Saturday, February 23, 2008

Videos, Videos, Videos!

OK, so maybe I shouldn't shout it three times, since there's only two.

First, my most recent demo reel update:


And, of course, my student short. This is the very weak lighting and rendering job I did for the Animation Mentor newsletter. Hey, I didn't go to Light & Render Mentor, did I?

A Whole New World...!

Whoo-hoo!
I graduated last month from Animation Mentor, and yesterday I got my very first animation job!!!
I'm working for AM mentor Kenny Roy, at his Arconyx Animation Studios in Santa Monica, CA.
Right now we're working on a fairly dry -- but still interesting and educational -- assignment for one of his clients, and down the line I hope to get myself placed on one of the studios more creatively exciting projects.
I've been on the job for half a day, and I can tell already that this is going to be a great new carreer! Plus, while a lot of guys who get into animation at my age have to take substatial pay cuts from their previous jobs, I have the dubious benefit of coming off an absolute crap job that I've had for over seven years now, so I'm actually making almost double what I was.
Sa-weet!