As a child I commandeered my father’s Standard 8 cine camera and started making silent movies. When I worked in a TV / Video shop I borrowed the cameras to make mini epics. When I got a job at a video production company as the administrator I was ecstatic. Until the MD told me I’d never [...]
It takes a special kind of person to readily to go to a Game Jam. These events usually are 48-hour crucibles that push mental endurance to the limits and to willingly give up two days in order to co-create a video game with a collection of strangers and friends. Ultimately, jammers come away with an [...]
Joining forces with our longtime partner Unity, we are happy to release another piece of technology to equip developers with the fastest and most efficient technology to bring their characters to life within their games: As of today, character animation is about to get a whole lot simpler within Unity. We are proud to introduce Mixamo’s [...]
I met Solomon W. Jagwe 3 years ago after he had put in a motion request for some gorilla motions. After looking a little deeper into his project and who he was, I discovered that he was a very talented animator and director. Solomon flew out and we did a couple of days of capture [...]
Taking a 400 year old artform and imagining the various directions it could grow towards is a truly fascinating process. As a passionate chalk artist who gets to experiment and create throughout the world, I’ve decided to explore the possibilities that come with bringing animation into 3D illusionary designs of exciting complexity. Having always been interested in creativity and [...]
Unity and Mixamo have been long time partners, and I’m happy to say that today our collaboration goes one step further: Starting October 16th 2012, Unity Users will be able to sign up for unlimited access to all Mixamo animations through the Unity Asset Store. The new Unlimited Mixamo Animation Store plugin unlocks thousands of game ready animations that can be [...]
Last week, the Mixamo team got together to discover all of the amazing creations that were submitted during the past two months. This marked the end of Mixamo’s Third 3D Character Creation Contest (check out our second contest here) and we were really excited to see the great momentum it gained among the 3D modelling [...]
Mixamo partners Blend Swap have offered to help sponsor the Mixamo Fantasy contest by adding some great membership deals to the winnings. For those who don’t know, Blend Swap is a Free, Open Source, 3D model repository for Blender 3D Artists, where anybody can download and share their models with the world. The new prize list [...]
Studica, Inc., the education source for software and technology products now offers education discounts for Mixamo.com credits, as well as unlimited character animations from the Mixamo Unity Asset store.
Mixamo is launching it’s THIRD character contest. The Mixamo Fantasy War! Five weapon based classes are available to choose from, weapons are provided or you can create your own! Just imagine the type of hero or villain who might wield one of these weapons and let your imagination run wild! Head over to http://www.mixamo.co…er-contest-2012 for the class [...]
