At CGTalk there is an interesting new challenge with the theme of “Disintegration”:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=139&t=452203
Right now it might be limited to animations/live action videos + CG. I’ve inquired to find out if they would allow stills, as they have in earlier challenges, or at least to extend this contest to include a category for still shots.
If so, I had, I suppose in their terms, something of a “casual entry” to experiment with attempting such an effect in Blender:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=139&t=452203&page=2
(see post 23)
I’m hoping to enter this year’s Blender F1 contest, and I’m working on a number of other projects, so I’m not going to have the time to attempt a full disintegration animation.
In any event, I hope some of our resident animators do consider the challenge. It could be fun and a good learning opportunity.
RobertT
