Ep 199: James Ramirez

James Ramirez

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James Ramirez gives us all sorts of cool background behind his work on Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, we talk about his time at MK12, the Austin 3D Motion + Design Tour, DFWC4D, creating in VR, and some very fun Beeple’s People.

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James Ramirez - Friedpixels
Spider-Verse Main on Ends
3D Design + Motion Tour
Art of the Title - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Mograph Talks - 3D Design + Motion Tour // Austin, TX
Sweater Porn
Hot Hot Heat
Agenda Suicide
Ultra Love Ninja
James’ first music video at Mk12
History Of America
One of the reels James cut for MK12 while he was there. Learning from timmy and ben about how they cut reels, their approach, and sensibility
Soft Furry Animals, one of my favorite music videos
Go with the Flow - Shynola
Beck E-Pro - Shynola
Presstube early flash animation
Nike ColorDry
Elite Series

Ep 198: Perry Harovas

Perry Harovas

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Perry Harovas joins us to talk about the evolution of 3D software, render engines, and managing graphics pipelines and deadlines. Yes Captain also drops by to talk about Nodefest. We talk about the upcoming Austin and Dallas meetups, R21 Release, CTRL+Z Volume 2, The Shaq Contest Controversy, & Ariew’s stolen work.

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The Egg

Ep 197: Patrick Letourneau

Patrick Letourneau

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Patrick Letourneau joins us to talk about his work, background, and hobbies. We talk Redshift RT, Beeple’s Toronto Mega Show, 3D Scanning, & Listener Emails. Mathias Omotola, Chris Schmidt, and Ej Hassenfratz stop by to give us the details about the 3D Design + Motion tour.

Links

Polygons.ca
3D Design + Motion tour
The DFWC4D Beer Meetup with Dave, Matt, and EJ
Mograph Podcast Schedule
Mograph.com Swag
THX - Deep Note
Had a chat with Al Heck
5 Steps to Set Up Your Oculus Rift with Unity in Less Than 10 Minutes

Ep 196: Emiliano Topete

Emiliano Topete

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Emiliano Topete joins us to talk about character animation and his studio in Mexico City called Polygoon.tv.

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Polygoon.tv
Maxon’s Roadshow Website
Video/Audio Messages for Episode 200
Jules’ Siggraph Talk at Nvidia
Light Field Lab raises $28 million for huge holographic displays
VFXTools Glassware Pack
Release 21 | Feature | Mixamo Control Rig | Maxon Cinema 4D
RaidZer0 - Redshift Car Paint Shaders

Ep 195: Thethree Productions

TheThreeProductions

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Thom Little and Brandon Clements from thethreeproductions.com join us to do a Siggraph Wrap-up and talk about the future of real-time graphics.

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TheThreeProductions

Ep 194: Live From Siggraph 2019

Live From Siggraph

Ep 193: Mathias Omotola

Mathias Omotola

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Mathias Omotola joins us to talk about Siggraph 2019 and the presenters at the Maxon booth. We talk Exposure vs. Advertising, Being “that guy” on social media, the upcoming Maxon Motion Design Tour, Being a 10x motion designer, Rates, and Procrastinating to your advantage.

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C4DLive.com
Mathiasomotola.com
SOM Illustration for Motion

Ep 192: Josh Johnson

Josh Johnson

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Josh Johnson joins us to talk about the world of VFX. We announce the Monkey Legs contest winner and show the music video, talk Halfrez, Kit Bash 3.0, answer email, and talk about Beeple on Joe Rogan.

Links

Kit bash 3.0
HOW TO STICK OBJECTS TO (Fractured Geometry) NEW TIP | CINEMA 4D TUTORIAL
Beeple on Joe Rogan

Ep 191: Penelope Nederlander

Penelope Nederlander

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Penelope Nederlander joins us this week to talk about freelancing, online communities, switching to PC, and deciding what to focus on in your free time. We also talk about Chris Brown stealing Jan Sladecko’s art on Instagram and read emails from listeners.

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C4D Octane 2019.1 XB2-Test1
User Inyerface
Ministry of Flat UV Unwrapper
The Local Train - Gustaakh

Ep 190: Casey Hupke

Casey Hupke

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Casey Hupke joins us to give us a preview of his Camp Mograph class on mental and physical well-being. We talk about things the anxiety and health issues many mographers come up against in their careers. We also talk about Notch, Houdini Mark, David and Chelsea Ariew, Nodefest Tickets, MelodySheep, and the new X-Particles features.

Links

MelodySheep
New Features - X-Particles Public Release 2019
David and Chelsea Ariew break down A Bad Think’s new music video for “Feel Me.”
Mograph Talks - Mark Fancher // Houdini Effects

Ep 189: Chris Schmidt

Chris Schmidt

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Chris Schmidt joins us to talk about Rocket Lasso, his background with Cinema4D, ChicagoC4D, and of course, HalfRez. We talk New Coke, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*, mental models, AR Kit, and Mr Horse Sound FX.

Links

Rocket Lasso
RocketLasso Slack
HalfRez
Mental Models
AR Kit
Photoshop adds Shift Option
GauGan - Nvidia Ai Sandbox
Red Giant Unveils Powerful VFX Toolkit for After Effects
This viral Schwarzenegger deepfake isn't just entertaining. It's a warning.
Mr Horse - Essential Sound FX
Deadmau5 Live Ultra 2019 (First 10 Minutes)
Ahmet adding new C4D nodes to Octane for C4D

Ep 188: Jules Ubach

Jules Urbach

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Jules Ubach from @otoy stops by to give us details on Octane X and Octane 2019. We also talk about the future of render technology including real life holodecks. Mograph.com has a new channel trailer, and we talk about the anxieties and complications of being a motion designer.

