Great news

Well it's been a while since i posted last but I bring great news with me, my wife is pregnant and I am going to be a Dad. Came as a massive shock to us both as we weren't trying but we're certainly really happy. Due date is November 1st so I really need to cram in some animation before the baby is born and I forget what free time was.
Also I have started attending life drawing classes that are being run by our company and are going well. It's been a long gap since I last did life drawing but now I am I am really loving it. I will post pics up soon so you can see the progress I have been making.

Norman rig get's set free

How fantastic, the Acedemy of Arts has just made the Norman rig free for everyone to dowload. After years of drooling at how I wish I could get my hands on that rig I now have the opportunity to play with it till my hearts content. It seems this has come about due to the Pixar masterclass, that the college ran, has now been disbanded and so they have released this rig for the CG community to enjoy. I'm just looking forward to the Bishop rig becoming available now..........for some reason I think I have a long wait on my hands :(

http://sites.google.com/site/normanrig/

Too busy to work :(

As currently posted I said that I would be entering the Spline Doctors animation contest but due to time restrictions, wives birthday's and a new computer which has failed to arrive I think I may have to bow out of this competition and either wait for another or work on my own idea.
One of the other reasons I have shied away from this is the ammount of profanity that this sound bite has, I mean I'm not shy of the cuss word, but I do know that it's a big no no to have swearing on your reel and this is something that I would have liked to have shown off. I know I could have had it beeped out but it's all a bit too much work to do. So yeah I shall post something soon, well whenever I get this new computer.

Here's some art work I did a while back, i really need to get back into this. This is a bit of cheating as I painted over a picture but I was trying a new style.

The Spline Doctors Animation Challenge

Damn, just when I say that I'm going to have a break from any dialogue animation the Spline Doctors have posted a challenge. It's to animate Christian Bale's meltdown that has the internet all excited today. There's plenty of time on this which is really appealing to me, more time to stroy board, animate, and tinker and pollish. Yep, I think I shall have a go at this.

www.11seondclub.com

Here's my effort for this month's 11second club entry, January 09. To be honest i'm not hugely happy with it, i intend to come back to it and clean up the things that aren't working like the suit case and the lyp sync. Time ran out and the lesson learned this month was that i need to start sooner, with a full time job I found it hard to find the time, but my wife was great for letting me have the weekends to do the work.
I think I shall miss this months challenge and give myself a well deserved break.