Well tomorrow (err... today) is the big day. I get all my stuff together and head out to Vancouver Canada to attend SIGGRAPH as a student volunteer this year. I managed to make it last year, and here I am again this year. Since I just graduated, this will be my last time as an SV, but it is an honor and a privilege to donate my time to this.
I will be updating my blog every day during the trip, and updating my twitter feed with pictures and the like, so be sure to look out for @PixeloftheDay, and check back here often! In the meantime, I have to finish lighting some scenes and packing... no rest for the wicked... or the artist.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
SIGGRAPH
Hi everyone!
It's been a little while, I know. The long and the short of it is, I graduated Magna Cum Laude from SCAD Atlanta with a BFA in Animation and a minor in Technical Direction! It feels great, but now I need to start getting out there and find a job! Honestly, getting the degree was the easy part, getting the job is going to be hard.
One step I am taking toward my goal of working in the film or television industry is to attend SIGGRAPH this year, as I did last year. Again, I was chosen to be a Student Volunteer, and I am very excited to have this chance. I will chronicle my time in Vancouver at the conference here, as well as on my twitter account.
Other than that, I am starting a new film project. Right now it is still in story development and preproduction, but the plan is to enter into production by the end of the summer. The current working title is "H2O No!" (formerly Snack Attack).
I will be posting more on that project as things progress, and luckily we are getting support from SCAD to use their facilities. There should be a blog set up soon for it. I look forward to seeing everyone at SIGGRAPH, and please feel free to drop me a message.
It's been a little while, I know. The long and the short of it is, I graduated Magna Cum Laude from SCAD Atlanta with a BFA in Animation and a minor in Technical Direction! It feels great, but now I need to start getting out there and find a job! Honestly, getting the degree was the easy part, getting the job is going to be hard.
One step I am taking toward my goal of working in the film or television industry is to attend SIGGRAPH this year, as I did last year. Again, I was chosen to be a Student Volunteer, and I am very excited to have this chance. I will chronicle my time in Vancouver at the conference here, as well as on my twitter account.
Other than that, I am starting a new film project. Right now it is still in story development and preproduction, but the plan is to enter into production by the end of the summer. The current working title is "H2O No!" (formerly Snack Attack).
I will be posting more on that project as things progress, and luckily we are getting support from SCAD to use their facilities. There should be a blog set up soon for it. I look forward to seeing everyone at SIGGRAPH, and please feel free to drop me a message.
Thursday, November 14, 2013
ACM SIGGRAPH Student Chapter
Hi everyone!
As some of you may know, I am currently the Vice-Chair of the SCAD Atlanta ACM SIGGRAPH Student Chapter, and one of the things we are trying to do is peer-education. As such, I am teaching a short workshop on Adobe Photoshop, specifically a brief introduction and then working with selection tools, masking, and layers. With any luck, I'll briefly go over non-destructive workflow habits as well. So for right now, I am posting a few images I found online that we will use for the workshop. And for all the SIGGRAPH members joining for the first time, welcome!
So the first files here are all the images we used in the demo to go over making selections, masks, and working with layers and layer order. I touched a little on the idea of adjustment layers, but there were so many things I would still have loved to show, I may need to do more demos later.
At the bottom you can see the final SPACE COW image. I do not own the rights to any of these, I only found them on Google Images for use in learning Photoshop. See if you can make a space cow...
As some of you may know, I am currently the Vice-Chair of the SCAD Atlanta ACM SIGGRAPH Student Chapter, and one of the things we are trying to do is peer-education. As such, I am teaching a short workshop on Adobe Photoshop, specifically a brief introduction and then working with selection tools, masking, and layers. With any luck, I'll briefly go over non-destructive workflow habits as well. So for right now, I am posting a few images I found online that we will use for the workshop. And for all the SIGGRAPH members joining for the first time, welcome!
So the first files here are all the images we used in the demo to go over making selections, masks, and working with layers and layer order. I touched a little on the idea of adjustment layers, but there were so many things I would still have loved to show, I may need to do more demos later.
At the bottom you can see the final SPACE COW image. I do not own the rights to any of these, I only found them on Google Images for use in learning Photoshop. See if you can make a space cow...
