What I tell myself everyday.

To all the people watching, I can never ever thank you enough for the kindness to me, I'll think about it for the rest of my life. All I ask is one thing, and this is.. I'm asking this particularily of young people that watch: Please do not be cynical. I hate cynicism - for the record it's my least favorite quality, it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen. I'm telling you, amazing things will happen." - Conan 'O'Brien

December 13, 2018

Preparing for animation school.

Preparing for animation school.

There seems to be a misconception that you go into animation school to learn to draw. That is not true. You go into animation school to learn to animate. Anyone else telling you otherwise is trying to make money from you without actually telling you the truth.

That means you need to have sufficient ability to draw competently in order to animate. This includes anatomy, perspective, shape and form.

A lot of aspiring animation students are unclear about what that means. So here is a breakdown of the skill sets that you should know before coming on to the course.

- Draw from observation. Aka live drawing/sketching. Drawing what is in front of you. Draw your table, your room, the people on streets. Observe the space and measurement between objects and shapes. And put it to paper. Not Ipad. Paper. This will train your proportions and perspective. And builds confidence.





- Try drawing with a PEN only. Try to do some of these sketches/drawings with only a PEN. Not pencil. This is to prevent you from erasing and drawing over. It will also force you to make decisions about what to commit down on paper. You are learning to decide what line is important enough to put down on paper. And gives you confidence later down the road. Besides its gratifying seeing your drawings in ink.







- Draw quickly. Animation isn't a fine arts course. We don't spend 10 hours or 10 days over ONE drawing/painting.We draw hundreds of drawings over the same period of time. That is why we courage you to spend 5-10 minutes on each sketch. No more.






- Draw prolifically. In animation school, you will be drawing 8-10 hours a day. So you will need to get used to that. If not you will not last very long. Keep a sketchbook and draw in it. Draw everything.

- Learn to do perspective drawing. Google "perspective drawing". make it 2nd nature.








- Learn to draw gesture drawings and human anatomy. You are creating movement with drawings. And most of these drawings are characters and their poses to tell their mood and . So learn to draw gestures and human anatomy. Just follow these for a start.

How I Draw Anatomy Playlist.


- History of Art. It can be dry. But its very useful to learn about the history of arts. Of its evolution from medieval to modern times. And you will expand your visual library. I always find it interesting that before the 13th century, the concept of perspective was not even present in paintings. That is why all those paintings of the time looks flat. Food for thought.

- Take photographs. Not selfies. But photos of your environment and of people. It helps with composition and framing.







- Research. Your are doing animation. Devour all you can about the art form and the business of the industry. Be aware of what you are getting yourself into as a career and see if you really want to get into it. 



- Keep a sketchbook. Duh.

- Watch TV and movies. Keep your pop culture currency relevant.

 Used THIS as a bible.

- DRAW DRAW DRAW

November 7, 2018

Issues I had with The Last Jedi.

Was going to write a long detailed post of the LAst Jedi. BUt FUCK it. Fuck it up its ass. not worth the time and effort.
That said...My major saw point below.

Opinions are just that. Opinions. Balance with wish fulfillment and creating new stories with new characters. you don't say fuck you to the fans that grew up with these characters.
Luke should die. But how he went is not consistent with the powers of the Jedi. By having Luke go out the way he did, you are denying the 3 decades worth of fan hopes and theories. There is nothing portraying Luke as the disillusioned old samurai. In fact it is appropriate with what he has gone through. He is ashamed of almost killing his friend and sister's son. And never even had the courage to say he is sorry. And he needs to find the courage to do that and right this wrong.

Poe was a miscalculation. How can such a hot head be a admiral? He saw his teammates die and he is fine with that. Even if he "learnt" that lesson, the fact that he had no qualms of sacrificing his team is questionable of his character which does not gell with the Poe who cares so much for bb8. Shallow. This is so different from the Poe in TFA

Ackbar should be the one who did the suicide mission. Not someone who was introduced in this movie. Ackbar should not just die such a death.


P.S - NO going to spend another dime on star wars. NOt the movies and not the shitty toys they have coming out.