The View From Down Here

Well, I guess that's an appropriate title for the introduction post. Not only is it the title, and the overall theme (if this had to have one) of this blog, but I'm also kind of short, and local to Southern California.

I'm a total nerd and actually thought of all of those meanings before I decided on a name. I'm just a total nerd anyways. I spent my middle-school and high school days watching Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and playing Magic Cards. I won't go into too much detail about myself, I'll leave that for me to fill out in the 'who am i?' section.

So I've basically started this as a way to write, and vent, and just as a way to get my voice out there I guess. Since I've gotten out of college I have been working as a low-level, boring, cubicle-imprisoned employee at a moderately failing skin care / cosmetics company. I am totally out of my element, and want out as soon as I can. I want to go back to school to get a B.F.A. in Media Art/Animation, so hopefully I can tell you how that journey goes, starting from the ground up (see, there's another one of those word plays on the title). But overall, this blog is just a place for me to write about anything I want.

That's all I have for now. Peace.

-Dan

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Jedi Stewie

Remember that pose I promised a while back? Just did it today, enjoy.

Class 2 Shot 1

Hey what's up minimal readership? I'm finally done with my first animation for my second class. But first, I'll rewind a bit. My new mentor for this class is Martin Hopkins. He is trained in classical animation from Sheridan College and has transitioned into 3D, with his entire professional career pretty much at Dreamworks Animation for the last 13 or so years. He is currently working on Shrek 4, which he claims isn't as bad as you would think and is better than Shrek 3; which I haven't seen. So far he has been pretty great. He sometimes gets out of his chair and acts out something on the camera for you to see instead of just relying on drawing over our frames. His inputs have gotten me from my initial blocking pass up to the polish of the final (although he hasn't seen that yet). Anyways, here is my progress from blocking to final: You might also find this pretty interesting. After we set some keyframes, this is what we use to refine and polish our animations. ...

Walkcycle

Well before Lost, I completed my 2nd go at a basical walk cycle. It's missing some in-betweens but I just wanted to get those steps down first before I tried anything else. It's in the gallery. But here it is anyways. [caption id="attachment_56" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Walkcycle #2"] [/caption] Based off the guide from the Animator's Survival Kit.

Frame by Frame

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