Just came back from my first day at a two-week animation portfolio preparation course...

It was awesome!

After arriving an hour early (by accident, of course) it got rolling. We brainstormed three keywords for a short film idea (mine's were superhero, volcano and monster OR alien, spaceship, alien toilet). They were jumbled around until we got ( Read more... )

As I've said previously, I'm working on an animation portfolio for submission next February. Today was my first free day of summer (as impossible as that sounds) so, after a journey to my local barber for a haircut only to find that the place was closed, I sat down in front of my new sketchpad ( Read more... )

I have not yet mentioned my career goals beyond writing here. But I have a huge passion for animation in all kinds of forms - be it detailed CGI, detailed traditional animation, claymation, anime and especially Simpsons/Powerpuff-esque animation ( Read more... )