So this is really it. The end of the Semester, the blogging, and spilling out all my creativeness on paper and on a computer. I've got nothing left in me, just to realax and play some great games and work and save up for that B E A utiful black system that the world knows as the PS3.

I attend Huntington to go into Digital Media Animation the Interactive track, the same as Jonathan. R. For reasons beyond me, that isn't really offered here, so I've gone throw a year and a half as an animtion track. But this semester I got a clips of hope working with Maya a 3d modeling program. The same program used to make a ps2 greatest hits God of War. This game isn't for the fant of heart. But a must play.

For this being my last blog, I really don't know what to say. Blogging was hard. In the beginning it was easy. Two blogs a week sounds abou right. But with other things on top of that, needless to say how many people got behind. Going from Animation I to the intro class was different. I don't know how much I really got from this class compared to the other onces that I have know. Animation 2 lets me concentrate on the medium that I want to which is drawn. Storyboard lets me develop my stories that I want to tell or shows me what are good things about great stories. Boarding is different. I went into the class not know how to board. Seeing Leepers stuff made me understand just what I was suppose to do. Its a pretty good class one of the onces I was excited about. Just one thing, I would like to know the tech. about storyboards. What info is on each board and camera angles, things like that. Over all, good class, just to early in the morning.

Maya, I don't need to say anything about this class. Great stuff. Only thing is that there is a lot of stuff to learn in such a little time. So it hard to remember what was learned and appling it to you own stuff. But I give it a must take.

So I guss for my last blog for this class I blogged about my DMA experiences and was good and what was better. Take it, leave it...either way, I'm done.

The Hedgehog and the Fog

This was a really coo little animation. I think it was done with puppets but not sure. The fog was awsome. It amazes me what you can do with the littlest things. Now a days you see people with all this technology make these crapy films, and trust there will be more...much more, and then you see things like this.

I'm not sure if its this one or another one, but I think Co was an adviser in this. I may be wrong so don't quote me on this. It does have a Co-esc feel to it. I realy enjoy the part in the fog when hes lost and look both ways searching for the way out. And he has tha package with him. I don't remember this to much to be honest but I remember jest of it and I know I liked what I saw.

On another hand I went and saw Happy Feet. Yea I know, but just hear me out, if you're still reading, This was a pretty good film. One of the things that I remember Leeper saying is "There will be 20 great years of films and 20 bad years of film" in reguards to 3d animations. With tech. being so widely avavible to people, just about anybody can make it. And with people out ther just looking to make some money and throw out what ever kids film that can just because 3d, its going to be a bad movie. But none the less, despite I ididn't pay, I enjoy happy feel very much. Check it out

If you don't know by now, let me go ahead and tell you. I enjoy playing video games. The other day Leeper made me question this. He said he just couldn't understand how we could sit down and play crazy hours of these games. I was shocked to say the least. When I thought about this some more, I compared it to animation. How you can sit down and spend hours on hours drawing or animating for just a few seconds of film. Seeing your life go by your eyes, lititerly. But really its not that far off from what I've been doing my whole life. I have beaten so many video games I can't even fathum the number. But what do I really have to show for it. Am I smarter, can I attractive the oppisite sex better, did it change the way I view the world I view in? The answer to these question I guess would be yes and no.

I have learned many things from video games from history all the way to how to lie to girls. I would have to say what I get out of them is a great story and an experience unlike no other. In Matt's prentation he listed all the reasons why guys play video games. Then why do girls? Is it for the same reasons?

The image of this blog is video gaem equals books. I put that because I trully believe that the great games either have same crazy fun game play with outstanding replay value and graphics and a great story. I see video games and people see great novels or books or articles. I just read it differently.

Why the PS3 is Better than The Xbox360

So just blog is just mostly to tell Josh that Xbox is weak compared to the greatnest of the PS3. I know, I know, I just gave a presentation of this in class on monday. But that was to decuss the conflicts with the Ps3 and how its going to change how the public views entertainment on consoles. (I did look pretty good that day for anyone that wasn't there)

So okay I know the first this the people think about when you here the ps3, the price. I'm not Sony's spokesmen by any means, nor am I trying to sell their console that you'd have to be lucky to get one before March 2007. I just want to state that At this rate, despite the blue ray delays, this ps3 is going to be a beast that will have to be delt with.

Spec. wize the ps3 does have the cell processor. I don't know the configurations for the Pro xbox 360 model. But I'm sure it isn't as good. HDD well 20 GB for pro 360 and 60 GB for the high end model of the ps3. To be honest the difference between the two at this point aren't to big. Develpoers might notice the diff but consumersk, probably won't. Actucally because of the ps3 raw power it'll be hard to port games over to it because of some twicks and might actually might look worse on the system becasue of it. At the same time we all know when a console si shown the launch game can't light a candel to what is to come. When the true power it tapped.

