Shot in the Arm

This is it! AnimationMentor Class 6! We're on the final stretch. I've decided, while waiting to decide (hehe) that it's really not practical to stop between Classes 5&6, cuz really it's more like just one big Class 5. While it's not ideal to try continuing, knowing I can't put in the minimum required time some weeks, stopping now is too much of a bummer. It's better to die trying than to never make an attempt.

There's no sound, but here is the animatic for my short (4.3MB, QT Sorensen3). Some of the camera angles are confusing and I definitely have changes to make for layout.

Sidetracked by cargiving responsibilities and behind on assignments I was about as discouraged as I've been since starting AnimationMentor. The emotional component of never being able to do enough for my+ mom and dad, and ongoing hassles with government "regulations" that deny them services they qualify for has been getting to me. So when I got a chance to see Cars a few weeks back, I got an amazing reminder of why I decided to be an animator. For a while it spurred me on. A zillion thanks to all the AM mentors, other animators and everyone involved in making Cars.

During the break after Class 5 I finally had a moment to go see Over the Hedge, too. Like Cars, Hedge had also been very high on my to see list because the animation style in the trailers looked extremely fun and amazing. I loved both movies immensely, but I must mention Hedge is definitely the funnier of the two.

Since my mentor works at PDI, I unintentionally hijacked my group's last Q&A when I mentioned Hedge in the discussion. Sorry. I have other questions for Jason, but they can wait for another time. And again, a zillion thanks to Jason and all the animators and others involved in making Over the Hedge. It was definitely inspiring and fun. Both movies looked like the characters were challenging and a lot of fun to work with, and it made me say, as I've said before many times, "This is what I want to do!"