Fresh Start

Alright so when I first started this blog I was posting updates of my own work, but then I just got lazy and stopped. Well a good friend of mine Daniel Harman has motivated me to start back up and treat it as an assignment, that every day I need to post my progress. So starting now there will be a new format in my post's and it will usually start with my shots progress and a little bit of news, I'm pretty excited about doing this and you can also follow Daniel at his blog where he is going to be doing the same thing.

So follow Daniel and his progress at Asher's Aniblog

And here is my shot's progress. I mostly worked on the body need to get into face and lip sync right now that shall be next.


Animation News
Willie Downs is an AM student who has started a project called "Animator Letters Project" what Willie want's to do is collect as many letters from professional animator's encouraging others to not give up and follow their dreams. I think it's a really great project and I thank Willie cause the letters he has received are really inspiring and when you may be feeling down on your work you can go to this site and just get recharged it's an awesome thing.

Check it Animator Letters Project

Music

A short film by AM Alumni Christiaan Moleman called "Teddy" Beautifully done story and animation.

Ciao

Thor?

So I saw Thor the other day and I am not going to ruin it with spoilers, he dies. Just kidding :) Anyway I thought the movie was about 30 mins to long and not very action packed, Although it did have Natalie Portman which kept my attention to the screen and not the wall or the roof, I just felt like it missed opportunities for action. Best part in my mind were a few of the visual effects of the world's and the character Loki was awesome. But yeah enough about my review here is the good stuff!!
Animation News

A great post by Jim Brown about being stuck in animation and ways of getting out of that funk. A lot of it has helped me but I realized I haven't done some of the stuff since Animation Mentor, like to-do list are huge and they have helped me get on track every time. So check out his post really helpful.
Road Blocks and Forks in your Animation

A post from Kyle Kenworthy about his workflow and how it help him complete a shot in a day. Great read and really helpful.
Ken Kenworthy's Workflow

Music


A short film by AM Alumni Brad Reiger. I am really happy I came across this a really great idea for a short and animated awesomely.


A short flim by Alexey Yansitov. Great animation and another great idea.

Peace

Hi

Animation News
Here are some links I found over on KennyRoy.com and they are all about workflow from different animators. Really great info and definitely helpful to those like me who sometimes procrastinate.
Keith Seyer's Workflow tips
Justin Barrett's Workflow Tips
Music

The new Harry Potter trailer came out and I am really excited to see this although I did see a few things that were not in the book. I'm wondering how they will incorporate them into the movie and TRY to make them work.

The new Transformers trailer is out as well, and I can say that I will be going to see it now because of whatever it is that is climbing up the side of that building and Bumblebee running on walls is awesome.

Ciao