Tuesday 28 August 2012

It went by so fast!

Well there you have it. Fourteen weeks have come and gone in a blink! I learned so much during my time at iAnimate and I can't wait until I can go back and proceed with the next workshop. I have to thank everyone involved with the iAnimate community for providing such an amazing, affordable place to continue my animation education.
You cannot pursue animation on your own. For about a year I practiced at home and taught myself as much as I could but after a while you plateau. You need an experienced eye to continuously look at your work when you're trying to improve. If I had one critique of my mentor it's that I wanted him to be tougher! Sometimes I wanted him to just say "look, this whole part isn't working. Scrap it and start over." If I'm ever to start working in this industry I am likely to get feedback like this anyway. Its helps toughen your skin and it pushes you get better.
Right now I am hard at work at my newest 11second club entry. It was always my goal to enter the August contest to see if I've improved. My goal is a top 20 finish which would be a significant improvement from my last entry. The top 50 is much easier to crack than the top 20, so here's to hoping I got good enough!
I am also working on brushing up my final iAnimate assignment. Once these are officially complete I will put together a new demo reel. I'm aiming for the second week of September.
Until then...