There are new images in the gallery; I’ve recently finished my first life drawing class here at the studio, so I thought I’d put up a few of the better images. I love to draw! I didn’t realize just how much until I got the opportunity to study under Glen Vilppu. What a remarkable teacher!
I’ve recently finished a short contract doing preproduction work on SciFi Channel’s new “Battlestar Galactica” mini-series, and now I’m working on some web development with PHP and MySQL, some Lightwave animation for a car commercial and an OpenGL game demo. Man, when it rains it pours.
I worked under the great Gary Hutzel, and worked under his direct guidance every single day. I was in heaven. I was told that there would be a place for me on production.
Then I got told that Hutzel had moved the whole production thing to Canada, and that I hadn’t been invited to come with.
**sigh**
Almost.
This month I’ve won Artist of the Month at 3D Gladiators for some 2D work I did.
Also, I’ve just been hired to do preproduction work on Battlestar Galactica by a small company in Pasadena called Cinema Pacific. It’s a lot of fun, and very challenging and demanding gig. I’m having a great time so far. I can hardly wait to get to work in the mornings!
The winning entry for that contest is shown below. It was originally painted on posterboard in acrylic, and got a B, rather than an A, because the teacher thought it didn’t have a clear center of focus. I argued that it did, because for any face, the first thing you look at is the character’s eyes, so of course it did. The teacher didn’t agree, but I have an award for this painting that disagrees with her.
I’ve just finished a couple of contracts for the U.S. Government, of all things! A lab rat and a bald eagle, both animated talking spokespersons for two different branches of the government (the National Instituts of Health and the Air Mobility Warfare Center at Fort Dix). You take your jobs where you find them, but how odd that I would find these.
The rat’s name was Sydney, and I understand it was some sort of inside joke at the National Institute of Health. And yeah, Sydney was a girl rat. Go figure.
Oh, and I’ve started learning Maya, now, too. It turns out that as fun as Lightwave is, 99.9% of the jobs out there want strong Maya skills. I love Lightwave, but I also like to eat and live in a house.
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