Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Great News and Announcements
I've had a really good few weeks here. I can't get into all of it, as some of it pertains to potential work coming into the studio. But I can announce some good things that came about outside of our actual work at the studio.
The first thing is that I am now a proud member of Animation Mentor. I'll be starting next quarter, and getting my feet wet with the program by being a campus mentor initially. I'm pretty excited about it, to be honest. With so many other guys at Reel FX who are already a part of it...I was beginning to feel left out. We now have Kyle Clark, Tim Allen, Dave Vallone, Justin Barrett, Ray Chase, and myself representing RFX as Animation Mentors. I always heard them talking about it and how much fun they have, and so I thought I would jump in and get a chance to get involved as well. Really cool, can't wait to get started.
Second thing that happened is I had the honor of being invited to speak at this year's Industry Giants here in Dallas. Every year it is put on by a bunch of short guys....and it is a really cool event for the animation community. I was extremely humbled to speak this year, and I had a a blast getting to meet the other speakers and the folks in the audience. Always lots of passion comes through when you have those events...from professionals and students a like. it seems to always have a really cool energy to it. I had a great time!
Like I said, I do wish I could talk about the other stuff going on at the studio from a job perspective. Though I CAN talk about a new addition. I mentioned Dave Vallone above, and I am super excited about his new addition to our team. He is joining us from Blur (Sony and Blue Sky before that), and he will be helping me split duties as a supervising animator for RFX. Currently, the supervisor job rests squarely on me...and with a lot of jobs coming down the pipe it was clear I was gonna need some help. So, he is moving his family all the way from sunny LA this week in order to get settled into his new home in north Dallas. He is a super guy...a christian...great animator...and I am really excited to have him join our team.
Welcome to Texas, Dave!
I've had a really good few weeks here. I can't get into all of it, as some of it pertains to potential work coming into the studio. But I can announce some good things that came about outside of our actual work at the studio.
The first thing is that I am now a proud member of Animation Mentor. I'll be starting next quarter, and getting my feet wet with the program by being a campus mentor initially. I'm pretty excited about it, to be honest. With so many other guys at Reel FX who are already a part of it...I was beginning to feel left out. We now have Kyle Clark, Tim Allen, Dave Vallone, Justin Barrett, Ray Chase, and myself representing RFX as Animation Mentors. I always heard them talking about it and how much fun they have, and so I thought I would jump in and get a chance to get involved as well. Really cool, can't wait to get started.
Second thing that happened is I had the honor of being invited to speak at this year's Industry Giants here in Dallas. Every year it is put on by a bunch of short guys....and it is a really cool event for the animation community. I was extremely humbled to speak this year, and I had a a blast getting to meet the other speakers and the folks in the audience. Always lots of passion comes through when you have those events...from professionals and students a like. it seems to always have a really cool energy to it. I had a great time!
Like I said, I do wish I could talk about the other stuff going on at the studio from a job perspective. Though I CAN talk about a new addition. I mentioned Dave Vallone above, and I am super excited about his new addition to our team. He is joining us from Blur (Sony and Blue Sky before that), and he will be helping me split duties as a supervising animator for RFX. Currently, the supervisor job rests squarely on me...and with a lot of jobs coming down the pipe it was clear I was gonna need some help. So, he is moving his family all the way from sunny LA this week in order to get settled into his new home in north Dallas. He is a super guy...a christian...great animator...and I am really excited to have him join our team.
Welcome to Texas, Dave!
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