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Virgilio Vasconcelos

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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-Nov-18: Steamboat Willie

Eighty years ago, in november 18th, 1928, Steamboat Willie had its premiere. It was the first Mickey Mouse short with sound and also the first Mickey Mouse movie to be officially distributed (there are other two starring him, produced early that year).

Because of that, most people celebrate this day as Mickey's birthday. Here's an interesting video, with a 1978 Brazilian TV show about the mouse's 50th anniversary. I wasn't even born when that show was originally screened:

And now, Steamboat Willie, which was integrated into the new animated logo of Walt Disney Animation Studios when John Lasseter came as Chief Creative Officer:

 

Happy Birthday! :)

(1) Comments

18/Nov/2008
Reynante M. Martinez said:

I don't know, but the feeling of reminscing these kinds of legendary animations is so exhilarating. This are the quality of cartoons I love best. ^_^