iClone 5

Well as you all know we were hit hard by Hurricane Sandy and as a result I lost my art studio, in fact the house is unlivable and won't be for the long foreseeable future.  Little by little I am buying new supplies and equipment so I can start working again on what I love. 
In the meantime I am keeping busy with an animation program called iClone5.  If you have any interest in computer animation then this post is for you.  I purchased this program many years ago (iClone3) but was never able to get the hang of it.  Bit of a learning curve.  Since then though, Ive used many different art programs and it came easier to me this time.  I have since upgraded to iClone5.  I am having so much fun with this program.  The possibilities are endless. 
If you have even one creative bone in your body you will love this program. 
You can create custom avatars, I just love torturing my friends and family with this little feature.  LOL

Examples of custom avatars:

 

 

 

        Me, face painted as a Zombie and my custom avatar. 

 

 

                                                                    

  Singer, song writer Lucan Wolf

 

Lucan's custom avatar

 

 

 

Walker from Walker and the Brotherhood of the Grape

 

 

Walker's custom avatar

 

Pretty cool, eh?

 

Also, if you have Photoshop skills and 3d drawing skills, check out Sketchup.  Available for free online

You can create all of your own custom props and scenery for your productions.  If you don't have these skills, fear not, Google Warehouse has thousands of models for free that you can download through iClone 3d xchange program.

 

http://www.sketchup.com/

 

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/

 

Here is an example of one of my custom props for a future Zombie video I'm making.

 

 

Photo of Mike's Tavern in Google Earth

 

Close up of the front of Tavern

 

 

Mike's Tavern prop I created in SketchUp in a iClone scene

 

Like I said, the possibilities are endless!

 

 

 

Check out the video I made for

Walker and the Brotherhood of the Grape

This was just too much fun to create.  Everyone in the video are friends and or family of mine. 

 

 

This is a music video I created for my friend Lucan Wolf.

Gotta Love Vampires!!!

 

Check out iClone here:

 

http://www.reallusion.com/iclone/