I must say that I'm excited for the upcoming animated features c... I was cruising around Amazon to see if there's a Toy Story Trilogy ultimate super collector edition coming out.... and look what I found, a 10 DVD set!! I've seen Toy Story 3 twice now and it was so much better the second time around, I can't wait to watch it again. I found this "Toy Box" for $65 CLICK HERE, also HTTYD is coming out this weekend... I really loved that one too. It may be my new favorite DreamWorks film to date. I'll know after watching it a second time. Also later this year I'm anticipating Shrek 4 and Despicable Me, both I haven't seen yet. Luckily Maddon is finally getting to the age where we can take him to the movies I love in the theaters so I don't have to wait for their release on DVD....
In other news. I'm finishing up my new demo reel in the next couple nights, if I can stay awake long enough. Just a couple of shots that need some minor tweaks, then render and re-render and then post on the interwebs! Looking forward to being able to start applying at studios again, it feels like it's been for forever, I've been waiting to get my reel finished before I'm confident enough to put my work out there....
Finally...... finally, I have taken the plunge and put together a professional looking website to showcase my phenomenal animation skills ;-)! No, but seriously. I was procrastinating for the longest time putting a real website together, and I finally did. I figured since I'm about to have a new version of my reel up I mine as well do it right. And for 5 bucks a month to host and pay for a domain name, it's worth the professional look it has (compared to my old website).
Other than that, lately I've been scrambling to put together, not one, but two demo reels. I'm also doing a gaming demo reel that will show more body mechanics and some models that I've built over the years. Geared a little more towards the gaming industry. So we'll see what that does for me. also I've shortened up my current reel and added four new shots to it. Getting excited to see what the new reel and website holds for my career as a Character Animator.....
On a more personal note, my wife is about to POP! We're due in a month from today and are getting excited to have another little dude running around controlling our lives! Maddon is also getting excited to play with little Xander and all of his toys. I can't imagine yet what it's going to be like having another son, but I'm super excited about it. We had an awesome summer (except for being pregnant and uncomfortable), lots of camping, I climbed four 14ers, did a lot of biking and have been working three jobs! All in all, life is awesome and can't wait for the snow to get here so I can dust off my snowboard and hit the slopes!! Till next time.
Here's an animation that someone did for Valve with the TF2 cast dancing their hearts out... some awesome animation!!
Well the time continues to fly by in 2010! The year is well over halfway done with and the summer is flying by! I'm finishing up with the current project that I'm animating on and am getting excited to see the final product later this year. The Director mentioned already started work on his next project and it got me wondering if he's going to ask me to do some more animation for him? The project is a great learning experience and I am glad to have such a great opportunity. Also, in the meantime I've been cranking away some new shots for my reel and am realizing I finally have my work flow where I am confident in it, and am finally feeling comfortable. By that I mean that I don't feel like I'm not forgetting any steps when moving to the different stages of animating. I think too, working on that kid's movie has really helped with that! I feel a lot more comfortable working in the graph editor and getting my character to do what I want them to do.... a true Puppet Master of the 21st century. Also I've been able to do a little more work on the shot I got for Devils Angels and Dating short film. So with my crazy 3 job hectic schedule I feel that I'm still moving forward in learning animation and am hoping that my first true animation job is right around the corner!!
A HUGE CONGRATS TO ALL MY FELLOW CLASSMATES ROCKING THE ANIMATION INDUSTRY! I just found out today the another handful of peers that I graduated with got hired on at Rhythm and Hues Studios! Hearing great news of Animators doing what they love is inspiring me to push myself further and become better!! Way to go all of you, you're going to be brilliant!
It's been a few months since my last post. I can't believe that it's already July. I've been applying like crazy all over the country with not a lot of response. I recently revised my demo reel (CLICK HERE). I've been scrambling like mad to try and get some new work on it, but haven't had much time at all to work on it. I'm hoping to get the next version up by October 1st, which is right around the corner. I've gotten some feedback from a couple of big studios, and their comments were the same. My reel needs more 'realistic' type animation. My next piece that I'm working on, is going to have a man doing some karate moves. I might even go with some parkour type animation through an obstacle course. This way I'll be more marketable to game studios too.
I'm still working on the kids' movie and not sure when production is going to be finished, but as soon as I get my shots 'finaled' I receive my next one.... that's good. In the meantime, if you want to get out of the heat, go and see Despicable Me. It looks like a really fun movie and it's getting great reviews. Till next time....
