Friday, July 10, 2009
Durian Team Selected (Official Blender Movie Project)
With almost 150 entries, the competition for a place on the new Blender movie project was fierce, but the selection for the Durian team is now complete.
Angela Guenette of Canada (modeling, rigging, animation), Ben Dansie of Australia (3D generalist), Nathan Vegdahl of the USA (rigging, animation), Lee Salvemini of Australia (animation), Soenke Maeter of Germany (shading, light, compositing) join previously-discussed creatives and returning technical support staff, Brecht van Lommel and Campbell Barton.
Jan Morgenstern of Wavemage - a premium sponsor (10,000+ euro) - will be doing the music, sfx, sound edit and mix. Blender has also announced that DivX Inc. will be a major sponsor (2500+ euro). The DVD fund-raising pre-sale will start fairly soon, in a week or two.
The 3D animated film project is also still looking for: voice actors with “actors with international star quality” (attention Ricky, Phil & Sisch!)
concept art by David Revoy