Tuesday, November 11, 2008

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!

Saturday, November 8, 2008

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

Sunday, November 2, 2008

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

Friday, October 24, 2008

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



Friday, October 3, 2008

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

Monday, September 29, 2008

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

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

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