spend some time in the bizarre world of castleBERDskillz. click things. see what happens. maybe try the arrow keys or space bar once in a while.
watch this trailer for a heartwarming comedy. fun for the whole family.
the brilliant stop-motion animation of PES.
funny corporate animation by Chris Harding: Make Mine Shoebox
disturbing educational film on bicycle safety: One Got Fat
if i ever listen to the radio, it's kexp from seattle.
update coming soon. maybe.
Friday, September 30, 2005
Sunday, August 28, 2005
congratul and vac
Howdy folks, me again. Back on the horse. Horse meaning blog, of course.
I'd like to start this post off with a few congratulations to pass out (in no particular order).
To my fellow students at Van Arts: congratulations on making it through the year and graduating. It's been fun and i hope to work with each of you again sometime in the future.
To Gordon and Andrea: a huge congratulations on your engagement! AJ and I are so happy to hear the great news! Now that i'm done school, hopefully we'll see a little more of each other.
To Ben and Jess: another huge congratulations for your wedding (wish we could have been there!) and for surviving the honeymoon. And for anyone who thinks that last part is a joke, it's not and I sure didn't mean for it to sound like that. They apparently had quite a harrowing experience, and i'm so glad to hear that they made it through safely.
And now on to the rest of my life since my last post...
My brother Shaun came to visit for a few days before grad and we showed him a few of the sights of Vancouver: the aquarium, granville island, stanley park, vera's burgers.....Poor guy's not used to walking so much.
Friday, August 12th was my grad (finally). It was a good day, a bunch of friends and family came out to see what i've been spending so many hours doing and it was fun to see everybody's work on a big screen. Lots of talent going out into the world.
The next day we caught a flight for a well needed vacation in Alberta, visiting my parents in Cochrane, seeing some old friends, checking out some familiar sights in Calgary and area.
We were there for about a week and a half and the weather ranged from 4 degrees to 30 degrees. Crazy.
We went to the Calgary zoo one day; i tried to draw the animals a bit but it was a little tough to get much drawing done with all the crowds, though. And like the Vancouver aquarium, the place was just lousy with children. They shouldn't let kids into places like that.
Spent a couple days hiking in the mountains, went to Banff. I really miss living near there. Such a beautiful area, and the air smells so good.
We picked the right week to visit my parents though, as it was also the week that their new hot tub arrived, so we had to spend a few evenings breaking it in.
I also got to spend some time just sitting around watching movies, which was probably better for me than it sounds. Of course, Mom kept me well fed, all the better to keep my student belly for a while. Now to just get rid of it somehow....
It was a great time, just what I needed after finishing school. But it's nice to be back home in our tiny, tiny apartment (seems even tinier now after spending a week in my parents' roomy house). Now to just do a little bit of work for my demo reel, then, ah.... anybody got any leads on any animation jobs?
and by the way, below are some pictures of the last couple of weeks, mostly taken by Shaun, but some not. And if anybody knows how to post more than one picture in the same post, let me know. There's probably a way, but i haven't bothered to find out
I'd like to start this post off with a few congratulations to pass out (in no particular order).
To my fellow students at Van Arts: congratulations on making it through the year and graduating. It's been fun and i hope to work with each of you again sometime in the future.
To Gordon and Andrea: a huge congratulations on your engagement! AJ and I are so happy to hear the great news! Now that i'm done school, hopefully we'll see a little more of each other.
To Ben and Jess: another huge congratulations for your wedding (wish we could have been there!) and for surviving the honeymoon. And for anyone who thinks that last part is a joke, it's not and I sure didn't mean for it to sound like that. They apparently had quite a harrowing experience, and i'm so glad to hear that they made it through safely.
And now on to the rest of my life since my last post...
My brother Shaun came to visit for a few days before grad and we showed him a few of the sights of Vancouver: the aquarium, granville island, stanley park, vera's burgers.....Poor guy's not used to walking so much.
Friday, August 12th was my grad (finally). It was a good day, a bunch of friends and family came out to see what i've been spending so many hours doing and it was fun to see everybody's work on a big screen. Lots of talent going out into the world.
The next day we caught a flight for a well needed vacation in Alberta, visiting my parents in Cochrane, seeing some old friends, checking out some familiar sights in Calgary and area.
We were there for about a week and a half and the weather ranged from 4 degrees to 30 degrees. Crazy.
We went to the Calgary zoo one day; i tried to draw the animals a bit but it was a little tough to get much drawing done with all the crowds, though. And like the Vancouver aquarium, the place was just lousy with children. They shouldn't let kids into places like that.
