As some people already know, I’m enrolled in Animation Mentor, an online school for Character Animation. It’s only been 3 days and I haven’t met my Mentor quite just yet, but I’m already addicted to the place. This week there isn’t really an assignment. Just looking around and learning where things are. The people there are so crazy and friendly, its great.

Meanwhile back on the ranch, I’m ever so slowly modeling Hambie, the Zombster mascot. I just realized yesterday that I don’t like the way I simplified his feet and will be redoing them. I hope to have him modeled and ready to be rigged by February, which is when the Griffith Animation Society back at the University will be running the Advanced Rigging Workshop with Darren. I’m actually looking forward to it, which of course crazy because I despise rigging. I hoping the workshop will help though. I’ll get some WIPs up once I finish the model, feet and all.

There are some other things milling around the ranch, which I’m not at liberty to talk about at the moment - all very exciting. The first half of the year is actually going to be very busy for me. Hopefully not to stressful and a whole lot of fun. You’ll be hearing about it here, you’ll be hearing about it there, you’ll be hearing about it everywhere.

** By ranch of course I mean the store. There is no ranch. The ranch is a lie.