I’m up, bright and early so I can make my way up to Hollywood to attend a 2 day workshop hosted by Gnomon School of VFX (Gnomon Live!). It’s going to have 10 instructors and be full of all sorts of awesome learning and inspiration. Looking forward to hearing so many talented folks talk about their work and process while being surrounded by like minded artist and maybe a few new friends.
I’m sure there will be more updates and pictures to follow over the next few days.
It’s always cool to see your Alma Mater ranked amongst other schools. Over at Animation Career Review, LMU is listed at 13th out of 100.
There was also a great interview of the current animation program’s chair Jose Garcia Moreno.
Came across a great quote in Computer Graphics World magazine. This month’s issue is a VES Awards Prelude and was covering the work that has been nominated for awards. My current work isn’t in the entertainment industry, but the tools, techniques and workflow my colleagues and I use fall under the VFX umbrella. It is pretty incredible what we are capable of creating.
“Of all the craft areas in moviemaking, the VFX branch can boast the smartest and most highly educated practitioners, the most advanced technologies being applied, and the largest impart on the economics of storytelling in the digital age…”
– Bob Coleman, Owner, Digital Artists Agency
Look what arrived in the mail today! Can’t wait to watch it.
Directed by one my animation teachers when I was in college.
A co-worker of mine saw this video and said it reminded them of me.
My son and I both love Phineas and Ferb. We both got a good laugh watching this.
Look for the light table disk necklace, it is awesome!
This gallery contains 4 photos.
So I started doing my Psych-a-Doodle calendar daily drawings. They have been pretty fun. Some more so than others. Here are the ones I liked the best.
One of my Christmas gifts this year. Should be fun, and I’ll get back into drawing everyday. I wonder what the first one will be… 
Having grown up playing video games, it is always interesting to see how different aspects of the “art” have grown. I heard an NPR broadcast on video games music being interpreted into more classical themes. I enjoyed it so much that I ended up purchasing the music album that was being discussed. Hearing the Tetris theme performed by a string quartet is pretty amazing.
Enjoy!
http://www.npr.org/2012/12/10/166875717/a-classical-musicians-game-theory
Saw “Pixar in Concert” at the Hollywood Bowl. What an amazing concert to listen to as well as see. During the musical performance by the LA Phil different clips from the movies were projected on to big screens throughout the the Hollywood Bowl. Hope I can get to another event at the bowl again sometime soon.
Came across this video recently. Neil Gaiman gives a commencement speech at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Very insightful and inspiring.