Hjalti Hjalmarsson is an excellent animator, director, rigger, and layout artist from Iceland. Lately he's been working on the open movie projects with the Blender Institute, including Caminandes, Cosmos Laundromat, Glass Half, Agent 327, and more!
In this interview, Jonathan Lampel and Wayne Dixon will be talking with Hjalti about Blender productions, his workflow, and how he's learned to be a better animator.
Early Agent 327 test (unlisted):
Dweebs shot: https://twitter.com/hjalti/status/907611840984834048
Character rigs:
Red Nelb - coming soon (it’s already completed and Daniel M Lara has given permission to release it)
BBB Bird - Coming soon(??)
Books:
Illusion of Life - Frank Thomas & Ollie Johnston
Animators Survival Kit - Richard Williams
Character Animation Crash Course! - Eric Goldberg
Good to see you
dostovel. Lol the prior two are at least much easier to pronounce [correctly] than Hjalti.
That is an off the record, non-blender question that I must know ;)
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Matthew Mcconaughey and Hjalti Hjalmarsson are the only names I have to copy paste... Is that an honor for you?
I've got a couple of questions, including...
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Can we ask questions to Hjalti here?
I'm excited too! 2 of the best Blender animators in the same stream 🤘
Hey!
Hello hello chat!