Officially not in the back to school mode

so yea, i am actually pretty bad on the keep in track with the schedule. So far i am behind like 3 days. Hope i can come back and finish all these......hopefully.....hopefully

Officially Back to School Mode......

Only one more week before school start. Here are the list that need to be accomplish before school start...... I will come back and check off things at the end of each day. If i didn't get to finish the assignment it will be push to next day. Hopefully i won't need to push it. As well i will be posting progress everyday for this week. So its gonna be a long week.....wish me luck :D

08/28 Tuesday
1. Independent Study Proposal [CHECK 08/29]
2. Email Anezka regarding about the proposal and meeting of signing the independent study contract [CHECK 08/29]
3. Back to thesis, rough sketch of the product. At least have 5 different design.[CHECK 08/28]
4. If have extra time, work on the beginning sequence of the demo reels. [Nope, no time 08/28]

08/29 Wednesday
1. Continuing with sketching out the product (2 to 3 different sketches) [CHECK 08/30]
2. Making rough product model in Maya 3D (Make at least 3 different model in 3D) [Half Check,got one done so far, going to build more 09/02]
3. Starting a storyboard of the story for the product [going to start working on it 09/02]
4. If having extra time, work on the demo reels [donno if i have time, working on it]

08/30 Thursday
1. Concept and think of some of ideas of the product (have at least 3 different point of the products but more will be great!!!) [CHECK 09/02]
2. Continuing with storyboard for the product (try to come up 2 or 3 different types of story to sell those selling point) [still not having time to work on it 09/02]
3. Narrow down with the rough model and make it detail. [got a rough one right now, going to wait until the critic ]
4. If having extra time, work on the demo reels. [donno if i have time, working on it]

08/31 Friday
1. Stating out the point of the products for now. [donno if i have time, working on it]
2. Elevator pitch of the whole thesis. [donno if i have time, working on it]
3. Finish up with the storyboard. (should be needing 3 at the end) [donno if i have time, working on it]
4. Working on the demo reels [donno if i have time, working on it]
5. Empty Spots in case if needed

09/01 Saturday
1. Continuing with the storyboard if its not finish.
2. Start to build up the model for the set for the storyboard.
3. Work on the demo reels.
4. Empty Spots

09/02 Sunday
1. Continuing working on building up the set
2. Finishing up with demo reels, email them out or burn them and mail them out
3. Empty Spots

09/03 Monday
1. Continuing with finishing up with demo reels if its not finish. and as well continuing with mailing them out.
2. Empty Spots

wow after list all these stuff, i really wonder if i can do it. Hopefully i can....hopefully.....

Adding on to the Mechanical Pencil

So i been thinking about this idea of mechanical pencil and been stuck for a bit of time.......and i am still thinking right now at this point. Some of the ideas like advertising it like a car commercial with some shinny sleek highlight on the pencil or the use of the pencil showing on the commercial......i am soooo lost right now :(

lesson of the day: Need to think more before i post on the blog....

90 Degree!!!!!! Siggraph 07 Animation

Here is an animation made by 90 Degrees, This is actually an animation that they created before they estabish the company. Its an very abstract but cool animation.

Brand New Idea!!!!!!! Mechanical Pencil

So here is some new brand new idea, Well i been talking about creating commercial for some product.....but what product?......last night after struggle and thinking of different with my girlfriend "Ayumi", She suggested me with mechanical pencil. I am still in the stage of storyboarding.....So still need some more works.

Here are some main point to make a good mechanical pencil
-nice grip
-light weight
-easy to write
-sleek and sexy
-nice balance
-very manly----target audience

and here is some of the reference images of mechanical pencil that we took. They are mostly focusing on the grip part.....

Siggraph 2007

Here is some of the Youtube video that i found that is related to the Siggraph this year at San Diego. There are some very nicely done animation as well some of the new tools that will be uncover in the future.

Siggraph Animation Festival Sorts,


Direct Manipulation of Subdivision Surfaces on GPUs......


MoCap with cloth....

Some 3D Render for the EA Exhibiton

here is some of the render that i render out thoughout this summer

3D Animation/MotionGraphic Company in NYC part 2

here is some more list that i found out myself, some of them are really great company

The Mill- Motion Graphic/CGI Animation, The Mill is a Visual Effects company that is originally from London. They created a lot of different type of effects such as music video, TV commercial, and etc.

Galaxy 61- CG Animation, this a company that i got in touch with while i was TA for a precollege course. Galaxy 61 pretty much work on different type of 3D animation. It's still a little company, however its growing bigger and bigger.

