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		<title>No more updates for a while.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Like most people with a blog, I was really gung-ho at the beginning and now am really struggling to find the time for any sort of consistent updating.  Don&#8217;t let this fool you into thinking that I&#8217;m not still gung-ho about animation!  I love it.  I watch it and I work on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.willk.com/am_blog/2006/08/02/no-more-updates-for-a-while/</link>
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		<title>Class 4 wrap up megapost.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Once again I&#8217;ve gone through a whole project and not posted anything, so here is my latest in reverse chronological order.  The assignment was to do a bit of dialogue, and I chose a little snippet from millions.  So here is my most complete version (which is still a work in progress).  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.willk.com/am_blog/2006/08/01/class-4-wrap-up-megapost/</link>
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		<title>Class 4 Session 3.  Facial is done!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s my final test with facial animation.  I&#8217;m looking to put this on the reel, so please let me know what you think.
Final Facial Test
At Mike&#8217;s suggestion, I also broke up one of the poses toward then end.  Still not sure how I like the change so please let me know if it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.willk.com/am_blog/2006/04/23/class-4-session-3-facial-is-done/</link>
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		<title>Mike Walling</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My fourth mentor is Mike Walling.  Here&#8217;s a photo as well as his brief bio:

Mike got his first taste of animation at PDI where he worked as a production assistant on Antz and then as a render wrangler on Shrek. Using the rigs and software at PDI, Mike was able to put together an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.willk.com/am_blog/2006/04/23/mike-walling/</link>
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		<title>Term 4 Underway</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So now we&#8217;re adding facial expressions to the animation we did last semester.  Heres my first two passes.  I have a cool new mentor this term as well.  Mike Walling.  Look for some info on him soon.
Facial Expression and Lip-Sync Pass 1
Facial Expression and Lip-Sync Pass 2
Back soon!
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		<link>http://www.willk.com/am_blog/2006/04/16/term-4-underway/</link>
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		<title>Spring Megapost #2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Like most ametuer bloggers, it seems like my site is experiencing long periods of neglect.  I&#8217;ll try to to better, but for now, I&#8217;ve just finished my second third term and Animation Mentor,
and I&#8217;m still happy with it.  I ended up phoning it in for a couple of weeks (I moved and felt [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.willk.com/am_blog/2006/03/29/spring-megapost-2/</link>
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		<title>Gift</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Finishing up the last bit of business, here&#8217;s my final polished version of the gift animation.  I will still listen to any comments, as I&#8217;m sure it can be improved before I stick it on the reel.
Present &#8211; Polished Final
Next: planning for the new project.  The coming piece will be our first lip-sync [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.willk.com/am_blog/2006/02/20/44/</link>
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		<title>Polishing the Gift</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, this last week it was pointed out that the head nods make it look like the character is talking, but they don&#8217;t really tell what he&#8217;s feeling with that.  I was going for an excited &#8220;thank you&#8221; but it didn&#8217;t really come accross. I decided to add a kiss in the middle to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.willk.com/am_blog/2006/02/12/polishing-the-gift/</link>
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		<title>Catching up megapost</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, I&#8217;ve been neglecting the AM log for too long, but it&#8217;s time to set things right again.  So here, in chronological order are the things that I&#8217;ve been working on for my new assignment, involving a character going through a change in emotion.
Ideation:
Sketches.  I did a few poses just because the ideas [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.willk.com/am_blog/2006/02/08/catching-up-megapost/</link>
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		<title>New Term, New Mentor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After a nice long break it&#8217;s time for a new term.  This also means I&#8217;m getting a new mentor:  Kenny Roy.  His AM profile had this to say:

Although Kenny started animating when he was 12 years old, he didn&#8217;t realize his calling until after a short stint at ILM on &#8220;Men In [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.willk.com/am_blog/2006/01/11/new-term-new-mentor/</link>
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