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.
Things mentioned:
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
There was a person a long time ago in CGC, Matt Heimlich, he was doing that I remember, a rig without bones
Sherlock
Hjalti for US president. Now.
What advice would you give to a wanabi-animator? :D
HERO!
What would be the most, I my god I need this feature!! you would ask of Sergey?
hapit asked "When does the Agent become a Film?"
Question: Are there any plans for more render passes in Blender for finer control in compositing?
A few questions. But I was able to answer some of them
Hjalti about is there gonna be an opportunity for distant work as animator in Blender studio if Agent 327 full movie gets green light. If you good enough for it of course.