I'm Done!!!

        Hopefully this will make a bit more sense out of my last post. God has been good to me the past 18 months or more. He has kept me on my feet during the hectic schedule of late sleepless nights and overloaded weeks (weekends included). I am so thankful for good health, and more importantly, timely doses of inspiration that come out of the blue, just when I don't feel like keeping going. What's next for me, will surely be interesting to find out. But I will trust in the Lord who has brought me thus far, and will be faithful despite of me.

        Here are some of my work so far in animationmentor.com. Click to play. Still not 100 percent, and could use some tweaking and fancy lighting. My final short film project is still in the works. Post production, and alot of fine tuning before it is fit to be premiered. There is a hidden clip somewhere...=). Hope you enjoy it.

p.s. Like the new layout?

Half Way There...

Short film Class...

New Characters!!!

These are the new rigs so generously provided by animation mentor for our short films. I won't be using them all though.        

        So this is what I have been extremely busy with. Producing and directing my own short film. I can't say much about it at the moment and hopefully there won't be a leak on the internet. But the official news is there will be a dog character, played by Pawn, and it will be slightly over a minute long.

        You won't hear from me in awhile as I will be in a cave somewhere animating my most challenging project yet. I thought I'd say something before I leave civilization. Well goodbye for now. And here's another sketch I did for kicks.

BIG NEWS!

          Something incredible has happened! My work has been included in the Student's reel on the animationmentor.com main site. See if you can spot my fleeting moment. I know most of you die hard fans have already seen it right. <-- Man! I just used a smiley....I must be happy. But do check it out....your jaw will drop when you see the OTHER works that are on there. Mine definitely did. It is the showcase reel that should automatically start loading once in the site. They showed this at Comic Con and Siggraph and the response was unbelievable. They even have to take the reel off the site during peak hours due to heavy site traffic so that it won't affect us students. So don't miss it!!

Official Rumour was inaccurate....
New update: Unknown sources indicate a high possibility that it will materialize in a weeks time. This just in, I am not a teenager anymore!!! For all those Blog stalkers out there, make yourselves known. You know who you are.

        My latest term has ended, only to make way for a new one. Had a nice one week break, but the many things supposed to be done during were neglected. So this will be an incomplete post. Check back in 4 days. At least that is the official rumour.

My last mentor was Dovi Anderson. Played his part in The Matrix Revolutions, Hellboy, Cats and Dogs, Charlotte's Web, to name a few. More on him later.

Term 3: Introduction to Acting

Introduction to animating dialogue. This assignment was my second assignment for the term. The first was a pantomime shot which I'm still working on to be blog worthy.

        I really had fun with dialogue.(10 points for anyone who can guess where this line is from. Excluding you Jeanette.) The wonder of watching an inanimate object slowly start to breath, think, talk, and come to life is one of the things that make the long tiring hours of animation seem worthwhile. I say seem because I am still undecided. My acting instincts are horrible though. Body Mechanics and physical stuff are more my thing. For this term, as I am currently working on, facial expressions and proper lipsync are to be layered on. The new facial rig is amazing, with puffable cheeks, puckerable lips, squintable eyelids and brows, and the sort. Check in soon( between now and the next decade) for the facial performance.

If unable to view the movie, click here. 

        More current news. Carlos Baena is coming to Singapore!!!!! I will be attending the CG Overdrive conference next week, July 14-16, and I can't wait. That will mean cramming more hours of work to finish early to leave for the weekend.

   

        Carlos is one of the 3 co-founders of animationmentor.com. He is frequently featured in the video lectures that I watch every week, especially during term 1. If you ever come across a fingerboarder video on the web.....that's him. Oh yea,......he is also a rockstar animator who happens to work at Pixar.

That's it so far. New mentor? Mike Gasaway. One of the Directors for the Jimmy Neutron Dvds.

Signing off.