Buy Me Some Peanuts And Cracker Jacks!

Last week I finished up my shot of Stewie Vs The Big Balls.  Overall, I'm happy with it, although it did lose a little sparkle once I got into splining it.   All in all, a success :) Hey, I'm still learning!! The biggest issue with it (and actually the blocking for the last shot of Class 3) is TIMING.  I'm having a real issue with making all my timing too even, a comment I not only got here in class 3 but also got in class 2 with Travis.  Talking it over with mentor Pete at this weeks Q & A, he gave good advice on recognizing/alleviating some timing problems.  The best example he gave was thinking of timing like a heartbeat: the beats aren't exact from the beat before it.  Its this variation in timing that makes what we see on screen more interesting.  Definitely good advice and I can't wait to dive back into my latest shot and play around with the timing :)

Speaking of my latest shot, I've titled it Stewie Strikes Out.  As you can imagine, this will be a baseball shot!! Swing batter, batter! Below is my first blocking pass.  I think I need to have better/longer holds before actions and speed up that swing!! Onward and upward!

 One more thing I should add: Sunday was OSCAR NIGHT and I'm weirdly proud of my previous mentor Travis Tohill and his work on Rango, which won best animated feature this year!!! Excelsior!

It's ....A Work In Progress

I'm not going to lie ...I'm pretty pleased with myself this week :) Although I don't think my blocking (or rather, re-blocking) is fully FULLY complete, it's close enough that I won't be stressing about it tonight/tomorrow morning!! Its a good feeling ....I need to have this feeling more often lol Time management people!! Gotta keep it going :D Below is the re-blocking of Stewie versus the Big Ball! Comments here or on Facebook are always more than welcome! Thanks!!

Ya Know ...Crashing

So last week was an utter fiasco.  Poor time management plus an error in the saving method sadly left me last week with pretty much no assignment to turn in :( It was most definitely a low point so far here at AM.  I'm not proud of the little bit of work I was able to salvage and turn in, and my grade totally reflected that.  But you've got to keep moving forward! The mistakes are what help make you a stronger person: learn from them and don't repeat them!

This week, however, went fairly smoothly.  I'm excited about this next shot based off of the game show Wipeout. Stewie versus the Big Ball is currently underway!! Blocking pass is done and turned in, and now I wait to hear how horrible it is ...hopefully it isn't as bad as last week! I don't know if I can handle another blow to the ego like that :/ In the meanwhile, enjoy the blocking: