Fedora 7 should be out in 8 days. This time around there isn’t much I’m looking forward to in the new release as they are mostly just laying the groundwork for more changes in future Fedoras. My wish list is better compiz support and just a few newer versions of stuff like Pidgin (formerly Gaim) and Blender.

Back to Basics - Fluid Simulation (Part 2) from djotaku on Vimeo

Copied verbatim from my vimeo page:

I tried another fluid simulation. I still have a few things to learn.

1. It appears that inertia caused the water to fly out of the cup - I did move it relatively quickly. How can I lift the glass of water without causing all the water to shoot out.
2. Why is the water black when it hits the table? I had that issue in the first simulation and it also appears to be the case in the tutorial I followed the first time around. However, this is obviously non-realistic. I really intend to investigate this.

Back to Basics - Soft Body - Towel falling on Table from djotaku on Vimeo

Back to Basics - Bullet Physics Engine Dominoes Part 1 from djotaku on Vimeo

Yet another awesome xkcd comic:

Here’s a pretty neat fluid simulation render I did yesterday. I’m pretty happy with the results. It’s based off a tutorial I was doing. I intend to make one that’s a little more involved. This is really computationally intense and although it’s not VERY difficult, it’s not trivial either. Enjoy!

(Oh yeah, it’s about 4 seconds long)

Back to Basics - Fluid Simulation from djotaku on Vimeo

Alright, all of the video portion of “Jose’s Dinner” is now complete! All I’m missing now is the soundtrack. I’m currently emailing some people I think would be interested in providing the musical accompaniment. Once I get that in, it’s just a Cinelerra render command away from becoming my first animated short. Yay!

I now plan to refocus on some more basic Blender skills and give myself a break from the rigors of creating an animated short. I’ll be putting up some of the videos so you can see some of the neat concepts I’m learning. Hopefully some of them can make it into my next film and make it look even better than “Jose’s Dinner”.

The beat was stuck in my head for days. My youngest brother says it’s a Daft Punk song. Having done some of these on a small scale all I can say is that this must have taken them HOURS (if not days) to do!

stop mo’ studies from [[- charetteprod -]] on Vimeo

YAY! Finally! The jittery frames have been re-rendered and everything is now A-OK. I now start production on the credits (opening and closing), the music, and possibly the sound effects - depending on how the music comes out.

A really fun mockumentary about why Asian girls are always dating non-Asian men by the team at Wong Fu Productions: