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About

I'm an Animation Professor at LUCA School of Arts, campus C-mine in Genk, Belgium. I teach at the Re:Anima Joint Master in Animation and I'm a senior researcher at the Inter-Actions Research Unit. My research interests include philosophy of Technics, power relations inscribed in and reinforced by technical objects, and decolonial perspectives in animation. Previously, I was an Animation Professor at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), in Brazil. MFA and PhD by the Graduate Program in Arts at EBA/UFMG. I'm also a free software advocate, animator, rigger and I also like to code. You can see some of my works and know a bit more about me at:

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Blender Animation Book

I've written a book about Rigging and Animation in Blender for Packt Publishing. You can get the files here.

Old Blog

Yes, I had a blog. Haven't updated it since 2011. Anyway, if you need something from there I have kept backwards compatibility and you can read it below.

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2008-Oct-28: Happy Animation Day!

October 28th, 1892. In that day, the first public presentation of the Theathre Optique was made by Charles-Emile Reynaud. A moment that marked the birth of the magnificent art of Animation. That was before the first film projections by The Lumiere brothers, it is nice to notice.

The first public performance in 1892. The image was back projected onto the screen.

This day was chosen for obvious reasons to celebrate the International Animation Day. Since 2002, ASIFA promotes a global celebration event on this day. Folks who live in Brasil can participate in one of the various cities involved. :D

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