Update - Here is a nice link provide by Yenvalmar, one of member from CG Society. Very nice website and contain most of CG company in NYC!!!!!

3D Animation/MotionGraphic Company in NYC

Just listing out the company that i found in the city, that might be able to help of finding a job in the future......

I Spy Recruiting- Animation/Design/Motion Graphics/Production Management, Founded in 2004, i Spy Recruiting specializes in placing animation, design, motion graphics, and production management talent in freelance and staff positions with companies doing commercial and feature production throughput the US and abroad.

The Ebeling Group- Animation/ Design/Motion Graphics/Production Management, The Ebeling Group(TEG) is a production company with a roster of world-leading design collective Bistate, Convert, MK12, Bakd, Lobo, Tennant, and Caskey. The company specializes in 2D, 3D and stop-motion animation; illustration; effects; creative direction; live-action production; editorial; music production and sound design

MTV On-Air- Designer/Animators/3D Animators/Flash Designers, MTV, Music Television is the world's largest television network and the leading multimedia brand for youth. For the seventh consecutive year MTV was neamer as one of the world's Most Valuable Media Brands according to BusinessWeek and InterBrand's

Series USA-Graphic Designers / Motion Graphic Designers / Possibly Developers, A High energy creative , award winning company that design, licenses, and manufactures CD/DVD products throughout the world. Marketing include sports, television, film, fashion, and music. Headquartered in New York with offices in London and Singapore.

Charlex- Designers/After Effect Artists/CG Animators/CG Compositors, New York's effects and design shop Charlex arrives at Parsons on the heels of an amazing year -- with a BDA Golf for Dunkin Donuts, an American Graphic Design Award for Sprint and an AICP Best Animation. Building on its solid foundation and collaborative approach, Charlex is continuing to evolve with a focus on top level design with the highest level of creative.

Curious Pictures- Designers/Illustrators/Animators/Motion Graphics, A diversified entertainment company dedicated to creative expression in all shapes and forms. Curious directors, designers, artists, and animators create and produce television programs. commercials, on-air graphics, print work, and tous for a diverse array of client worldwide.

ESPN- Broadcast Design/Animators, The worldwide leaders in sports coverage.

Blue Sky Studios- Animation TA/Animatic Artist/Designers, The studio was founded ten years earlier with a mission to pioneer creatively superior photo-realistic, high-resolution, computer-generated character animation for the feature film, television and entertainment industries. Blue Sky Studios produces high-end CG Animated features and shorts, creators of Bunny, Ice Age & Robots.

Click 3X- Designers/CGI Animators/Compositors/Producers/Illustrators, Click 3X produces cutting edge visual solution for advertising, broadcasts and entertainment clients around the globe. Founded in 1993, New York based Click 3X has become the preeminent digital studio led by artists, yet supported by one of the most technologically advanced studios in the industry. With award winning design, powerful visual effects and a visionary animation team. Click 3X lends both its talent and resources to a wide range of both innovative and influential projects

RAA (Ralph Appelbaum Associates)- Architecture/Interior Design/Graphic Design/3Dmodeling/Visualizations/Releated Design Fields, Currently the largest interpretive museum design firm in the world. RAA has an interdisciplinary staff of more than 75 specialists in different aspects of design and communication: technology and media specialist, architects, writers, editors and management personnel and had built 125 projects.

Edgeworx- Motion Graphic Design/Production, Full service production and post production from its home in New York, London and Los Angeles

DMA Animation- Illustration/Animation, DMA Animation creates character animation for TV, multi-media and gaming markets. DMA's objective is to create heartwarming, intelligent, non-violent entertainment for all ages.

Apple- Motion Graphic, Industry leaders in computersm softeare and hardware.

---All Above Information is coming from Parsons Career Service----

Brand New Ideas about Thesis

Haven't upload for a while :D .....anyhow just recently having a totally different point of view toward to the thesis. I been thinking about creating an advertising commercial that is design to sell this particular products. I been thinking about either using someone's design product and create an advertisement or creating my own product and create an advertisement. As far for now the idea is leaning toward to creating my own product and advertise it.

And here is the To-Do List in order for this Thesis to work out
    1. A product (a product that is not as often to be seen on TV commercial, as well it need to be special and different. On top of it need at least 3 selling point for this product, as well user-testing)
    2. Rough Sketch, prototype of the Model
    3. Finalize the Model
    4. Storyboard of the Products
    5. Animating, and Compositing the commercial
    6. Finalize the Products and Commercial

Here is some of reference images that i got from my brother's company. All the designs are either created already or in the progress of making. But just some of rough idea of how it will turn out. (Click the images to enlarge in the new window)