Another Purveyor of Questionable Meats
Nov. 19th, 2010 08:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tealinAfter we finished animation on Frog, they made us take CG classes, in the hope some of us might earn our keep on Tangled. I hated CG in school, but technology had progressed a lot since then and Disney has a number of proprietary toys tools to make things easier, so I thought I'd give it a fair go.
I can now say in all scientific objectivity that doing CG makes me desperately depressed and if I had no choice but to work in Maya I would leave the animation business entirely.*
One of the problems I didn't encounter, however, was technical. My computer worked fine and the program never flaked out on me. I was more or less unique in this. Because, at the time, League of Gentlemen was the one ray of sunshine in my life, I decided that was because Hilary Briss was my Maya Angel.
... Not that an explanation really makes a difference, with this drawing ...
Incidentally, if you find yourself bored while watching Tangled (not to suggest that you would), it can be entertaining to imagine the two ginger ruffians are somehow related to Mr Briss. Of course, you'd have to watch the show to get it ... and then you will be hooked, ahahaa!
*I am not trying to dissuade young animators from trying out the medium! I was pretty much the only person in my group who had such a reaction; both rookies and veterans alike took to it quite happily for the most part. You might love it! Goodness knows it certainly affords more job opportunities. For me, I think it's down to the fact that drawing makes me happy, so take the drawing part away and you take away the happy as well. Dramatically.
I can now say in all scientific objectivity that doing CG makes me desperately depressed and if I had no choice but to work in Maya I would leave the animation business entirely.*
One of the problems I didn't encounter, however, was technical. My computer worked fine and the program never flaked out on me. I was more or less unique in this. Because, at the time, League of Gentlemen was the one ray of sunshine in my life, I decided that was because Hilary Briss was my Maya Angel.
... Not that an explanation really makes a difference, with this drawing ...
Incidentally, if you find yourself bored while watching Tangled (not to suggest that you would), it can be entertaining to imagine the two ginger ruffians are somehow related to Mr Briss. Of course, you'd have to watch the show to get it ... and then you will be hooked, ahahaa!
*I am not trying to dissuade young animators from trying out the medium! I was pretty much the only person in my group who had such a reaction; both rookies and veterans alike took to it quite happily for the most part. You might love it! Goodness knows it certainly affords more job opportunities. For me, I think it's down to the fact that drawing makes me happy, so take the drawing part away and you take away the happy as well. Dramatically.
