For those of you who are self-help/management nuts, this might be an interesting book for ya. I’m just sort of getting into this whole GTD side of things. If you don’t know, GTD is short for “Getting Things Done”. It’s a technique that David Allen developed to .. well.. get things done. Many “todo” applications […]
Some really beautiful hand poses available here from Flip.. gorgeous stuff. Just look and enjoy! Flip: Hands.
So this week I tried to keep a solid log of all of my time spent throughout the day using the incredibly useful Toggl.com website. As you can see, there were times when I wasn’t able to record what I was doing, especially wednesday.. a tough day. But in general I got about 8 or […]
Good news for all of you from the jonhandhisdog forum.. Javier (goosh) has started a new forum that a hope will take over where my old one left off! Go visit it at http://rigging101.com/forum !
Along with focusing on time management, becoming a better supervisor, and prepping for the holidays, I am thinking a ton about character development. I was making a bottle for toby this morning while simultaneously holding him and trying to clean his nose and I realized that ever since I became a father I had picked […]
One of the other things I’m working on at the moment is time management. It’s another common problem that supervisors tend to have when they first move up to a new role. After all, if it previously took you 10 hours per day to animate just your own shot, how are you supposed to handle […]
<br /> <img src=”http://www.assoc-amazon.com/s/noscript?tag=jasonschleifer-20″ mce_src=”http://www.assoc-amazon.com/s/noscript?tag=jasonschleifer-20″ alt=”” /><br /> One of the things I’m working on in my position as Head of Character Animation is learning how to straddle the roles of being a “Coach” and a “Player”. You see, as an animator, my role was to be the best animator I possibly could be. […]
This is crazy.. it may be something that only animators & riggers get, but check out this crazy chicken-head-ik action. I never knew that chickens worked this way.. I wonder if other birds do the same thing?? Check this out if you own a chicken! See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.
This past weekend we released Madagascar 2 to much fanfare! It is very exciting.. I supervised a few of the sequences in the movie. A very fun but challenging task. I think the first movie was a lot of fun, but I feel that this one is way better.. The look is stunning and the […]