Studio Decision

So I decided I'll be working towards Pixar Animation Studios, it will be 5 years before I get the opportunity to work at any major studio so it might change, but I'm sure it will always come back to Pixar, because for the last 9 years I also have had this inextinguishable love for Disney/Pixar.
So I think I'll be trying put my all into trying to get to Pixar!

Training has begun

Wow I haven't updated in a while, so here's an update.... I've finished my first production shot, and started on my second, and the experience is phenomenal! As well as my modeling work on The Gondolier's Dog, that was an incredibly different expirience. And also I decided that since I'm not old enough to go to any animation schools, I clocked it time to teach myself, giving ample time to complete my set goals, and I've completed fundementals of animation and I'm working on walk cycles and run cycles, and I'm about to start personality walk. Also I've working on hand poses, facial poses, and general poses, so that's an experience, as well as all what I'm learning from hick, and all I'm learning from just animating and animating and animating! So that's all for now.
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I'll try and update at LEAST three times a month.

Joe Walk Cycle

I want to be a good animator, so I want to do good animations, the good way!
I downloaded this great rig by Michel Urbanek, and I am doing a walk cycle... the good way!
Here's the first stage called blocking

Scene 13 DONE!!!

Well today I got the green light for my scene and it's ready to go!

Modelling for GD

Well I decided to do some modelling on one of the films, I thought, why not get some credit?I mean, There were loads of sets, props, and bric a brac to model and, "...I'm not all that bad at modeling, so let's give it a go.", and I've got three sets to model, I've completed one (Bell Tower, Scene 4) and I have started on the second one (Scene13 Canal #5), and I'm waiting for the director to send me reference images for the 3rd one (Scene 7, 9, 14 Woman's house). I'm planning on finishing Scene 13 by the beginning of August, and Start on the woman's house.




(Bell Tower)



















(Scene 13 WIP)

Demo Reel 2010

I have come out with my demo reel for 2010 and here's the product

Untitled from Ere Santos on Vimeo.

Last Week of school

IT'S THE LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL (at least for briatian) and I'm super pumped for the summer, I can FINALLY relate to Phineas and Ferb! This summer I'm getting ready for camps galore and animation all the way!

Racking up those credits

So I have got to animating my shot, and it's quite a special shot, I can't show you right now but I can give a little spoiler...
Joleen:Hick!
.....and that's about it, well what do you expect for my first shot ever?

I was speaking to the director of The Gondolier's Dog about doing an animation test with a rig, that, with his permission, I can post on blogger. But when I get around to finishing the shot I will post it.

Accepted and proud

I'm in, into the industry and at 13, I think it's not half bad. I went ahead to apply to two films and got into both! These films are Hick! abd The Gondoiler's dog. Here are some pictures of each film,

The Gondolier's Dog

Hick!