tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7473490.post1885153984990954557..comments2023-09-10T14:15:44.127-06:00Comments on Manganese: Hourglass...sand is leakingEllen Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00797328221734814597noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7473490.post-63716707783693942052008-10-22T15:27:00.000-06:002008-10-22T15:27:00.000-06:00Wow, so many visiting lecturers, that must be amaz...Wow, so many visiting lecturers, that must be amazing for you. I remember how exciting it was when the art director of SOE came to talk at our senior art sem. And now I'm reading you've had like four!?Medievehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11559616047200146022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7473490.post-84712947825806865902008-10-18T13:58:00.000-06:002008-10-18T13:58:00.000-06:00You have improved so much in such a short amount o...You have improved so much in such a short amount of time. Not only with character designs and drawing, but with WRITING as well. Almost every word is spelled right (you must be using Firefox ;) ) <BR/><BR/>Here's your excerpt from NDK experience, one of my most favorite posts of yours:<BR/><BR/>"<I><B>Wow what a great Sunday I had. This con exceeded my expectations and was wonderful. Everybody was nice and clean lol. Plus, at the last moment I got in to cosplay spirit and dressed poorly as Chitose Hibiya (the landlady in Chobits).<BR/><BR/>They had enough panels to keep me busy.<BR/>The panels that really wowed me were:<BR/><BR/>Airbrushing...wow I might ask for one for Christmas now. A really fun device that makes smooth color transitions and it has this odd graffiti sensation to it too :D<BR/><BR/>Meeting Brad Swaile...lol I almost fainted when I met him (gosh I'm such a giddy dork). He was soo nice and I even got a picture with him. He autographed my Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz movie. He even drew Quatre's head at the bottom. That's about the point where I almost fainted lol. I forgot that he studied as a graphic designer. He was also the MC for the closing ceremonies. He auctioned off a Megaman inspired painting he did for the Katrina fund. I wish I could have got it, but the bid went up to $90.<BR/><BR/>Cel painting...pretty cool. I actually never thought cel painting was that easy, but now since I experienced it, I'll try to paint some more cels.</B></I>"<BR/><BR/><BR/>And then there's your latest post--<BR/><BR/>"<I><B>My favorite class so far is Dan Hansen's Perspective and Traditional animation with Mike Nguyen. Perspective with characters is a lot of fun compared to the classical perspective taught in art school. I feel I'm improving the most in this class. Mike's animation class is great! I really want to intern with him over the summer to help with cleanup on My Little World. I asked him about this, but he bashfully said that I probably wanted to work at Disney or Pixar instead. He's too humble ;) He's also working on a really cool project with Robert Duncan called Land of Zi. It's a children show that teaches kids how to write Chinese characters. They're trying to find a distributor. Man, I would love to work on this show. I have the most fun animating. I still want to become an independent animator, but I do want to work at companies at the beginning to get more experience.<BR/><BR/>Speaking about career choices, I'm beginning to think I'm not going to head down the job of story or design. The idea of pitching just gets scarier. I don't have a tough skin. The process is not as spontaneous. You have to go through so many revisions and even the best version may be left on the cutting room floor. Character design is something I need to work on. For so long, I tried to capture realism in my drawings and accurate proportions. Now it is the complete opposite. You have to exaggerate and vary shapes in a character. I need to keep pushing it. Its very uncomfortable for me.</B></I>"<BR/><BR/>So, yeah, what maturity in that last paragraph! And the sophistication of the second paragraph posted here in the comments is sustained throughout the rest of the post.<BR/><BR/>I'm also really proud of you, Melon, and I can't believe it's been this long and we haven't run into each other yet!<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>ENOCHE.A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17991386590363338152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7473490.post-64919465787527247042008-10-12T23:09:00.000-06:002008-10-12T23:09:00.000-06:00Just hang in there... You can do it! We're all thi...Just hang in there... You can do it! We're all thinking about you and all the wonderful things you must be producing! We're so proud of you!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17851409973965903449noreply@blogger.com