Little Guy-A New Hope

Below are some images from my 3D environments final fall of 2008. This was possibly one of the most involved pieces I have ever done. The film is 45 seconds long, I did it in just one semester. I was able to do this much animation because I chose a style that I could manage fairly quickly. At the end of the semester I had all the animation done and rendered it out and did alot of image editing in after effects... then I got to watch it for the first time. I was very disappointed with it and didn't watch it again until the end of the spring semester when my professor wanted it in the showcase. After watching it I realized that there was alot of good stuff there. 

So all of this is to say that I have decided to revisit the film this next year. My goal is to fine tune some of the animation, and redo a few of the shots and slow down the pace a bit so it communicates more clearly. I want to get it remastered before I graduate so it can be in my reel.

The film is about a little space guy that is traveling the universe on a meteor and he spots earth
He decides that he wants to visit this planet

and this is where he ends up

I am planning on uploading this film in progress soon...

9 short film

9 Nine Shane Acker Short Animation
Uploaded by FrFKmeron. - Independent web videos.

Well today I was looking into the upcoming feature length film 9. This animated film comes out 9-9-09!! As I was looking into it, I found out that the movie is based on a short film made in 2005 by Shane Acker. The short is great, and I have high hopes for the feature length. Its produced by Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov. We will see how the movie turns out.

Mac n' Shift

Below are a few photos I took on my beach vacation with Colleens family. This first one i took with a macro lens, cute.

And the rest of them are some tilt shift pics to look more miniature, hope you enjoy viewing them. Feel free to click for a slightly bigger version.

Appa!!!

Here are the the pics I have of a stray dog that Colleen and I picked up from a park earlier today. I have begun to love this dog. He has started to listen to me and see me as an authority. He can now sit most of the time and he sticks around me outside without a leash. I may have to give him up at a shelter because I am not at a place where I can currently keep him :( So enjoy these pics and Colleen has some up on facebook!!