http://www.willk.com/am_blog (also available for immediate hire!) Wed, 02 Aug 2006 14:11:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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't let this fool you into thinking that I'm not still gung-ho about animation! I love it. I watch ... http://www.willk.com/am_blog/2006/08/02/no-more-updates-for-a-while/ Once again I'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 ... http://www.willk.com/am_blog/2006/08/01/class-4-wrap-up-megapost/ Here's my final test with facial animation. I'm looking to put this on the reel, so please let me know what you think. Final Facial Test At Mike's suggestion, I also broke up one of the poses toward then end. Still not sure how I like the change so please ... http://www.willk.com/am_blog/2006/04/23/class-4-session-3-facial-is-done/ My fourth mentor is Mike Walling. Here'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 ... http://www.willk.com/am_blog/2006/04/23/mike-walling/ So now we'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 ... http://www.willk.com/am_blog/2006/04/16/term-4-underway/ Like most ametuer bloggers, it seems like my site is experiencing long periods of neglect. I'll try to to better, but for now, I've just finished my second third term and Animation Mentor, and I'm still happy with it. I ended up phoning it in for a couple of ... http://www.willk.com/am_blog/2006/03/29/spring-megapost-2/ Finishing up the last bit of business, here's my final polished version of the gift animation. I will still listen to any comments, as I'm sure it can be improved before I stick it on the reel. Present - Polished Final Next: planning for the new project. The coming piece ... http://www.willk.com/am_blog/2006/02/20/44/ Well, this last week it was pointed out that the head nods make it look like the character is talking, but they don't really tell what he's feeling with that. I was going for an excited "thank you" but it didn't really come accross. I decided to add a ... http://www.willk.com/am_blog/2006/02/12/polishing-the-gift/ So, I've been neglecting the AM log for too long, but it's time to set things right again. So here, in chronological order are the things that I've been working on for my new assignment, involving a character going through a change in emotion. Ideation: Sketches. I did a few ... http://www.willk.com/am_blog/2006/02/08/catching-up-megapost/ After a nice long break it's time for a new term. This also means I'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't realize his calling until after a short stint ... http://www.willk.com/am_blog/2006/01/11/new-term-new-mentor/