April 17th, 2005
Delio, my mentor, has made a very nice e-critique of my first AM assignment, which was a single pose of Stu.. It's really inspiring to see him talking about my work "in flesh and blood" -- there's SO much to be learned just from seeing him do so !! He has very interesting things to say !!
I have posted my first animation assignment at Animation Mentor. You can find it in the "Character Animation" section.

April 10th, 2005
Things are only getting better and better in AM !! Delio Tramontozzi, my mentor, is an awesome guy who seems to have an answer for everything we ask in the Q&A .. And he really knows heaps about animation ! I can't wait to have him critique my stuff in depth !!
Meanwhile, I have momentarily taken out the "showreel" section of my website, because they were two years old ! I'll put it up again when I have a new showreel to show ..

April 1st, 2005
OK.. First week of AM .. What can I say, except it's an AMAZING site and we're going to learn LOTS !! Kudos to Shawn, Carlos and Bobby for setting it up and taking SO much effort in building it .. I'm already learning tons with this week's assignment !! And what's to come looks EXCITINGLY promising !!
No new animations for now .. I've uploaded new versions of llScaleKey.mel and llCycleMachine.mel, though ..

March 26th, 2005
New version of the acting test with TEO the ghost .. Check it out in the Animations section !
Oh man .. Animation Mentor begins in two days !! WHEEEEEE !! :-)

March 17th, 2005
Wow .. It's been TOO long !!
But, hey, I'm back ! :-)
It's not that I haven't been animating - quite the contrary .. I just haven't updated in a long while. Most of the stuff I've been doing I can't show because it's for different animation work projects .. Actually, I've been having a LOT of fun and I can't complain at all !
OK .. I've posted a couple of new animations in the animation section ..
Also, a few new scripts and improved versions of old ones .. hope they help !
By the way .. one last thing : I AM IN ANIMATION MENTOR !! Classes start in a couple of weeks !! I'm very excited about being in ! I'm sure it will be a lot of fun !
I'll keep y'all posted ..

September 12th, 2004
Oh well .. Another month went by and it's already September ! What about that ? :-)
I will be updating with new little tests very soon ..
By the way, I also created a new version of llRotateOrder.mel .. Be sure to check it out !

August 12th, 2004
New little script uploaded ... llCycleMachine.mel should be useful when working with two-legged cycles!
Lately I'm learning tons making new little personal animations and studying the work of the masters!

July 25th, 2004
Updated, again, llListUtilities.mel. Thanks to Javier Solsona for the input !
Started rendering the new animation .. Could take a while because it's 705 frames ! ;-)

July 6th, 2004
Updated llListUtilities.mel - now it's an even better tool for rigging !! Thanks to Alessandro Sabatelli for the suggestions !
Also, there's yet another new version of llShowAnimCurves.mel for the animators out there.
In a week or two a new animation ... I have been working on this one for quite some time now !

June 17th, 2004
Yet another new version of llShowAnimCurves.mel uploaded ... This baby is sure growing up fast! :-)
Still no further updates...

June 15th, 2004
New version of llShowAnimCurves.mel uploaded ...
Currently working on a long personal animation, I'll probably upload it in two or three more weeks ...

June 10th, 2004
Sorry for taking so long with new updates... It's been busy!
There's a new MEL script for animation, called llShowAnimCurves.mel... Enjoy!

May 5th, 2004
All right... I just updated the weight lift animation, because I corrected a couple of things... Plus, a new animation is up... Hope y'all like it !!

April 30th, 2004
Oh well... A little new animation uploaded until I finish the big ones I am working on...

April 24th, 2004
Aaaall right ... HONK to the people at the Animation Bootcamp, especially to Johan, Pauline, Morten and Stein... And of course big HONK to Angus too!! :-)
I'm finishing up a couple of animations, updates soon soon soon...
Also, Javier and I have finally released a free new rig for Maya 5 : the Package Man rig !! Download it from www.rigging101.com. To learn how it was rigged, you can purchase our new rigging CD too ;-)

March 27th, 2004
Awwww... Everything's fine here in Glasgow...
Except that my hard disk crashed three weeks ago and I lost a loooot of time and some amount of data !! D'ooooh !!!
Anyway, there's a new little animation just uploaded. Hope you like it!

