To obtain the scholarship applicants have to complete the application form and they have to provide a url to a digital portfolio of their work, completed application and supplemental materials as referenced in the application process. Some applications can be vetted by members of VES Scholarship Committee. After considering the recommendations of the Commission, VES Board of Directors will make the final decision on who will be the lucky one. Deadline is 17^th June.

Portal Blendernation.org published very interesting article, where describe some tools and features and availability of them as well. So if you are interesting in using motion capture data this can be very useful. Including this article are links to sites where you can get these useful tool as well as see thedemo video.

Source and original article: blendernation.com

CDS v11.1.4 is now availalbe to download. It now has support for the following systems:
- Autodesk 3ds Max 2012/3ds Max Design 2012
- Autodesk Maya 2012
- Autodesk Softimage 2012
- Japanese Windows 7

The new version can be downloaded and installed from the Craft Director Studio download page.

Souce and original article: craftanimations.com

30th June is deadline of competition, which is aimed on creating heads of fantasy creature. Imagination isn`t limited. So you can try to create an elf, orc, dragon etc.The goals with this contest is to create something fast, it can be cartoony or realistic it is up to you.

Rules:

- You can use a basemesh that we provide or you can make your own
- You can use whatever software you see fit (I recommend ZBrush and Mudbox)
- Only 1 entry per person