http://www.distastee.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:56:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en With the semester starting I figured I would share some of my finalized work from the summer. I got some good feedback from Bert at Dreamworks and thus have some things to update on my reel before kicking it out the back door. Alas, to the pretty pictures! The first is ... http://www.distastee.com/blog/?p=222 So with the 10 year anniversary of Deus Ex doing on at RockPaperShotgun, I've begun to seriously and honestly think again about games, game design, and what I want from it. It turns out, these things run through my head all the time. I find them to be a wonderful way ... http://www.distastee.com/blog/?p=220 I remembered to finally post the animation Stephanie and I worked on (her since August, me since January). I was responsible for lighting and effects work, though I was lucky enough to have input on other things as well (story, layout, etc.) http://www.distastee.com/blog/?p=218 Since I consistently make market predictions and am always right (muahahahaha) I figured I would actually write them down and stand by them. Firstly: Apple is inflated. Back when it was around 210 it felt overinflated before the iPad announcement (though when it touched 190 I yelled BUY!) It has hit ... http://www.distastee.com/blog/?p=216 So I've been tinkering with RFM for a while. Everyone always says use an environment light to do your GI. Like an idiot - I never understood how to get it to do what I wanted...which is not simulate the whole freaking thing for me! I'm a lighting artist - ... http://www.distastee.com/blog/?p=211 Ever. I've been having issues getting shaders to open in Renderman/Slim for a few weeks now. Couldn't figure out why. Turns out - it was compiling shaders to art/A&M/projectname/...... which apparently it has the capability to do. It just doesn't have the ability to READ from a filepath with a symbol ... http://www.distastee.com/blog/?p=209 I've had missing icons recently. Seems this happens from time to time in the operating system (for whatever reason). Seems like a pretty silly bug to have an issue with. In any case, I found a way to fix it by deleting your icon cache. To do this: Press Ctrl-Shift-Escape to get ... http://www.distastee.com/blog/?p=203 Edit: Maya 2011 now supports this out of the box. Go nab it. So after a days worth of research I now have the information needed to emit fluid from particles in Maya. A whole new world of possibilities has been opened! First off grab this file - though I only know ... http://www.distastee.com/blog/?p=198 Here's what I sold my soul (and summer) to. http://www.distastee.com/blog/?p=195 Edit: You can totally manage Subdiv Selected through Shared Geometric Attributes. I fail at life. First off - yes I am done with the Disney project. It went very very well and Kristi strongly urged me to apply for their internship program next summer (since I obviously won't be done with ... http://www.distastee.com/blog/?p=193