W.I.P. Dialog test

Done a little more with the monster but it still needs a bunch of work

Venom Maquette

This is my first attempt at making a Maquette. A buddy of mine (you can see him in the back ground of some of the pictures) had the idea while we were playing Marvel vs. Capcom. He said "Dude, wouldn't it be awesome to sculpt Venom" and I was Like "Yeah" and so we did it. Here they are!
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Ainmation Mentor Open House

Some Shrunken heads are now going to Animation Mentor and they took me along to the open house up in Emeryville. It was really cool and Bobby "BOOM" Beck is a super cool guy. I got to sit in his chair and he took a group picture with us. Here are the pics.

W.I.P. New Dialog Test

I am really excited about this new test. I think it is turning out to be one of my strongest. The little monster is just blocked in so far .. .

This is a walk test that i did in the middle of last semester. I have since gotten feedback from a good friend and animator, Jules Jamal. This is my progress so far. I am having trouble wrestling with counter animation of the upper torso and the motion of the arms. They seem to be really fighting against any sort of pleasing arcs. Sigh.....

DInosaurs are Awesome !!!!

James Gurney, author and illustrator of Dinotopia, recently visited SJSU. He is an amazing artist and a super cool person. He gave a presentation about himself and his process. I love getting a glimpse into the mind of great people. Anyway seeing his passion for Dinosaurs made me remember what got me wanting to do animation. It was . . . bup bup baaaa bup bup baa bup bup baaaaaaaa . . . . DINOSAURS ! ! ! More specifically Jurassic Park. I was like 10 or 11 with more dinosaur books and paraphernalia than you could shake a stick at so seeing those things brought to life was freakin incredible. The Making of Jurassic Park was THE FIRST making of book I ever bought. I was so enthralled with how they made them so real. It was better than I could have imagined. I used to copy the pencil renderings out of the book, like this one, all the time.Then Toy Story came out and they brought toys to life and that really captured my imagination
and I started down that path toward character animation yad yad yad blah blah blah... Anyway Dinosaurs started it all and they are freakin AWESOME!!!