February 15th, 2004
Well... My computer is rendering a little 18-seconds animation, while I'm at work... I guess I'll have an update soon!
I'm also about to begin a couple of new collaborative projects... Ah, mistery! :-)

February 3rd, 2004
I can't seem to find time to create new animations these days... Sorry about that, but no updates as of now...
Meanwhile, I'm making great friends here at Absolute... Big hi to all and all!!

January 19th, 2004
Great news !!! I just moved to Glasglow, UK to work as an animator for Absolute Studios !!
There have been some minor changes in my URL... For one, the Tutorials section is down -- sorry about that, but I wasn't adding much to it recently... ;-)
On the other hand, you'll find some new animations and MEL scripts for you to enjoy...

December 8th, 2004
Ahhh... Long time without updates... Sorry about that... :-)
Guess what? My sutdents' short film Up There won yet another award, this one at the Festival Internacional de Sitges... Congratulations to them!!
Finally went to see Finding Nemo... Dory is amazing... And the turtles ROCK !!!
There's a minor upgrade of llChangeColor.mel in the MEL section for you to download. No new animations as of now, but I'm thinking of joining the 10 Second Club in this month's entry, so maybe I'll have something to show soon...
Oh, by the way : Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all and all!!

November 7th, 2003
New animation uploaded... A little tribute to the animators of Ice Age!! :-)
Animating a little bit more, and enjoying it a lot... I'm also back giving some workshops on character rigging and animation at IDEP.
Also, thanks to David Martinez "Thorse" for the code to make the accents on the letters correctly visible in all browsers!

October 29th, 2003
Wow... Finally a new animation that I can show!! :-)

October 23rd, 2003
Back to animating and making rigs again... :-)
Today there's another new script in the MEL section, called llChangeColor. And there's also an important update of llOrientJoint... Enjoy!

October 22nd, 2003
Just finished a new commercial at Arena Shots... It was the hardest one yet, but it also looked the sweetest in the end!
There's a new script in the MEL section, called llMonitorAttribute... Hope you find it useful!

October 1st, 2003
Wow... Happy 1st birthday to my URL!!! A lot of things have happened in just one year, huh? :-)
I'd like to thank all the occasional and frequent visitors... Without the lot of you this couldn't have been possible!!

September 30th, 2003
Minor upload in my URL... A MEL script called llRotateOrder.mel is now available.
But check out the cool new tutorial at www.rigging101.com!!

September 26th, 2003
Well... Two of my students' short films from last year are nominated for the Art Futura 2003 festival!! Congratulations to them and the best of luck to Zdenka and Up There!!!

September 24th, 2003
Thanks to Hugo for finding out a little error in the new ikJoe rig... There's an upgraded version, 3.0.1, already available!
And sorry to my young padawan for mispelling his URL... It's upthere.do.kz !! :-))

September 17th, 2003
Well, guess what? A new version of the ikJoe is out... It's freely available at www.rigging101.com. Give it a try and tell me what you think!
No more news... Looks like I'm still looking for a job, so let me know if you hear something!

September 7th, 2003
No news for now... And no updates either... I'm too busy ;-))

August 12th, 2003
Well, I felt good today so I uploaded a little script that has saved my life more than once. It's for managing texture files. Check it out in the scripts section! It's called llOptFiles.mel.
I also have uploaded a new version of llMirrorTransform.mel, because I found out that it didn't work properly in Maya 5.0...
As you can see, animating does not give me time for major uploads... I owe Ken Cougar a rig, for one... Don't worry, Ken, I'll finish it sooner or later and it's going to be great!! :-))

August 4th, 2003
Animating a little bit more on this big hush project... All in all, I'm having a good time.
By the way, I'm missing entering the monthly competition at the 10 Second Club too... I had hoped I could join back this very summer, but it seems that I just don't have the time...
I've also uploaded an update of llScaleKey.mel... Hope you like it!

July 29th, 2003
Did I talk about holidays? Not any more for now... I'm working in this super-secrect project. Sorry, but I can't talk about it... The thing is I'm not to be seen at the beach anymore for some time -- so long to my tan!!
The drawback is that my huge MEL script is stopped by now... Sorry about that Ken... I'll get to it ASAP!!
All in all, life is sweet though... Making new friends, meeting old ones... And selling some CDs too!! ;-)
Oh, my students at 2nd of IDEP have uploaded their short films. If you want, take a look at them... They are called Zdenka and Up There.
More news when there are some.

