Class 3: Complete. Halfway, ya'll.

YOU GUYS. I've finished Class 3. Do you know what that means? It's means I am halfway done with AM, which is BANANAS. These three quarters FLEW by. Feels like a week ago I was animating a bouncing ball for Class 1. Insanity! As you know, when each class ends we put together a progress reel of our work done at AM so far. Here is my reel from Class 3:

Animation Mentor: Class Three Progress Reel from Janel Drewis on Vimeo.

To be honest, I still don't love my swinging shot. But Mike was happy with my final shots for our sequence, and I had a fantastic time overall this term. Mike was an awesome mentor, wonderfully knowledgable and always  helpful. Not to mention he was always willing to go over our allotted Q&A time to do demos and answer questions, which was awesome of him! With two young kids at home, that is no small feat. So thanks to Mike and my classmates for making it an amazing term, can't wait to get going with Class 4! See you in a few days, readers! 

Achievement Unlocked: Class Two Completed

Well, it happened. I finished Class Two! I had an awesome time this quarter and learned A TON. Marlon was a fantastic teacher and I don't think I could have had a better quarter! I can't believe that I'm one third through with AM. Before I know it, I'll be at the graduation BBQ, wondering how 18 months felt like two. Here is my progress reel, with all my Class Two stuff rendered allllll pretty for you:

Well I hope you enjoyed this quarter as much as I did, lovely readers. I'll be back in the New Year when Class Three gets going but until then, have a happy holiday season! Eat lots of cookies! See you soon!

Class One? Check.

Well we've arrived at Week 12, which is insane. I feel like I just started AM and I'm already done with a full term! Wut.

For this week, we had to compile a progress reel of all our Class One work and upload it to the student site so that our new mentors for next term could get a feel for our strengths and weaknesses going in. My most dedicated readers will have seen this in bits and pieces already, but if you missed anything, here is all of my Class One work:

And with that, Class One is done! I had a great experience this term. My mentor was great, my classmates gave fantastic feedback, and I learned a ton!

I've got next week off for a break week between terms but next Monday I'll be back! My Class Two mentor is Marlon Nowe, a supervising animator at Disney who is currently working on Wreck-It Ralph, which I am so excited for. Wah! See you soon, lovelies!