It's a whole new term!

*WHEW*

Back from an awesome break for more animation goodness! This term is going to be on body mechanics and let me tell you that I'm feeling a bit intimidated by this term. It seems like such a huuuuuuge topic to cover and hopefully I'll be able to absorb it all!

As luck would have it, there are a couple of classmates this term that I had last term so I'm super excited to see how they improve and grow as animators. They do outstanding work so I'm looking foward to that. My other classmates are pretty cool as well, I've seen their work on a few occasions and am very much looking foward to how they grow as well.

This term my mentor is none other than - Charles Alleneck! Can't wait to meet him in our first QA session! Here's a tad bit of info on him:

Charles is a graduate of the CalArts Character Animation Department, with a BFA in Character Animation and several short films under his belt. He worked briefly as a traditional animator on the television show The Simpsons before coming to ILM to learn CG animation. Charles has worked at ILM for almost five years, with credit on seven feature films including The Mummy Returns, Hulk, and Star Wars: Episodes II and III. He has served as a Directed Study Mentor, and has lectured on animation both in the U.S. and abroad.


Awesome heh? Can't wait to get started! Take a seat and strap in yourself in, it's gonna be a helluva ride!