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We are so so so close to the end!! I cannot believe it honestly. I'm very happy with all the work we've all managed to do. Things are still a bit hectic at the moment, but there isn't much we can do about that at the moment. I finished up the yarnsonas for both myself and Sam yesterday, so now I have pretty much nothing else to do. I'm here mostly for moral support and small logistics at this point. I got us a reservation at the restaurant we chose for our little celebratory

Since I have been very sick for the past couple of weeks and haven't managed to get these blog posts in on time, I'm just going to seperate each one up into topics, so that they are at least somewhat different, if that makes sense. I'll try to focus on things from two weeks ago in this one, and from one week ago in my next one. On Tuesday two weeks ago, I woke up feeling horrible. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't manage to get myself up and out of bed. My body hurt, my

It seems that I have once again not managed to get my blog post in on time, and for that I am really truly sorry. I always seem to remember the day after it is due. Maybe that's because my Fridays are always insanely busy?? I barely have enough time to eat on Fridays, honestly, so it's not all that surprising. Either way, I am going to try and continue to get these done and turned in on time. As one of the main animators of our group, I feel like I'm letting my team down a b

I'm excited to announce that animation of our cat, Bartholomew, has finally begun among those of us who are animating!! Lila, Cal, Isabel, and I have started messing with his rig, and Rianne has been working on the skinning issues!! he's turning out super well, and is also beginning to be textured by Ash!! It's super exciting to see him moving around, and not just standing there, stuck in his stiff pose like he has been for most of our film so far. He's really starting to dev

This week is the week where it kind of slapped me in the face that the animation assigned to me really really should be getting done. Not that I'm not doing it of course, I've always been working on my scenes, but I just feel like I need to work on them more. More often at the very least. I need to spend a couple hours more in the lab, I think. It just seems like something I should do. Not only that, but I really want to as well. Despite only having two classes, it's been har

Okay I know this is the second week in a row that I've done this where I responded and turned in this blog post a day late, but unlike last week, this week I actually have an excuse. I got really sick yesterday, to the point of nausea, and I couldn't get myself all right and less icky by midnight. I went straight to bed. So now I'm just writing this post now instead. I do apologize. I feel like I haven't been doing a very good job working on these posts. Really, I just feel l

This week has been so hectic and exhausting that I completely forgot about this Blog Post!! Even when I put it in my planner. I just. . .forgot. Ugh. I hate forgetthing things. It's not something I normally do, you know?? I just feel so exhausted for no apparent reason, and it's frustrating, because I really want my final semester to go well, and I should have lots more energy now, because I only have two classes, instead of my usual five classes. And yet, I can barely find i

I am excited to get this stuff going and finish up our thesis strong!!! I'm proud of us and the work we've all accomplished, and now it's finally time to polish everything up!! I get to make a new schedule, which is always fun, and I'm looking forward to fixing some of my animation from last semester. It's good, but it could be a lot better, and there are several things I want to tweak, move, or change, you know what I mean?? Things could just stand to have a little more time

I am happy to be in break finally!!! I have been pretty close to keeling over at this point. It just isn't very easy to do school work CONSTANTLY. Despite that, I'm having a good time working on classes and stuff. It's just. . .a lot, you know?? I have been enjoying working on my animations, both the ones for animation class, and the little yarn balls are just so fun to mess with. They're so stretchy and cute!! Now that they have facial rigs, they're even cuter!!! My other cl

At this point I'm starting to feel a bit redundant every time I start to talk about my thesis in these blog posts. Not much ever changes each time, other than the work that gets done. We're still on track, we're still chugging away, everyone is still pulling their weight wonderfully, etc. There isn't much to say really. Things have been going smooth. I am very happy for our group. So again, there really isn't anything new to say about it anyways. I finished the RIP scene and

Honestly, this semester has gone by super fast. I can't believe it's already almost over. There's about. . .16 weeks of school in this semester, and we're on week 13!! How did that happen!?!? I wish I knew, honestly. But hey, stuff is getting done, especially in thesis class, so I'm not really worried. I'm more tired than anything. I'm struggling to make sure I'm getting everything done. I finished writing my essay and turned it in once and for all. I'm glad I don't have to w

Well, this week has certainly been interesting. I don't know why but it feels like a lot of things just came to a head or hit their breaking point this week?? I dunno. It's been a wild ride for sure. I've been stuck writing an essay for my art history class, and I just. . .don't want to do it. At least I'm doing some of it, honestly. It's due next Friday, and I'm almost done writing the entire thing. I just feel like it needs so much polish work before I turn it in that it ne

I'm going to be honest this blog post will probably not be very long or thought out like the last couple of posts. I am currently sick and feel like my brain is fried a nice crispy golden brown. I think that's the fever talking honestly. Still, I'm gonna try my best and get through this post at the very least so it's not late. As I said above, I'm currently sick. So work has been a bit slow this week on my end. I haven't done nearly as much as I wanted to or said I wanted to

Once again it has somehow become the middle of the semester, and once again I find myself doubting what I do, if I do enough, if I'm...

Alrighty, we're already to the midway point of our production passes. Holy crap. Time has been going by a lot faster than I thought it...

Honestly, I'm kind of surprised at how well all of this is going for us at the moment. It makes me feel like I should be preparing for...

We are now well on our way into semester two of our thesis!!! Woohoo!!! I'm glad we got a break, but I'm also glad we are starting to...

This is once again a blog post being written by almost-done-with-finals Mack. I'm sorry. I know I probably won't get a high grade for...

This blog post is unfortunately about 2 weeks late because as we got closer to finals, I slowly became more and more swamped until I was...

This blog post is late because I had to make a video for an internship application that is very promising. I spent all weekend working on...