Anticipate I Can't Wait!

Hey gang! This week we were suppose to create an animation, with our ball, that demonstrates......wait for it......Anticipation! We were given an obstacle course and we had to have our ball anticipate jumping, by squashing, and burst through it. Here is my animation. Enjoy!

Hey! For you Maya animators out there. I just downloaded Jason Schleifer's Grease Pencil MEL script. Basically, you can draw thumbnails, like a grease pencil on glass, in any Maya window and have it play back in the timeline. It is awesome for blocking out and timing your shots. If you don't have it click here to download it. Rock!

Right now I am drawing thumbnails for my "ball with a tail" animation. It is kind of foxy and kind of squirrelly. I just hope in the end it won't be...ahh...Assy!

Nirvana's song Return of the Rat is in my mind 24/7 these days. Listen to it now and it can be in your mind too.

In Rock-tero!

Cute Battery

This is what my horoscope said today:

"Your energy's like a charged battery. And you're cute! You're like a cute battery!"

Freak yeah brother mothers! The universe never lies.

Look At My Balls!

So last weeks assignment was to make a light and heavy ball come to a stop. Click here to ch-ch-check it out.

I am really enjoying this Animation Mentor thing. It is great to be doing so much animation every week. Plus I am learning, unlike my previous "gorilla" style of animation where I would just throw my feces everywhere and hope that it looked good at the end. I admit that I learned a lot from experimenting on my own, but you can only go so far with that action before you run out of ideas.

I would also like to announce that I am on chapter 7 of the 6th Harry Pooper book. Freak yeah brother mothers! If Harry doesn't throw down Hermione, Cho, or somebody in this book I am going to get into a scrape. F the kids, I want some action in this book. So far it is beating down the 4th book which was my favorite. I thought the 5th book sucked a little, but I still read it like a rabid donkey on speed anyway.

Rockess!

Sunday, Sunday, Sunday

Sunday I turned in my first animation assignment for Animation Mentor. The assignment was to animate a bouncing ball without squash and stretch. Click here to view my AVI movie file.

This week I am suppose to animate two balls that come to a stop and have different weights. Maybe I will do chicken ball vs sumo ball...What am I talking about?

Rock!

Bounce

As we speak I am trying to make a ball bounce in Maya. Bounce you round bastard! Bounce! I will post a movie later so you people can give me your critique.

On a side note, make sure to check out Gabby La La on Itunes or whatever. She rules supreme like cherry ice cream. Plus, she has Les Claypool backing her up. Backpack rules!

Wait! Before you go, check out this trailer for the new Tim Burton animated feature Corpse Bride. It will make you urinate with pleasure.

Rockus!