On Wednesday I was invited by a good friend of mine and talk to some animation students from Los Angles and from Taiwan. Mike Nguyen was also there. He gave a talk about finding character in animation and story structure. It was a good chance to meet and talk with Mike, I've been following his website for quite some time. If you haven't seen it you should check it out, its one of the best animation blogs on the web.
Mike's talk was truly inspiring. I hope that Mark keeps doing these animation lunch ins and keeps inviting animators to speak at them (it sounds like he will). I'd also like to see him incorporate open life drawing into it.
I've decided to try harder to breath some life back into this blog. I used to be in the habit of writing pretty often, now I find it difficult to find the time.
What I've been up to: I finished up on Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs. It was a ton of fun. It has a really solid story and I think it will do well when it's out. I know my daughter is excited to see it.
I have a few weeks at home to spend with the family, then it's up to Canada to enjoy a nice warm winter up there. I'll be working on an animation project that I'm not sure if I can talk about yet. I think it's OK to talk about but better safe then sorry. I'll be back in LA once the project wraps up. There's a lot of really great animation going on up north it'll be great to see it in person. I hope to catch Ottawa while I'm there.
3 comments:
that's fantastic, i know that you have been a huge fan og mike's for years:)
i have a hard time maintaining one blog and now i have 2.
sigh..parenthood, but i wouldn't trade it in for anything!
you should add a follow me widget here :)
Dear Ethan,
as a former student of you I whish you good luck. Be aware that there in Canada there are some animators still waiting to be payed. I have family in Toronto too and I am looking forward to find something there as well.
Have a nice trip and enjoy. Toronto's brewery district is nice.
Marcus
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