today was the last day of my first 'week' at plexipixel studios . for those of you who don't know i was accepted as a paid intern at a local flash and 3d animation studio. their website is here (http://www.plexipixel.com). they have animators, web designers, coders, painters and graphic designers there that have worked on a ton of amazing stuff, most recently microsoft's World Wide Telescope (http://worldwidetelescope.org/), a program that lets you look at galaxies and star systems and crap like that. but they predominantly do games and animations which are all on their site.
i am working with blvd-square (http://blvd-square.deviantart.com) and we got put on a brand new flash animation project. we are animating a comic of a popular author who's name i am not allowed to reveal. it's a really strange and interesting style, definitely nothing i have done before. if all goes well we will have a finished cartoon or at least a cartoon ready for post production work done by the end of the summer. things would go faster if we worked monday through friday, but due to limits put on us by the school (we are only allowed to work 15 hours a week according to them but we work 24 anyway. we can only work 3 days out of the week though) it is going to be a little slower. still, the equipment there is great. top of the line machines and a wacom 21UX on a turntable so it's just like a lightboard. the studio is in a house-turned-office, so it's also a fun work environment. the employees are cool too, only about a dozen of them, probably a couple more than that. it's downtown so i have to take the bus there, that kind of sucks, but it's to save money and it means i can move around a lot downtown without having to pay $893745938475 for parking.
anyway yeah. whenever the cartoon gets done, it'll be great for my resume, portfolio, and i'll be able to show it to everyone of course. hopefully the comic artist will like it as well.
man turns animal
for the erotic pleasures of women
neat
i personally love the bus system in seattle, its excellent compared to LA
grats rtil on having a fun job!
internship*
Hope you have a good time!
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i personally love the bus system in seattle, its excellent compared to LA
it has to be because it's the only form of mass transit for the entire metro area (light rail/monorail doesn't count since they only go 2 places), and you can get pretty much anywhere you want, but i'm just used to getting places faster since i don't have to make as many stops as a bus does.
Are you allowed to submit the flash to websites?
Hey how did you get internship I would also like an internship!
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use or mouth (to ask or to..!)
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i personally love the bus system in seattle, its excellent compared to LA
it has to be because it's the only form of mass transit for the entire metro area (light rail/monorail doesn't count since they only go 2 places), and you can get pretty much anywhere you want, but i'm just used to getting places faster since i don't have to make as many stops as a bus does.
mm just be glad you dont have to cram into a bus overflowing with stinky mexicans. ive had disgusting fat old hispanic women who basically sat on my lap because it was so fuckin overcrowded. ive had to stand up for two hours with a heavy backpack and laptop in a bus filled to twice its capacity while stuck in traffic. ive waited at a bus stop for an hour only to have the bus drive past without stopping, then when it stopped down the road to drop people off and i ran across a busy intersection to catch it, they closed the door in my fuckin face and drove away, causing me to miss the train.
also id say my absolute best LA bus story was this one time i was going to LAX. an old black man who had just picked up his toddler granddaughter from a surgery at ucla was talking with the girls mother on the phone. this other black dude, out of nowhere, was like "will you quit talking on the fuckin phone? you're annoying everyone on the fuckin bus with yo loud ass talking, you old fool. just shut the fuck up!"
soon this huge ass argument ensued where the poor old dude was like "im just picking up my daughter from surgery you insensitive asshole!" and the other guy was like "you're a fuckin weak old man, im a fuckin alpha male. people dont wanna hear me tell it like it is but i aint afraid of nobody!"
then a bunch of other people joined in. this asian chick was siding with the old man saying "the only one annoying everyone on the bus is YOU!" to which he replied "fuck you, no one cares what you think you fat chinese bitch!!" eventually the bus driver pulled over the bus and screamed at him to stop causing fights, and he got off. i asked her and she said he was a regular who would purposely pick fights with people on the bus everyday. lmao i almost wanna see him again, he was one entertaining nig!
sounds like LA needs more buses and less assholes
psi: no i'm not allowed to submit it to sites
cdm: most animation studios have information on their websites about internship programs. they are usually anywhere from 12-15 weeks long and most of them are unpaid. they also don't accept everyone, but it depends on the studio
Sounds awesome RTIL, killer job. I think that would be so neat, I hope things turn out well - and working with a friend must also be neat I'm sure you will get loads of experience working there. Being paid to animate what a sweet deal. Also all that fancy equipment and what not would be a dream to use
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jim davis
whoops sorry
i'm now increasing the debt you owe me to $750, billy
enjoy your own personal hell that i have created for you
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enjoy your own personal hell that i have created for you
i feel like its monday
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me and my big mouth
wait theres gonna be another garfield movie thing?
fuck!
