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Friday, December 16, 2011
Intro To Acting Class 4 COMPLETED!
Whew, just finished this week with my 4th class at Animation Mentor, Intro To Acting. My mentor for my Intro To Acting was Mike Stern. First off, let me say that if you are fortunate enough to enroll in Animation Mentor and dedicate the time needed to begin to become a great animator then you are lucky and extremely hardworking. So far my time at AM has been a really rewarding experience. There are up's and down's, times when you feel you're not learning and then times when you rocket up. When you think you have it, then your legs are swept out from you because your classmate just did some really great work. Classmates work is both inspiring and motivating. But realizing that we are all on separate unique paths is key. With each class I am learning that there is so much more to animation then just controls. We are at the base, storytellers. And we hopefully are able to use a myriad of tools to convey our story to an audience in a symphony of layers that emotes a desired reaction from the viewer. Clearly and Personally we do this, stepping lightly or tromping through all the while respecting this art form and giving respect to those who have laid the ground before us. Thank you. And with that thanks I would like to say thank you to my mentor Mike Stern. Being Mike Stern's student I have had the great pleasure of gaining a unique insight of what a great animator is. His devotion and respect for the art was evident in all classes. But never was there a doubt that he wasn't having a blast while doing it. It's cool when you can relate to this, I do know animation is difficult, tedious, technical - definitely not at his level, but i do know but whats more important I know that I love to animate and that at the end of the day I'm still having fun. So thanks Mike for opening my eyes to cool and wonderful tools - from workflow to resources it's been a really great ride this term for my intro to acting. And for keeping my love for animation burning. So onward and upward, yeh yeh there will be plateaus and maybe a valley or two but in the end I will have climbed.
Intro To Acting Final Animation Week 11
Here is my turned in week 11 final assignment for the term. Still need to revise based on my mentor's final crit but its come a long way from its beginning. What do you think?
Animator Quote of the Day
When artists try to make art that is universal and not personal they always fail. It is being personal which makes it universal in the end.
~Sebastian Horsley
Thursday, December 1, 2011
INSPIRO AWARD Winner Olivier Staphylas!
And the Winner for December 2011, INSPIRO AWARD goes to Olivier Staphylas working at Dreamworks Animation. Olivier is a 30 year old native of France. (His Bio) Olivier Staphylas is a 30 year old native of France who has been living in Los Angeles for the last 5 years. In 2003 Olivier graduated from Supinfocom with honors and a degree in Computer Graphics. The following year, in 2004, he entered directly into the third year of studies at the prestigious Gobelins L'Ecole De L'Image in Paris where he graduated first in his class and with a degree in Character Animation. Olivier was not only the first to graduate from two of France's finest visual arts universities, but was also the first, and to date, the only student to accomplish the feat with both honors from Supinfocom and first in his class at Gobelins. Olivier just finished lending a technical and creative hand to the recently released, How to Train Your Dragon (2010), and is the Supervising Animator of Puss on the Dreamworks Animation movie Puss In Boots (2011). He is also the onset photographer for an independent sci-fi film in production as well as concurrently pursuing personal endeavors on a variety of projects ranging from photography to music video art direction to short films.
Whats really inspiring is that Olivier went from character animator on Kung Fu Panda to Supervising Animator on Puss In Boots. Amazing.
He is a multifaceted artist and clearly has a magic eye for storytelling. From photography, design and Animation all show a unique and clear sense of narrative. Thanks for inspiring me and I hope this might reach others who aspire on day to be where you are now. See you soon Animators!
Please click on award image to read more about Olivier Staphylas on his web page.
Whats really inspiring is that Olivier went from character animator on Kung Fu Panda to Supervising Animator on Puss In Boots. Amazing.
He is a multifaceted artist and clearly has a magic eye for storytelling. From photography, design and Animation all show a unique and clear sense of narrative. Thanks for inspiring me and I hope this might reach others who aspire on day to be where you are now. See you soon Animators!
