Long time, no post

I predicted that this was going to happen. More than a week has passed, and no posts! Well, to be fair, I have had a busy week. I got my assignment turned in at the 11th hour. Way too much stressing for such a simple assignment. If I'm not on the ball this week, this class may just kill me (and it's only going to get more hectic as we get further along).

So, what'd we do this weekend? Well, we animated a bouncing ball with the weight of a basketball and posed "Excitement."



Good news: I was promoted at work! I went from full-time color stylist and part time texture artist (with a hint of modeling here and there) to full time CG modeler/ Texture artist. Our former 3D lead is going off to work on Spider-Man 3, so he has passed the torch on to me. I spent most of last week busting my butt to prove that I could do the job, and I survived! Between Animation Mentor and this new job, I've suddenly got a life filled with Maya!

Bad news: I'm all torn up about Aardman Animation loosing it's archive of puppets and sets from past films. I'm glad I had a chance to see some of the puppets, props, and sets when they came to Cogswell a few years back- beautiful handcrafted stuff. Definitely a terrible loss for animation fans the world over.