DreamWorks high rated....

So DreamWorks Animation is not only high rated by people who work there, AFAIK, but it got rated officialy as one the Best Companies To Work For by FORTUNE:

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/2010/full_list/

So man, thing about DreamWorks next time you`ll be sending your CV and reel to Pixar... ;)

WHO IS WHO? (in vfx)

yes, this is very important question, but here`s answer as well.
Topher Welsh has put together this nice page about VFX and CG animation houses. And he talks nice about MPC and DNEG - 5 stars man! ;)

http://ae.tutsplus.com/articles/roundup/whos-who-in-the-world-of-design-studios-and-vfx-shops/

J.Scheifer`s rig "friendly automated"

hello followers of my blog and happy New Year 2010!!

some of you might seen this, guy wajdyf automated J.Schleifer`s Friendly Rigging DVD rigs, which I think is very cool and a must download for riggers who still don`t have their autorig and just got some creature to do, so they can focus on deformations or just modify this one. Continue here:
http://jasonschleifer.com/2009/12/29/automated-animator-friendly-rigging-free-character-scripts-plugins-downloads-for-maya/