I'll say this so everyone can know, games make consoles. If you play a certain kind of game, your going to get the console the suits that well. For me I can't just play first person shooter and shooers in general. It has the platform games and then some spots and a few racing. Thats it. It basically based of the connectivity of the shooting games. So its for people that don't want to spend money updating thier PC to play these games. The PS3 is so much more. Oh my. I want to go on but this is already past the 300 word mark and I have to wright like 5 more blogs so we'll see.

I don't know if you're a fan of Miyazaki or not, but let me tell you everyone can easily enjoy Spirited Away. I've been a fan before I even know who he was. With Princes Mononoke the first one of his films I watched. I was blown away by the depth of the story and the character designs. The rich colors and just a all round good film. I've also seen Howl's Moving Castle in Animation I last year. I wonder where he gets these Ideas.

Its pretty interseting the I see all these films or series and I can see them being a great game. I said this before, and I'll say it again. Some people like to read books. I like to Play a great game. What are the differences. There is a story that a person wants to convey or an experience that they want to share. I feel like with video games I can experience this a whole different way then just reading. I'm interacting with the enviroment of the game, so I can feel those sences of fear or excitement. I'll go on more about this in another blog. It'll probably be the one you just ready before this, huh what are the odds.

Miyazaki's films are some of the greatest this generation will ever see. So take it in and remember it.

Okay, when I saw this flash based animation it was last year in Leeper's Web Animation class. This is what Flash should be, not those abomniation you see online. Let me tell you know that, it isn't for the fant of heart. Pretty gory and theirs a lot of blood.

The story is basically how this kind thats a ninja is on a journey somewhere, I really can't remember much of it, and somewhere along he helps this bird. The bird then becomes his friend and helps in verious things. The villian is the Lord of, something and he basically likes to kill people. As the story progresses they meet and ninja makes a full of him. I don't want to say much more you just have to see it for yourself. When you watch it the backgrounds are amazing and so well drawn. The animation is flawless and I can't believe it was done it flash. Great work, highly recomended. Ask Leeper about it. Unfortunitly there is only 12 episodes, and they are also show them on T.V. Check it out and tell me what you think.

Michael Spooner

So since attending Huntington University, there is at least one thing that I will take with me forever. Last year I met Tom B. one lead animator of movies such as (BEWARE OF NAME DROPS) Aladdin, Lion King, and Mulan. Acutally he design Mushu.

This Year I get the privillge to sit down and talk with Michael Spooner. The concept artist of Treasue Planet, Shrek, and Emporior's New Grove. He is a pretty interesting guy especially one on one. Its really nice to talk to people have have the jobs that you wish and urge that you had. They give you heads up on what you might want to look into before you graduate and just advice for how to go through the industry.
In our storyboard class we talk about how are video games are at present time and how we can change how people view the gaming world. Making a portfolio that is the outward embodyment of you and your work. Needless to say that I learned a couple of things. I look forward to the next professional to come and share wisdom.

Michael Spooner

So since attending Huntington University, there is at least one thing that I will take with me forever. Last year I met Tom B. one lead animator of movies such as (BEWARE OF NAME DROPS) Aladdin, Lion King, and Mulan. Acutally he design Mushu.

This Year I get the privillge to sit down and talk with Michael Spooner. The concept artist of Treasue Planet, Shrek, and Emporior's New Grove. He is a pretty interesting guy especially one on one. Its really nice to talk to people have have the jobs that you wish and urge that you had. They give you heads up on what you might want to look into before you graduate and just advice for how to go through the industry.
In our storyboard class we talk about how are video games are at present time and how we can change how people view the gaming world. Making a portfolio that is the outward embodyment of you and your work. Needless to say that I learned a couple of things. I look forward to the next professional to come and share wisdom.

Oh my its been probably over a month since I blogged anything, But I'm back and with a vengence so its comming back at you.

Hey you remember when we talked about the "Uncanny Valley". That stuff is so true. To explain how this work, is pretty esay. In the graph you see where how people respond to different stimuli visuually. Things such as toy bears all the way to industrial robots. The interesting thing about this is that I saw an ad on T.V. where they sell/ promoting this new horse for Barbbie. Its really creapy and one of the reasons why is because its why to realistic. Its still looks like a Barbbie product but what the weirdness of movement thats not natural and the eyes. So all I have to say that this, "theory" may not so so off. Just think about. You go around and look at thingsthat generally creep you out and see if it falls into the Uncanny valley.