Prison Life

Here is a quick peek at an upcoming animation that I'll be working on for the rest of my current term at The Ment...



Should be a lot of fun, and I'll make sure to post updates as I progress through it.

Take care!

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Reel to Real

Here is my latest demo reel!



Of course, it's in standard low-res YouTube format, but if you'd like to see the higher-res (9.83MB)version, you can click here!

It's pretty crazy to look at this thing and see just how much work I've put into becoming an Animator. With any luck, it just might happen some day!

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Say CHEESE!

Even if you don't want to, my animation now will, thanks to some fancy new lip sync that I added!



I need to adjust one more thing in the animation, and then it will get tossed into my demo reel! Feels good to have this one done, and now I get to move on to a two person dialogue shot. Should be fun!

Click the image or the link to see the lip sync goodness!

Lip Sync Goodness!

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Laugh It Up!

This week we continue working on our lip sync, while at the same time trying to recreate facial expressions found in photos, like this one I did of a laugh:



I love doing these, and will probably kick out a few more than the required two, and then pick the best two of the bunch.

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Cheese Face Block

I started blocking in the face shapes on my cheese animation this week, and thumbed out some expressions as well.





Click below to check out the playblast of the roughed in lip sync.

Cheese Lip Sync Block

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Quick Summer Movie Review

Here they are, in the order that they come to me.



Live Free Die Hard - It's PG-13, which bothered me going into the film, but it's really not as bad as you might think. Sure there is a bit less blood, and some horrible dubbing to cover up the bad words, but it's still a fun film. Bottom Line: See It

Transformers - Since when do the Transformers hide from parents? The film isn't bad, but it's just more Michael Bay fluff. It could have been so much better, though I doubt the special effects could have been. Bottom Line: Rent It

Ratatouille - It's Brad Bird, it's Pixar, it's amazing. Bottom Line: See It and then See It Again

Pirates 3 - It's more of the same, but if you liked the first two films, you'll like this one as well. Bottom Line: Rent It

Surf's Up - Not as good as Ratatouille, but far better than almost any animated film released last summer. Go see it on the big screen and check out the amazing waves. Bottom Line: See It

Shrek the Third - It's more of the same, which isn't a bad thing, but to be honest, if you're going to go see a CG animated film, you'll probably get more satisfaction out of "Surf's" or "Ratatouille." Bottom Line: Rent It

Spider-Man 3 - It's like they tried to fit part 3, 4 and part of 5 into one film. I'm a huge fan of the first two, and this one just felt like way too much for one film to handle. Bottom Line: Rent It

Knocked Up - It's gross, it's sophmoric, it's filled with stoner humor, and it's one of the funniest films I've seen in a long time. Bottom Line: See It

Man... I watch too many movies.

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Facial Rig!

My first new quarter at "The Ment" started today, and we got to have our first fully-functional facial rig!



Of course, the first 20 minutes were spent with me just making goofy expressions like the one above, but now I actually have to get down to work and block out some facial expressions.

You wouldn't believe how excited I am!

I peed a little.

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More Avatar Fun

Here's one of the boss of my boss.



The avatar stuff is going to be moving very soon, but more on that later...

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Quick Little Mation

I had the week off from school, so this weekend I whipped this little sucker up.



Click the image or the link below to check it out!

Gun Drop Animation

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