Mekhi Leroy Milton...

Man.......at a loss for words. I did light my candles....also realized that I don't own very many. I also put a small glass, with the rose from Mekhi's funeral, in front of the candles. My nephew.... Anyways, I burned the candles for a little over an hour to show my support for not only my inspiring brother but for all the others out there. I know it never goes away. And Mel, I'm sure Mehki is up there extremely proud of you. Love you bro!

um...

I'm feelin like I'm not ready to animate a short so am trying to practice as much as possible. I did some other animations put they have some serious cussing it them...lol My friend Brandon Compito (of course he has no website) writes and sings songs so I took part of 1 of his songs and animated it with some cheesiness...lol Hope u like it!! Oh...I also messed around with lighting and rendering. Class 5 started ...woo-hoo!!! Will post about my mentor next time and on my other blog. Had the 1st Q&A and I gotta say, this is my funnest class yet! Everyone is soooo funny! Anyways, till next post....PEACE!!!

final shot class 4

Here's my finished work.....or at least I'm moving on now. There's still some stuff that needs to be cleaned up but I'm gonna leave it alone. Anyways, thanks for lookin and till next post....PEACE!!

411

Time is out...hopefully I will get a chance to work on this more in the next 2 weeks....I'm not very happy with it. Oh well. Here is my last assignment for class 4. Till next post ....PEACE!!!

assignment 410

A.M. 409

Here's what I turned in this week. :O( Gotta work tomorrow. Wish I had more time to work on this. Anyways, gotta hit the sack. Till next post....PEACE!!!

A.M. 408

Here's what I turned in this week. Still got a lot of refining to do. My e-critique was good and very insightful. I need to add more detail and do a ton of clean up next week so I can block in the lip sync. Time is just flying! I have 3 weeks left on this assignment and then hopefully go on to the next class. I hope to be faster next class so I can get some drawing time in....I miss it. Anyways, thanks for lookin and till next post....PEACE!!!!

For my bro...

My word is a good 1. Now I hope my bro comes thru...I could really use some motivation. Class is getting tougher and I find myself wondering if I have what it takes. I wish I knew what I was doin...lol Oh well. Here's my what I worked on for the past 3 weeks. 4 more weeks....still have to clean it up and add the facial acting in.....man this is tough! Anyways, thanks for lookin...and Mel...I expect the good stuff when I come home from work on Sunday!!! lol :OP Till next post....PEACE!!!

Bush turned into Bishop...lol Not the best, but hey....I try! :OP

:O(

Back to getting my butt royally worked at school......gotta love it!! lol No drawings to post but am gonna post my last assignment. I am so disappointed in it......I need to get better and faster. Someday I'll look back and laugh....lol Anyways, thanks for lookin. Till next post....PEACE!!! :OP

Wow!

Here's some m0re sketches. Probably my last for a while. Class 4 already feels like it's gonna be the hardest yet. You can see who my mentor is and my 1st sketch assignment at: http://destinationanimation.blogspot.com/

Anyways, hopefully will get some more drawing in. Till next post....PEACE!! :OP

??? hmmm???

Where'd my week go? School starts up again soon.... can't wait!! I tried to get some sketchin in but am not feelin like myself. Who knows? Anyways, I went to see 1408.....pretty crazy movie. I still want to see "Ratatouille" and "Transformers" Hopefully I can scrape up some money. Things are tight and I gotta say, my 1st instinct is to drop out of school and do what it takes to get out of this hole. I've been here before and have told myself many of times that it I won't let it happen again. This time is different...I have kids. My brain is so scattered....so many worries....so much to learn. :O( Well, here's some sketches. My hands are so shaky lately. Just rust I guess. I'm hopin to get some more time in...Monday class starts back up.Woo-Hoo!! :OP Every time I get into the next class I get scared. It just keeps gettin rougher and rougher. I don't want to hear ... "u should take this class over again." I know I'll make it and someday I'll be passing this down to my kids. But for now.....what a mental screw!! lol Anyways, will try to post again soon. Till next post....PEACE!!!! :OP Keep on swimming!!! :OP

Been a while....

