I have no idea what I am doing...
Friday, March 25, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Signed Rio Poster Auction
Click image for the link.
A good friend of mine, Rich Fournier, is auctioning off a signed intl. Rio poster for a charitable cause.
From Rich:
"Recently I learned that an old friend from High school was diagnosed with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia or AML. Having family members who have gone through similar struggles, I know how much of a toll it can take emotionally, physically and financially. In an attempt to help Chris and his family, I am posting an auction for the international poster for “Rio”, Blue Sky Studios’ next feature film, which has been signed by the Animation staff & Director Carlos Saldanha."
For more information, please click on the image above, Thanks!
Rio Animation Crew
Here's a group photo of the animation team on Rio! Including Technical Animators and the Animation Coordinators.
At my previous job, I worked with
a team of about 8 animators.
Rio float in Carnavale. Rio De Janiero, Brazil
Our film had a float in this year's Carnavale, a 4-day celebration down in Rio. Our supervising animator went down for it, and I heard he dressed as one of the characters in the parade! Ha!
More drawings for work friends
Sheldon and Chantelle , for Sheldon's last day here @ Blue Sky.
The Junior Animators. Done last year but colored this year for going-away gifts.
My first shot on Ice Age 4 starts...NOW!
My first shot on Ice Age 4 starts...NOW!
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Art Blocks
These are the 2 Art Blocks for Ghana that I'm bidding on:
Celine Gobinet
Ricky Nierva
I'll let you know if I win them=)
Update: I won Celine's!
Monday, March 14, 2011
Isaak's NY Journal
Check out my cube-mate, Isaak's personal NYC photo gallery . His site also has an animation section where he's posting some of the awesome work he's done up until Rio. Prior to Blue Sky , he was one of the handful of animators that came from Illion Animation in Spain working on Planet 51.
It begins....
In a couple of hours, I get kicked off on my first Ice Age 4 shot . Not animating on production shots in a while can give you butterflies. I remember this feeling starting out on Rio. But I'm ready to hit the ground running.
Here's another clip from Rio. I got to do the last 4 out of 5 of the last shots, starting at 00:47. Wes Storhoff did the very last shot with the birds flying from the trees.
Friday, March 11, 2011
Blue Sky Blues by Ramon Lopez
Animator Lluis Llobera.
The sculpting/maquette room.
"Last month I took a bunch of pictures about the studio aiming to show something about the people of Blue Sky Studios." -Ramon Lopez
Click either of the images above to check out Ramon's gallery for a peek inside the studio!
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Nigel's Song
I'm a huge, HUGE, Flight of the Conchords fan. So I was super excited to have Jemaine Clement in our film . Even on boards, this sequence was one of everyones' favorites. His animation was lead up by Nathan Engelhardt and Lluis Llobera. Actually, both Animation Mentor guys! Both amazing animators.
Dice Demo - Learning from the master!
Yesterday , on our work's network, I found a painting workshop video that Dice Tsutsumi (former Blue Sky color key artist and current Pixar art director) gave while he was here at Blue Sky! That guy is so dang good. Needless to say, the workshop was amazing, simply demonstrated, and so inspiring that I was excited to give it a go when I got home, as verbatim as I could.
I've been making my way through the Academy Awards' Best Picture noms, and the other night I watched the Fighter, which was great . Here's my interpretation of Christian Bale's character Dicky Eklund.
Suuuuuper amateur status for sure, and it's nowhere in the ballpark as what he ended up with. But it was fun to learn how he does things.
If you're not already familiar with his work, do yourself a favor and check out his amazing paintings!
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
On Artistic Growth
" The one thing I have noticed about people who are exceptional in their creative work is that they are always trying to get better. That's how they got good in the first place. These people judge themselves against the best work. They aim for the top."
-Brian McDonald, Invisible Ink
( A book I just finished, and highly recommend!)
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Rio Site Animation
Hey wanna see some animation I got to do that won't be in the film?!
Yes? OK go to the Main Rio Site. Wait about 5 seconds for the main cast photo to dissipate. One at a time, random characters from the movie will come across the screen dancing. I did these two guys:
Haha. Party Fowl. The power of homonyms.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Day in the Life
7:30 AM. A case of the mondays.
8 AM. My car barely fits into this garage.
I usually have a commuter buddy that lives down the street.
But he's in Aruba right now.
8:10 AM Starbucks.
Everyone knows my name and my order.
8:30 AM Into work.
Bagel Mondays.
Morning work surge go!
Getting as much work done as I can before...
...Cube-mate Isaak gets in.
Tells me about his weekend.
Drawings between playblasts. Usually pretty crappy.
12 PM Lunchtime downstairs.
Joe talking about Australia. Most likely. Or Radiohead.
AJ made Red Velvet cake over the weekend,
and saved me some.
3PM. Animation Inspiration Meeting.
This weeks Pete gives a talk on the comedic stylings of the 3 Stooges.
Haven't watched these in years. Pretty pretty funny.
Valentine's Day confection in the big kitchen.
Strawberries. Dipped. In CHOCOLATE.
Afternoon work surge!
Those splines are goin' into IA 4!
6 PM. Gym Time in the tiniest gym ever.
7 PM. Going home.
8PM. Drawing time.
Wee hours of the morning. Bedtime.
Looking back at this I realize how much I still live like a student.
Dang.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Monday, January 31, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
New Scrat Short!
Last year in the middle of production on Rio, Blue Sky needed some animators to help animate a new Scrat short. I submitted my name and was lucky enough get the chance to animate this little guy on a few shots!
I remember seeing this little guy on the first Ice Age trailer back in 2001, how cartoony and pushed and Warner Brothersy he was!
Fast forward 10 years and getting to animate him was so much fun, liberating, and I'm even more fond of him now. I hope I get to animate him more on our next film!!! Exclamation points!
Monday, December 13, 2010
Rio Wrap-Up
Last week marked my very last week working with the Rio characters, I finished up production shots about a month ago, and had since been doing animation for marketing stuff. I'll let you know if I spot the ads anywhere =).
Obviously working on my first feature film will is an experience I'll never forget. I worked as hard as I could but I'll always feel like I could have worked harder, smarter, or I wish I approached that shot with a little more confidence. I went through a lot of growing pains transitioning from games to film, and I really felt like a beginner again, so much to learn! We are putting together our reels today for reviews, so it'll be interesting to see the progression. At the end of the day, learning and being surrounded by such high-caliber talent, I know I'll be able to look back and say that I'm definitely a better animator.
What's next for us? After a little bit of down time, we are moving on to our next film, for which I'm proud to say I'm being given an opportunity to be a character lead! Myself and the very talented Joe Antonuccio will be heading up the character development,animation style, etc. for one of the hero characters in our next film! Really looking forward to it! Wish me luck!
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Friday, November 19, 2010
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
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