Please click on award image to read more about Olivier Staphylas on his web page.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Animator Quote of the Day
"The tool or technology is not what counts, it is the layered performance of the character who must elicit emotion from the audience and move the story forward. Good animation is all about acting."
~Pierre Perifel (Dreamworks Animator)
~Pierre Perifel (Dreamworks Animator)
NAIAD Fluid Dynamics or Realflow
Game changer, maybe but realflow 2012 is looking good. Now if they only had a student rate.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Intro To Acting - 1st Pass Spline
Just finished my first spline pass. Still need to add to this guy, but happy so far with the direction.
What do you think?
Mark Ryden
"The godfather of Pop Surrealism." Period
His new monograph - pinxit is on sale Dec. 1st. Cost $1000.00.
"SANTA CLAUS!!!"
His new monograph - pinxit is on sale Dec. 1st. Cost $1000.00.
"SANTA CLAUS!!!"
Joe Sorren
Joe Sorren lives in Arizona, by way of Chicago. Surreal images with amazing context. Superb.Phil Hale
Phil Hale is an American born painter living in London. Really great work. Click the image to read more about the artist.
Monday, November 21, 2011
Friday, November 18, 2011
Thursday, November 17, 2011
How to eat your Apple
How to eat your Apple from Erick Oh on Vimeo.
My friend pointed this great animation out to me. Really bizarre and fantastic stuff.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
ITA - Dialogue Blocking Pass Devil Don't Like The Bible
Just finished my blocking pass on my Dialogue piece. Have any crit?
Thanks Much!
Monday, November 7, 2011
ITA - Planning Clip 2 Thumbnails and Notes
Just some planning and notes before I video some reference on my idea of what I think the Devil would say if he were talking about the bible.
ITA - WK 6 Possible Dialogue
Here are my audio picks for WK 6, my favorite 3 picks are at the beginning and colored red. Looks like I am going with clip 2 and heading for blocking.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
TF2 - Meet The Engineer. And everyone else.
Meet the Engineer. I know these videos are a few years old now but man they deserve a post. If you want to see the rest just wait till the movie finishes and click on the screen. Also, do not click on the both pyro screens, seems someone changed the link and it plays some garbage videos. Enjoy!
Monday, October 24, 2011
Introducing The INSPIRO AWARD!!!
So I'm always searching for great artists in the field of Animation and/or Design. And I thought why not create an award, my own cool award, honoring these amazing artists and so I came up with the award, drum roll, The INSPIRO Award. Offered each month to one amazing artist who deals out an over abundance of shear AWESOMNESS. Who's going to be next? Why hasn't this been done before? Why is this so crazy? I know right? And who will be deemed worthy of this most prized accomplishment? Tune in the 1st of each month and join history!!!
Friday, October 21, 2011
Europe Trip - Marseille France Fisherman
Ahh, I love the smell of fish in the morning. Love this guys expression and gesture.
ITA - Revised Blocking Pass The Bug Man
Ok, so just finished up my revised block plus, as per my mentor's notes. On to Spline!!!
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Inspirational Animation Blog - Animator Letters Project
Came across this great site that gives hope to all us animators out there.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Europe Trip - Mallorca Spain
Really beautiful Mallorca Spain. Tapas! Tapas! Tapas! The restaurant Tast was fantastic. We had a blast.Europe Trip - Monaco Port
Got this shot on top of the hill. Shortly after this shot the wife and I tried our luck at the famous casino BOOYAH Jen won 500 bucks playing blackjack!
Europe Trip -Aiello Calabro Italy - My Great GrandParents Village.
Me and my wife visited my families village, Aiello Calabro. Really cool.
Europe Trip - Barcelona Night
Walking the Barcelona streets early, early morning with my wife. Ahhh, so peaceful.
Europe Trip Photo Jelly's at Monaco
Went to Europe with my wife - ahh amazing time. Took this picture of some jelly'sHOOO HOOOO!!! My Mentor's Got Some Chops!!!
Mike Stern: Kung Fu Panda Reel from Mike Stern on Vimeo.
I heart KFP!!!
ITA - Blocking Plus The Bug Man!
