Lip Sync Finals

Haven't been able to get any free time at all, everything has been
very busy lately. On top of my tons of General Education classes, I
have to finish a lip sync dialogue within two weeks. Fun? Yes it is!
But I have all these other projects I need to do first, which is very
horribly unsatisfactory.

I haven't went to life drawing in such a long time, and almost forgot about
the annual Gage Academy's Art Jam, where it's 12 hours of life drawings
from gestures, to still life, to 2-3 hours life drawing poses.
I got some not so good drawings, but I got one that I think was pretty good.
I also haven't have any time to draw anything lately, but I did doodle out some
characters, the dogs are for the DogPile search engine pitch I'm working on with
thier logo/mascot. There are other drawings for our school's animation dept.
mascot. I haven't have much time to draw more than what I wanted.



So here is whatt I have so far for my lip sync project, I used the dialogue
from Full Metal Jacket:




Until Next Time.

Wilster Out

Monsters vs Alien

The latest Dreamworks animation! I CAN'T HARDLY WAIT!

It seemed to me that lately, Dreamworks have the upper hand in
entertainment as far as comedy against Pixar. Like Wall-E was a
more serious movie that Kung Fu Panda, and as far as I've noticed from
the trailers, Monsters vs. Alien seemed to be more comical than Pixar's UP.

Can't wait to see both though! Wouldn't want to miss Monsters vs Alien on Imax!



Until next time,

Wilster Out!

Finally Finished.

So we finally finished our film.

PreProduction 5 weeks

production and post-production 5 weeks

Stressed - ended several decades off my life.

Showing my animation to everyone and blowing them away - Priceless.

I'm so proud of myself and my team that I've picked and directed.
Doesn't matter how artistically skilled a director is, even
though it helps, but it mostly matter of how well he picks the people
and directs them.

Nathan Rinehart, my main man, sat next to me day and night
composting all of the big and small detail of the animation.

Even though it was extremely stressful and tiring, but the power of
working with a group of people who are extremely dedicated and passionate
as you are, are something very describable.

Right at the last minute of 5 weeks, we finished our film and I
ran up and down the hall like a little school girl, getting
as much instructors I see, which wasn't much because it was
Friday and everyone already left.

We got our animation director, Roby Gilbert and show it to him,
then he told us to get the Dean and other department directors,

They were very happy and sad to see the film.

Now, it's major catch up time on my endless tons of assignments and
projects that I put aside to finish this film.

Since I'm planning to enter this in some film festivals,
I cannot show you the animation. However, I think I can put up
a small sneak peak of the film, since the best part is at the end,
still keep the ending a secret

Until next time, Wilster OUT

Sneak Background Peak Update

Production should be on schedule if nothing else happens,
There was a setback, but we finally finished all of the
animation and now in post, I have an amazing team, and we
brought in another person to help out with colour work.

I'm currently on background painting. These are a sneak-peak
of some of the backgrounds I'm working on. As you can guess,
they style is simply and kind of wanted a children colouring-
book feel to it.









Until next time

Wilster

Sneak peak

So we have been very busy working my film,
couldn't update as much as I would like to.

Most of the animation is done. Waiting for the last bit from my
friend deal friend Chaya who is doing the little kid of the animation.

Composting are 80% done, and we will start doing color work asap.
I can honestly say I am proud to have the best team ever, everyone
are giving it 110%, some are even 150%, we are, however a bit behind schedule,
so I'm hoping to bring another clean up personnel to help out.

He is a sneak peak of part of the animation, We will have it done for a
special RAC premiere, on "Remember remember the fifth of November".

Until next time,

Wilster

12 Quotes from Pablo Picasso and Charles Schultz Philosophy

1. I drew every day, and sometimes when I felt like it...

2. Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

3. Everyone wants to understand painting. Why is there no attempt to
understand the song of the birds?

4. Work is necessary for man. Man invented the alarm clock.

5. I paint objects as I think them not as I see them.

6. In drawing nothing is better than the first attempt.

7. Genius is personality with a pennies worth of talent. Error
is that which chances to rise above the common place.

8. The chief enemy of creativity is good taste.

9. I don't own any of my own paintings because a Picasso original cost
thousands of dollars--it's a luxury I can't afford.

10. I'd like to live like a poor man with lots of money...

11. Every child is an Artist. The problem is to remain an Artist once they grow up.

12. Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.


Some great insights from Picasso, very modivating.

I got the quotes off of Gordon Hammond's blog.
He works on the Fairy God Parents, I believed.
But check out his blog, he got some amazing stuff within.

Also, I got this off of Stephen Silver's blog,
Another amazing artist! I love Blogs.

Charles Schultz Philosophy

The following is the philosophy of Charles Schultz, the creator of the 'Peanuts' comic strip. You don't have to actually answer the questions. Just read this straight through, and you'll get the point.

1. Name the five wealthiest people in the world.

2 Name the last five Heisman trophy winners.

3. Name the last five winners of the Miss America.

4. Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize.

5. Name the last half dozen Academy Award winners for best actor and actress.

6. Name the last decade's worth of World Series winners.


How did you do?

The point is, none of us remember the headliners of yesterday. These are no second-rate achievers. They are the best in their fields. But the applause dies. Awards tarnish. Achievements are forgotten. Accolades and certificates are buried with their owners.


