aloha to eric!

eric is heading off into the sunset - sunrise, migrating north where the love is and hopefully a career await!

toiling over sand, surf, and sun for over a year with us, we will miss his melodic mumblings while sitting by the warm glow of the monitor, his perusings about Apple and all their wonder, and talk of the iPad he didn't buy.

but we realize that this adventure must take place, and in hopes of escaping the industry of food art one fine day, eric must take his chances in the frozen north and go for the gusto.

so bon courage, sir eric, and keep us in the loop with news of your adventures!



*of course you realize you've been relocated into the "alumni head" category on the "about" page.   : D

make us proud, son.

sequence xv, shot 04

seq15 sh04 ogre shocked looks back from Christopher Magee on Vimeo.

sequence xvi, shot 07

seqxvi, shot 07: ogre walks after stagehand from Christopher Magee on Vimeo.

one mighty fine jacket

...and here Janelle models the mighty fine ScanTec jacket - purchased in Denmark at a Salvation Army store on the island of Aero, fit for a viking airplane repairman and obviously bursting with style and hipness.

unfortunately, I wasn't able to pawn it off on her : ) , but hey, it's still available, so let me know...

timing for animation

"Timing for Animation," by Harold Whitaker and John Halas. the link is a blog post from New York animator Michael Sporn.

this is my favorite animation instructional book, even more than Richard Williams' seminal "Animator's Survival Kit," because it is smaller, more concise, and lets you take off from where it ends without getting involved in semantics.

and here's an article on the artist by John Halas of the Halas and Batchelor Studio in England.

pile of drawings to capture

may not be exciting to look at in this form, but just wait until later today, when they're in the magic computer box thingie...

sea goddesses from inuit legend.

sea goddesses from the Inuit exhibition at the Musée des Beaux Arts du Québec.

quebec city sidewalk life

no ogres round these parts, but lots of aminals on the street.

it's a long way to tipperary...

based on our actual rate of progress:

"very slow" calcuation: 

keys (2 shots/week)

10 shots left = 5 weeks

in-betweens (2 shots/week)

32 shots left = 16 weeks

coloring (2 shots/week)

122 shots left = 61 weeks

backgrounds (2 shots/week)

118 shots left = 59 weeks

= finish the film by end of summer '14

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"moderate speed" calculation:

keys (4 shots/week)

10 shots left = 3 weeks  (01sep13)

in-betweens (4 shots/week)

32 shots left = 8 weeks (15oct13)

coloring (4 shots/week)

122 shots left = 30 weeks (01mar14)

backgrounds (8 shots/week)

118 shots left = 15 weeks (01dec13)

= finish the film by march '14

*if we want to finish the film by december '13, then we need to do a lot better than this, even.

for tomorrow:
• chris, janelle: keys and in-betweens
• eric, ellen: backgrounds

goal is to finish off animation and backgrounds by mid-october so we can all focus on coloring.

ogre walks uphill

seq07_sh01_ogre walks up sand dune from Christopher Magee on Vimeo.

a re-do from a batch of drawings that made their way prematurely into the ether.

#1962 of 3000

Janelle likes her teapot.  : D