Spent a couple days hiking in the mountains, went to Banff. I really miss living near there. Such a beautiful area, and the air smells so good.
We picked the right week to visit my parents though, as it was also the week that their new hot tub arrived, so we had to spend a few evenings breaking it in.
I also got to spend some time just sitting around watching movies, which was probably better for me than it sounds. Of course, Mom kept me well fed, all the better to keep my student belly for a while. Now to just get rid of it somehow....
It was a great time, just what I needed after finishing school. But it's nice to be back home in our tiny, tiny apartment (seems even tinier now after spending a week in my parents' roomy house). Now to just do a little bit of work for my demo reel, then, ah.... anybody got any leads on any animation jobs?
and by the way, below are some pictures of the last couple of weeks, mostly taken by Shaun, but some not. And if anybody knows how to post more than one picture in the same post, let me know. There's probably a way, but i haven't bothered to find out
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
Willis at the bat
Hey everyone, sorry about the lack of updates recently, that is if any of you have actually been checking for updates.
I can't believe i'm halfway through my final week of school. It went so fast. I'm looking forward to being done, so i can finally try to sort out all the stuff i learned, clear my mind, and keep learning. i'm not as much looking forward to joining the real world, however.
Above is an update on my final project which doesn't tell you much, except showing you something close to what it's going to look like. For all you know, the animation could be crap. Total crap. Anyway, i finished animating yesterday (or stopped animating anyway. you never really finish animating) and started rendering today, and since i couldn't do anything on the computer at school, i decided to come home early. Hooray for coming home early. My project ended up a lot shorter than i originally planned. I decided to cut a few scenes off the end because i didn't think i'd have time. Whattaya gonna do.
It feels good to be done animating (again, i probably could have kept animating, but at this point i was getting short on time and brain power) and i'm looking forward to whatever my next project is going to be. That's good, because i was pretty sure i'd be totally sick of computer animation, and never want to do it again. Lord knows that's how i felt a couple of weeks ago. But actually, i'm looking forward to the next project i start, which probably won't be until after i've had a few weeks away from it with all the goings on of graduating, and my brother Shaun's upcoming visit here and our trip to Calgary to visit my parents and recover a bit from the last 11 months.
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
your turn to animate
Hey all, sorry there's been no updates in a while. I've got lots to write about (some things i've been meaning to write about are Batman Begins, Pixar animator visit, progress on my project)but i haven't had a lot of time or energy for it. Hopefully i'll get to those things soon.
Here's a fun website that allows you to make a short animation and save it on the web. So if any of you want to try animating, here's your chance!
If you do make one, save it and post the link in the comments.
To start things off, here is a quick one i did. it's kind of tough to draw with the mouse, so that's my excuse.
Found via Drawn
Here's a fun website that allows you to make a short animation and save it on the web. So if any of you want to try animating, here's your chance!
If you do make one, save it and post the link in the comments.
To start things off, here is a quick one i did. it's kind of tough to draw with the mouse, so that's my excuse.
Found via Drawn
Sunday, July 03, 2005
happy
I'd like to take this opportunity to wish my lovely wife a happy anniversary, and congratulate her for six amazing years married to a wonderful man. I know they'll have many, many more...
Friday, July 01, 2005
O Canada!
It's Canada Day! And how, you may ask, is this particular Canadian celebrating our dear nation's birthday? Why, by going to school and working on his animation project, of course! Whooo! So to all you kids out there who are taking today off like you should be, I salute you. So crack open a beer for me, and watch some fireworks. For me.
Friday, June 24, 2005
guesty goodness
Yesterday my class had the privelege of having Mark Pullyblank (sorry if i spelled that wrong), animator at Rainmaker here in vancouver sit in with us for the afternoon. For the first half, Mark talked to us about his experiences in the industry, and how he went from being straight out of school, unable to find work to becoming lead animator for Dr. Dolittle 3. The stuff he had to say managed to entertain, frighten and inspire me, a good combination i think. For the second half of the afternoon, he made the rounds in the classroom and looked at our work, giving critiques and tips to us. I always love it when people currently working in the industry come in to see our stuff, they always seem so thrilled to see what we are doing. Anyway, Mark stuck around way longer than he had to, talking shop with us students. When he left, i felt i had a little more knowledge and a little more ammunition to face the world after school, but most importantly, i wanted to animate.
Wednesday, June 22, 2005
guess what day it is
Not only is today the second day of summer and my second day of biking to school, it's also the first day of my brother Shaun's thirty-second year on earth. So happy 31st birthday Shaun, from all of us here on the world wide interweb.
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