tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64654358707367576372011-04-21T16:57:20.119-07:00Daniel Vasquezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11088259493790088667noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6465435870736757637.post-47596786211922201072008-11-18T23:35:00.000-08:002008-11-19T00:01:32.714-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CWlPumV2DAA/SSPDNTLaFuI/AAAAAAAAAEg/8P0gldEN4u0/s1600-h/talin_render3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CWlPumV2DAA/SSPDNTLaFuI/AAAAAAAAAEg/8P0gldEN4u0/s320/talin_render3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270270622207448802" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CWlPumV2DAA/SSPDCxpswuI/AAAAAAAAAEY/ybb80kg8dUg/s1600-h/talin_render1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CWlPumV2DAA/SSPDCxpswuI/AAAAAAAAAEY/ybb80kg8dUg/s320/talin_render1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270270441409004258" border="0" /></a><br /><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-5abde61de741050d" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v9.nonxt7.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D5abde61de741050d%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330057709%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D68DC547C123D61EC3D71A7826D3B906749F0B08B.5FDED975E1B25108AE82A85AAB122F34F53401F5%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D5abde61de741050d%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3Dh4ixSgMaxMqIZ_tyBAhW_HBYWZo&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v9.nonxt7.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D5abde61de741050d%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1330057709%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D68DC547C123D61EC3D71A7826D3B906749F0B08B.5FDED975E1B25108AE82A85AAB122F34F53401F5%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D5abde61de741050d%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3Dh4ixSgMaxMqIZ_tyBAhW_HBYWZo&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><br /><br />I'm testing some ways to rig macromolecules (such as protein and DNA). I used <a href="http://www.animate.net/mel.htm">this</a> great script that allows me to import protein structure into Maya. The protein I eventually would like to animate is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talin_%28protein%29">talin</a>. The above is just a piece of talin (available from <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Structure/mmdb/mmdbsrv.cgi?Dopt=s&amp;uid=28948">PubMed</a>). Because the X-ray or NMR structure of full-length talin has not been achieved, I will have to get creative and use the available truncated versions.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6465435870736757637-4759678621192220107?l=science-of-dan-animationwip.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Vasquezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11088259493790088667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6465435870736757637.post-91741480162728726972007-08-06T21:46:00.000-07:002007-08-06T22:17:34.875-07:00I've been having some technical problems with the rig. Moreover, I'm getting ready to move to France, so I haven't had much time to troubleshoot. I won't have my own computer while I'm there, unfortunately! Although, I don't know how long I'll survive without a computer... we'll see... à la prochaine!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6465435870736757637-9174148016272872697?l=science-of-dan-animationwip.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Vasquezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11088259493790088667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6465435870736757637.post-77911012702695611872007-07-30T13:59:00.000-07:002007-07-30T14:05:28.333-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_CWlPumV2DAA/Rq5RUVe4xXI/AAAAAAAAAC8/RXH8Y1UGaUM/s1600-h/3d_dan2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_CWlPumV2DAA/Rq5RUVe4xXI/AAAAAAAAAC8/RXH8Y1UGaUM/s320/3d_dan2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093097638408537458" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I'm still working on the rig. (I'm having some technical issues with the face rig!)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6465435870736757637-7791101270269561187?l=science-of-dan-animationwip.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Vasquezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11088259493790088667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6465435870736757637.post-10483777905854469122007-07-23T18:00:00.000-07:002007-07-23T18:01:19.758-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_CWlPumV2DAA/RqVPT1e4xWI/AAAAAAAAAC0/Bk0QZ1dZ9EE/s1600-h/3d_dan.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_CWlPumV2DAA/RqVPT1e4xWI/AAAAAAAAAC0/Bk0QZ1dZ9EE/s320/3d_dan.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5090562156004951394" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6465435870736757637-1048377790585446912?l=science-of-dan-animationwip.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Vasquezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11088259493790088667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6465435870736757637.post-91522028482108776242007-07-05T11:20:00.001-07:002007-07-05T11:27:14.267-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_CWlPumV2DAA/Ro02pLTnxWI/AAAAAAAAACs/3VzITnUIOcc/s1600-h/3Ddan.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_CWlPumV2DAA/Ro02pLTnxWI/AAAAAAAAACs/3VzITnUIOcc/s320/3Ddan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5083779635408782690" border="0" /></a>Whenever I have some time (if ever), I will be working on a little animation based on my trip to Europe in 2002. Here's my 'cartoonish' head.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6465435870736757637-9152202848210877624?l=science-of-dan-animationwip.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Daniel Vasquezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11088259493790088667noreply@blogger.com0