«Cut-out animation in Blender» now available as «pay-what-you-want»
I am happy to announce that we have published a «pay-what-you-want» version of our new «Cut-out animation in Blender» video course. That means you can pay any price you wish and get the full course for download!
SuzdalFest / Moscow: Travel report (appendix)
In recent travel report I forgot to mention that in the last days of our trip we also visited two other animation studios. On both studios I was able to study the details of their production process, including the ways how they manage animation projects
SuzdalFest / Moscow: Travel report
Ok, I am back from my trip and ready to share some results! First of all, much thanks to everyone who sent their words of support for my initiative. It was really awesome to have that feeling of being backed by whole community. ^__^ In
New version of Synfig Training Course released
I am happy to announce that we have released an update to Synfig video course! The updated version includes 3 new lessons, where I will show you: how to compose a complete scene from various files; how to use linked files; how to animate a
New course: Cut-out animation in Blender
I am happy to announce that we have released a new video training course! In this course you will learn how to use Blender open-source software to create animation in cut-out technique. Many people know that Blender is a powerful tool for creating 3D animation,
Car of Ivan Tsarevich (3D model)
Car of Ivan Tsarevich (3D Blender model) is now available for download! It is completely rigged and ready for use. You can download it for free and use under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. This is a 3D model of car for
Russian president and animation: What happened in May 2017?
This post was a long due in my queue, but I haven’t had an opportunity to concentrate on writing it. Now it can’t postpone it any more. TL;DR: Russian government is going to provide ~$2 000 000 to support development of animation software in Russia
Production report #19: Last hours of our crowdfunding campaign. And beyond.
As of the moment while I am writing this, there are only 8 hours remaining till the end of our crowdfunding campaign. Well, it is getting clear that it is not reaching its goal. From one side this is sad, as we will be unable
New developer will join Synfig development since March 2018
Big news: I have made an agreement with a new developer to join our team for developing Synfig open-source animation software. Artem Konoplin will join us in March as a second hired developer to work on most critical and highly-demanded bugs of Synfig. I will
Pepper & Carrot will be screened at SuzdalFest
I am happy to announce, that Pepper & Carrot Motion Comic got selected to be screened at XXIII Russian Animation Festival in Suzdal (aka SuzdalFest). SuzdalFest is a biggest animation event in Russia, which is attended by representatives from all major animation studios of Russia,
Screenshots of Ivan’s car model
Here are some working screenshots of Ivan’s car model, that is created by Nikolai Mamashev for Morevna Episode 4. It is almost ready and will be published for free download soon!
Synfig Studio 1.3.6 released
We are happy to present you the new development version of Synfig Studio! This version delivers you the new feature — Filter Groups. Filter Groups act just like ordinary groups, with just one exceptions — they do not limit scope for layers. That means, if