Finally!

Aww this poor thing always gets forgotten about when I get busy...however I feel an update at this point in time is necessary...

So much has happened recently. For one thing I just came back from sunny California visiting friends out there in the animation industry. One thing that I really have learned from them is you can't give up and although it may be hard, sometimes you just gotta keep with it as something better could turn up at any moment. I have so much respect for all of them and am amazed at some of the things they've been able to accomplish in such short periods of time (and I hope they know that).

Before my mini-vacation, I finished my 2-quarter film that I worked on for 20+ consecutive weeks. When I lasted posted I was discussing really diving into pre-production, and wow did that go fast. What with drawing storyboards and then not liking the direction my film was headed and redrawing all boards once again, I felt like I was finally getting somewhere. I thought I was ready to delve into the 3D process, well that is until I actually started modeling and I found myself not confident enough to take on such a huge project. 2D which has always been a little more of a comfort zone, called to me and I began my project.

The 2-quarter was definitely a learning experience to say the least. I jumped into a program I had never worked with before, but ended up loving (Toon Boom Studio) and went to work drawing with my tablet. Plus a computer disaster, (after the initial stress) actually boasted my confidence and I figured if I could get through that, I could get through anything and that included finishing my film.

Yes, at points I wish I had worked at a more efficient pace (I'll admit that) but overall the product that emerged was something I saw as different than what I had ever made before; for one thing it was fully colored. I really am proud of the piece that it became, especially more so due to the fact that this idea truly came from allowing my head to wander.

And like always there's always things that I wish I would've done differently and will make note for my next venture...as one of my best friends and mentor told me "one major thing is to be able to look at your work and separate yourself from it and critique it as if it were someone else's and find where you see it can be better."

Looking into internships for this summer I have updated my vimeo...the 2-quarter is on there entitled "Child's Play". Any feedback on anything would be greatly appreciated :)
http://vimeo.com/user1336181/videos

...I'm hoping to keep up with this blog more, but for now I think that's all so I don't talk your ear off...