CESAR SAEZ

When was the last time...

noreply@blogger.com (César Sáez) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:30:53 PST

Last week we had a very interesting talk on this issue. Seems like when you're working on a project for so long, sometimes it's easy to feel lost and this question comes to the surface quite often...

So, when was the last time you felt proud of your work?

At the end, we all agreed it's all about "can't see the forest for the trees".
You have to get out of the forest to see it, because while you are in the forest, you only see the trees that comprise it; but you can't see the forest as a whole.

Yes, I know what are you thinking... really basic, right?
And I agree with you, but sometimes is good to know we're not alone and if we continue doing our best, tomorrow we'll be proud of today's work :-)

Cheers!

Rigging lecture at UGR

noreply@blogger.com (César Sáez) — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:44:01 PST

Hey folks,

The last weekend I gave a lecture on rigging at UGR (Granada University), was a nice experience even though prepare the program and the class material was not as easy as I thought, but in the end everything worked fine and everyone learned something new :-)

Lately I'm really busy at Kandor (crunch time) and find some time/energy to do CG related things at my spare time is harder than ever... but I'm trying and maybe this week I finally finish/release a little tool for Softimage.

Nobody said this was going to be easy, right? ;-)
Regards

Some light at the end of the tunnel

noreply@blogger.com (César Sáez) — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:54:26 PST

Hey folks,

The title doesn't say too much, eh ... I'm working and thinking about this personal project for a long time without much success, but today, I don't know why, something happened and everything starts to fit nicely!

Magic? Voodoo? I don't know, just know that this project is finally moving forward... maybe I'm not so dumb after all :-)

The main idea is create a base, a system, where you can add modules (aka 'autorigs') in an easily and consistently way, so you can add your own custom rigging solutions without so much implementation constraints and in some cases without any coding. Something like Houdini's digital assets but not so great and well implemented... lol

Another handy thing is that the system gives you an API to work with the rig 'for free' (including custom modules), so programming tools for your characters/props/whatever has never been easier.

A piece of cake, huh?
Well, it's not so easy, but I'm trying... I have a lot of work to do until the system is ready, but the core is there (or almost).

OneUndo decorator

noreply@blogger.com (César Sáez) — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:15:14 PDT

Hi folks,

I'm posting another entry from my old blog, this time it's a decorator for Softimage that help us to wrap all the calls inside a function in an unique undo.

The decorator itself should look something like this...

from functools import wraps
def OneUndo(function):
    @wraps(function)
    def _inner(*args, **kwargs):
        try:
            Application.BeginUndo()
            f = function(*args, **kwargs)
        finally:
            Application.EndUndo()
            return f
    return _inner

And a basic example...

@OneUndo
def CreateNulls(p_iCounter=100):
    lNulls = []
    for i in range(p_iCounter):
        lNulls.append( Application.ActiveSceneRoot.AddNull() )
    return lNulls

CreateNulls()

Have Fun!

New stuff on the way!

noreply@blogger.com (César Sáez) — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:46:03 PDT

I have a new personal project! yes, after years of lazyness and a lot of wasted time, I'll start to work in a new personal project at home.

The character was nicely designed, modeled and textured by David Domingo Jimenez (a Kandor's fellow) ... The good news is I finally got a nice character to test new ideas and all kinds of stuff, will be a lot of fun.

So I have no excuses ... Stay tuned because it comes a lot of work and the blog will be active again.

Justin and the Knights of Valour

noreply@blogger.com (César Sáez) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:03:47 PST

It's official! The first press note about the project I'm working on :)

"...Set in a magical world that children still dream of, JUSTIN AND THE KNIGHTS OF VALOUR is a story about the determination of a kid to reach his dream. It is a tale about friendship, honour and courage. A heart-warming story filled with adventure, action and fun..."

More here...

Demo Reel 2008

noreply@blogger.com (César Sáez) — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:52:30 PST

Hey folks,

Just my old demo reel... nowadays I probably would do things a lot different but this is from the me of the 2008 ;-)

Me and myself

noreply@blogger.com (César Sáez) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:04:38 PST

Me me me me me... and myself.

Just kidding.... I'm rescuing old posts (you know, restarting the site once again) and found this interview from the guys at Eje-Zeta.com in which I share my experience as a self-taught (so far).

By the way, spanish only...

LINK

Blog hacked, again...

noreply@blogger.com (César Sáez) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:02:11 PST

Hi folks,

Yes, it happened again and I still don't get it :(

It doesn't matter... all I can say is that I'm going back to Blogger for the safety of my post, right now I'm not so motivated to write my thoughts anywhere but who knows, maybe things will change...

Cheers!