Arriving in Amsterdam
on October 3rd, 2009, by Ton
Quick update: last thursday – October 1 – Lee and Soenke arrived in Amsterdam. Today Angela and Nathan dropped in. So I’ve been busy with getting them installed in their apartments and in Amsterdam a bit.
All of last week, Andy Goralczyk and Colin (and David monday) gave a week of Advanced Blender course here. David then went home for a week to his gf. This monday Campbell arrives, tuesday David comes back, and then we’re complete again… and will post regularly here!
On the picture: Lee and Soenke enjoying Colin’s storyboard talk.
-Ton-
October 3rd, 2009 at 7:41 pm
Great 🙂 Now durian is all set to fly high 😀
Best of luck guys 🙂 and keep us updated with some exhilarating videos 😀
October 3rd, 2009 at 7:49 pm
There is still no jury this year in Blender World Cup.
Maybe Durian Team will be a jury this year xD ??
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:16 pm
Oh my God, a storyboard! >< I can almost make out the shots…
If that title card there is the name of the movie, then that means…!
The title begins with an “S”! And with my legendary CSI Gimp wizardary, I get a word that looks like “Sintel”. Am I close?
http://i38.tinypic.com/jqmjq9.jpg
Okay, I get too excited. 😀
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:36 pm
Ouh yearh – storyboards! I wish the angle were better tho. 😉
October 3rd, 2009 at 8:59 pm
Ok…. deep breaths together now….. and…… begin! 🙂
October 3rd, 2009 at 9:22 pm
Okay, I’m going to rest, now! I managed to squeeze out a couple of blurry shots from the picture:
http://i36.tinypic.com/34zzt3s.jpg
I see… A David Revoy woman, an Ann Darrow with sunglasses, Denethor on his throne and squiggly shapes that might possibly be a map and a dragon?!
October 4th, 2009 at 12:08 am
@D : “A David Revoy woman” >> One of the best compliment to have a recognisable style even after this load of squeeze and bluring . Thanks , this comment made my day !
“Denethor on his throne” >> nop, that’s our sequence with the monkeys ninjas 😛
Big hello to the team, see you on tuesday 🙂
– David
October 4th, 2009 at 11:12 am
Awesome.. Good luck team Durian.. 🙂
October 4th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
Yeah, I’m really going to be rocking up late… 🙂
Save me some of the fun stuff!
October 4th, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Speaking of which, it may be time for you guys to update the “Timeline” section of this site. After Ben’s arrival, it’s just going to be a black hole from which no one will ever come back! 😀
You guys have fun, and work hard!
October 4th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
Going with the “finding something in the picture” spirit, I’ve tried to find some snail in the plant behind Colin… maybe the one used for reference by David for the Giant Snail… but with no success 😛
Oftopic:
What happened to the thermometer!? 😀
Did it explode… I’m out a few days and I missed the 2000 mark!?
October 5th, 2009 at 10:27 am
@ D
I expect the photo is modified for not spoiling the title of the movie and tot keep people like us guessing ;-).
I think the title says: Sinbad and looks a lot like the logo on the site of the movie sinbad legend of the seven seas: http://sinbad-themovie.com/
Good luck to the team and success!
October 5th, 2009 at 10:54 am
So long as you can’t make out the battalion of shark riding pirate warriors, the surprise ending is safe.
October 5th, 2009 at 11:16 am
Shark riding pirate warriors 😀
That sure beats a pirate riding a motorcycle behind a huge bear with armor, side with a giant squid, in front of a Bearish Mac with a Space fighter above 😉
October 5th, 2009 at 11:25 am
Ho! And let’s not forget the high class monkey in the Flying Lamborghini 😛
http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?t=140168
That one I only remembered now after looking for the thread again 😛
October 5th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
The pirate riding the motorcycle is friends with the shark riding pirate warriors. They totally hang out and play pool on weekends.
October 5th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
I think that just says Set, its just written in fancy cursive.
October 5th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
Happy to see that the team get slowly complete! I think it will be an amazing winter 🙂
October 5th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
Yeah ! lots of luck to all you guys !
i loved the advanced course ! it was an amazing experience !
October 6th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
@DrD
No, there’s definitely a distinguishable tittle in my CSI enhanced picture as well, so there’s got to be an “i” in there as well. I don’t think there’s a “b”, either, so it’s not Sinbad.
Sintel? Sirtol? Simtd?