Quote 9 Mar
I really wanna learn Houdini but I am scared of all the sidefxs!!
— Cris
Quote 8 Mar
I’m writing a script for doing face mocap, and it seems that my coordinates for the nose have some strong opinions. The x coordinate is prudish (‘nosex’) and the y coordinate is annoying (‘nosey’). Interesting…
Quote 5 Jan
What did the compositor call the guy playing an untuned guitar? A “chromatic abberation”!
— Alan
Quote 22 Dec
One time I used Houdini, I nearly broke my hip!”, said the fx artist.
— Alan
Quote 19 Aug
#cgpickuplines — I wish I were UVs so I could wrap around you…
— Alan
Quote 2 Aug
To be frank, I don’t mind materialistic women”, explained the shading artist.
— Alan
Quote 1 Aug
What do you call “test” particles?
— Alan
Quote 27 Jul
What did the rigger tell the skinned/enveloped vertices before he left the computer?
— “You weight over here.
— Alan
Quote 20 Jul
Never trust particles, they always simulate it!
Quote 7 Jul
What do recovering alcoholics and Maya joints share in common? They both start disoriented until they eventually straighten up.
— Alan
Quote 23 Jun

Are compositors angry people? What’s with the software names… Shake, Smoke, Combustion, Flame, Fusion, Nuke, Inferno!?

I’m sensing a pattern here… What will the next generation be called, Apocalypse?

— Alan
Quote 17 Jun
Quaternions are great storytellers… their story arcs have a clear direction and there’s always a twist.
— Alan
Quote 16 Jun
Why do we call it “Final” Gathering if we always keep tweaking it after turning it on? =P
— Alan
Quote 15 Jun
Never argue with particle sprites… its views lack depth and are always one sided.
— Alan
Quote 14 Jun
If we call them “render farms” does that make the IT guys “farmers”? and if so should wranglers be “render shepherds”?
— Alan

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