A Slight Set Back...

So, turns out my graphics card has died on me, at least I think that's what the problem is...If I need to wipe my pc, all is lost!! But it won't be the case, else that would suck to say the least...wish me luck, else its bye bye to the competition idea - along with a lot of work....yikes.

So, What am I up to lately?

Having watched and loved Stuart Sumida's talk and anatomy of fighting within animation (two of my favourite things) I have decided to get a few small projects on the go. Firstly I want to create small sequences from various Bruce Lee fight moments, to focus my timing, and weight. I can often blow my mind thinking too much about grand animation projects, when all I want to be doing is the actual animation itself. I just want to create some clips and see where I go.
Secondly: A friend of mine created a great model of the Batman villain, "Bane" unfortunately the project never went the distance and he has kindly lent me the model in which to hone my animation skills, that is once I have developed my rigging abilities to get the big guy moving. Bring on the smashing! Project number three:

Canamation, Red Bull have been jabbing at me for a few weeks now with there adverts in the cinema about "Canamation" Their animation competition. Looking into it the deadline is close, so I can at best only do a small entry. But at least its exposure, there are only a few entrants as yet and most importantly, the two prizes I could compete for include software and a laptop...(yay!) and a placement at the Mill! If anything it would just be nice to have some industry professionals have a look at something I did. Plus If i got anywhere with it people I know could see my stuff in the cinema and thats pretty cool...Got my plate loaded this month, wish me luck! -Paul out

Dr. Stuart Sumida - " The Anatomy Of A Fight"

Well, I remember one animator saying to me once, when asked "What should my show reel be like" He said that "It should show your interests" Or something like that...it was a while ago anyway. Thinking back now along those lines I thought I would go ahead and do what a few people have discouraged me from doing and that's some animation tests for a fight sequence. In an Ideal world I would be working on cut sequences for games animating exactly that! and to help me a long the way I will be consulting the help of Dr. Stuart Sumida. He is a bit of a wizz with anatomy and animation and having watched a talk of his a few years back at Animex I thought I would watch his latest Webimar on "the anatomy of a fight"

"Dr. Sumida is the animation industry's foremost authority on anatomy and fight choreography. In this exclusive webinar, he shares the key points of animating realistic human/human, human/animal and animal/animal fight sequences. He also reviews Animation Mentor student shots and highlights how our programs teach you the proper techniques to kick butt with your animation".
-Sounds pretty cool but It's at 3am and with my track record of falling asleep during lectures this will be interesting, Should hopefully give me a kick up the backside and squeeze in some animating hours...else I'm not gonna get anywhere...considering today's job market I might as well. Paul Out!