Wow!
The pace was so quick, and the work so varied, that I forgot half the stuff I did while I was working for Kenny at Arconyx. Having gone back through my old files, though, I found enough fodder to double my demo reel! Not to mention add a ton of variety to a reel that used to be just Star Trek and my short...
Awesome!
Alex Zemke Animation Demo Reel August 2008
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Saturday, June 21, 2008
I'm abandoning my kids!
Animation Mentor's holding their first-ever job fair next Friday, and I'm actually flying out there ahead of my family. We're all going to the BBQ the next day, but we can't all drive out soon enough for the fair. Boo.
Anyway, Sony'll be there, along with several big names -- including the biggest, but I already got my rejection email this year, so I'll get back to them later -- and I get to meet and greet and shake things and such. I'm already sending the Sony animation director my updated reel (see below; the copy he already has doesn't have any Star Trek on it), but I'll drop one off with the recruiters anyway, just for good measure.
The nice thing, though, is there's no undue pressure to land one of these companies. I just got asked to stay on at Technicolor for their next project! The reason I'm not torn about staying longer is that, unlike this last one, the next project is all keyframe! No mocap! I just might get to put something from one of my jobs on my reel!
In the meantime, however...
Anyway, Sony'll be there, along with several big names -- including the biggest, but I already got my rejection email this year, so I'll get back to them later -- and I get to meet and greet and shake things and such. I'm already sending the Sony animation director my updated reel (see below; the copy he already has doesn't have any Star Trek on it), but I'll drop one off with the recruiters anyway, just for good measure.
The nice thing, though, is there's no undue pressure to land one of these companies. I just got asked to stay on at Technicolor for their next project! The reason I'm not torn about staying longer is that, unlike this last one, the next project is all keyframe! No mocap! I just might get to put something from one of my jobs on my reel!
In the meantime, however...
Friday, May 9, 2008
My Blanking Job
Yay! I got to sign my first non-disclosure agreement, which means I can't say squat about what I'm doing at Technicolor. Ah well.
Still, the experience is very much like I expected, and with a deadline looming in July, I don't run the risk of getting comfortable and staying too long at what should only be one step on my path to feature animation. Let's just hope Sony's still interested in me come that time!
Still, the experience is very much like I expected, and with a deadline looming in July, I don't run the risk of getting comfortable and staying too long at what should only be one step on my path to feature animation. Let's just hope Sony's still interested in me come that time!
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Flying by the seat of my pants!
Work dried up sooner than expected at Arconyx. It's too bad, because I was learning so much and getting on so well.
But the bills gotta get paid, so I went out and found new work at Technicolor Interactive Services! Looks like it should be a good gig. Nice studio, friendly staff, and we'll be doing game cinematics and trailers, which is closer to the kind of work I was training to do at AM.
More later!
But the bills gotta get paid, so I went out and found new work at Technicolor Interactive Services! Looks like it should be a good gig. Nice studio, friendly staff, and we'll be doing game cinematics and trailers, which is closer to the kind of work I was training to do at AM.
More later!
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:
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!
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!
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