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Big Buck Bunny

Though beautifully animated, this computer-generated short by the Blender Foundation verges on the uncanny valley. This rabbit is going to give me nightmares (and I feel like I might have seen that font before).

Definitely check it out. You won’t be able to stop watching.

Notably, the film is part of an “Open movie project” with the following goals:

* Developing tools … for editing and rendering hair, fur or grass
* Improve character animation tools for cartoonish motion and deformation
* Test Blender with giant outdoor environments, with large grassy fields and many trees with leaves
* Further validate Blender as a professional animation creation suite

And secondary:

* Create a great and good looking animation short, licensed freely as open content
* Provide content for other artists to learn from or to re-use, including documentation and tutorials

And of course: Have lots of fun!

More info at BigBuckBunny.org

  • http://covertrek.com/ teapot7

    I’ve been following the story of Blender for years now, and it’s inspiring to see such a powerful (if painfully idiosyncratic) piece of open source software emerging, and I really wish it well, and I’d love to love this movie. I do love the lighting and vegetation to bits in this movie, but…

    The character design makes me squirm with horror. As you say, the “uncanny valley” effect is in full swing. I really can’t think when I’ve seen animated characters so unpleasant to look at. Still – all power to Blender. It’s obviously a toolthat can do serious work.

  • http://covertrek.com teapot7

    I’ve been following the story of Blender for years now, and it’s inspiring to see such a powerful (if painfully idiosyncratic) piece of open source software emerging, and I really wish it well, and I’d love to love this movie. I do love the lighting and vegetation to bits in this movie, but…

    The character design makes me squirm with horror. As you say, the “uncanny valley” effect is in full swing. I really can’t think when I’ve seen animated characters so unpleasant to look at. Still – all power to Blender. It’s obviously a toolthat can do serious work.

  • Tim Hodge

    Of course, you too can have this font at: http://www.fonts4free.net/a-bugs-life-font.html

  • Tim Hodge

    Of course, you too can have this font at: http://www.fonts4free.net/a-bugs-life-font.html

  • http://bundrawings.blogspot.com/ Gattung

    Hello, I believe ‘uncanny valley’ is in reference to 3D/robotics emulating reality i.e. attempting to replicate a real human being and the disparity between getting there and not quite getting there.

    This is just a creepy rabbit design.

    Nice to see something happening with Blender!

  • http://bundrawings.blogspot.com/ Gattung

    Hello, I believe ‘uncanny valley’ is in reference to 3D/robotics emulating reality i.e. attempting to replicate a real human being and the disparity between getting there and not quite getting there.

    This is just a creepy rabbit design.

    Nice to see something happening with Blender!