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Who's the blue guy in the banner?Not to be confused with one of the members of the totally righteous Blue Man Group, this blue guy is my friend George - well, actually it's an early version of George, the 3D articulated figure I created originally for use in my inverse kinematics animation system. He has made starring appearances in the course lectures I gave for the Physically Based Modelling and Motion Editing courses at SIGGRAPH 1995 and 1999, respectively, and has graduated to more challenging roles in my thesis research. Since the time I made this banner several years ago, George has acquired a neck, movable shoulders, (currently) immobile thumbs and facial features, and slightly different proportions. At 49 degrees of freedom, he is capable of performing most actions a human can (except when it comes to use of the hands). You can catch a more current look at him in the animations on my art page. |
