Last week, Gints Zilbalodis animated fantasy adventure film Flow made history by winning the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, becoming the first Latvian film to be nominated and win an Oscar and a huge source of inspiration for indie animators and Blender users worldwide.In true indie spirit, Zilbalodis chose to celebrate his and his teams remarkable win not with lavish parties or Hollywood glitz, but by returning home, booting up his favorite 3D software, and recreating the spinning cat meme with Flows feline protagonist.Inspired by W&Ws viral take on the oiia oiia meme, this mini-project was created in response to a request from a member of the audience during a virtual Q&A in China the memes country of origin hosted by the director. As shown in a screenshot shared alongside the video, the sequence was crafted using Blender, the free and open-source 3D software that Zilbalodis and his team used to bring Flow to life.For comparison, heres the video the Zilbalodis iteration is based on:And heres the cat with a white background the director shared so you can create your own memes:Follow Gints Zilbalodis on Twitter to learn more about Flow and dont forget to join our80 Level Talent platformand ournew Discord server, follow us onInstagram,Twitter,LinkedIn,Telegram,TikTok, andThreads,where we share breakdowns, the latest news, awesome artworks, and more.Source link The post Flow Director Celebrates Winning an Oscar By Recreating the Spinning Cat Meme appeared first on CG SHARES.