scadanimate!

Oop, I missed last week's update! Not much new actually happened, but I did ride the SCAD bus for the first time. It was a really neat experience. I don't really get to ride around much because I brought my car, but it was fun to visit all the little stops to and from Monty Hall. First class, awww yissss

I also bought this weird soda that I've been seeing adverts for all over town called Cheerwine. The cashier at walmart told me that she used to drink it as a little girl, so it must have been around for awhile. It's not in every store around here, but I kinda wish it was because it taste like coke mixed with a cherry Icee. 

 So last Thursday was the first meeting of the Contemporary Animation Society (animation club basically, one of the oldest clubs on campus). There was about 30-40 of us there for a screening of Pirates! A Band of Misfits! It was a great movie and everyone seems really friendly. They are gonna do some cool stuff this year like a 24hr animation night, movie nights, and they have THIS GAL doing a really awesome character design workshop! I'm really excited to go to the upcoming meetings. I still have to find the Siggraph chapter though, they are highly elusive!

Ok so fast forward to this week. I missed classes on Thursday because I was feeling ill, but I did manage to attend a Disney Internship thing and the SCADanimate show on Saturday.  The Disney meeting was basically the same college program thing they do at every school about working in the parks. It wasn't exactly the internship meeting I was hoping for, but it was still worth listening to for future reference.

The SCADanimate show was really great though! They showed about 15-20 of their best films from the past year, and I sat right up front. The shorts were all really wonderfully done, and I hope I can get into this show in the future.

Back to my studies though. I'm thinking about getting a tutor for rigging. some of the little important details keep slipping my mind and making the process absolutely impossible. 

More Commissions

Two more commissions today. I think it's more interesting to work on two commissions at the same time. It kinda mixes it up a little bit.

09.15.12

Went into town today! I really wanted to check out the Library now that I have my ID. It's cool because the library is right on the big shopping street downtown, so I also got to check out some of the stores in the area.  

 I really loved all the comic books there. I didn't get a chance to check out the special Don Bluth collection, but the 3rd floor had a lot of cool architecture projects on the shelves. I know I'll be back once I finish up a few books I still have to read at home. :)

A co-worker told me about a store that I had to check out called Planet Fun, and I was greeted by this Nintendo Power Glove in the window when I walked past. Really cool store! It had pretty much every nerdy thing from the 80s to present day, including: digimon figures, x-files figures, old games, piles of pokemon cards (and yugioh cards), etc. Definitely the most interesting store I've found so far! I REALLY WANT TO GET THOSE X FILES FIGURES WHEN I HAVE SOME SPARE CASH

Ok so I stopped and had lunch at Panera Bread (I really wanted to eat somewhere unique, but like I said, I'm short on cash) and afterwards I found an art supply store that was going out of business. I stopped by and found some canvases that were going for really cheap, so I bought one. It's about 3' x 5'. Originally I wanted to get a 6x6 but decided against it because it wouldn't fit in my car. It was eating me up inside, so I went back to get it, and wouldn't you know the damn thing had already been sold! Oh well, at least this one is already primed and ready to go. :) Might post progress pictures for this beast as I work on it.

I mentioned earlier that I've been working, and here is an image of the chalkboard up front at Utrecht Art Supplies, my place of employment. My co-workers drew this!! It feels so cool to finally be surrounded by so many talented artists both here and at school. Suddenly everyone is on the same page as I am, they've read the same books that I have and are into the same artists and blogs that I am, and it feels like I'm not the only one who's really serious about this any more. It's a really great feeling, that I now have to work even harder to keep up with everyone.


I'll probably post some art stuff later this week.

Week 1 Semester 1!

First week of classes at SCAD! Here's a picture of Montgomery Hall~

I'm really loving classes. And Savannah. And work. First off, classes are great. I'm taking 3 this semester: Rigging, Modelling, and Animation Aesthetics. Even though rigging was my only 'remedial' course, I'm incredibly glad it was given to me. The Professor (Inamdar) is really fantastic and makes rigging really easy to understand. Modelling I'm still getting a feel for. The prof seems nice but when coming up with ideas for the first project, I couldn't really figure out what he really wanted. Ani Aesthetics is a lot of fun and seems more laid back. Got my first scad animation project: a short 1minute film involving a priest, a flatterer, footwear, and a bridge. I've already gotten a few ideas~

This upcoming week, now that I don't have to work every night, I'm hoping to check out some of the student clubs! I want to join at least 1 social club, but I'd like to maybe join one or two drawing/creative clubs too.

So I've moved to Savannah, and classes begin this week! Graduate orientation in Monty Hall is tomorrow morning.

have some art! commissions:

Starkid!

Hi all! Just FYI, some of my art is gonna be featured in http://www.theweeklystarkid.com/ this tuesday!

More art coming soon~