Maya vs. Blender 3D tracking.

I cut this for fun with some footage I filmed of my son. I was testing out the difference between using Blender 2.6 and Maya 2012 with MatchMover2012 to track and composite animated characters into a live action shots. In the end I found Blender to be much easier to use and overall more powerful than Maya. I have been using Maya exclusively for many years now and was very hesitant to begin using another 3D application. I am glad I decided to finally go outside my comfort zone and expand my knowledge with Blender.

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Thursday Life Drawing with the Ringmaster!

Last night we had a very special drawing session. The Ringmaster was in the house! Jennifer surprised us with a magnificent costume, we had a new artist join the group and the best part of the night (I dare say) was Jenny's home made peach cobbler a la mode. Delicious! Before everyone showed up Jenny and I debated over what music to listen to. We both believe that music has powerful influences and that it's important to pick the right tunes before drawing. Having said that, agreeing on music is not always the easiest thing to do. For example, my pick for Thursdays circus theme was Mr. Bungle . Jenny disagreed with my musical choice, calling it geeky white guy music and instead suggested we listen to Louis Armstrong. These are obviously two very different artist but in the end I had to agree with Jenny's pick. Something as hardcore as Mr. Bungle would have been to distracting to listen to. We made a compromise and settled on Louis Armstrong for drawing and Mr. Bu...

Always Painting!

As a personal project of mine I've been painting on and off for a year now and have created a small collection of still life studies. These are some of my favorite paintings. This painting came to me the night before my friends art show Amores Muertos . I already had two paintings but then this image came into my head. I painted as fast as I could and tried to copy the image in my head onto the canvas. This is another painting that came directly from my imagination. It seems that most of the images that come directly from my mind are dark. Jenny's rock collection. I thought it would be nice to document one of her art projects by painting it. She is crocheting very intricate covers for each these stones. Part I and II of the toy series. Above are my son's Fisher Price stacking rings and wood-block train. These last two paintings are 5x6 inch studies done during a couple o...

Monday Night Drawing at Buckwild Gallery in Venice!

At the end of December last year we attended an art show at the Buckwild gallery in Venice. That night we met the gallery owner and talked with him about the possibility of hosting weekly figure drawing sessions in the space. We quickly came up with a plan and were soon on our way to getting things ready for our first meet up. Jennifer began advertising while my dad and I built ten new drawing benches for the class. The second Monday of January was our first session at the new location and to our surprise the night was a big success. Jennifer brought her amazingly good chocolate chip cookies and every seat was filled . Next Monday will be a special drawing night in honor of Valentines day. We have a lovely couple modeling for us, so if your local and want to brush up on your drawing skills come on down. For more information about our Monday night figure drawing sessions check us out at www.meetup.com .

Dan Racusin

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