Studles (Stu doodles)
Today I sat in a couple different places and sketched stu based on the people around me. Again, there’s no particular emotion or theme in mind –just doodling to doodle
Stu and Tailor Spoofs
Waiting for my first official Q&A! in the meantime, I’ve been playing with Stu and Tailor! Put them in some familiar poses for fun
Stu Sketches!
Yesterday I downloaded the basic rigs given to us for AM: Tailor and Stu. I found it interesting that Stu has FK on one arm and IK on the other. I was looking for the switch but later learned the rig doesn’t have one. Odd, but makes sense; let’s people who haven’t used Maya to [...]
First Mentor
Found out my first mentor is Peer Lemmers — He’s currently working at Dreamworks and before that he worked at Tippet Studios, Reel FX, and Microsoft Rare. To name a couple of his contributions, he animated Po in Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five and several characters/pinatas in Viva Pinata: TIP …uh, awesome! [...]
Coffee Talk’s First Birthday!
Here’s my tribute to the anniversary of Coffee Talk and the Admissions Campus! They’ve got a great thing going, and it’s only the first year! For those you unfamiliar with AM, coffee talks are weekly sessions in which incoming AMers can meet other students and some of the staff. It’s similar to a Skype set-up [...]
EB Badge
Tonight I designed and uploaded a badge for our Eager Beaver facebook group. Really cool to see everyone get into it — I haven’t seen a design just boom like that before! Hooray for spontaneous success and passion, of course actual AM badge –> I put the design in a Cafe Press Store [...]
Scavenger Hunt!
Submitted the scavenger hunt for AM with three minutes to spare! I was waiting to see who’s favorite movie was “Blade Runner.” Finally “found” someone (thanks, Captain) so I was able to answer all of the questions. See, some of the hard questions were really specific. Another example was to find a student who sang/danced [...]
AM 2011 Showcase Reel
Another great reel by Animation Mentor students! Check it out:
So…welcome to my AM blog!
I’ll use this blog to mark my progress in Animation Mentor! I begin the summer term June 28, 2011. I won’t write long blog entries — most of what will be on here will be visual. It’s going to be a mix of AM assigned work and silly side works I do…