Animation Test

For the last week I have been taking a nerve wracking animation test for idSoftware. Don't get me wrong, the animation is fine and the actual task of animating was a blast. No what's nerve wracking about it is the waiting; the anticipation; the fear of "It's just not good enough."

The cycle, which I have been told is a primary reason most people fail this test was, I thought, fairly straight forward. Only now that I've put it aside for a few days to work on the second part of the test, I see and have been told that there are more than a few things I could improve on... I fixed the major hiccups in the animation, but the feet are a whole different matter all together. I just can't seem to portray the feeling of weight in them. This of course being a test, I will not ask someone "Hey, how do you do this thing I'm having problems with?" Curse you morality and work ethic! I'm planning on turning in the test tonight. Wish me luck!

January Update

Animation mentor term started this week. I can already tell from the lecture and assignments that I'm going to learn a ton during this class.

Render Farm Update : Hardware is ready to go. I have however, hit a snag on the software side. I have thus far been unable to turn my ubuntu computer into a controller that will netboot (pxe?) my render nodes. Hopefully this get's resolved soon as I'd really like to clean up the kitchen table :)

Holiday Update

Happy Holidays! Hope you had a Merry Xmas and have a Wild New Year!

AM wrapped up, and I added my student progress reel to my demo reel. In hind sight I probably should have removed some of the items from it before throwing on there.

I believe the next class starts tomorrow and I am looking forward to it.