Here's another quiz. See how you do on this one:

1. List a few teachers who aided your journey through school.

2. Name three friends who have helped you through a difficult time.

3. Name five people who have taught you something worthwhile.

4. Think of a few people who have made you feel appreciated and special.

5. Think of five people you enjoy spending time with .


Easier?

The lesson:

The people who make a difference in your life are not the ones with the most credentials, the most money, or the most awards. They are the ones that care .


'Don't worry about the world coming to an end today.

It's already tomorrow in Australia ' (Charles Schultz)


Very insightful stuff.
Until next time,

Wilz

Small Update

Nothing much to say,
Currently on break, spent most of my time rejuvenating
from being burnt. The only problem is that I have this
huge animation to do, and I'm running out of time.
We'll see what we can do.

Just wanted to do a small update, nothing special
There is the Boltz Animation that they just finished
the animation process this month and should be out
by Nov 21st. Can't way to see it,
here's a small extended clip. Really nice job in the animation,
pretty entertaining and the character's subtlety is nicely done.
Clip here:
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809812763/video/9813762

Actually sent most of my break looking at student work from other
schools and blogs from other amazing industry people. Very inspiring!

Here's an animation done by a Cal Arts graduate Nealon
Incredible work within 4 month period.



So every Wednesday we have a little AIS sketchgroup. I need to be able
to draw more! I've been slacking behind. But it's really good to get out
with some friends and just draw. One of the Jam we said we should do
Crazy Doctors. So I did a few characters of crazy doctors....and a evil
warlord looking guy.


A little sketch of some friends at the last sketch group jam.


I think I'll share with you guys an old animation I did.

This was done in my second year of school? Man, looking
back at it, it's kind of an enbarrassment, but also looking back
I've seen how much I've grown and how much more I need to
grow. Hope you guys like it.



Until Next Time

Wilster out

Finals week

So it's Finals week and I am barely working on anything.
I'm a bit burnt, horrible time for it. Good thing is
I set my time so that I only have one GE class and one
independent study class for this ending half of the
semester.

My animation project is going very slowly. Animating in
2D and make it well, is pretty hard; especially when I am
animating and learning mostly by myself. Woo, self study.

In addition I've mostly finish my sculpture for my project.
There are minor tweaks and not does not officially look like
the character, but not bad for my second character sculpture.
Hopefully by my twenith one, it will look good.

Also, Sketch ground is pretty awesome, we started a sketch group
with some friends from school, I'll just post up a page I did there and
my sculpture. Best of luck.







~ Wilster

Update, I guess.

Sorry I haven't been keeping weekly updates here.
I've been currently working on this animation
for the Media Madness film festival thing we are having
at our school, The Art Institute of Seattle. And as
a hardcore "dinosaur/extinct" 2D animator, I have to
try my best to represent.

The problem is that "forced" animation is NEVER a good motivation to get something done and done well. Especially
if you are a perfectionist and want everything to look great,
which end up as a total mess because you are sleepless and full
of negative stressful because you are animating to a very very close
deadline. Trying to finish a short animated film in 10 weeks will
drive you insane. But that's why we are animators, we love
the tedious work, especially when it's going to be premiere at
the theater. If I finish this film, it will be the first time
my animation is going to be on the big screen. So excited, and
premiere date is a few days before on birthday too!

One main thing that I've learned from last quarter's production
(which would be premiere at the film festival as well, however I was
told I am not suppose to post it up anywhere yet.) is that I need
to find BALANCE. BALANCE is the key to success or we will go
insane and start hurting others and especially ourselves, mentally and
physically. It is hard, when you know what you need to do
but can't seemed to put it into work. I need balance, but I am also
pressured by constant deadlines and working. I want to work harder
however my animation flow is currently disrupted and I cannot seem
to draw as freely as I used to. Not to mention our animation lab is
currently in poor shape and the people using the room, doesn't want to be
there. This makes the morale of the place worst for us serious 2D animators.
But, I guess we just need to make the best of things. Animation is my life and
I LOVE IT.

Enough Ranting on. Here's some pencil test I did for the personal animation

These are just pencil tests and mock ups. The Last one was put
together in 30 minutes to test a shot I have on background and
character movement. Everything will be tweaked.
Two weeks! WOOO!

3D Animation Reel

How is everyone doing? Sorry that I don't update often,
but I've been overwhelmed with projects and assignments.
One of which is Accelerated Animation, which we only have
5 weeks of class, two class each to do animation. One day is
2d animation, and second day is 3d version, using the 2d as
base references. Because of this class, I believed my 3d skills
have improved dramatically. This is what we have put together
for our final of the class.



Here are some character poses for my upcoming animation project.

First Post

Hello this is my first post, I've been stalling of a bit.
I've also post on ConceptArt, and sometimes don't post my stuff twice,
That's why I don't update much often here, nor anywhere. I'm
mostly busy with school work because I am currently attending The
Art Institute of Seattle in an Animation and Media Arts degree.

I'm a 2d animator, who is being forced into 3d because industry is booming.
However, since Disney have several 2d animation in process, it's not
"all hopes are lost" type thing.

Here is my Conceptart Sketchbook, I'll try to update here as well.
http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=108223&page=2

First thing I would LOVE to share is aniBoom site.
Amazing animations on there, check them out
http://www.aniboom.com/



Until next time.


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