Drawing time!!! Woo-Hoo!!! Hopefully will get more time in cause class is out for a week. I already miss A.M.'s site. :O( Wnet to see "Shre the 3rd"...not too bad...I still like the 2nd part the most. :OP Anyways, gotta work this weekend...:O( Till next post....PEACE!!!

pheww!!! Made it thru class 3

Man A.M. is rough but I'm hangin so far. I have a week off so am hopin to get some good ol fashion drawing in. Class 4 here I come!! Woo-Hoo!! Half way there...man it feels really good to be accomplishing something in the animation direction. I would've never thought I would be doin it....especially with a computer! lol :OP Anyways, here's the clean up on the last assignment..still some things to fix but for now I'm leaving it alone. Thanks for lookin and till next post....PEACE!!! :OP

Startin to feel old....

Title says it all. Wish I had started drawing and animating a little bit earlier. Sometimes I don't know which is worse...the financial battle or the mental battle. Tough choice. I sometimes get that feeling that I could solve the financial woes by simply putting the animating on pause. I know that is a bad idea.....that's how I end up not finishing something. The mental side is tricky...just when I think I'm getting it...something new wreaks havoc on my now fragile mind. I guess the mental side has the edge cause it's also involved in the financial side. No wonder animators are a couple sandwiches short of a picnic. :OP Anyways, class 3 is comin to and end and I'm hopin I passed....guess I'll find out by Tues. Here's the last assignment we did....not happy with it. The clean up process was enough to render my mind mush. Oh well. :OP Thanks for lookin.....till nbext post....PEACE!!!

Finally!

I got some sketchin in!! Woo-hoo! I gotta say it helped relieve the tension of the ongoing struggle with Maya. School is still kickin my butt......even more so now. Darn splines!!!! It just isn't clickin in my head yet. Anyways, it's been awhile since I last picked up my pen and I'm quite rusty. There's still a lot for me to learn. lol :OP CRAZINESS!!! lol Oh well, someday I'll be a ton better and laugh about my old stuff....right? :OP Till next post.....PEACE!!!!

ummm......

Here's what I turned in today for school. It still needs a lot of work. A.M. just keeps gettin rougher and rougher. I know I haven't posted anything in a while so I figure I'd just post this.:O( I need to get some drawin time in soon! I'm such a slacker! Hopefully a small price to pay to become an animator. lol Anyways, thanks to anyone for lookin! :OP Till next post.....PEACE!!!
P.S. I just noticed I made his L-hand go off screen...ooops!! :OP

hmmmm.......

Not much drawing goin on....I'm too busy gettin served!! lol :OP I figure I need to post something every now and then. Here's my blockin for my 2nd assignment in class 3. Yeah dialogue gets to kick my butt now!! lol Not much time to enjoy my b-day.. :O( Oh well....what can I do. Thanks bro for the b-day wishes! :OP Till next post ...PEACE!!!

Gettin my butt handed to me!!

Here's my sketches of recent. Of course I threw my school work up...awful thumbs.lol Anyways, I put my last assignment up on my animation blog : http://destinationanimation.blogspot.com/
Check it out and tell me what u think. I still have a revision I'm doin to it. Just minor things. Anywho, thanks for looking!! Till next post....PEACE!!!

Again!!??? lol

Here's my quick sketch round from Weds. I'm tryin to always make time to do some sketchin no matter how little. School is workin me over...at least I know I'm gettin better! :OP I looked back thru my blog and realized how far I've come and how much time I had prior to A.M. lol Man.....I drew a lot!! Anyways, I have the kids's B-day this weekend, not mention this week's assignment. Busy week again.....just keep swimmin.....lol Thanks for looking! Till next post.....PEACE!!!

Yay me!!!

lol Finally got some sketchin in. Nothin great, but at least I got some time in. ;OP Will try to get more done soon, but am extremely busy lately. Kids, school,work, home projects, etc. lol Feelin a tad bit crazy! :OP Anyways, till next time.....PEACE!!! :OP