Hey people, JS here,

well how to say. eh! I’ve been picked to be part of the Durian team! Now two third of the montagestudio team is working on Durian, quite funny if you ask me!
I’ll be leaving Montréal, Canada on January 23rd and stay there until the project is done in June.

This has a lot of impact on my current life. But here’s a few thing I want to share with you.

First, Packt publishing was kind enough to send me a copy of their book ‘Blender 3d Incredible Machines’. Due to some intense overtime work at the studio I work on, I couldn’t get to read and review it. And now with all the stuff I need to finish and prepare before leaving to Amsterdam, I won’t have time to give this book the proper time it deserve. So I suggest all of you to give it a look with this free sample Chapter. The book looks like a great ressource, especially about the external renderers: http://www.packtpub.com/files/7467-blender-3d-incredible-machines-sample-chapter-6-steampunk-spacecraft.pdf
And here’s a link to the book itself: http://www.packtpub.com/blender-3d-2-49-incredible-machines/book

Finally, I had to cancel Blender courses I was giving at the Society of technological Arts in Montréal. If anyone living in the area that are willing to make some money and share their Blender Knowledge. I think they would greatly appreciate a new teacher there. No need to be a complete master of Blender, since the classes are really just introduction to the software. If you are interested, please email the ‘transform’ department on the Society of technological art website (here: transform@weber.sat.qc.ca )

Merry holidays everyone
Jean-Sébastien Guillemette