This and That Again:

One of the most overlooked skill areas of animation and animation education is 2D Effects Animation. Yesterday Disney Effects Artist Dan Lund graced our presence at Laguna College of Art & Design with a screening of his Dream On Silly Dreamer followed by a demo of said neglected 2D Effects Animation. I video taped the whole event and will be creating an educational DVD of his training sessions.






I got some important insights into the whole effects process. The most enlightening concept is that most effects are animated straight-ahead and then filmed with staggered drawings. This has applications into 3D animation. What most people fail to realize is that even CGI filmmaking is a frame by frame process. Animations can be rendered out to non-compressed TARGA files and them x-sheeted like a drawn animation.

I am spending the weekend at the Silverado Country Fair. So of course it is raining. But this year my wife is running a art show and sale so we are inside.

In a couple of hours I am going to walk down to the Library and use the Wireless to blog this. So if you are reading this I already have.