Well after a long break from school to get some things taken care of I will finally return to take classes next week.  I will be taking Character Modeling and 3D Visual Effects, can't wait to get started but do not look forward to all of the long weekends doing the assignments.  I know my new wife will not be too happy with her absentee husband.   What did I do over my exteneded break frome school (over 1 year).  Got married and bought a house.  Hopefully I will be posting works and progress and finished assignments from school soon.

Not much happening

I have not been doing too much on the animation front, taking a break from school as I have been very busy doing the following:

1. getting married
2. searching for a house to buy
3. Buying a house
4. Moving
5. Painting rooms in the house
6. Setting up things and getting organized in the new house.
7. Work managing 13 employees and currently doing annual reviews

Hopefully returning to school in July.

My Home Studio Computers

This is a photo of me in my home animation studio (How to Train Your Dragon on the TV behind me).

On the other side of the room is my drawing table. Because of school I spend most of my time that I am not at work in here doing projects for classes.

3D Camera Techniques: Dinoland Video

Video done to music for Dinoland, this is not really an animation it is really about 3D camera moves and settings.

3D Character Rig

This is a playblast showing the rig in action this was done as a playblast to allow showing the control/minipulators in action.

Tim Final Animation

Final Animation for 2D Animation Principles class

Tim slipping on a banana peel

Well I was feeling a bit ambitious this evening and decided to do a better 3/4 pose the character Tim that I created for the 2D animation class I am taking.

The story has time getting up from a lawn chair to get a ball that came into his yard from the neighboring house, where some childern are playing. On the way to pick up the ball Tim slips on a banana peel that he did not see. This is a pose of him falling away from the viewer.