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Fall 2013, SCAD
Well I took a bit of an hiatus during the summer, but I'm back, and ready to go! The first day of classes started this week, and it is going to be an intense quarter.
First, I have actually been doing some work over the summer, collaborating with others and planning things out. I did manage to finish one book, and start another (look at the Dresden Files), finished a slew of games, volunteered at SIGGRAPH 2013 as a Student Volunteer, visited Downtown Disney in Anaheim, and helped my brother move into a new house many states away. I am currently working on putting together a collaborative short animation to do for fun, but the majority of the work will start next summer, since I now have a huge animation project to continue.
This quarter at SCAD, I am taking a Models and Shaders programming class, which teaches Pixar's Renderman, and i am super excited! I also have a Photography class; always a good way to expand your horizons and get a different view of lighting and composition. Finally, I am taking Senior I, which is actually the second out of 4 classes dedicated to working on the senior film at SCAD. The first class was Concept development, followed by 2 quarters of production (Senior I and II), and finally finishing with Post-Production. I am also helping a few others with their projects, trying to get more lighting and texturing/shading behind my belt.
Since we are starting actual production now, and I already have some people interested in helping with my project, I am using a free online tool called Trello to keep organized. It works on any web browser, plus it has apps for my iPad and iPhone! If you are ever working on a project, especially a collaborative one, check it out! It even connects to Google Docs and Dropbox. I am also creating a new blog to chronicle the development and production of the short. I have added a new tab to my blog, but you can also check it out at LastLightFilm.blogspot.com.
So for now I will leave you with a picture of a lantern I've been working on for another senior project by Michelle Ionescu. I'll post a link when I get one from her. I mainly focused on the glass, getting a bumpy frosted glass feel. Enjoy!
First, I have actually been doing some work over the summer, collaborating with others and planning things out. I did manage to finish one book, and start another (look at the Dresden Files), finished a slew of games, volunteered at SIGGRAPH 2013 as a Student Volunteer, visited Downtown Disney in Anaheim, and helped my brother move into a new house many states away. I am currently working on putting together a collaborative short animation to do for fun, but the majority of the work will start next summer, since I now have a huge animation project to continue.
This quarter at SCAD, I am taking a Models and Shaders programming class, which teaches Pixar's Renderman, and i am super excited! I also have a Photography class; always a good way to expand your horizons and get a different view of lighting and composition. Finally, I am taking Senior I, which is actually the second out of 4 classes dedicated to working on the senior film at SCAD. The first class was Concept development, followed by 2 quarters of production (Senior I and II), and finally finishing with Post-Production. I am also helping a few others with their projects, trying to get more lighting and texturing/shading behind my belt.
Since we are starting actual production now, and I already have some people interested in helping with my project, I am using a free online tool called Trello to keep organized. It works on any web browser, plus it has apps for my iPad and iPhone! If you are ever working on a project, especially a collaborative one, check it out! It even connects to Google Docs and Dropbox. I am also creating a new blog to chronicle the development and production of the short. I have added a new tab to my blog, but you can also check it out at LastLightFilm.blogspot.com.
So for now I will leave you with a picture of a lantern I've been working on for another senior project by Michelle Ionescu. I'll post a link when I get one from her. I mainly focused on the glass, getting a bumpy frosted glass feel. Enjoy!
Thursday, July 18, 2013
SIGGRAPH 2013, Here I Come!
So for those who don't know, I will be heading off to SIGGRAPH 2013 (Special Interest Group for Computer Graphics and Interactivity), as a Student Volunteer (SV), which starts tomorrow! Well actually it starts Sunday, but I am arriving Friday so I can volunteer in their bing on Saturday followed by training on Saturday. This conference is an entire week long, and with all the post conference events for SVs, I won't get back till Saturday. So I will be checking in on here every single day to give a rundown of everything happening at SIGGRAPH, or at least from my perspective. I look forward to meeting all the fun cool people, both professionals and volunteers, and can't wait to get started! There are butterflies in my stomach, or maybe that's the pizza I ate...
Stay tuned for more!
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