In other news, I have been thinking for a long time about switching to the free open source 3d software, Blender, for my animations. The software I use is still from 2006 (I tried the latest version last year and didn’t make the switch, and my CD key is starting to misbehave)

What I want in a 3d app is animation and celshading, and it looks like Blender might be mature enough at this point to provide that and then some, check out this Hatsune Miku model made in Blender

This Miku model is, by the way, available for free to download at the artist’s site – very generous of him.