Something is changing...

It's been a long time since I've kept up with the blog, but.. that's about to change..

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.
There were a number of fixes on my old site relating to the Animator Friendly rigging DVDS. Jim Levasseur was kind enough to compile them into a handy PDF.  Enjoy! Animator Friendly Rigging Fixes Note:  I’ve now added a Downloads page to the website where I’ll be putting the mel scripts and the pdf itself.
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 […]
Howdly folks of folks! After many requests and finally having a few moments to check into it, I was able to create a Downloadable form of the Jason Schleifer Rigging Bundle available on lulu.com! It’s a tiny bit cheaper than the DVD one since LULU doesn’t have to press and send dvds. You can get […]
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 […]
Found this lovely photo of a much younger aurora.. I love that expression!
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 […]