Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Whats goin down in Ray Town?

Samo thang, I'm back working for reel fx for a little while. I'm sick for the first time in ages. I'm subbing a character animation class at Parsons for a bud. Playing the nintendo wii when I get the chance. (Zelda is awesome, if you are a fan of Zelda, you will love this one!) Oh and the biggest one.... I'm working on a short... shhhhhhhhh don't tell anyone :) I've written the story, designed the character on paper and now I have to finish storyboarding it. I'm not going to say much but look out for it in the near future. Piizzzzzzzzzeaaaaaceee

-R

Saturday, November 25, 2006

Very first Noel on DVD

So the very first Noel has come out on DVD! It looks awesome and a very sweet story too :) I just received my copy yesterday. If you want to know more about it or would like to purchase a copy head over to http://www.veryfirstnoel.com <----- shameless plug hehe

-Ray

Sunday, November 19, 2006

ooo Wii this is awesome


Just got this.

Sooooooooooooooo awesome! Spent a long long time out side with my homey and his brother in law. It was dark, cold and I was exhausted but I got a wii and it was worth it. There was about 300 or more people and only 200 got a wii. I was lucky to be number 93. WHOOHOO!

Saturday, November 11, 2006

More more updates

So I've been cleaning it up even more. Still have a lot to do on the body and I didn't even touch the face or fingers. How would you like to be sitting next to this fellow at the bus stop? Creepy..... definately creepy.

http://www.raymondross.com/NeverKissed.avi

Friday, November 10, 2006

More Updates

So I've began to flush this shot out and decided to clean up a new way. I always like to control every frame and for this one, I will :) I'm keying mainly on 1's and it's helping me out a ton. Didn't do much but this is the progress so far.

http://www.raymondross.com/NeverKissed.avi

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Update 1

Really rough lipsync and emotion block in.

http://www.raymondross.com/NeverKissed.avi

Thursday, November 02, 2006

Kiss her dude!

OOOoooo two posts in one day! So I've been blocking out a shot and am going to post as I work the shot out. This is the very very very begining of my blocked shot. Still working out posing but I'm trying to nail down my performance. We will see where this goes!! Click the link below for the blocking! Any comments are welcome :)

http://www.raymondross.com/NeverKissed.avi

New Shot

Animation is a never ending journey and I think that's why I'm drawn so heavily to it. You can study and grow for the rest of your life. I spend a lot of time animating shots at home so that I can get better. Whether I'm working on a job or have some extra free time, I always have a shot that I'm working on at home. The worst thing that can happen is not practicing. Set a goal for the shot and try to reach it. Even if it is unsucessful, make sure that you learn something from it. Do you want to demonstrate weight? Strong acting? Good timing? Spacing? etc. Of course it is ideal to have all of this in a shot but sometimes it's better to focus more on one aspect at a time. Maybe you're confident with your spacing and timing but want to really show great acting. Do a shot that demonstrates this and keep doing shots until you feel confident. I personally spend most of my time on performance. I want to solve my scenes in unique yet relatable ways. One of my mentors Kyle Clark always said, "find unique solutions to the scene." I will never forget that and I always strive to do this in my acting. I have a new shot in the works and will be posting my blocking very soon. I hope to finish it within the week so that I can update my reel yet again. Updating the reel is a never ending process! Until next time, I'm outtie.

-R