Musings From Within the Time Cube

First day of Class 6! I just found out my mentor is the wonderfully inspirational Kenny Roy and I'm quite pleased. He's got a great enthusiasm about him and seems quite knowledgable of cartoony style as well, which will be unbelievably helpful for me this term in particular. Woo! Pre-production and layout of my short film is complete, and you can see the more final version below:


In other updates, PAX was great, although I caught the infamous PAX flu, and at least was able to poke fun of it with my webcomic. There is a very real possibility that it was H1N1, but I was advised not to get tested and stay away from public unless it starts to affect my respiratory system in a serious way. Regardless, it surely knocked me down on the floor and recovery was slow. Well over it now, so that's great and now I can go forward out into the world with my super-human immunity.

I finally was able to get my Art page on my website pseudo-functional, tho the proportions are still funky and I apoligize for that. At Siggraph, I had the privelage of having Disney review my reel and they're predominant suggestion was that I plaster my website with drawings of all sorts. And thusly I've been trying to draw with a passion, including weekly life drawing classes. One of the most amazing things is that life drawing has become substantially more enjoyable than before. Anyways, examples can now be seen under my art section, and I hope to categorize them soon appropriately (ie. Quick Sketches, Creative, Longer Studies, etc). Nonetheless, content should be progressively added. Right now though, it's all about getting into the grind, Class 6 goes by fast I'm told, the first day's not over but it's going fast already!

Gimme Sum PAX Plox

Another week and another update. Short film pre-production continues smoothly and relatively unabated so far. I've progressed from the 2D animatic to the 3D layout and am just beginning some first pass blocking. Ahead of schedule but my film's a bit ambitious, so I want to try to get what I can done early to give me more time for polish in Class 6 when it starts. Here's my 2nd revision of my 3D Layout for your viewing enjoyment; poses are rough and I combined some of the shots, but it tells the story, more to come soon. It's missing the AM logo, but the rigs are property of AnimationMentor.com so I'm not taking credit for that. Possibly unnecessary but just in case.



Also, the Penny Arcade Expo is this weekend and I've had the good fortune of attaining tickets for Saturday and Sunday before they sold out. With 50,000 expected people in attendance, it should be a gamer/geeker's paradise. I'm not 100% sure what to expect, but I'm very excited and it should be a fantastic amount of fun. I should be meeting up with other AMers on the Sunday, so hopefully I'll have pictures to update with shortly thereafter. PAX ho!!