And here is my blocking plus pass on The Bug Man. My mentor, Mike Stern, has given me some great notes to get this guy looking good so I'll be tweaking this guy more.
ITA - Blocking Pass The Bug Man
Ok, just finished my first blocking pass on The Bug Man! It's coming along but a ton of work ahead.
ITA - Planning The Bug Man Prt. 1
Here we go with Intro To Acting, class 4 at Animation Mentor, and planning out my first Pantomime shot showing contrasting emotions of super bad arse turned to whimpering baby.Animation Mentor Progress Reel 2011
And so with another chapter closed, another begins and this time we take a step into ACTING!!! Just want to post my progress up until this point. Any thoughts?
Ahhh all finished with Advanced Body Dynamics.
So, that wraps another class up at animation mentor. I really learned a lot this term. Just want to give a shout out to my mentor Rich Fournier for keeping my fire burning. Thanks for the crit's, and the sense of challenge that you brought to the class. The best success to you and hope to one day be working with you! On to Acting!!!
ABM - Final The Get Away!
Yes, just finished my final for week 10 The Get Away! I like the way it turned out, but time to move on to Intro To Acting!!! Hey again thanks to my mentor Rich for making this shot mo'betta!!!
ABM - First Pass Blocking The Getaway!
Just finished my first pass on blocking this guy out, still a ton left to work on.
ABM - Final Hammer Fail
So here is my final Hammer Fail Advanced Body Dynamics animation. I like the way it turned out, and with the notes my mentor Rich Fournier added it could shine!
Sunday, July 31, 2011
ABM - First Pass Blocking Stew's Hammer Fail
Just finished my first pass blocking out Mr. Stew and his Hammer Fail.
Enjoy!
Sunday, July 24, 2011
ABM - Stew And His Red Rocket Final
Week 4 final, Stew and his Red Rocket. A lot of overlap here and also animation on the hands and stretch of arms. Enjoy!!!
Friday, July 15, 2011
ABM- Stew and His Red Rocket Block Week 3 Term 3
Ahh, back in the swing of things. This weeks assignment physicality!!! Here is my blocking pass for my week 3 assignment - Stew and His Red Rocket. Enjoy
Monday, June 13, 2011
Final for Class 2 PBM - Stewie Dance!!!
Well, this is my final assignment for class 2 - Psychology of Body Mechanics. This class has really been a great learning experience and my mentor Chad Stewart is a great teacher. Hope you like the results.
CHEERS!!!
Saturday, June 4, 2011
PBM_DANCE Refining Pass
Just completed my refining pass. Revised some issues as per my mentor's notes. I think the notes really solidified the whole dance. What do you think?
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
PBM_DANCE Spline Pass 1
Ok, so here is my first pass on splining my dance out. Need to add some more texture to the dance and get some weight issues resolved but think its headed in the right direction.
Monday, May 23, 2011
PBM_Stewie With Arms DANCE Blocking 1st pass
So here is my first Blocking pass on Stewie and his dance. Just getting all my necessary Keys and breakdowns in and adjusting the timing to "feel" right.
PBM_Stewie With Arms DANCE Planning Prt 2
And here is Prt 2 of my planning, completing the dance cycle in under 250 frames.
PBM_Stewie With Arms DANCE Planning Prt 1
Ok So this is our last assignment for the semester and will be completed in 4 weeks. Its Stewie doing a dance, referenced from an old movie clip of O'Connor and Gene KellyPBM Jump On a Hard Ball Splined
Here is my Final Animation for Jumping on a hard Ball. We were limited to 200 frames so I think the end is a little too quick to settle and I also think the animation b4 the final jump could be changed up a bit maybe a different pose but all in all it turned out good.
PBM_Jump On A Hard Ball Planning Prt 1
So our next assignment involved Stewie No Arms jumping on a hard ball. I have three parts of this planning which i will be showing so let it begin.Saturday, April 23, 2011
PBM Week 4 Final - Walk Down Stairs
Just finished my final render for week 4 - Walk Down Stairs. I think it turned out nice. Cheers!!!
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