Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Law of Averages-

Hey Guys,

Since my last post I managed to redeem my low Quota- for 3 weeks straight {surpass even}....but then here I am slipping into Low quota's ville again....as I go into another week.

I had 2 weeks without doing any Freelance so other than Crunch time at my day job I managed to pile up some good seconds - The ending is now HALF way done - I am really liking how it looks in EDIT. I am excited to Finish this one off.

 Here is a cut in shot from the Ninja dober bit.....small anim but a film takes um all....


Shel and I decided to reshoot the Helmut closeup reveal since We both had issues of our own with it....and part of the reshoot was Extending the set in the front and in the back to make the set- MAZE seem even BIGGER and cooler.

This required alot of setup like everything in Stop mo-

Shel first Built a LONG extension so I wouldn't have to COMP in a fake background- It works for still shots but when doing camera moves the perspective changes always SCREAM FAKE...and PHONY...

we then had to coat it- paint it- BLEND it - so on......

 after its all done...
3 long nights in the garage and we should have another finished shot-

That means- I am just days away from my attempt at making a cotton ball sandstorm-


cant wait....

Shel has been working on fleas Mini ship- getting ready for the fast approaching space chase-
We have to finish this puppy and get it molded - we will be need it faster than we think.


E3 went well.....and our game put LOTS of smiles on LOTS of faces.....gona be a BIG ole HIT!!






We only announced the first small batch of characters from our game....but we will slowly be announcing others as we near release.
 We had a BIG showing  with tons of monitors to play.
 Here are some folks dressed up as a few of our lineup.....was fun to see them walking around e3 and trying to fight each other in our game.












ANNOUNCEMENT-

I have officially been working on a new FEATURE being made in Hollywood and its been very FUN to be a part of....

Its Called Hell and Back- Due OUT in 2013
 and here is a Pic I found from it on IMDB-

Its got some pretty Fun comedians-actors involved -
-so the V.O. is fun to animate too-

Mila Kunis
Danny McBride
Nick Swardson
T.J. Miller
Bob Odenkirk
 the comedy is Raunchy and I cant wait to do more.

Its also super cool to have a stopmo Feature being done in L.A.....we need more of that for sure.

In Other NEWS-

I received this cool Gift from the rigging department on Paranorman a while back and I have been meaning to share it with you guys.


ALSO-

A project I got to work on earlier this year that was PURE happiness and FUN was for the recently announced Spongebob Christmas Special- Done by Screen Novelties.

After working on PARANORMAN which was INCREDIBLE - but TENCE work....This project was soooooooo much FUN.....this was just ANIMATION with GREAT characters in classic 2d animation style.

I was super proud to work on it.....and Its CHOCK FULL of charm.....these characters look FANTASTIC as puppets .....and the story is Great FUN!!!

http://www.5min.com/Video/FIRST-LOOK-Spongebob-Stop-Motion-Special-Its-A-SpongeBob-Christmas-517395943

Tricks of the week-

Robert ROK walk



just wall spin



 jriggity

Monday, June 4, 2012

Low Quota and Strrrreeeeetched!!!


Hey guys!

  been a bit strreeeeeettched recently and have now gone 3 weeks in not meeting my QUOTA....DANGIT!!

It really feels crappy ......but it has nothing to do with being lazy or lack of motivation.....I am chock full of desire ..... Just not enough hours in a day.....days in a week....weeks in a year...sigh

.......I am getting a shot or 2 out a week {4 seconds of footage typically}...instead of the 10 seconds I shoot for.....

...typically its on the weekend evenings due to the freelance......but our ending chapter is starting to come together...

In fact last week I did not work any freelance and managed to get about 14 seconds of animation out...
this put us just 2 shots from the sandstorm ....which I cant wait to tackle...

here is a cut in shot for Dober's ninja traverse scene-



E3 is just a few days away...and there will be a HUGE showing on the Floor with a TON of Consoles ready to play.....

SONY is expecting------ and so am I------- this game to be a MUST HAVE for the holiday season Gamer....I can also say...this is the funnest game I have ever worked on....and thats cool.

I am proud to announce that my injury's are  Disapearing and I will be back to full bounce very soon...

Shel - rented out a stuntnasium for my b day party and I had one of the best times ever....

This place was PURE HEAVEN for the rasch family....myself especially.

      here is a few moments.

shel building layout-

Aedon- tramp to wall challenge

Rob Longjump roof

This was a dream trick for me- made my whole day-

          justin