Free Reel Review with Reel Feedback

I mentioned a while ago about Hans Breke creating a place for people to have their demo reels reviewed by professional animators called Reel Feedback. Well now he's putting together a promotion night where you can receive a Reel Review for FREE! Here is the poster (Click on the poster to see it bigger) and a link to the event. And if you didn't already have incentive to go, I will be one of the reviewers... oh. Not helping? Well come anyway and enjoy some pizza and beverages and talk animation with some awesome people. Hope to see you there.

www.reelfeedback.com/december11event/

 

Octo

Tippett Studio Secret Santa Gift Exchange Update

For this year's Tippett Studio Secret Santa Gift Exchange (TSSSGE) I've decided to take on a medium that I have little to no experience in: Wood working. I've made an "Aggravation" board game for my old man for Father's Day, I've cut some wood trim for my windows, and made my own "Cornhole" boards but that's about it. Square cuts, nothing too out of the ordinary. Well now with the help of my good friend Blair Clark I'm learning how to make all kinds of cuts! What am I doing with all this new knowledge? So far it's looking like a pile of wood pieces and some random sketches. Hopefully later this week I'll have more to show for my new learned skills. Stay tuned.

Tippett Studio Secret Santa Gift Exchange

Every year Tippett Studio has a tradition that is one of the coolest I've ever been a part of. It is called "The Tippett Studio Secret Santa Gift Exchange". I know most of you are saying "We have one of those at our company too." And I'm sure you do... but maybe not like this. Rumor has it the original Tippett Studio Secret Santa Gift Exchange happened decades ago when none of the artists had money but were good at creating art (Not much different today, but you get the point). The idea was spawned that an artist would draw another artist's name out of a hat in the month of October. Then they would CREATE a special gift to be given at the Tippett Studio Holiday Party with out that person finding out who made the gift. Hence being their Secret Santa. This still holds up today. Every year people volunteer to be a part of the exchange in October, draw names and begin probably the most stressful art project of their career. I've been a part of the exchange twice. The bar for the gifts is set so high that I can't possibly do it every year. When someone receives a Starship Troopers maquette that looks like them with bullet casings and dead warrior bugs to boot you suddenly start to wonder if your silly attempt at a goofy pun holds water. The answer is probably no, but it's damn fun to try. And this year I'm doing it. The Holiday Party will be held on December 17th and the count down has begun. I'm not 100% sold on what I'm doing just yet, but I have my person selected (Can't tell you who it is or they might figure out it was me) and my goal is to keep you updated on a weekly basis. This blog has driven me to accomplish a lot of things and I'm hoping it will push me to finish the project I'm planning. Wish me luck and next week I'll, hopefully, have some images to show!

Hiatus

After a nice hiatus from this blog I'm going to be posting again. How regularly is yet to be seen but I do have some things lined up for the rest of the year. To warm things up here are a few sketches I did on my iPad using "Art Studio" while lounging in Mexico with mi familia. Rough life right? These sketches really show how rusty I am and how badly I need to be drawing again. However I tossed aside the fake iPad stylus pen for the good old fashioned finger. It's amazing how sketching that way has a visceral appeal. I just might be doing more sketches this way. Thanks for checking in.

Last Week - The Towel

This year I set out to do an animation a week. After last year's drawing a day I figured an animation a week couldn't be THAT hard. It was. I am officially throwing in the towel. I need some time off. The gas tank is empty and the battery dead. I'm looking to take a month off from posting anything. I appreciate all of you who check this site regularly and all of you who supported my goal and it is because of you that I will be back. There will be more content. Just not for a month. Here is my last animation for this New Year's resolution.



A special thank you to Tom Gibbons for keeping me going this long. We jumped on this train together and it's looking like we're jumping off together too. And an extra thank you to my wife: Thank you Lady. Your support for my art inspires me.

Week 29 Animation - THAT Guy

Have you ever played touch football with THAT guy? You know THAT guy who plays touch football like it's tackle? THAT guy always takes everything too seriously.