Remembering Jimmy Pozin

[NormanNormal]

So I'm not really a member of this community. I'm 34 years old, I played a lot of 3DMM as a kid for a few years, but not since. Recently I thought back to these times and remember some of my favorite old movies, the Litterbug series specifically by James Pozin. When I searched his name here I found out that he sadly passed away in 2016 and apparently had lived a troubled life and struggled with mental illness.

Not sure why I am posting this, or who I am addressing, but I just wanted to say I remember Jimmy Pozin and the impact he had on me. He was truly a creative genius and even watching his movies I have not seen in 15 or 20 years I am still blown away by what he accomplished with such a limited program. I believe he would of went on to accomplish amazing things had it not been for his troubles. I wonder if his parents realize how many people out there admire him.

Thanks for reading this, and RIP Mr Pozin. You won't be forgotten.

Norman

[Dave Miles]

Welcome Norman. Pozin was definitely in a class all his own. He was a game changer and most of us tried to emulated his technique in some way.

[Evil Ash]

Dude was wild gifted, and his music still comes up when I shuffle my collection sometimes.

I think his parents did post here once or something, or somebody who knew him better shared a message - I can't recall.

[Dustin Guest]

Pozin was without a doubt, the most unique, strange, and talented 3dmmer. The stuff he created with this program seemed so effortlessly unparalleled. Even to this day, nothing really stands up to his best work.

[Gorosaurus]

Pozin was definitely one-of-a-kind. He deserves to be re-discovered in a hundred years or so, sort of like a Mozart or any number of gifted painters that just did things beyond their era. It's funny because we still remember how base and immature the humor was, but that only helps complete the whole.

It's a shame that only a few thousand people even have the capability of understanding how talented he was, because that knowledge is linked directly with the limitations of the medium. Without understanding that his animations were closer to claymation than 3d animation in creation, it's difficult to grasp what elevated his work.

And that's just the animation. He also designed new ways to create things out of '3D words' that would have had an impact on the community even if his movies and animation were awful.

I definitely had the thought "How can I even compete? Why even bother?" after watching the first cut of Litterbug II. Luckily that didn't stick, but it does illustrate how daunting his work was.

The second cut of Litterbug II had even more of an impact on me, especially the way he designed the backgrounds for the city. Using 3d Words to essentially create a cityscape silhouette--that's awesome, and I definitely used that from Ninja Gaiden onward.

[Nick The Almighty]

Every movie he released blew my brain up. Total inspiration for me as a kid

[BiznessMan]

I remember being about 8 or 9 and just taking his movies apart. Moving objects around to see how he did certain things. Litterbug was one of the first movies that really got me into making custom scenes out of letters and shapes. Litterbug 2 was off the rails and taught me a bunch of really neat tricks.

It's a damn shame but I'm glad he's remembered

[Mr Mong]

Originally Posted by Gorosaurus

Pozin was definitely one-of-a-kind. He deserves to be re-discovered in a hundred years or so, sort of like a Mozart or any number of gifted painters that just did things beyond their era. It's funny because we still remember how base and immature the humor was, but that only helps complete the whole.

It's a shame that only a few thousand people even have the capability of understanding how talented he was, because that knowledge is linked directly with the limitations of the medium. Without understanding that his animations were closer to claymation than 3d animation in creation, it's difficult to grasp what elevated his work.

And that's just the animation. He also designed new ways to create things out of '3D words' that would have had an impact on the community even if his movies and animation were awful.

I definitely had the thought "How can I even compete? Why even bother?" after watching the first cut of Litterbug II. Luckily that didn't stick, but it does illustrate how daunting his work was.

The second cut of Litterbug II had even more of an impact on me, especially the way he designed the backgrounds for the city. Using 3d Words to essentially create a cityscape silhouette--that's awesome, and I definitely used that from Ninja Gaiden onward.

It had the opposite effect for me i saw the shit he made and thought 'wow 3dmm can do that?' Even though the program was a goofy medium to make movies with there wasn't anything close to it at the time and even now that you could reliably run on with shit late nineties computers and create stuff that was so easy to use and so open to crazy tricks like ''''l etc

And ninja gaiden was one of the movies i showed all my friends as a child like nearly 20 years ago so it has its place for a lot of ppl m8

[OmniromX]

Jimmy Pozin had a really cool style to his animation. The shotgun blast in Litterbug 2 has so much impact. He's an inspiration to me.

[Ben Rice]

one of the few directors that could both create a chaotic, hilariously over the top animation while also creating some of the most complexly put together images seen in 3dmm. he was most definitely a one of a kind talent and a nice dude all around.

[Dustin Guest]

That scene in Ragtag when the building explodes bit by bit and you can see detailed interiors still blows my mind.

[TopKirbyX]

I'm actually in deep shock. I was very good friends with Jimmy a long time ago. (Back when AOL was a thing still, 95/96/97)

Didn't know he passed at all. I will miss him greatly. His Litterbug Movies were definitely ground breaking.

[Nooby]

I am sorry to hear that, I hope you & everybody feels better, may Jimmy Pozin rest in peace, amen.