July 19th, 2003
Well, finally some holidays!! :-))
I've uploaded a new script in the MEL section, called llMirrorTransform.mel.
I have also been working on a new huge script... Which I cannot talk about right now... :-)) It has to do with the Alienz collaborative short film project on CGTalk...
More news soon!

July 2nd, 2003
It looks like I'm not updating a lot lately, but there's been a lot going on!
To start with, finally the rigging tutorial I did with Javier Solsona is out on the streets! Visit www.rigging101.com for more information. We are very happy, because the CD was featured in some major 3D-related URLs, such as CGTalk and 3DFestival.
Also, I've been working on a top-secret commercial with Arena Shots, featuring seven whole seconds of character animation! As always, what does not kill you makes you stronger... And we are very happy with the result!!
What else? Well, I've redone my showreel, and I'm planning on sending a few this month or the next... Wish me good luck!
... and this is it for today. Thanks for coming by!!

June 21st, 2003
Finished teaching at IDEP for this year. The projects will look great after all... There has been quite a hurry in the last minute, as always happens. But hard-working always pays!
I haven't finished the new commercial yet. I have to say it's looking great. It will probably be one of the most interesting and fun I have done so far. More when I can speak about it...
Oh, and remember to come by Monday for an important new...

June 3rd, 2003
Welcome to my new URL!
I've changed my domain because my former providers have all but disappeared -- and with them my access to the FTP, and the DNS. I've been trying to get hold of my .com domain, but apparently they registered it giving their own name as both administrative and technical contacts, and therefore I am completely unable to prove that it was mine in the first place.
Hopefully my new providers will be a lot better -- and at least they do answer to my mails!!
So if you are thinking of getting a URL, do insist in being at least the administrative contact!
And remember to point your browsers to www.lluisllobera.net from now on!
Apart from this terrible URL headache, I'm just starting a new comercial and ending the writing of a rigging tutorial with Mr Goosh. More news soon...

June 2nd, 2003
Sad tears for Rose...

May 26th, 2003
The new animation for the missile is uploaded. It was fun doing it! I had to add a couple of keyframes this weekend and redo the render, but I kind of like it.
Soooo... Seen Matrix Reloaded yet or what? I have! Talk about trucks colliding, huh?? :-))

May 23rd, 2003
There's another commercial ahead. And this will be a very interesting one! Sorry, but no more details for now...
In the scarce time I can catch up with, I'm working hard to try to finish an animation for the Missile, and writing down something that a few have asked me for, with a good friend. Hmmmmm, a lot of mistery... :-)))
Oh! And thanks to Daniel Moutou for his help. Now rhis is a Mac-friendly URL!!

May 14th, 2003
The commercial ended up fine... A lot of work, that's for sure, and a couple of sleepless nights also, but definetely a lot of fun! And I've learnt a lot about seagulls, and birds in general... Ask me whatever you want!! ;-)
I've uploaded a little animation of the main character of the commercial. The model was done by my friend Jordi Garcia from Arena Shots, and the rigging and animation of the cycle are mine.
Until the next commercial begins, I'll see if I can catch up some time to animate a little bit... I need to!! :-)

April 30th, 2003
New animation uploaded. It's for a character from my students at IDEP this year, in a short film that will be called Booom!. Character design by Alex, model by Victor, texturing by Edu.
Just a little minor update on the llListUtilities.mel... Version 1.1 is available in the scripts section.

April 25th, 2003
Well, back to commercials once again... And this time it's gonna be a challenging and long production!
I've uploaded version 1.2 of the llScaleKey.mel... I'm starting to love this script!! ;-)

April 23rd, 2003
Happy St George's day!
Isn't it nice having some time left to yourself? I could upload two new animations today... Easter was quite productive after all! :-)

April 18h, 2003
I've uploaded version 1.1 of the llScaleKey.mel.
Also, I'm finishing a new test animation for the Elastic Man: I'll call it "the turnaround". It will probably be uploaded in a couple or days or so...

