Saturday, January 07, 2012
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Week...end.
Hello,
That is the end of 2011, what a year! I've had a great year doing lots of fun stuff including teaching more animation skills and really getting my head around the best way to teach the art form and I'll post this years student work up in July/August 2012.
I acted in some plays for a local society which was great fun and one of which made me want to pursue directing theatre and i have been asked to direct my own play next year starting with a play reading with a look to direct a full production. Sweet! Also met a great community of people who'd I love being around..
Right now I'd like to look back at the beginning of this year and see if i set any goals...
"OK, so here is my new years resolution... I plan on drawing around 3 things a week for this blog and animate a little something. The other day i realized that if i retire at 67 then i have 42 working years left. It hit me why i keep this silly online journal. I want to be able to look back an see my journey 25 year old fresh teacher of animation and games to whatever i will become. Hopefully it'll be just as cool!"
OK so that was me in Jan 2011,
3 things a week would mean I'd have around 150 pics on here, which i didn't do. But damn i gave it a shot!
This is what i did when touching pen to paper/tablet. Turns out i did a few self portraits in there through out the year, 10 points if you can find them all!
One of the main things I'm proud of this year is my students work, showing them how to do this thing and get good at it, mainly giving people the education i would have killed for, being a teacher that cares about the subject.
There is a lot of stuff i wish i did do, like learn to play the guitar better by having actual lessons, be more creative generally but with a full time job and life I'm pretty pleased with my creative side this year. So, should i set some unrealistic goals? Did that help? Maybe it didn't but I'll do it anyway!
I've come to realize that when i was a teenager i wanted to be a famous artist on the Internet, constantly pumping out new pieces of work every week with people going "wow, he's like SO super awesome and cool". I'm over that now, teaching has definitely grounded me and all i really want to do now is be able to draw cartoons and be happy. So this year i would like to stop doing small things a line test here a doodle of some superhero there. I want to actually make something that is, in my mind, cool. I have 4 projects already on the go so we'll wait and see what happens with them. Clues...
p.s. i will definitely do lots of doodles and superhero's, they're like crack to me!
That is the end of 2011, what a year! I've had a great year doing lots of fun stuff including teaching more animation skills and really getting my head around the best way to teach the art form and I'll post this years student work up in July/August 2012.
I acted in some plays for a local society which was great fun and one of which made me want to pursue directing theatre and i have been asked to direct my own play next year starting with a play reading with a look to direct a full production. Sweet! Also met a great community of people who'd I love being around..
Right now I'd like to look back at the beginning of this year and see if i set any goals...
"OK, so here is my new years resolution... I plan on drawing around 3 things a week for this blog and animate a little something. The other day i realized that if i retire at 67 then i have 42 working years left. It hit me why i keep this silly online journal. I want to be able to look back an see my journey 25 year old fresh teacher of animation and games to whatever i will become. Hopefully it'll be just as cool!"
OK so that was me in Jan 2011,
3 things a week would mean I'd have around 150 pics on here, which i didn't do. But damn i gave it a shot!
This is what i did when touching pen to paper/tablet. Turns out i did a few self portraits in there through out the year, 10 points if you can find them all!
One of the main things I'm proud of this year is my students work, showing them how to do this thing and get good at it, mainly giving people the education i would have killed for, being a teacher that cares about the subject.
There is a lot of stuff i wish i did do, like learn to play the guitar better by having actual lessons, be more creative generally but with a full time job and life I'm pretty pleased with my creative side this year. So, should i set some unrealistic goals? Did that help? Maybe it didn't but I'll do it anyway!
I've come to realize that when i was a teenager i wanted to be a famous artist on the Internet, constantly pumping out new pieces of work every week with people going "wow, he's like SO super awesome and cool". I'm over that now, teaching has definitely grounded me and all i really want to do now is be able to draw cartoons and be happy. So this year i would like to stop doing small things a line test here a doodle of some superhero there. I want to actually make something that is, in my mind, cool. I have 4 projects already on the go so we'll wait and see what happens with them. Clues...
- Magicians
- Bunny suit
- Ears dripping
- Creature
p.s. i will definitely do lots of doodles and superhero's, they're like crack to me!
Friday, December 16, 2011
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
4 weeks left of 2011
This year has been really good for me, lot's of growth, learning, experimenting, just a great year all round. I know in January i will do the annual reflections of last year and plans for the new year but i am truly happy about how things are right now.
But the year isn't over yet, oh no! i have a good 20-30 seconds of animation left in me for December, below is a ball bounce, i'm constantly getting students to do it, so i just wanted to show them even teachers practice the basic stuff, as it is very important!
December will be about the 11 seconds club, lift and moving a box of the ground and maybe some sort of rowing...
I will leave the reflection and planning for January but safe to say, each year this blog has kept me creative, i have no intention of ever stopping posting here until i'm six feet under.
But the year isn't over yet, oh no! i have a good 20-30 seconds of animation left in me for December, below is a ball bounce, i'm constantly getting students to do it, so i just wanted to show them even teachers practice the basic stuff, as it is very important!
December will be about the 11 seconds club, lift and moving a box of the ground and maybe some sort of rowing...
I will leave the reflection and planning for January but safe to say, each year this blog has kept me creative, i have no intention of ever stopping posting here until i'm six feet under.
Will post my 11 second club November 2011 entry next week some time, after the voting is over.
That is all.
Monday, November 28, 2011
November 11SecondClub
I've entered this months 11 Second Club with a look at see how well i can do before my students enter it next year for their project work in 3D. I also plan on entering next month, possibly in 2D. I will post the final 11 seconds when i find out where I placed.
Other news, my superhero idea now has character and a small plot, that will be 2D.
Everything is going well!
Me...
That is pretty much all.
Other news, my superhero idea now has character and a small plot, that will be 2D.
Everything is going well!
Me...
That is pretty much all.
Sunday, November 20, 2011
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