Work in progress...

I need a break from keyframes. I've been working on this animation for a competition...it's taking SO long! I'm also finding it hard to keep all my layers tidy in After Effects. I have a bit of a love and hate relationship with After Effects since it messes up my 3d layers when I pre-compose. I will have a break now, get some dinner and hopefully work on it later.

Poolga illustrations

I just put together these two images for a competition by Poolga and IdeasTap (see more info here).

I've been doing a lot of yoga lately so I wanted to do something relevant. To be honest I feel a bit intimated by all the hardcore yogis in the Ashtanga class I've been going to. I've had this neck/back pain from sitting at my desk and drawing too long for a week now and it is really annoying. It actually gets worse when I do yoga, especially when I look at my toes in forward folds and headstands. PAIN please go away!
I have also bought a ticket to go to Pictoplasma in about a month which means I have to finish my animation by then. I am excited cause I've never been to Berlin before and the festival itself seems amazing. Hopefully it will be as good as it looks from their website.

Anyway back to painful Wacom tablet drawing.

Hello

Self-promotional Ecard. This was meant to be an interactive Ecard but after facing so many issues with pixelated exported Xfls and problematic Flvs I just decided to do a linear animation instead.
Maybe I'll stick to doing animations at the moment. I don't feel I've got enough patience and knowledge to do stuff in flash yet.

Pictoplasma/Berlin 2012

I'm seriously thinking of going to Pictoplasma this April. It is a four day festival with conference, workshops, exhibitions, animation festival, performances and parties based on contemporary character design and art. It all sounds very inspiring!

I'm working on an animation for a competition at the moment so unless I finish that first I can't go anywhere!

Anyway I had another 3d max class yesterday which went really well. We looked at modelling tools with more detail and finally started doing some stuff that actually look cool. I usually don't bother exploring a lot of technical stuff in softwares which is not very wise so I'm glad now I am actually forced to learn it.

Brooklyn to West - Ariele's amazing blog

I recently discovered this incredibly inspiring blog thanks to a friend. It really made me question some things about my life. Part of me wants to get away from sitting in front of a computer all day and instead of making 'virtual' things actually make something physical. But anyway enough about me. Have a look at Ariele's amazing blog here.

This is how Ariele describes herself. 'I’m a builder, a fixer, and a do-it-myselfer. My favorite things in life are big tools, old wood, good pasta, and dumpster diving. I enjoy being a mixture of things: the woman who cooks and bakes, and the girl who runs table saws and nail guns, builds furniture, carries around screwdrivers in her purse, and can fix just about anything {minus cars}.'

Hana Pesut

Hana Pesut photographs couples wearing each other's clothes :)

Animation in Progress

I've been working on an animation for a competition. The more I animate the more I realise that maybe I should concentrate more on animation.

Also finally I decided to do the 3d studio max short course. First lesson was fun even though we had to do the usual not-so-interesting things such as introduce the person next to us and say something 'interesting' about them. It was definitely strange being in a classroom environment again. I found navigation in 3d max a bit tricky especially cause usually I work in After Effects and Photoshop on a mac (the course is taught on pcs). I guess it takes some time to get used to...can't wait to learn more!