April 14th, 2003
How was the Animation Masterclass?? Well FULLY AMAZING might describe it :-) I've learnt tons and tons... Thanks Kyle!!
Not only have I learnt tons, but also I've made new friends and met old ones... Specially, big HI goes to David and Hugo from Lion Toons!! And also to Luis San Juan!
I've stopped working on the Rhonda rig... Kyle gave us some ideas for rigging that didn't match with what I was doing! It seems that the trick is keeping it simple...
Well, as a matter of fact the Elastic Man rig v2.0 took me only one day and a half. I've uploaded a new animation for him... How does it look? I think not bad for only 4 hours!
Oh, and also a couple of new MEL scripts : llScaleKey.mel and llListUtility.mel.

April 4th, 2003
I've updated the Character Animation section, with 2 different views of a walk cycle for Troll.
I'm progressing with my new rig. The character is one of Proton's. I call her Rhonda. I'll let you see more of her when she's ready...
Next week I'm off to Madrid, to participate in Kyle Balda's character animation masterclass. I'm sure it'll be a lot of fun!! I'll let you know when I'm back...

March 23rd, 2003
Long time without updates...
I've been working hard in the intro for this month's animation, and after I finished it I decided it was too long to be submitted. Therefore, I'm not entering the club's contest this month and I'm leaving the animation as it is. I hope you like it!
I'm also starting to rig a new character. Which? I'm not sure right now... But it's gonna be a thorough rig, for sure!!

March 8th, 2003
A new version of the Troll rig is available... Versio 1.2 mends some mistakes derived from changing the clavicle's controllers, plus some little extra things.
I'm working in this month's animation clip... Starring Troll, and the Sucker!!! What is it? Well, you'll have to wait and see it for yourselves!! :-)

February 27th, 2003
I've reordered the clips in the Character Animation section, so that the newest ones will always be in top... Thanks for the advice Javier!! :-)
There's a new script in the MEL section...
And that's it for now. I'm starting to work in a long animation for Troll, as well as getting ready to start writing down some rigging tutorials with my fellow overseas...

February 24th, 2003
Weeeeell... Here's my monthly animation at last! You'll find it in the Character Animation section. I think it's a line from the Lion King, but I'm not sure... Anyway, it's funny and full of energy!
Working in a little freelance project this week, so not any more updates...

February 14th, 2003
I haven't uploaded in a while... But here I am again!
I'm working on this month's animation for the 10 Second Club. It's looking good so far, and I'm enjoying a lot doing it, so I guess everything's fine :-)
Thanks for all the fine comments about Troll's rig. Remember that it's free for you to download and use, for non-commercial profit only. Please tell me what you think about it, and send me some animations so I can see him in movement!
By the way, I've uploaded a new version of Troll's rig. Version 1.1 implements new clavicle controllers, since I found that rotating them wasn't interactive enough. You can download it here.
My students at 1st and 2nd course at IDEP have finally started their projects. They are truly promising!! I can't wait to see how they shape out... I'll do my best to guide them safe.

February 2nd, 2003
I'm getting ready to send my reels around. Wish me good luck!
I've uploaded a little document on how the Troll rig works. You'll find it in the Downloads section.

January 29th, 2003
Quite on the 11th hour, but I managed to finish this month's animation in time. There are a couple of things I'd have loved to tweak, but time was on me!! :-) You'll still find it in the Character Animation section.
I've also added a new script in the MEL section.

January 27th, 2003
I spent the whole last week doing three commercials for Arena Shots, and during the weekend I've been attending to a very good character animation workshop conducted by Jeffrey Hinze... So I haven't had much time to animate lately!! Hopefully I'll get to it this week, as I still have to finish my monthly animation for the club!!
I've decided to upload a new MEL script, and a revision of the llOrientJoint.

January 18th, 2003
Some major changes in my web!! You'll find a couple of MEL scripts, a new rig and a couple of reels to download now.
If I get some good response, I might upload new scripts and tutorials soon... So tell me what you think!!

