Man alive...it's been ages (again!) since I posted anything here. So lets try and do a recap. Ijust finished class 3 with the legendary Keith Sintay. That guys so cool! Every Q&A was so much fun, and I learned a ton of stuff to boot. I'm pretty pleased with the work I did, especially the final assignment. I chose to do the animjam...which is 3 seperate shots that combine to make a scene. The first two I think are ok, but the third one I had so much fun doing. I've always wanted to do something super cartoony, and I was able to really exagerate things in that shot. I loved doing the staggered take and crazy run off to the cannon. And I just felt like everything just clicked. Like my workflow was workin :) So here it is
And now we're onto class 4: An Introduction to acting. My new mentor is Jay Davis. He worked for Disney for like 12 years, and then went on to work for Double Negative in London on Hellboy. He's done some pretty amazing stuff, and he's hilarious :) It's already been quite challenging. I found out pretty quickly that I suck at acting :) For that reason I'm not gonna post my video reference for this assignment :) But here's my planning
On the brink of turning 30 I decided I'm gonna change my career of working in bars for 10 years, and have a crack at becoming an animator. I've only been learning since April 2009, so about 4 months as it is now. It's something I've wanted to do for years, and now I think the time's right. Signed up to start the Winter term of Animation Mentor...which I can't even describe how excited I am about!!! Leading up to that I'm doing the Maya Springboard Workshop. Lookin forward to meeting loads of new peeps, and doin what I love! I'll be keepin you updated.