HSM Progress 5-24-09

[SecretDimension]

You read my mind man!!

Just when I was about to ask you how you setup your workstation with 8 cored and your render farm, you go ahead and tell us that you will release a book on how to set this up, as well as how to make an animated feature film., which was the other thing I was going to ask you.. YOU READ MY MIND!

I will buy your book the first day it comes out on Amazon (or wherever it is)!!!!

You sort of remind me of Rebel without a crew.. Robert Rodriguez !!

[FinallyFeelFree]

yea didn't rain and ori die?!

[TalixZero]

Yes, Rain did die. Ori, I'm not so sure, as he's made of paper, so... yeah. o_O

[mdotstrange]

Actually ^ ^ Thats why I'm doin the sequel... they are not dead.... they were pushed into another dimension...hmm guess which one? THE THIRD DIMENSION!!!! XD

[FinallyFeelFree]

aww man .. hella yes that's gonna be awesome mdot.. I hope I can u give some ideas cuz I have a very unique imagination  too.. lata

[ManamoPrime]

so they went from the stopmotion dimension to the third dimension which is.. technically the third dimension... wait this is hurting my brain D: back to learning c4d ^ ^

[FinallyFeelFree]

yea I know he got crushed by him's robot foot and mdotstrange will bring him back to life in the offshoot continuation!!!

[deviousbox]

I started investigating C4D for a school project, so I actively look forward to your book!

[Tweak2911]

didn't Rain and Ori die?

[knuxte465]

Just had Pocky... Get some and do a commercial with your characters from We Are The Strange.

Also HOW ARE YOU RENDERING THIS 1080P, 2K, 4K, 8K, IMAX----a ridiculous resolution are TV panels cant handle, OR good old fashion TV resolution (480i/p)

[TheTinkle]

3:18 Glad to see I'm not the only one not knowing which time-scrap is prevalent.

Also - Definite "Yes!" for surprises!

[maggief33]

So doing songs is your way to rebel against your work intresting for me its just mindless drawing :). It nice to relate to someone who does practically the same thing...I can't wait for your next FILM! And for Ori and Rains to return I lOVE THEM ^_^

YOUR SO AWESOME THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR WORK WITH FELLOW Youtubers! xD

[Knowurconception]

Thank you!!!!

[stuffedk]

whats up whith soviet japan?

[FinallyFeelFree]

HEY MDOT I just wanna say that ur movie blog page is just 100% true real and u just cut thru all the bullshit and tell it like it is .. and thats why ur my number one 3d animation filmmaker .. thank u very much for we are the strange and ur heavy mega awesome working status or w/e .. BUT! thanx and keep the strange (good) work going for life

[dumba54]

you are training your skills so that they will be OVER 9000!!!!! right?

[maggief33]

LOL xD

[JoeSomebody2]

If I recall, his skills are already OVER 9000 via a con tag he received many months ago. That was epic. :D

[dumba54]

EPIC! sweet :) then I can't wait to see his "OVER 9000!!!!!" (what 9000?) movie!

[JoeSomebody2]

I believe it was the "SXSW2 M dot keepin it professional" video. :P

[daydream1nc]

Sort of sequel!

[Matt666xCore]

AWEZOM3!!! =D

[Kianto]

Right on Master M dot!

It's great seeing you get all into talking about stuff and things and YA

I wanna know when you're going to come back to Austiinnnnnnnnn.....nnnnnAH. I have some creepy videogames to talk to you about aswell!!!! ARGGHHHHHHHH

-sarah strang_E

[mcasual]

almost sure you know it, but there's, what's the name , uh, Celtx which is a script editor, and one of the features i noticed was building lists of props and people for shooting days, and schedules. i may try it myself, maybe some organizing cant hurt :)

[CasualDaveDotCom]

You are so the man! Project management is so important for an independent artist and so few people get that. They just think they're going to make great art without a plan or goal and then they just end up with pieces parts. Sometimes you just got to do things you don't like so much to do the things you really like. You're an inspiration

[thebloodyhatchet]

Md0ts,

You mentioned the WATS "off-shoot" will probz be all 3D. How come no stop-mo? I thought one of the (many) strengths of WATS "unconventionality" was your ADD-like blend of animation techniques! I implore you to reconsider!

Nonetheless, I blindly trust your artistic vision. And of course, you understand why mine would be a biased opinion on this matter.

BUT... sardines with hot sauce? You ARE nuts.

[FinallyFeelFree]

if u haven't seen ur other vid with my question which is -- How much is cinema 4d and how can I get it?? thanx! AND!! Movie might be done by the end of next year?!?! THAT Sux but most good things takes time and ur work is well worth the wait

[freakjobb]

have you tried just typing in "cinema 4d" on google

[PermianLaCube]

Looking guuuuuuuuud Mdots.

