Sunday, December 21, 2008
In Memory of Jim Ludtke
This animation was done by a single artist, my dear friend Jim Ludtke, who left this planet far too soon. I miss you, Jim, and think about you all the time. You were a true creative genius, a one-of-a-kind human being. Jim did this all in Macromind 3D, one of the coolest 3D rendering and animation tools you probably never heard of, it wasn't around very long, but Jim made the most of it. From the Residents' "Freak Show" album and CD-ROM.
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3 comments:
lord know I remember Macromind 3D! I did so much work in it. I loved it, but wow, the render times were long. I remember helping Jim out a few times with The Residents CD that this video is from, when he lived over near the Castro, so long ago.
Sparks,
So nice to see you again - and your sideburns are even cooler than mine!
Macromind 3D was some call stuff, and yeah, ALL render times were long as hell back then. The video is from Freak Show, a great CDROM. It all seems like another lifetime, right?
Jim was awesome. ThreeD was cool too, but Jim used EIAS for the animation on Freakshow. He did use Macromodel for most of the modeling.
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