Monsters vs. Aliens Review

So I saw this movie last night with a bunch of kick ass CA majors and I thoroughly enjoyed it :)

The animation was top-notch, which I wouldn't expect anything less from Dreamworks, they've proven that they know what they're doing. The only issue that I had with the film were the characters themselves. The entire movie revolves around Susan/Ginormica, and the other monsters seem to just revolve around her. But I DO like how the main character is a girl, something Pixar hasn't done yet...

I LOVE INSECTASAURUS!!! It was definitely my favorite character; I seriously want a cuddly doll of it that roars. It's just too frickin adorable for words.

Peace Out,

Alex

Character Model Sheets (rough)

Here are my model sheets that I turned in for my character design. His name is Dale, and he is an anteater, a VERY unsocial anteater. They aren't as good as I would like them to be because of time and such, so I'll probably be resubmitting them at the end of the semester.

Lily Drawing

Here's a drawing of a lily that I did in high school, I just found it when I was going through some things in my dorm room :)

SONY Storyboarding

So today from 8:30am to 3:15pm (with a lunch break of an hour in the middle) a couple of Story Artists from SONY came to Ringling today and delivered a presentation to Computer Animation majors. It was frickin awesome! Although some of the information and terms they used was all new to me because the presentation was actually aimed more toward the juniors. At least I'll know some terms before we actually learn them in class :)

Anyway, they showed some of their storyboards for their animated films, along with live-action movies like Spider-Man 2, and had us watch some movie clips. The clips from movies included American Beauty, Jaws, Spider-Man 2, and a few others that I can't remember. The two guys basically analyzed the compositions of the shots in those films and described how they were done.

What I enjoyed most was when we watched two shorts from Ringling juniors in the audience, and the two SONY guys gave them advice on how to create a successful set-up for the character(s), any changes they should make to make the piece more... dynamic, for lack of a better word.

Where the Wild Things Are Trailer

OMG!! IT'S GONNA BE AMAZING!

Color Still Life

This is a still life I did in my color class using Caran D'ache Crayons. I cropped the edges a bit in this photo of it. It's being entered in the Best of Ringling show coming up here on campus, along with several other pieces of mine (one other being the "toys" color project I've previously posted.

I Love You, Man Trailer

I've heard from a bunch of my friends that this movie was hilarious and had some of the best one-liners ever

Ramblings

I can't wait for school to be over with because I'm starting to feel completely burnt out. I'm trying to get back into school mode, but its been a week since I got back from Spring Break and I'm still not feeling it. I also still feel tired all the time and am sleeping around 12 hours every day, but I guess that's to be expected when recovering from mono. I can't wait for that to be over so I can feel more like myself.

Other than that I'm doing good; I'm keeping up with my school work and turning everything in on-time and my work is "okay" quality. The things I'm turning in right now just aren't the best work I could be doing.