weekly comment ~enthusiasm~

I am not a fan of 3d and all it has to offer, my short will defiantly reflect that. If anything i think that 2d should be a whole year and so should 3d because even after the amount of time we have had im still not comfortable with the way Maya works. I was more acclimated to Toon Boom quicker but with that it seems like mostly technique. Anyhow twas a good week for me, my progress report shows all of my grades in the high 90's (except for trig). This coming week is going to be a difficult one for me though, I have my final evaluation next Saturday to find out if I can guard lives efficiently enough for the red cross. Even if that doesn't go well I can still look forward to my trip to marine corp base Quantico on Sunday. who knows I may even finish my storyboard this week.. Welp to wrap it up heres my first non pony related link in a while enjoy~Do you like The Amazing World of Gumball? Well prepare to hate it... (or not I liked this)

Your weakness can be your strength

Another cold slap from our old friend "reality" greeted me in the first several paragraphs of this article, reminding me of the most frustrating aspects of film and animation. What was described by the article as a "moving target" the possible jobs in these fields can be very illusive based on your skill set. In a way im remembering the Cake maker analogy from one of my previous blogs but at the same time this article was a little bit more forceful with its approach. In short this article goes over knowing the difference between a weakness and a strength, and what to do about it. Don't give up on a weakness just because it is difficult or you dislike it. "If you want to be a cake maker fine, but it couldn't hurt to learn how to make cupcakes too." In other words, or in my experience, I love 2d animation a whole lot more than 3d, but that doesn't mean I should not apply myself in 3d. If anything this article reminded me that I should crush the source of my frustration and make it my own.

To beat one's enemy, you must first understand thy enemy.

Drones and their future in film

In the past decade or so technology has made another astonishing leap in several industries. The drone or UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) is one of the faster growing technologies today. It has gained popularity with several different types of industries such as Amazon, the Military, recreation, and now it is taking over the film industry?
  This article covered the uses and practicality of Drones in a filmset environment. The drone was described as having a bright future in the industry and was even demonstrated through a youtube video depicting a first person view of superman flying around. The author of the article tried her own hand at piloting the rather expensive drone equipment, and found it to be both difficult and forgiving. After getting used to it im sure anyone could expertly pilot the drone to capture that "perfect" shot that budget or safety issues would normally prohibit.
  Personally Im excited to see the drone make an appearance in film, it will definitely open up a new world of potential for the monster film industry.

comment of the weekly variety

this year seems to be going by pretty quick and I'm both grateful and a little bit frightened by that.Easter break is coming up and I'll be going to Quantico in doing the research that I need for the project that we have been assigned in digital media which I can't wait for by the way. the 3d project is coming along I have decided to take it one step at a time and while the quality may suffer at least I'll have something decent to present. the only thing I've really been worried about lately is my trig grade unfortunately.but my week is kept exciting By life guarding and Marines.all in all I'd say Gage we have some hot dogs if you want one. haha wow this is a prime example of why you don't want to use speech to text on your phone last minute to write your comments and I'm not even going to take it out.hope the only other thing I'm really looking forward to this week is staying after on Wednesday too bad it's not an overnight, but hey maybe in the future.Little girl show with bad animation.

the influence of music in animation

music has been around for much longer than animation quite obviously but when you pair the two together you get something quite fantastic.but this article warrants that there are some very specific ways that you can blend both music and animation into an artistic science that everyone can enjoy.the article makes mention of several things that we have come across before such as repetition and posing.sometimes even color and style can influence how the music can be interpreted by people. I noticed several times throughout the article that ratatouille and the jungle book were mentioned both of them possibly for their mastery in music and animation because of the memorable scenes.there's anything to take away from this article its that timing, repetition, style, and several other factors contribute to how well music and go with animation and how it influences the audience.

practice makes perfect

this article someone states the obvious to people who have been in the professional field of animation and video for extended periods of time and honestly it didn't say anything that we don't already know, however practicing what you preach is something different altogether it does help reestablish that constant practice and determination can help you to go further with whatever you happen to be doing at the time getting the habits can be a healthy and positive thing that will also provide opportunities in the future that will help you continue to grow and understand more about the field that you were working at. however somebody must be careful not to become too involved with their work so that it consumes them completely.if your emotions and daily life happen to revolve around your work then it stops being something that you enjoy and truly becomes work.this article does prove an interesting point though and I definitely plan to practice animating more at home hopefully this will give me an advantage whenever I do a project for school.

weekly comment

different things continue to both plague and excite me. I'm getting much closer to getting my lifeguard certification which I'm looking forward to Easter break is just around the corner. going to have to work pretty hard to do a lot of catching up involving the 3d short though which will be tedious but not impossible. Interf things up I really am looking forward to Easter vacation and unfortunately I have to say that I was unable to obtain a 10 hour loop of Patrick's voice that ever was looking forward to so instead here's this. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VKmJt3VzrtA