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
Maybe updating the Blender Logo and over-all re-branding
Hahaha I'll never be able to say "Blender Institute" the same again
When does the Agent become a Film?
Come on, Hjalti, make the Blender Animation/Fundation/Cloud intro voice!!! :D
It's not loud enough! ;-)
Oh man, that podcast intro... xD
"I'm just having a stroke over here."
Podcast's!! I listen to a lot of Podcast, including The Blender Animation Studio podcast
I've learned that new animation course = new blender rig(s) from Wayne.
Agree. Rigging course with Wayne Dixon :D