Christmas to you all... blender3d heads and gurus.

Chartey:
Thanks. Please explain the lighting effect. Isn't that for cgi?

get gold dust miss with resin then apply on it to lighten it if it is not done yet.