Mr. Chipping
I have been thinking a lot about teaching as of late. Not just teaching in the short run day to day but the over time effect of the process. I think it is the death of friend and teacher Ric Estrada that has made me so conscience of the process.
I was glad that I got to talk to Ric just a few weeks before he passed away. I’m glad that I talked to Tex Blaisdell back about 8 years ago as it turned out to be just 2 weeks before he died. I called up both Hy Eisman and Irwin Hassen last week. The good new is that they both survived my telephone call (so far) so there really isn`t a provable trend.
Hy is still working with both The Katzenjammer Kids and Popeye comic strips. Irwin is 91 and retired and living the good life in Manhattan. He is probably still walking around with show girls on his arms.
Another reason I might be thinking of teaching is that I have spent the last week and a half putting together the database for my Cal State Fullerton History of Animation class. It normally takes a day to a day and a half to do this but they have imported the software (sic). Since when is taking control away from the designer for such things at column placed an improvement?
I finished the syllabus and class website for both History of Animation at Fullerton and History of Videogames at Laguna.
I ran in to a number of my former students at Comic Con. Kind of a circle of life kind of thing. I ran into a student from my ROP class who is working in graphics. I ran into 2 students form my Brooks College days. I didn`t catch what one was doing but Jeff is doing motion capture. My student from Laguna College of Art & Design had a booth in the Fantasy Art section. And was still going strong.
I ran onto a number of photos from my State Funded ROP animation program while getting stuff for camping out of storage.
This is a shot of part of the Wall of Honor from the advanced animation lab. Students had to pass the class with a B or better to get to paint on the wall. (no ego involved in my choice of subject matter)
This next shot is of a life drawing class. I am not the model, I am the model handler. And I do not have a visible tail. That is Rajah, a 12 foot female Burmese Python. She was one of the snakes in the snake pit in Raiders of the Lost Ark. I had a lot of great animal models for this class. Many of them good friends like Rajah the Python and Max the Monkey. I still miss them. Okay I didn`t really like the African Pixie Frog, it scared me.
I was glad that I got to talk to Ric just a few weeks before he passed away. I’m glad that I talked to Tex Blaisdell back about 8 years ago as it turned out to be just 2 weeks before he died. I called up both Hy Eisman and Irwin Hassen last week. The good new is that they both survived my telephone call (so far) so there really isn`t a provable trend.
Hy is still working with both The Katzenjammer Kids and Popeye comic strips. Irwin is 91 and retired and living the good life in Manhattan. He is probably still walking around with show girls on his arms.
Another reason I might be thinking of teaching is that I have spent the last week and a half putting together the database for my Cal State Fullerton History of Animation class. It normally takes a day to a day and a half to do this but they have imported the software (sic). Since when is taking control away from the designer for such things at column placed an improvement?
I finished the syllabus and class website for both History of Animation at Fullerton and History of Videogames at Laguna.
I ran in to a number of my former students at Comic Con. Kind of a circle of life kind of thing. I ran into a student from my ROP class who is working in graphics. I ran into 2 students form my Brooks College days. I didn`t catch what one was doing but Jeff is doing motion capture. My student from Laguna College of Art & Design had a booth in the Fantasy Art section. And was still going strong.
I ran onto a number of photos from my State Funded ROP animation program while getting stuff for camping out of storage.
This is a shot of part of the Wall of Honor from the advanced animation lab. Students had to pass the class with a B or better to get to paint on the wall. (no ego involved in my choice of subject matter)
This next shot is of a life drawing class. I am not the model, I am the model handler. And I do not have a visible tail. That is Rajah, a 12 foot female Burmese Python. She was one of the snakes in the snake pit in Raiders of the Lost Ark. I had a lot of great animal models for this class. Many of them good friends like Rajah the Python and Max the Monkey. I still miss them. Okay I didn`t really like the African Pixie Frog, it scared me.
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