i sure hope not
I don't see what the big deal is, it's not like anyone sane would bother watching it after the previous disasters!!
all the kids would drag their parents and then the marketing focus groups will still think people are wowed by talking CG animals
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im making a movie about talking mules
Quote from: rtilall the kids would drag their parents and then the marketing focus groups will still think people are wowed by talking CG animals
when i wanted to go watch the pokemon movie @ the cinema my dad told me to fuck off )---:
I loved the part when Ash was ressurected by the pokémon tears and that Mewtwo realized the power of friendship
I loved the part when the clones fought and pikachu bitchslapped the hell out of pikachu
I loved the part where people died
FUCK YOU SQUEEF YOU EVIL NAZI PIECE OF SHIT
POKÉMON SHOULDNT FIGHT LIKE THAT
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norwegianday?
17th of May
National Day
roflmao!
what are you laughing at prick
why would you celebrate the existance of Fjordghanistan IT SUCKS LOL
ATLEAST WE BORDER TO ==RUSSIA== UNLIKE YOU
You're infecting the beautiful Russian country with your fjordnigerness
South Lake Union Trolley
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Ya, well, Holland is infested with Belgians!!
the Belgians die as soon as they even touch our holy ground
bitch
scotland über alles FJORD FUCKER!!!
Scotland is full of greedy cunts that cant speak English normally, but atleast they're not Brits because Brits are just fucking shit
@ sinista: what if i told you that i waved around with a Pakistani flag on May 17th?
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it wouldnt make a difference because at this point i cant really think of you as any more of a disgrace to this country anyway
Lmao fine. Because i didnt do it anyway!
There may still be hope for you!
i shaved and now my head is itchy ):
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rtil and his cat on monday
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lonely
just a quick update, i suppose i'll add little posts here as the weeks go by. production is still well on its way. we're almost done with model sheets and we'll be moving on to boarding by tomorrow. they have this cool wireless speaker hooked up in the main office and you can select it through itunes and play music through it with your ipod. my boss told me to bring mine so i did, and i played crap like melt banana and the boredoms . surprisingly enough he recognized all the music and he has a lot of it himself. in fact he almost has all the same music i do, and it's not just music either the 2 people i work with say we're the same in a lot of ways. but i disagree because he likes lil kim and i do not!!!!!!!
hahaha melt banana, I have a few of their cds
cell-scape, teeny shiny, bambi's dilemma, and 17000 miles at light velocity if anyone gives a fuck
Wait you don't like Lil Kim!?
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why would he
thats like a shitty rap group right
like lil wayne or soome shit
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why would he
thats like a shitty rap group right
like lil wayne or soome shit
its one lady.
she used to be, dare I say, kinda hot.
but then like many mtv-born vixens, she cut her hair and wore awful clothes and made herself look like shit. just like all the other famous popular rappers these days.
if she is black then she was never hot
Quote from: ZekeyQuote from: taylorbortnerisaQuote from: SHADOWFOX2Wait you don't like Lil Kim!?
why would he
thats like a shitty rap group right
like lil wayne or soome shit
its one lady.
she used to be, dare I say, kinda hot.
but then like many mtv-born vixens, she cut her hair and wore awful clothes and made herself look like shit. just like all the other famous popular rappers these days.
I can [size=]Agree![/size]
WHAT?
edit: lmao wrong topic
Quote from: taylorbortnerisaif she is black then she was never hot
point
Lil Kim is ugly. Never liked her. Im glad Pac spanked the shit outta her.
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Edit: look at her chin.
haha it's a ball sac
i'm making new smilies soon btw i'm sick of these ones
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steve and atta will stay
no more ?
:C
Can Ronald stay?
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BURGERAP
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Now that you mention it, looks kind of like Ronald.
the artist we are working in the style of looked at all of our pre-production work and loves it. we are now green-lighted for animation and a full fledged production schedule. i've already started animating the keys and blvd-square has done several backgrounds. it's turning out great so far.
Great going! Look like you and Blvd-Square are a pretty good team...
yes
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kind of a late update, i guess i'll use this thread as a news drop for stuff at work
things are still going well. i had to kind of take a step back though when the art director decided he wanted to re-animate an entire character. but it's giving me a good opportunity to strengthen the animation of that character (which i had animated before anything else) now that i am more comfortable with the style.
no1 c@rs b1tch
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HOLY SHIT I JUST NOTICED THAT
Wow, this is great.
Also, how did you come about this internship?
a teacher at our school was working with them and recommended us to apply
it's almost over now as school is starting up again soon
it's been an interesting experience. i'll be sure to do a follow-up once we're all done
GOOD
Congratulations on the internship, and I love the new sketches, I really like your style.
thanks much. internship is over now as i'll be starting school on wednesday