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rigging hamster in Bolt movie

quite interesting article about tackling common problems with rigging walking mouse-type character. Mainly about rigging deformation of the model. Conclusion - more muscles or fat = more difficult :)

3 week Maya classes in Prague for 200 Euro

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nVidia physX demo

really cool demo of nVidia PhysX hardware accelerated engine for dynamic simulations like cloth or rigid bodies in upcoming Mirror`s Edge game:
http://www.tvtech.it/video/214/mirror-s-edge-in-azione-con-nvidia-physx/

PIXAR CARStoons

Reusing Cars`s Mater and Lighting McQueen characters, small team at Pixar led by Victor Navone made 3 funny episodes in less than a year production. I wish CARS movie, although it`s quite good, had more of this silliness and surprising things like here:

http://home.disney.co.uk/characters/cars/

CARStoons director interview