Alma

I've been driving myself nuts since Siggraph in New Orleans this past year, because I couldn't find the name or any information on what was my favorite short film at the show. Today I just happened to stumble upon a post on another site about it, and to my not-really-that-surprised-because-it's-so-good surprise, the film was created by Rodrigo Blaas, who just happens to be an Animator at Pixar.

The short is called, "Alma," and can be seen below:

Alma from Rodrigo Blaas on Vimeo.

It's charming, creepy, cute and disturbing all at the same time. What a wonderful little piece, and congrats to Rodrigo!

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Prep and Landing

I've got this DVR'd at home right now, but was too busy playing "choo choos" with my kid last night to watch it. So if you missed it like I did, watch it below, or hit up Hulu to watch it in a larger window.



It was on in the background as we played, and seemed really cute and funny. I'm looking forward to watching the entire thing without a train in both hands!

Prep and Landing on Hulu

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It's that time of year...

It seems like the Holiday Season always proves to be pure madness for me. This year my wife and I have decided that we don't have enough craziness in our lives and we are hosting Christmas for both my family and my in-laws!

So between that, Thanksgiving, my Son's 2nd Birthday (and party), and a slew of projects, I'm barely keeping my nose above water.

That being said, I have had time to start learning ZBrush. I've only been using it for about two weeks, but it's downright amazing. I recently got my hands on version 3.5 at work, and the advent of ZSketching is one that I think people will look back on much in the same way we do with regards to the invention of the automobile, microwave, and pizza pockets.

Here is one I'm working on now. I've still got a lot of learning left to do on this program, but I'm already in love.



As far as animation stuff goes, I actually just spent an entire two weeks animating a dog for the upcoming "Alan Wake" game. It was two scenes, and relatively short, but it was a lot of fun working on something with more than two legs.

So I didn't fall off a cliff or get run over by Tiger Woods or anything. I'm just super-busy and really enjoying life right now.

I hope everyone (that celebrates it) had a great Thanksgiving, and that you continue to have a marvelous Holiday Season and a very Happy New Year!

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