123D Catch
/I've been spending a lot of time brainstorming various ways to create interesting animations that can be made quickly. While I'm a somewhat capable 3d-modeler, shortcuts are always welcome when starting a project whose contents promise to be onerously complicated; geometrically speaking. While looking for solutions I ran across a series of apps with the prefix "123D" made by AutoDesk. Back in high school I cut my teeth on AutoCAD and 3DStudio Max, so finding these (mostly free) apps led to a series of hasty downloads. One immediate standout was 123D Catch.
What this app does is nothing new, but the accessibility and ease of creation it provides are equal parts refreshing and compelling. Having started preparatory work on an upcoming project I had an incomplete armature lying around that looked like it wanted to be photographed. You'll see in the scan below that it's an ugly little thing, but I'm not done yet. The inspiration for "Pedro's" creation came from my friend Rick Bushie; the methodology for his haphazard construction is wholly my own (first try).
For your enjoyment I present my copper golem:
