Disney's Joe Bowers Interview

 This is Fantastic!!!  A great find.  So informative.  A mentor tip finally clicked in with this clip for me.  Thanks to Animschool.

JoeBowers Interview from Frame By Frame on Vimeo.

Skill Progression

Note: Plateaus, Growth and Time will always vary

 
"To take the master's journey, you have practice diligently, striving to hone your skills, to attain new levels of competence.  But while doing so- this is the inexorable fact of the journey- you also have to be willing to spend most of your time on the plateau, to keep practicing even when you seem to be getting nowhere." 

-Excerpt from book *Mastery by George Leonard.

1984 "Live Action" Frankenweenie Short

A Tim Burton Masterpiece.

Wrestlin' Mania 2012 Toon-Tribute

YEAaaah! Another wrap rockstars!  Took me year to animate part time and weekends.  So worth it to see the flow of the story, blood sweat and tears.  Learnt tons, I suggest everyone to do shorts, its total discipline.  I have alot lined up and I'm just crossing them off the list.  So with no further adeu..




As a special treat I uploaded the blueprint of this short from my DSi the 2d version of the rough timing and action..

 

Rock it NON-STOP!!! To the NEXT PROJECT!

Almost Done "Wrestlin' Mania"

Checkin' in.. 2 more shots to render, then I can start editing and wrapping is close in sight.  A year to this day.  Learned so much. 

Here is the title card I'm still working on. 

 And a shot, I tried to add blur but ran into issues.  I will solve eventually when I get to that level.  Really pushing the abilities of creativity on this.  I do love carving lighting and shadow also, when I had the animation locked down I cleaned up the rough lighting to the best I can do.  So Fun!

The finished product is up soon.

Schoolism Interviews

Pure "Gold" right here, from the source.  Check out "Schoolism.com's" collection of heavy hitter interviews.  Bio and Tips galore.  Big thanks to Bobby Chiu for doing these and sharing.

                                                                    Schoolism.com

I am Big Bird - A Documentary

Way cool, Carroll Spinney is one of the last of the original cast of Muppeteers in Sesame.  So looking forward to some knowledge past on in this movie.  I learned tons from "Being Elmo'.  But what this has will be incredible.  He plays Oscar the Grouch as well as Big Bird.  Check out the trailer..


More info @  http://www.iambigbird.com/