Monthly Archives: July 2010

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Greyscalegorilla and Maxon Meet-up at Siggraph

Awesome news! If your in LA this week, come stop by the O Hotel thursday night for a GSG/Maxon meet-up. Drink a beer with Me, Mike the Monkey, and all of my Cinema 4D heros from 9pm-11pm. Head over to … Continue reading →

July 27, 2010 and filed in News
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Demo Reel Critique Episode 6

In this episode of GSG Demo Reel Critique, I asked my twitter friends “who wants their demo reel critiqued?” and got a great response. Thanks to everyone who offered up their reel. My hope is by talking about others work, … Continue reading →

July 27, 2010 and filed in Reel Critique, Video, Visual Learning
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Come Say Hi At Siggraph 2010

Come visit the Maxon booth and say hi if your at Siggraph this week. I was lucky enough to be invited back to demo for Maxon in LA. My presentation is about how to quickly build, light, texture and animate … Continue reading →

July 26, 2010 and filed in My Work, News
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Spiral Growth in Cinema 4D Part 2 With The Monkey

After finishing the last tutorial I received several emails from other people showing how they approached spiral growth. This time I run through a variety of new ways to do the same thing and describe the advantages and disadvantages of … Continue reading →

July 20, 2010 and filed in Cinema 4D, The Monkey, Tutorials, Video
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How to Keep Clones from Going Through the Camera in Cinema 4D

In this quick tip, I show you how to keep clones and particles from intersecting your camera during physics calculations. Quick Render Just For Fun

July 15, 2010 and filed in Cinema 4D, Tutorials, Video
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Five Second Project “CMYK” – CLOSED

UPDATE 2: Hey everyone this is Neal. So here is the low down on what is happening and why a lot of entries have not been posted. A couple of days before the deadline Vimeo updated their privacy settings, and … Continue reading →

July 12, 2010 and filed in Five Second Projects
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Quick Cinema 4D Experiment: Marble Pop

Just playing around with some physics again. I used Cinema 4D with my HDRI Light Kit Pro for the window area lighting. I then used Frischluft Lens Care for the Depth of Field and Magic Bullet Looks for the color … Continue reading →

July 8, 2010 and filed in Cinema 4D, My Work
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Why Your Demo Reel Should Be Really Really Short

Photo by Erica Marshal I have been preaching for short demo reels for a while now. But this study adds actual data to the claim that people don’t watch long videos. What’s most interesting is It’s not just content that … Continue reading →

July 6, 2010 and filed in Ideas
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SXSW 2010 Interactive “How To Be Creative And Get Paid” Presentation

I wanted to share with you the presentation I gave from SXSW 2010 Interactive in March. It’s officially titled “How to be Creative and Get Paid” but if you have seen this speech before, you may want to still check … Continue reading →

July 1, 2010 and filed in Ideas, Inspiration, Speaking