Links

Mograph.com Channel Trailer
Octane Texture Pack 3: Procedural Edition
Caustics Generator

Ep 187: Rich Nosworthy

Rich Nosworthy

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Rich Nosworthy joins us to talk render engines, Nodefest, the new Mac Pro, and his latest work. We intro a new “That Render Is Fire” shirt, talk windows shortcuts, Hackers, and Xbox body wash.

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Maxon Cinema 4D @ NAB 2019 "Supercut"
Linus Tech Tips - Apple's New Mac Pro - My thoughts...
Chad’s super cool shortcut for putting Google Apps on the task bar
A Vital Sign
Intel Stringout - David Ariew
Weight Of Thought - Demoreel 2019
Notch GPU Video Encoder
HACKERS Intro - Nick Scarcella

Ep 186: Julie Craft

Julie Craft

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Julie Craft joins us to talk about #motiongraphics meetups such as her Mograph Mondays in Detroit. Monkey Legs is now on all the music platforms, Apple announces the new Mac Pro tower while we’re on the air, and we talk work/life balance.

Links

JulieCraft.TV
Mograph Mondays May 2019 Impostor Syndrome Discussion
Passage - Ash Thorp
HitFilm Pro getting AE Plugins
MiMoBBQ_2019_final
Notch
DEOVR
Sylvester Stallone - Terminator 2

Ep 185: Nick Scarcella

Nick Scarcella

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Nick Scarcella joins us to talk about switching from his music career to a freelance mograph career. We introduce the MonkeyLegs Challenge for Camp Mograph tickets, talk HDRIs, Chernobyl, Digital clothing, Sonic Movie delay, Re-topologizing, and Deepfakes.

Links

MonkeyLegs Challenge
The Fabricant
Arnold Does Emily
Merk Realtime Sketch and Toon Renderer
Technical Papers Preview: SIGGRAPH 2019
How to bring Real Life Objects into Cinema 4D: Photogrammetry Start to Finish.
Aturtur Python Effectors
Aturtur Python Effectors - Twitter
How to animate cube in Houdini
Topaz Gigapixel AI
Instant Meshes
Post Haste
Soundly
WebGL Fluid Sim
Create a New World With RTX - Sabour at Pioneer DJ
Poly Greeble 0.53
Deepfakes are coming. We’re not ready.
SubPac

Ep 184: David Brodeur

David Brodeur

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This week David Brodeur swings by to talk to us about his art, Instagram, and inspiration. We talk about our trip to see EJ in Denver, David Ariew’s Monkey Legs, GOT, West World, Rick and Morty, Grumpy Cat, Redshift RT, and Houdini.

Links

Aaron Foliage
Mac Pro “Leak”
Bob’s Burgers the Movie
“PRYING” - Mark Thorsen
HoudiniNerd.com
100 Tileable Displacement/Alpha Patterns Part 2 - Travis Davids
HardSurface Tiles Vol.1 - French Monkey ObserverDoel
SpiderWeb C4D
Westworld III - HBO 2020

Ep 183: EJ Hassenfratz

EJ Hassenfratz

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EJ Hassenfratz joins us to talk Colorado C4D, The future of motion design and real-time, Freelance Rates, and Adobe.

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Forget Photoshop. Adobe Is a Marketing Company Now

Ep 182: Ryan Talbot

Ryan Talbot

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Ryan Talbot joins us to talk about his journey in 3D as a relatively young artist. We talk about the controversial “not finishing school” dilemma that always seems to come up as well as resources that can help you online if you don’t go to school for #mograph.

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Maxon Flash Sale
Ghost Writer Sequence #1 - Maxim Goudin
Toporizer 0.1 - Alpha
Vectron Volumes
Ryan’s Tutorials
Ryan’s Reel
Elon Musk bust ready for full color 3D printing 3D
Video Toaster Demo

Ep 181: David Ariew

David Ariew

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David Ariew joins us and it’s just like old times. We talk about Octane as usual, but also take a turn to television entertainment and how it’s influencing our work.

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RaidZer0 - Chess Castle
Already Been Chewed ’No Ordinaty Sales pitch'
Silverwing Tutorial: Procedural Worn Edges / Dust Using Dirt (AO) or Vertex Maps
motiondesign.school
FREIGHT
OPPO super vooc Director’s cut
V-Ray Houdini Beta
BMO 2.0
Westeros World Title Sequence
Somei – Paris 2016
Somei - Tokyo 2018
OPPO Reno
OSL Vectron Formulas
FITC TORONTO 2019 Titles

Ep 180: Pickle Nick

Pickle Nick

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This week our intern, Pickle Nick, joins us to talk about what he’s learned while being thrust into a motion graphics environment. We also talk about latest news, Camp Mograph, Mental Health, and Negativity in the industry.

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Camp Mograph
Camp Mograph Remix
Octane 4.04 - C4D
RNDR blockchain - Unity at GDC 2019
New Nvidia Drivers Unlock Ray Tracing on GTX Cards
Gaea - World Creation
OPPO Reno
GSG - PAINTING OVER CINEMA 4D RENDERS TO ANIMATE A SPOTIFY MUSIC VIDEO