trains

Thank ...

who ever you want to thank, for vacations. To all those who humor me, put up with me, and take care of me, I thank you.

Too...

Life has become WAY too serious. Thats not why I chose the path I'm on. Its all self imposed pressure, so its the hardest to knock off my shoulders.

More Drawing

Hit spring studio one last time before vacation.

one minutes:



2s and 5s:

Drawing ...

Vacation has begun. As well as trying to recover from some burn out. Best way to do that? Figure drawing at Spring studio. Had a great two days, just drawing, no pressure, no deadlines. Felt really good.

The red marks are from Minerva. She runs the place and will give your work a once over if you ask nicely. This place, I think, is a real rarity.























red marks are one and two minutes, some fives and tens up top.

In another 20 years, I might be able to draw. Till then, I'm gonna focus on not being lazy in the details, like knees and such when I'm rushing, and proportion. Like tiny heads, and sloppy appendages.

And the sketchbook:

My Movie!

Here it was. Since I am trying to submit to film festivals at the moment, I am taking the film down. In a year, I'll put it back up. If you really want to see it, contact me, or your local film festival and request they screen it, as it really does look better on the big screen and with good sound.

ANIMATION!

here are some tests I've been doing after finishing my film. (I am contemplating a musical score, so once I settle on that, I"ll have something up on youtube as soon as I am really, totally, done ... fur cerial) Its really hard to get anything of worth done outside of work. I managed to get the film done, but thats cause I bout lost my mind doing it, and did lose the ol'lady. And only took 2-3 months longer then I thought. Hooray, image buffer errors!

Warm up and crash back into the world of character animatino in 3D. this was really rough for a few weeks. like not exercising for a year, then going to the gym with a buddy whos a total gym rat.



here are two versions of hand placement, and starts on the ending. Needs love on "ethical," and both of their eyes through out, specially the sitting guy as the stading one is talking. But made a little progress. The good feelings are allready fading as it is starting to elicit shudders from viewing. But thats a good thing. All past work should appear poor, except after 20-30 years, there can be 1-3 bits that you actually "got."

Sleep

WTF! welp, so much for enough sleep. I've actually made a point to get enough the past week. try and get a littl more ballance for the past 5 months crazyness and last months extra crazyness, and in turn, get nothing done, and spend all my time on trains.

Looks like the only way to be successful and productive is to be miserable and sleep deprived.

Never to bed and early to rise.

We'll see how this works out.

much to come

Yup. back to animation tests finally tonight. After a failed attempt at socializing. No seats by anybody I knew at dtv screening tonight, and since the project was before I got there, and I am cranky, I left and came home. I was not about to sit through 45 plus minutes of preschool direct to home theater educational entertainment, by myself. cleaning up blocking and changing over from stepped to splines.

Had a few people bail for an event this weekend, and I am more bummed that I want to be.

Picture is locked on the film.

decompressing for a few weeks, then taking another look at it, and probly giving this great composer I found, the go ahead. he is hooking me up. More money though. I like it better in my savings account ... hmm.

NY asian film festival coming up. going to catch two of the flicks.

Going to give a crack at clean up for my esteemed collegue Mr. Coats.

Start drawing lessons on Sunday again. YES!

Great friend coming in from the west coast tomorrow night.

And finally feeling productive again at work.

My coworker just finished up another script that cuts hand/finger/toe/ect... rigging down by about 9/10ths. Awsome. riggin is now pretty much just painting waits, and modeling, and designing the character, and geometry/design character after I've started rigging. "3d-modeler." I now know, its really "character creator," so maybe I can get a little more fun out of it now.

done some decent drawing the past few weeks, to tired and busy to get em up online. once i feel I've actually accomplished something worth taking a break from, I'll get that back up, and my film, in time.

expect one dialogue test a month. starting now. go!