January 14th, 2003
Finally, and after a short holiday period :-)) I am back to work... I've finished the rig for Troll, the model I took from the 10SecondClub. I think it's pretty good-looking. Feel free to download it and tell me what you think!!
I'm starting to work in this month's animation for the club. But, most important of all, I'm ultimating things to get my showreel sent around. Let's see what happens...
I'm also reworking my whole web page... If you come back in a few days, you're bound to see some improvements! :-)

December 31st, 2002
Bye-bye 2002...
How was your Christmas? Here's hoping that the new year will be just as fine (of even finer) than this one!!
I've uploaded a new animation, starring the Elastic Man -- and this time you'll be seeing him stretching quite a little bit! :-)

December 21th, 2002
I've finally uploaded this month's animation for the 10 Second Club. Starring my new character Elastic Man -- although in this clip you won't be seeing his elastic properties yet!!
I've expanded my URL to add a tutorials section... The first tutorial I've prepared is one showing a simple yet efective way to rig a spine... Tell me your thoughts about it!
... Oh, and Merry Christmas and happy new year!!

December 16th, 2002
More troubles with the server... aaargh!!
Big "HI" to my students at IDEP, who've just found this secret page... :-) Less internet and more studying, wha'?
I'm currently working on my month's animation for the 10 Second Club, and also rigging up a nice troll model I got from there... I'll make the final version available at my downloads section soon, so keep coming back to check it out!!
Oh, I'll be seeing "the Two Towers" on the 26th... Until then, NOT A WORD of your thoughts about the movie!!! :-)

December 4th, 2002
Well... Looks like my server is finally running OK... hope it lasts!
I have been spending the last week doing a couple of commercials for Arena Shots... Lots of fun, and lots of work!! That's good :-)
I've uploaded a little animation about a dancing cube, and I'm ready to start working for this month's 10 Second Club contest... Probably starring my new character, Elastic Man!

November 20th, 2002
I've had a lot of weird and annoying problems with my server... Darn!!! I'm sorry for the inconvenience if you tried to access to my URL while the trouble was close at hand... As a matter of fact, I'm not sure it's already mended right now, so cross your fingers for me!
At long last, here's my animation for the 10SecondClub this month... Starring IK Joe v2.5!! Hope you like it... I've spent the most of this month with other things, and trying to finish it... Now that I'll have some spare time again, I have a couple of projects I want to move on to...

November 8th, 2002
Well... Guess what? A new version of the IK Joe and IK Jane is up... Version 2.5 implements direct rotation for both feet, as well as plenty of new attributes for twisting and rotating them.
Spent the whole night of the 5th sonorizing my short film Spring Time in a professional studio... I really like the results! Now the animation is a little heavier to download. You'll still find it in the Downloads section.
I'm working in the new 10SecondClub animation... But this month it looks like time is eluding me somehow!! :-)

November 4th, 2002
Yeee-haw! The short film my students at IDEP did last year, Midnight Knights, and which I directed, won just yesterday the 3rd award to the best short film in the Art Futura festival! We are very happy!! :-)
Following some suggestions from Javier, I tweaked a little bit more the setup for the IK Joe. Now you can play around with the character's clavicles, and the extremities are renamed "L" and "R" instead of "1" and "2". The version 2.1 of the character is available to download in the Downloads section. But keep looking, because there might be new versions soon!
There's also a little walk cycle animation of the IK Joe in the Animations section. It's a very simple one, but I was just anxious to see him moving. Doesn't look all that bad, does he?

October 30th, 2002
Started teaching 3D at IDEP again... This sure has slowed me down!! Anyway, we gotta make a living, don't we?
I have uploaded a new little walk cycle for CD, which you can find at the Animations section. I'm currently working on a little long animation for him...
And, most important of all, I've been doing a very challenging character rigging for a low-res humanoid. You can find it at the new Downloads section, and download freely. I'm quite proud of it... Hope you like it!!

October 13th, 2002
Just finished a little animation about two cubes and a little catapult... Download it here or in the Character Animation section.
I've also finished my monthly submission for the 10 Second Club (which you can see here). It took me less than usual to do it... I think I'm starting to speed up!

October 1st, 2002
I've just finished a short film!! Starring a new character, called Flip, this animation took a week and a half to complete. I'm quite happy with it... You can download it here or in the Short Films section.Tell me what you think about it!
I've also just finished my monthly submission for the 10 Second Club (which you can see here).
I have bought the Monsters Inc DVD and seen all the extras... They really are worth a look!