Okay, here we sort of go!I have set up an account on FA: Animated Fluffies (oh yes I am corny)
http://www.furaffinity.net/user/animatedfluffies/and put some watches and one fave there. Unfortunately FA doesn't seem to have any real group functionality, so I have to run this as if it were a single person account, and put stuff into the journals. Meh. Well, one has to start somewhere.
Drop some shouts there, and we'll watch each other and can give feedback. I will occasionally collect stuff in the journals. If you want something specific to be put in a journal, notify me.
As for the actual panels:CGI for the Absolute Beginner turned out to have a bit much material. I tend to go over things too quickly in my mind when I prepare, and then take much longer in the actual talk. If I do a similar panel again, I will probably restrict the topics even more and provide some demo animations and little movies to go with it. I doubt we'll cover as many details, but perhaps I can limit it to basic modeling, texturing, and animating with examples.
I will not hold the same panel next year though, perhaps in two years again. Not sure whether it would be helpful to follow through with hands-on examples live in the application, since most people will want to start on Blender, and I rather prefer C4D.
The
CGI Round Table was less time-challenged, probably because I didn't have a strict schedule in mind. I admit I was hopping around topics a bit, but I guess that's still not out of scope. The above FA group has been set up, as mentioned in the panel. So now we have a meeting point.
I expect tutorial links to be mentioned in the journals; news; links to your own stuff. I can also put your stuff into the Gallery, just tell me how we're going to organize this thing.
For next year (dammit this is early!):I would actually like to have another round table where we can sit and chat and exchange stuff. If you want to show some animation / CGI work that is not yet online (or which you want to keep in a small circle) bring it by! We can also discuss how the CGI applications and products look like, then.
In addition, I am planning a new panel
CGI and Facial Expression, by then hopefully with a new face model that does not have the same issues as the current one. Perhaps even with lip sync if I can figure out how to get appropriate sound out of these §$%&! loudspeakers.
If you want something else, feel free to ask.