Wow, it's been quite a while since I made a post here. I've been mostly enjoying my break, so there's not a whole lot to tell just yet. But I'm slowly gearing up and getting in shape for the big job hunt. So here's a quick news flash about what I've been up to in the past weeks:
Website!
First off, I've got a brand new website! It's not the fanciest one, but hey, it works! Check it out and let me know what you think!
Monster Bash!
Recently I've participated in a contest hosted by the Greyscale Gorilla blog. I've been following the blog for a couple years now, as it sports great Cinema4d related tutorials and tricks. If you're a C4d user, I highly recommend checking it out.
So the idea of the contest was to create a five second piece of animation which has to do with the theme in some way. The theme was: Monster Bash! This sounded like a lot of fun and I saw it as a great chance to get my mind off doing animation only. It was good to complete a 3D project from concept to rendering all by myself. Even though I do want to specialize in character animation I think it's important to step through the whole process every once in a while to keep an overview. It makes you want to become a faster animator so the guys at lighting have enough time to let your shot shine. Literally, ha! And it's just plain fun to create something from scratch.
So enough of that blabla, here's the clip:
I already have ideas for a little short, maybe someday I'll have the chance to actually make it happen! But first:
Plans!
And what about plans?
Well first off, I'll start to complete my demoreel next week. I want it to be ready by the end of November, so I can start sending out my reel by the end of the year.
And... I have applied at Oktobor Animation in New Zealand! Now, that would be an adventure, hm? Let's see what's going to happen there, I haven't heard back from them just yet.
They're are working on great projects like The Penguins Of Madagascar and Robot and Monster. Now, I haven't heard of that show before, but when I saw a first picture of the characters on facebook I instantly fell in love. The early designs look drop-dead gorgeous!
So Oktobor would be my absolute favorite company to step into the world of professional character animation. Wish me luck!
Ok, guess that's it for now. Thanks for reading and take care
C
