Fall 2011

I am now in my final year at CalArts. It seems like an eternity has passed since I was a first year at CalArts. Here is my Fall semester schedule:

FC315A	Life Drawing for Animation	Sechrist, Rad	1.50	T 7:30pm to 10:30pm	PALACE
FC360	Visual Development	Keene, Lisa	2.00	F 4pm to 7pm	A108
FC400A01	2D Character Animation IV	Haycock, Randy	3.00	M 7pm to 10pm	A116
FC455A02	Advanced Story	Favela, Eric	1.50	W 7pm to 10pm	LANGLY
FC465A02	Professional Preparation IV	Ventura, Valerio	1.50	Th 2pm to 4pm	A109
FE303	Alternative Stop Motion Techniques	Dyer, Eric	2.00	Th 9am to 12 Noon	BB#4
FE360	Intermediate Concepts of Stop Motion	Brooker, Musa	3.00	Th 7pm to 10pm	BB#4
FE361	Art of Animation in Czech Tradition	Furniss/Hobaica	2.00	0am to 0am
TP030-08	Sewing Basics	Potter, Karen	2.00	F 10:10am to 12 Noon	COSTUM
TP607	History of Fashion	Mickelsen, David	2.00	M 9:40am to 12 Noon	D309

As you can see, I added a lot more stop-motion classes this time around. It's hard for me to grasp my change in focus since I came in wanting to do more 2-D animation. I still love 2-D, but I don't think it is my strongest asset. I'm not the best draftsman. I like putting in holds more than I should while animating.

I feel like every year I change my emphasis a little bit. I did more CG last year and tried modeling in Maya for the first time. It's interesting but I miss feeling a real object. I will still keep animating in Maya for practice.

I'm finishing my blog post about my trip to Prague over the summer. I got to meet some amazing stop-motion studios and individuals there. It might be the reason why I changed.