Animation is hard work!

I don't think a lot of people realize all the hard work that goes into
animation. From the concept designs...to the hours that are put into
bringing it all to life. It is a lot of work! There are 24/frames per 1
second of animation. Can you imagine how long hand drawn featured films
must take? It is extremely time consuming but the finished product is
very rewarding. I am taking a flash animation class currently....and
it's been a lot of fun. Very challenging! Ill post some of my finished
assignments soon. I'm new to flash so don't make fun of me =P here are a
few preliminary shots of the character I created for my 'tarzan swing'
project. We had to create a character that would approach edge of a
cliff...then swing across to the other side....the background is not
finished...but you can get a feel for the progress I've made. Ill try
and post my finished product.

It's ALIVE!

Today I was at the Stop Motion Fabrication Workshop with Dan Field. It
was part of the Citrus Cel Animation Festival that takes place here in
Jacksonville. It was a super informative workshop for those interested
in creating puppets for stop motion animation. Dan Field is an industry
professional who has worked on various Adult Swim animations such as
Moral Oral, Celebrity Death Match, and Robot Chicken.

I'm looking forward to creating my first stop motion animated short
soon, so speaking someone who works in the industry was very helpful. I
hope AI teaches a stop motion class at some point because it is very
inspiring to me as an animator.