http://andrewsalvo.com/main Thu, 11 Oct 2007 04:45:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's been a bit since I've posted, but I've been toeing the line of insanely busy for the last couple of years and I finally decided to just hop on over. I have a good deal of news as a result. First off, I was accepted into the Pixar 2 program ... http://andrewsalvo.com/main/?p=16 I found this quite interesting as I've seen this type of thing done in still frame, but never animated. I'm impressed at the draftsmanship and persistence of some of the animations as well. Unless I'm missing something, animating in this way would be like drawing blindly in a three dimensional ... http://andrewsalvo.com/main/?p=15 A buddy of mine linked this to me and I thought it might be worth sharing. It appears that a number of comic and serial artists in the 40s and 50s were asked to draw their lead character and then draw it again while blindfolded. I found the results rather ... http://andrewsalvo.com/main/?p=14 Here's a link someone sent me for a laugh, but while I was watching it I felt the takes might be useful as surprise/fear reference: sign switch In other news, the AM BBQ was this weekend out near the golden gate. It was a rip and a rare opportunity to ... http://andrewsalvo.com/main/?p=13 Hey check out the Animation Mentor tab for a few reels from class 1, 2, and 3. I haven't managed to render out the Class 2 and 3 work yet, but I'm on it. http://andrewsalvo.com/main/?p=12 AM Class 3 ends today, another highly enjoyable term. I have to admit, my work tailed off a bit at the end due to a bit of burn out. As a result my last shot is not nearly where I'd like it to be, but I find these things happen. ... http://andrewsalvo.com/main/?p=11 I spent the last day messing with css stylesheets and a few site wrapper images and this is what I've come up with. So far it's been described as "very brown" and "the most boring thing I've ever seen." With luck I can spruce it up with a bit of ... http://andrewsalvo.com/main/?p=10 This is my website, there are many others like it but this one is mine. Bear with me while I figure out how this WordPress thing works! http://andrewsalvo.com/main/?p=3