Have you ever thought of knocking up some wall posters for either WATS or HSM?

Cause i would totally pay for some genuine M Dot art hanging on my wall so i can yell at it "PFAH! ONE DAY M DOTS I WILL BE GOOD ENOUGH TO BEAT YOU! ONEEEEEEEE DAYYYYYYYYY!" then work till my fingers bleed.

[theogore]

You shore are 1 organizized phuckr.

Piece.

[sloth1991]

Can you make a video of the sets and characters like just a 50 second video of pictures of like what you have made, a couple things, and maybe make the overlaying song a soundtrack file from the movie...

Please?

Iv been yo fan for like yearz....

[SliceyPete]

MY DOOD !

[Tabletthp]

awesome! your only friend looks really nice! ;)

really looking forward to the book :) I sent you a message regarding the tutorial video, hope you got it. read it, thought "fuck it" and then just kept on trucking baby! yeeah! :P

[Matt666xCore]

d00d u should bring it to fantasia once its finished and u should bring yourself too =D

[mdotstrange]

Sup d00d! Yeh since it was received so well there that is the ONE film festival I will enter it into ^ ^ So yeh I hope so.

[BlackSheepofDeath]

OMG YES RAIIINNNNN!!!!

[cashmoneyBitChes13]

i was born in scotland, im now in minnesota, but so you dont get the shit beaten out of you at the festival, its "ed-in-buh-ruh"

[LieutenantFish]

The term "Render Slave" is perfect for those CPU's. In fact, "Render Slave" should become a commonly used term in the field of 3D animation. I will most certainly read that book when it comes out, what title(s) have you considered for it?

[travelhymm]

high school musical?

[ManamoPrime]

im sorry Travelhymn was that a joke XD? HSM stands for Heart String Marrionette.

[arellia]

At first glance that's what I thought too, it scared the fuck out of me.

Then I remembered there are intelligent people in the world :D

[Drainage64]

Glad to see your FACE again!

So the WATS offshoot is going to be completely 3d?

Rain in 3d...I want to see that!

[blueshampoo44]

I know your secret now Mdot! I have to go buy sardines and hot sauce.....then surely I will be able to animate!

[Anim8torCathy]

I love it when we are back in the bedroom studio! Dude I am sooo jealous of all your CPUness and GIGARAMness But OMFG - SARDINES AND HOT SAUCE?!?!?!

[GTehFrOg]

lOOking fOrward tO the nU film. i belive what yOu mean by "rebel" is prOcrastOnatE? maybe by saying rebel yOu were dOing some mind cOntrOll thing... that must be it. 5stars and stOOf

[magicalgoats]

what happened to the U key

[CrizyChacken]

6:06 it's over 9000

[hotdogsurprise]

wow you have a lot of berserk manga. i have like 7 of them. i've read up to chapter 304 which is part of volume 32 to my knowledge. i get it online from spectrum nexus.

[crash426mnb]

actually a book by you about how to do animated films would be quite good. even with my little intrest in makeing my own films i would pick up the book regardless.

[asofaihp]

He has 24 CPUs and 44 gigs of RAM.... O.o

MdotStrange: what's the processing speed of each of the CPUs?

[mdotstrange]

8 x 2.8ghz in the workstation 4x3ghz in each render node... If I get desperate and get more money I'll add a few i7 920 boxes too ^ ^ OC'd of course!

[Drainage64]

dang man those specs sound great already!

[Aaronb1215]

M dot Strange, I need your book immediately so I can STEAL ALL YOUR POWERS!

[shadowcard]

a rain and ori short you say :P that'd b awesome.

cant w8 for HSM it will be another dvd i get from you to confuse my mates with

[Zavorio]

I really missed the updates : D

[AgentAlloy]

very nice berserk background :D

[TheBlenderer]

Hey, finally an update! Awesome :P

What the heck, that's an incredible amount of render power o.O Did you rob a bank to pay for that :P

Anyways, really cool that you're doing a book as well, all those hardware stuff and planning stuff are all a bit baffling to me :O

Good luck w/ the film! Looking forward to it. cya

[izyvonskuzzmonkey]

YAY!!! UPDATE!!! kickass.

just out of curiosity is the little Japanese kimono person at 9:44 one of your characters in HSM or just a random thing.

Or could it be both at the same time?

[mdotstrange]

^ ^ Its just a an old doll I found that I put on my desk cause he looked lonely.

[izyvonskuzzmonkey]

aww your such a kind man, adopting homeless dolls and turning them into megastars! :)

[FinallyFeelFree]

Hellz yea Boning models all the time biaatch!! Thanx for making a HSM update! my brain needed it.. AND since you like tupac I would guess you like outkast.. so look up their albums - atliens and southernplayalistcadillacmuzik­.. and this video was funny HaHA strange 4 life

[AwesomeOtto]

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