Its my last day of work experience at Uli Meyer Studios, if you haven't heard of them google it. Their website is cool. Anyway I know I shouldn't be online. I should be doing more work experience type stuff... though I actually don't know what to do. I am completely doodled out. Which isn't what I should be doing either. Hmmn.
I've spent the week sitting in a very cold Studio in Camden, playing on Maya and eavesdropping on what all the proper animators talk about. Which is... what they did yesterday, stuff they find funny and dun dun dun... the weather. Though it has been snowing so I suppose that's fair enough. So what I've discovered is that they are people... yeah that's about it.
Though I have learnt more about Maya and redone my story structure for my final project. Talking it through someone who knows lots about animation and nothing about my work was very useful. I am much happier with it now, as all my tutors were far too nice and didn't point out the obvious, that it was kind of boring. I knew it wasn't good enough and I really hope that changing things last minute (again) doesn't cause more trouble than its worth.
I'll upload some drawing that I did when I am near a scanner...
Despite not really knowing what I was meant to be doing all week I have still enjoyed it. The work that they have pinned up everywhere is amazing. I am however even more worried about the shift from 2D to 3D, I still just prefer 2D. Both to make and to watch. Not that I don't find the 3D effects amazing. I like doing the lighting, texturing, etc... the modelling drives me a little nuts. I just want to reach into the screen and model the damn thing with my hands.
Anyway, brief film review. Avatar, go see it. I mean of course you will, everyone will. The story is a little blah blah, but you honestly still get involved in it and that's ok. If you care, then it doesn't matter if its predictable. Obviously though the effects are what you should see it for. They have some of the most beautiful scenery and weirdest animals I've ever seen.
Overall, completely worth it, but word of warning, you will hate the humans... it just happens.
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